mph, and did comparatively little damage by tidal surge. The storm knocked down brick walls and flung signs, pieces of metal, wooden timbers, and other debris through the air and sometimes through buildings. Downtown was piled with rubble. The Nueces Hotel was deemed too badly damaged to be worth saving. Aftermath The fixtures and various items such as ash trays and dinnerware bearing the hotel name were sold to the public, and some things such as the lobby clock and the "flickering" neon sign ending up in the Corpus Christi Museum. In 1971, Braselton Construction Company demolished the hotel. On the site, Barshop built a new inn, the La Quinta Royale, which opened in September 1973 with Mayor Jason Luby cutting the ribbon. A historical marker there commemorates the Nueces. References Further reading Chamber of Commerce. Corpus Christi. Corpus Christi: Caller-Times; 1942. Eisenhauer, Anita and Starnes, Gigi. Corpus Christi: A Picture Postcard History. Corpus Christi: Golden Banner Press; 1987. Fuller, Theodore A. When The Century And I Were Young. Sylva, N. C.: T. A. Fuller; 1979. Givens, Murphy. Old Corpus Christi. Corpus Christi: Caller-Times; 2002. Givens, Murphy. Old South Texas. Corpus Christi: Caller-Times; 2003. Nueces County Historical Society. The History of Nueces County. Austin: Jenkins Publishing Company; 1972. Walraven, Bill and Marjorie K. Gift of the Wind. Corpus Christi: Javalina Press; 1997. Newspapers are available on microfilm in the Local History Room of the Central Library, 805 Comanche Street, Corpus Christi, Texas, 78401. Newspapers for the early 20th century and before are incomplete. External links Abandoned Baby Nueces at genealogy.com Ayers & Ayers Bayview Cemetery Association Buccaneer Days Daredevils Daredevils George de Mohrenschildt investigated George de Mohrenschildt investigated Golf Tournament in 1923 Harmonairs Hurricanes of 1916, 1919 Hurricanes of 1916, 1919 Hurricane Celia Hurricane Celia Jones Building La Pryor, Texas Lorine Jones, La Retama Club Obituaries Obituaries Pat Dunn "The Duke of Padre Island" Texas Good Roads Association TSCPA Organized W. W. Jones Woman's Monday Club Buildings and structures in Corpus Christi, Texas Hotels in Texas History of Corpus Christi, Texas