Five Species Of Birds Confirmed As Oiled; Full Extent Of Galveston Bunker Fuel Spill Still Unknown

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By Sunday afternoon, oil was washing up on the northeast end Galveston Island. Clumps of the tarlike substance coated rocks and coastline along Boddeker Road all the way up to the East Beach Jetty.

Booms that had been placed in the water Sunday morning had been pushed to shore by wave and wind by the afternoon. In some areas, the orange barriers had been coated black and flattened by the oil. In other points, farther east, no barriers had been placed at all.

Galveston park board officials inspecting the beaches Sunday afternoon said buoys had so far kept the oil out of the East End Lagoon, one of the most diverse ecological areas on the island. Four lines of barriers had blocked the single entrance to the lagoon. City officials said that no oil had been detected on the Gulf side beaches.

The true extent of the environmental damage caused by the spill might not be known for some time, environmental experts said Sunday. At a news conference Sunday afternoon, officials advised against traveling on the water for fear of spreading the oil to new locations.


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