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of others. Katie's" and Christine's"' relatives were lost too. Blair"8
and Aunt Belle" are alive and here with us. All the churches, schools
and public buildings are roofless and half demolished. Down the island
supposedly only one family survived."0 All the wharves are destroyed,
as are both grain elevators and all the mills."3 We had just moved
into our office building and half the first floor caved in; on the ground
floor everything was ruined by water. The loss and damage can be no
less than fifty thousand dollars." Prepare yourselves for this. You
won't have any more nice clothes. Papa said this morning that Ellen
must perhaps come home as we need the thousand dollars to live
on. If you do not hear from me within the next few days you will
prepare to come. Mr. Wilkens will have informed you that he must
return immediately; his family and you will then sail by the first
available steamer.""
The library and John's are the only dry rooms [in the house]
and George and I are sleeping there. Papa has just one dry corner
in his room where his bed stands. Schmittens"' spent the night with
us; they came at five o'clock through water up to their chests and stayed
until three in the morning when the water had subsided. Of course,
all the neighbors' homes were flooded, including Mrs. Rosenberg's."
George and Christine both were sick on Saturday morning. He
[George] was sick in bed; she I sent to the doctor. That morning the
wind blew terrifically and it rained in torrents, and when Papa
returned home by wagon before three o'clock only rain water stood
in the yard. Christine came back and George leapt out of bed; the
excitement had made them both well! By three o'clock water from
20A maid for the Mosle family. Mrs. E. Maury Robertson to W.M.D., interview, June
4, 1962.
27A maid for the John Fockes. Ibid.
"8A gardener for the John Fockes. Ibid.
2"A laundry woman for Mrs. Focke. Ibid.
"oThis was Henry R. Decie, who lost his wife and children. Ousley, Galveston in goo,
p. 283.
"1This is an error. Although many of the docks were badly damaged, the Port of
Galveston was handling cargo six weeks after the storm. According to Ousley, the grain
elevators and Texas Star Flour Mills suffered extensive damage. The flour mill loss
was about $25,000. Ibid., 230o.
3"Ousley estimates the loss at less than $25,000. Ibid., 240.
"The two daughters returned in early November. Mrs. E. Maury Robertson to
W.M.D., interview, June 4, 1962.
"3Reference is to Frederic D. Schmidt, blacksmith and carriagemaker, Twenty-fourth
and Church streets. Morrison and Fourmy's General Directory of Galveston, x899p-Ioo,
p. 201.
3SReference is to Molly Rosenberg, second wife and widow of Henry Rosenberg, who
bequeathed many charitable gifts in the city of Galveston. Darst and Zwiener, A Guide
to Historic Galveston, io.
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