The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. XVIth Year, No. 161, Ed. 1, Wednesday, September 12, 1900 Page: 1 of 12
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Galveston Texas September n Noon via La Porte by Long Distance
Phone Mayor Walter C Jones estimates the number of dead at 5000 and he
is conservative Hundreds are yet to be taken from the ruins these bodies are
all badly decomposed now and they arc being buried in trenches where they are
found Others are being burned in the debris where this can be done safely
Others are in the mass of wreckage and arc taken to sea on the barges There
is little attempt at identification and it is safe to say that there will never be a
complete list of the dead or of the living for there arc many missing some of
whom are dead and some alive
Chief of Police Ed Kctchum is in charge of the work of burying the dead
There are large bodies of men engaged in this work They are tearing the ruins
up and getting out the dead
Some of those whose bodies are being taken out were probably only in-
jured when they were first struck down but there was no way of getting relief
to them and they perished miserably
Mayor Jones is In supreme control here now The correspondent asked
him for a statement which Is given elsewhere
The remnant of the force of regular soldiers who wero stationed here
an5 it is a small remnant have joined the police in patrolling the city Several
persons have already been shot it is reported A soldier of Captain Raffertys
battery while patrolling the beach this morning ordered a man to desist from
looting the fellow drew a weapon and was shot dead The soldier was attacked
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fused to run any more trains to aj Because numan vultures like the buz the rings could not bo removed
veston zards and tho carrion crowi worn hold Incented ait this desecration and m
trains
On one of tie relief a number lng an orglo over the dead The majority lation ot the dead tho lootersjA
went down but when the of these
of volunteers hum n Hyenas wore negroes but promptly shot down and it wasjiEe
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Manu Bodies Are Still In the Ruins of the Brick Buildings Others Hava
Been Burned and Still Others Buried at Sea TwentuFive
Men Were Shot Bn Soldiers Last Monday Night
To the People of the United States
Galveston Texas September n It is my opinion based on personal information
that 5000 people have lost their lives here Approximately onethird of the residence portion
of the city has been swept away There are several thousand people who are homeless
and destitute how many there is no way of finding out Arrangements are now being
made to have the women and children sent to Houston and other places but the means of
transportation are limited Thousands are still to be cared for here We appeal to you for
WALTER C JONES Mayor
by four other men and he killed nil of them He had five cartridges in his rifle
and each of thorn found a billet
Other men have also been shot but the details are not known nor can tho
exact number be ascertained probably twentyfive Some of these were shot for
falling to halt when ordered to do so others for vandalism
The ruins of the heavier brick buildings have not yet been searched for
the dead and there arc a large number there In the mass of rubbish which
marks the site of the Lucus Terrace boarding house forty to fifty poople were
killed outright and their bodies arc still in the ruins
The orphan home on the beach is totally demolished ninetytwo children
and eleven nuns were killed there it Is rumored that one sister escaped but if
she did no trace can be found of her
Of the regular soldiers few remain Twentythree were drowned at tho
barracks at Camp Hawley and seven at Bolivar One man drifted in the bay
until Honday morning and was taken out alive There are many narrow escapes
told of but this was probably the closest call
The correspondent stood at the foot of Tremont street and counted nine
floating bodies without moving and this Is only an Instance It is not known
whether these were water front victims or whether they are the dead being cast
up by the repellant sea A lot of rubbish was being loaded on barges and this
stuff had many bodies In It C ARTHUR WILLIAMS
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Gencrat McKlbbln commander ot tho train reached It destination they refused thoro wore also whites who took part In mined that all fount In tho ict of robbing HoustondlseuBslng the one tople the Gal
department ot Texas came over from San to aselst In either burying fno dead car tho desecration ot tho droil Some of the dead shall be summarily ehot Teston disaster Except such business as
Antonio nd passed through Houston yes lng for tho Injured handling provisions them wero home vultures and some hail During tho robbing of thodead not only must be attended to nothing Is being
terday morning on bis way to Galveston or moving skiffs This Is what led tho been allowed to go over from the main wore fingers cut off but ears wero stripped done The city Is shooked and stunned
accompanied by Mb aldo Lieutenant Per Galveston Houston and Hcndexfon man land under the gulsft of relief work from the head In ordef to secure Jewels of it Is In deep sympathy with the strlckpn
ry Ho was Joined by Adjutant General agement to request tho government to They did relief work by relieving the value The few government troops who sister town and can think ot naught elsi
Soirrry who had ordered out the Houston take charge ot the road and alldB no per dead of tho Jewelry or valuables on their survived have been assisting In patrolling but tho awful calamity Each new piece
troops as the situation In Galveston had son to go down to Galveston persons and by looting premises tho city Private citizens havo also en cf Information is eagerly looked for Nefs
become critical and It waB necessary that General Manager Hill of tho Galveston lt ntfima horrtble to contemplate to deavorod to prevent tho robbing of tho paper men are besieged with the lame
While the civil authorities attendod to Houston and Northern says ltwould be o lhinU tnat huroan bMngs can bo s0 do aean and on soveral occasions have killed quosllon which Is put to them every few
of the business a strong military crlrao to allow outsider to go down to Whats tho latest from Gal
ono part aB tQ rob tbfl deadi ana aot onIy tlle offendcrB It is said that t ono time moments
arm was needed to hold In check the law Galveston Just now The people thoro tiat > 1Ut that they thom mutllate b0tM eiebt ero killed and ai feother time vestont
are In distress They need more than Now In from neighboring tow
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General McKlbbln was requested to anything else ice then pure water then A party o negrocs were burning from vultures wero thus ehot down until tho and communities which ha e been almakt 1
take control of the Oalveston Houston < ° < > < raiment and disinfectants would oU1 ot thoso thU8 cxeoutcd amounts to completely obliterated Under ordinary
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of somo of the looters were fairly bulglisjon oi tho robbing of the dead will be
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