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HOUSTON DAILY POST: TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 11, 190^.
3
LOCAL STORM RESULTS.
Some Additional Losses Not included
/Yesterday’s Report.
THE STORM AT HOUSTON LOST SIGHT OF
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I
He Te|]g o Thrilling Story of the
Terrible Suffering: Prevailing:
on the Island.
nS
The city presented an unusually busy
appearance yesterday with carpenters and
other .rtisi&ns to he seen In all directions
repairing t'he damlages wrought by the
storm, and from the alacrity with which
they are working Houston will soon be
restored to its normal condition.
The effects of the storm at Houston are
practically lost sight of. however, toy the
all absorbing interest that prevails' here
|ov;r the lamentable (flats of Glaives ton.
I phe orevailing inquiry upon the street
jail day was," “Have you heard anything
flats from Galveston?" and if further evi-
de.’tce were needed as to the abiding fh-
fterest over the situation at Galveston it
jm gh't h’ave /been found in the rapidity
with which .The Post extra was bought,
and -while the extra was toeing circulated
fail’ business #aemed temportarily suspend-
j ed .to; read the„ latest news from Galves-
f ton
j VkileT.the damage to orciperty -is toeing
I repaired as rapidly as possible, and while
I the debris has 'been practically clekred
I fro,:in t'he streets, the average citizen will
J for a, feiw days yet experience some little
| in'oinvenieince owing co the absence of
street oar service, street lights, fan ser-
vice Oand a partially, disa/rranger telephone
servijbe.
The Southwestern Telephone company
.sustained a oonsiderabiy greater damage
j to its. pole and wire .service than did the
navy oompany. M'anagea* F. M. Henshaw
I fixes the loss of the company in the city,
.exclusive of the long-distance service, at
from $15,000 to $20,000, but they have
now 150; men at work repairing the lines.
In the restoration of the service to its
normal condition, Manager Hen-shaw says
the iwirt'js along Husk avenue' will toe
placed in a conduit, instead of on poles.
The und'&pgrounding of the wires will ex-
tend on Rusk from Main to Crawford.
The -undeWroundiing system will also toe
extended/into t'he Fifth ward. The nor-
mal service of the Southwestern system
will be Restored Within the next five j-r
six days/
The damage to the Citizens’ Telephone
. oompar/y is fixed toy the munagemeait at
aiwt
now In nneration. The poles of
i
veston. as the result of the late storm. He
reports the whole section of country con-
tiguous to Virginia Point as strewn with
wreckage, including hundreds of cisterns
and all sorts of household effects. Ho
says by the use of a field glass he could
discern that practically the business por-
tion of Galveston is all that remains co
tell .the story ©f the fearful storm. He
found and buried nine bodies near
the railroad track. The bodies were
buried where they were found, marking
such identification as Was possible up„n
small boards stuck at the heads of the
graves. A little baby was among the
number, from the fingers of which were
taken two tiny gold rings, one a band
ring with some figures resembling leaves
on the outside and another narrow ring
with a blue, stone setting. Hr. Massie
preserves these relics .as the only means
by which some fond parent may possibly
be able to Identify their ill-fated infant—
if, perchance, the parents did not share
■a similar fate.
, The majority of the dead discovered by
Dr. Massie were women.
Dr. Massie complains of the class of
people who go down on these trains from
Houston. The transportation is free to
.all who desire to go and a lot of hoodlums
and pilferers, who. go down for the sole
purpose 'of pilfering the bodies of what-
ever valuables they may carry.
'Dr. Massie left a wagon and hie burying
crew on the ground with instructions to
bury all the bodies they could find.
This is being done, not only as an act
of humanity, but for a sanitary purpose.
SOME EFFECTS OF THE STORM
THE RAILROADS WILL SUFFER
LOSS OF MILLIONS.
Those in Charge of Relief Work
Not Want Idle Sijghtseex's to
Hinder Them.
SOME GREWSQME SIGHTS
Were Beheld ia the Viclaity of Virginia
Point.
BODIES OF WOMEN HANGING ON TREES
The Wounded Have Been Without
Food Since Last Saturday
Morning:.
Yesterday Brakeman 'Matthews oL the
Galveston, Houston and Northern' left
Virginia Point and started to walk to-
ward Texas City. He found a little child
which he picked up and carried for miles.
On his way he discovered the bodies of
Two Post representatives were on
board the 4 o’clock relief train which
pulled out of the International and Great
Northern depot yesterday morning.
Aboard this train were three surgeons and
assistants, also medicine for the wound-
ed. The train also carried about 150 able-
bodied men and two boats, all bent on the
same mission—the rescue of those in
danger and to render whatever assistance
might be needed.
The .train proceeded without trouble to
within seven and a half miles of Virginia
Point. Here a farm wagon was secured to
convey the several boats to the bay. The
party then proceeded on foot, following
the roadbed of the International and Great
Northern, which was completely wrecked,
the rails being twisted and bent and car-
ried a distance of several hundred feet to
the west from the roadbed proper.
The party were forced to ford several
streams, one being of sufficient/magnitude
to detain .the relief force, for an hour, ne-
cessitating the construction of a rude cul-
vert.
/Everywhere, as far as tne eye could see,
debris, household effects, furniture and
GRAPHIC STORM STORY
As Related by Editor Birchfield of
Alvin Sun.
the
HE WAS IN GALVESTON AT THE TIME
Li. Gilbert, .bridge and /building crew;
Mike Kennedy of san/d crew; Jerry I/a-oey,
conductor on Galveston, Houston and
Northern railway,, all of whom received
medical- attention, and they wiil be
brought to t'he city as soon as a train
can run.
The only living animal visible from
Stewart to Virginia Point .was a small
black mule, owned toy J. E. Dick. The
family vacated the bouse on account of
the storm, and >on their return they found
■the little animal peeping through the
window. Ho.Wi be escaped instant death i3
a miracle, as Mr. Dick lo>st 2,500 head of
cattle, besides horses and other stock.
Mr. J. E. D'icli and Jeff Dick had a very
narrow escape with their fiamilles. When
(the storm came up Saturday they se-
cured two large farm wagons and fast-
ened them with large chains to big trees, .
and during the 'high water the wagons The Southern Pacific Railway company #
Were floating around in five to eight feet tug New Brunswick arrived from Galveston
of >wlater. at 9:30 last night with dispatches from Gal-
The following is a Ms% handed in by Mr. j veston. two bags of first-class mail and six
George C. Davis, who wa's in charge of a , passengers from the stricken city. The lat-
crowd. trying to bury and matte the Iasi;! ter w6re as follows: A. J. Birchfield, editor
jsrswsarA'jiw tt£g si
Woman about 55 years old, 5 feet 7 jclaim aRent: J. H. Miller, local ticket agent,
inches; Mack silk stockings. Laying near- I Galveston; F. C. Proctor. Victoria, attorney.
Thrilling- Story of the Terrible
Story Suffering; Prevailing; on
the Island.
by wa's a handkerchief marked E. C.
Woman albout 35 years old, auburn hair,
blalck wo-olen skirt.
Man. very large, dark hair, about 40
years odd. 5 feet 10 inches, brown checked
trousers.
Girt itiaiby about 1 year old, naked, had
light hialr.
Boy about 5 years old, light hair, duck
trousers and checked -Waist.
One wagon contained five people and
the other contained eight. All were saved
from t'he furies of the storm. ,
Messrs. E. R. Spo-tts and D. E. Huey
came across- several pieces of silverware
floating in a box. They were marked “U.
S. A. Medical Dept.’’ They were dis-
tributed aw souvenirs.
Mr. M. J. Johnston lost his wife and
two children, but managed to. save hie
little niece, Ethel Work. He resided at
1019 Avenue L, Galveston.
Parties making the trip from; Texas City
to Virginia Point report counting eighty-
one bodies, most of wham were of women.
otner articles were strewn. The telegraph : gome were seen, hanging in the tops of
posts of ^11 lines were twisted, bent and huge trees and presented a gruesome
/broken and 'opstructed passage in numer-
all three being employes of the Southern
Pacific company, and Mr. Frank E. Roberts,
formerly of this city, but now a reporter of
the News, i The New Brunswick left Galves-
ton at 19:30 yesterday morning, reaching here
about the hour stated above.
From Mr. Birchfield The Post representa-
tive obtained the following story of the pres-
ent conditions existing there and some inci-
dents of the- storm as witnessed by himself:
“I was in the Tremont hotel when the
storm was at its height. In the lobby tbe
water rose to a height of four feet—and you
must remember that the Tremont is located
upon the very highest elevation within the
city.
“After a little the search for victims com-
menced and before morning we had. the hotel
filled with crippled survivors of the ‘flood.
The sight of so many mained, bruised and
crippled unfortunates wa% pitiable in the
extreme, although everything possible was
done to alleviate the suffering seen upon
every hand—but that was not and could not
have been very much, as all of the hotel
spectacle. It was impossible to get at th© 1 winaows were broken - in, cornices torn off.
bodies, owing to the amount of drift wood
and sea grass.rtrewn around.
From Virginia Point to the old brick
roof smashed and everything in total dark-
ness throughout the night.
“Next morning bright and early the work
began of rescuing those who had been im-
prisoned beneath the ruins of wrecked build-
| j recovering the. remains of those
ous places.
After Virginia Point was reached the
■wounded were in evidence in the flat cars,
nine women, all nude. These ha ccovered' sheds and wrecking trains ana pile ' ya'rd there are at least fifty bodies seat-
wit'h grass to nrotect them frrnn the dlliyer3* Dr‘ Massey and his assistants : tered far and near, and numerous other
■wnn grass to protect them from the^ able WOTk and doubtless were the ; bodies seen floating around in the debris. .
vultures until some arrangements could, mean-s ox saving considerable life. One party crossing the bay to Texas I had perished While 'investigating Sun
be made for their interment. | At Virginia Point an entire train of j City counted at least ninety-three bodies, Say morning on* one street—I elm not re-
At Texas City bodies of dead Glaives- ! merchandise was demolished, some of the j keeping careful estimate. member its name. I have suffered so much
tonians ire lj®l heine- (Wa<*h«rt in thhf9£rs being carried in the interior tor,a Carl Johnson floated all night from smce Saturday night—I counted twenty-fiye
. 0 distance of several miles and overturned, /Galveston on a piece of drift wood and bodies laid out on the sidewalk of one block,
shore-s on the bay. which, after in anger among which was a car oi beer upon which after a horrible experience landed at the tim/one^lSck11 Mv^n^L0
hlaVing taken their lives away, now calm- the crowd quenched their thirst. Th<e: Galveston, Houston' and Northern hrldgy terrible! A mkn could hardly even s^e them
ly and quietly lay the, victims of its beverage was somewhat warm, but served; near Virginia Point. He was severely and live through the experience! It was
wrath on the beach as a good substitute for water, none berngb lacerated and received various bruises j simply awful to contemplate; here the dead
I found until late in .the evening. 1 which rendered him unconscious for -*t I , poor young:in-J J
Along. the entire route immense , trees': Rhort while. ____________________________________pressure, which even
The railroads will suffer the loss of
in it wejHLna the names of three of tha .
unforturj mean's family.
Others! |P| ,and found the name of 'Wife
brother | tster; |]H
The ti ^machines down stairs stripped If-BP
to allowing operators to get a hasty ||AKJ
lunch, anp»or ,a few minutes there' was |
quiet ijUL office, the anxious i throng
being sij froughly stunned by the
estimatl > death they had just ijea d.
talked J . w tones about the stoty' ofIM
death tLy-hlas coming from the |iU-f®ted J
IS£n&M ' F'V/'Vll
M'aar 1 | /anxious throng that gath- j
ered i;pe®, jLce 0f ^he Post got the, first li
news jnStoitjygd one’s death here and II
those ■
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aerftttnessed the scenes will neyer
forget f, Pvhathos, the terror,
the .woeful Hews
heart-yhkLg
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Not Wanted.
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Mr. Wikfkj Mackintosh, civil
with AlexTrUtter, constructing 3
of New Yc||l city, .came up fron,
ton last biM on the tug New
which leftjf^^ston at 11 o’clo
day toorni/|p^ reac.' ed Ltou^i
p. m. Bestafolr. Mac
only four ^assen'f ti
Mr. John l||er> agent, of ' thiMBfin^em
Pacific at ^jj|eston, who cs rne (.ijf. ,’;0 send
out a numiilJl Qf telegrams to hf.' ti'' .i.lo
mmmKyi
1
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•world.'
Mr. Mac^Jeh said #*
ect, except
mat# of f an/a.
The Posad. ™
“You p M
death, d hDivig
through Sa s
coma
tion. T.l'/lf thl
at least V|
of life ■
Ker Mr. M
imagine
p and ruii
ricane wi;
<e awfulne
is virtually
ires have mi
bodies.1
cohijji’e W-
■are dead f
lined unde: ,
;s are hur /
hlng of
to sea. Li v.
ward .the b. |
jhe/ action^
parts 3* Th«f
/' -the&eaSi- |
3 low. Tifcs
•;>sh said: 1
scenes ofL
who passed.j
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oday.
| st moment to
as well as all
thes, produces
Bsfaction. The
ready for in-
Jcting.........
■Suits
iy, any material,
$1.50, $2.50,
Is and seat, strong,
I.... .60c
UKT WAISTS.
Beale and Madras,
ketdSOc
m
/w
he roof '^'
Wer the m
crajshing
began to d ti
and 8 o’c/ 1
persons 1
RV i
in, j
floors we:\
the night/V
_onvploy©s » t *
theirpowl. V.
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ter. At I ,
from thef /
alxty-fivefb
it ‘had reft
be;ingtiul||"
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If
hotel waipr&r-
there W#
from -tlffl.
iidn’t 4e)
“I ar3tU
lights iJed v,
. ling. tM'd’
H
lowered f I
water iSfifl
from twr
blocks |||
itreets *-1
ill dowf^^'
rery B®?-.';
Vuild ngL I j
lged to
sxceptiof r
sooner on
the unioEgfe-
tact anari.
a scratcrT1’
down inj. \
them ha, ^ l
were faltiid
less andj T)
many hatj|
In diestiti^K
issued a il '
was heiejd
and' was jfl .
prominer|4
furn.#h m I
ing of th-dl
“A co|t |
of peog p\
placed aaej
in the ns f
Water sucb.
unknow|fsii
caused
blown
. pipes.
, water a he
the citiise,
situationjfti;
cistern |'®i
Bou/rces it tV
few larg« d
found in 1. *
Bn the mn
small wefto
ers wer|e
ornn
^ ____ operation. ,Tbe poles
-•ma comipany are «f cypress, while those
f +xe old company are of white cedar,
■o a company is finding eome difficulty ift
tishring labor to repair its lines-
®*TFhe Citizen's’ Electric Light companv
feasible to restore its motor serv.ee to
ma/nufacturing estaiblishments yeste.raay
tfCttmoon a't 2 o’clock. The light and fan
Service will he completely restored our--
flng the latter part of the week. Theic
Was no damage whatever to the plant of
the Citizens’ Eleobric Light company, the
Sksmbkestack toeing one of the few in the
Ai/ty to withstand the storm. Superm-
\ndent Chapman estimates that $o000
cover t'he 'd'ama'ge to poles and wires.
Tf\ street railway company, through it*
representative, Auditor D. D. Cooley, an-
■WJouoces the fact that an attempt w 11
LLiLpfiUiiL/—cv/tiipz£xtifvdP”r
clear their wreckage from the ’ trolley
wires in- various- portions of the city. So
far 'as the street -railway company is con-
cerned their duty toward the public is fin-
ished, having placed everything in as good
i condition as possible during the time at
their disposal, and they have shown a very
commendable degree of enterprise in
pushing forward the work of repairs upon
their system, 'which sustained severe dam-
ages in Saturday night’s storm, having
placed ia large force of mechanics at work
as early as 4 o’clock o>n Sunday morning.
Since that time repairs have been pushed
both day and night under the personal su-
pervision of both General Manager Mac-
Gregor anil Superintendent Ells, than
whom these have been no two busier men
in town.
The trackage /of the company is in very
good condition, and the only trouble yet
ahead is in the matter of wiring, the line#
being crossed in many places toy the
tangled wreckage of telephone, telegraph,
etc.
-4- + +
Among the losses not covered in yester-
day^ Post may be mentioned a loss to th®
Houston Cqtton Oil company of about $509,
caused by the loss of a portion of the roof
of the plant, which is being very rapidly
replaced.
Both the Harris county convict camp
and poor farm main buildings were de-
molished by the stoiun Saturday night.
In the falling of tjhe latter four of the
inmates were injured, but not fatally.^
W. L. Macatee’s cotton warehouse in
Houston Was damaged to the extent of
$250. Mr. Macatee also had 100 barrels of
cement ruined at Galveston, the loss in-
curred thereby amounting to about $200.
In. .the record of damages published in
were turn up by, the runts.._.hajuus—. ’
millions of dollars in actual damage.^ta^^.^^-tes roTalW‘7f'^lS>ved and fences de-
*£fy flJT'liibg ot tne loss-from stoppage of moli'sted. A notable fact was that one of
business. At Galveston their wharves. §jg|g|inTngth and to'Tet
warehouse©, depot© laud tracks are ruined. ^ .dimeter, which lay across the roadhed.
The costly bridges which connect the pji|j neighboring country contains no such
island and the main land are in ruins and trees and doubtless it was uprooted and
. ,«.i,r rolK,l(H cariied from miles a/way, showing the ve-
must be entirely rebuilt. ;jjg| o£.the Hi and the swiftness of the
/several hours later three seamen drifted ! form of
near 'the same spot, but names couid
not be learned.
NARROW ESCAPE FROM HREDGE.
Workmen Fled from Sluicing; Dreag.
Near IRedlisli Lignt.
E. D. Fleod, an employe of the Navlga-
The International and Great Northern cuTrent/ * ' ** , tion company, tells a thrilling story of
and Sant’a Fe have considerable track [ \ letter press that attracted consld- danger and struggle with the storm.
washed out, while the Galveston, Hous; ©rable attention lay in the center of the ■ If h . . .. __‘
ton and Northern will suffer heavily. roadbed, having been blown from the of- I P ,day f sent by the company
Superintendent Mulvey yesterday rs- ,flce c,f t^e Texas City Junction'- railroad ; work upon a dredge about half a mile
after that building was destroyed. from the Redfish light. The violence of
death itiJlf could not release, the lifeless
oer Infant: there the bent, twisted,
torn an® bruised form of what but a few
hours before had been ‘the handsome form
of some) stalwart man: yonder a group of
bloated j bodies in almost every conceivable
posture land position; clinched hands, drawn
faces, mangled remains—a terrible picture
day whiluT filing oh the 11
nine bodkl®.‘"A tng by within
less than H vVlxi flour.
up we pv]r 10 mSr#''
ing there "WOlt boBies.'J-Ii
that stag|
through tic
are decayiy
of ruined ,jp
people top-
been was/i
has been h
these dea'‘J
be,take:jr
house) /[Hj^P^^R
“For five DloclpiacK' from a|
ing the beach tiere is not
a house left an* on toe
wreckage is pilet to a depth
forty feet. Numbto of deaeft^^p^^
under this debris I estinSui..
least one-third of he reeidl&r
■lothibr.
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ajti •
despair that can never be effaced from | pletely wrecked, an' hot a tisteAv
memories of those who witnessed it/ - -ni~is_ If
the. memories of 'those who witnessed it!
T)esi|olation and despair reigned supreme.
“/Several of us-—I have given you the list-,
were commissioned by the mayor and citi-
zena^tn come to Houston and place on the
wire^H.llspa'tches to the president, the govern
nor -mid others. Galveston needs supplies
of food and fresh water which must, ba pro-
vided at once if untold suffering ip to be
prevented and present distress b8 alleviated
The 6Cdne presented in and around Vi-r- ! the wind and storm kent all bands husv and.'misery relieved. Medicines are needed,
in'ia PointMs indescribable. These who' ,, . 7 111 « Bl Ml Clothes are needed. I trust they will bo
ceived notice t'hiat all -the track between
Seatorook and Virginia Point, -with ail __ ___HR||____
~~ SISi 11 mi iiiissiffiss fi
ju-red. The ficating timber and ;wrecked the afternoon it became clear ^at all Houston we passed five corpses-floati
Those in charge of the relief work are cars dealt death too countless numbers. guc]l eflorts were flopete s There
Vi S i gjllpppg gjai i
Tier i wbom fell “njL? I 1 If I*®#- b“‘ 4 eighth mm. j’ohh
have curious people go do wn Many of the dead have -their faces and 4ndersonS who was working on
there solely for the purpose of gazing on mashed and it is almost inlpossibie connected with the work of
them in their misery and misfortune. ^ jearn the names of those who find their
at Nladeau had been lost,.
raimenit—for -general relief,
w/ant to
were
“Afid alfrescaped
barge
dredging,
toward
s“n we .passed five corpses ‘floating wibfl
the tide—God alone knows how many more
® Indeed. However, we can not hope
fortune. They need assistance, and to giving size as nearly as possible, age and’
tonian, and citizen of Texas. Every avail- *rave.
_ for titis best.
through the storm Is not yet known j man, don’t fail to Impress upon the
Just as the workmen In the lifeboat flliilP a11 suppl|eb of all kinds are
Miles away, the dreage from Jhich|Sy S"**11 » B »» |« £
had fled sank. | Mr. Wrchfleld bears very evident traces of
Slowly, amid the violence of the storm, UE<ler&ftng the experience he related to the
Big‘-hrt&1
several*
'Xew!
■ W%
, - ------------- ueiiMH tUi
taking provisions .to the Galvestonians, to
atole' piece of transportation is needed for ti, Th°se wbo Iflp survived fthe wreck are the little boat was forced along the half ^porte;( but is thankful that his family are
(ins ,tfl the naifr0=tani.,«., s.® homeless, -and have bag nothing to eat dozeh miles between tne. station of the fuVv ofW8 +“ the Nortl1 and so escaped the
rnrday last. As most are. in- dre<3ge and the mainland. The most ^ ^
-s not possible for an organized Perilous part of the way seemed past, various portions 0f the cit-^ imm-diateFv^nniv
movement on their part. Life sustenance They were rowing on the flooded prairie arriva-l ,u?re. ' y p n
mlistr no fn.mI'.cs'ln a/1 Uk-rr ________ i - Mn/k .— j ___ i _ ■ - * *
take . people/ there who have relatives jS^ncf ’Saturday last. As most are. in- dredge and the mainland. The most sli
there, and to bring back visitors who 3Ured ifc is not P°ssible for an organized Perilous part- of
passed through the storm. movement on their part. Life sustenance They were ro____j,__H HH8I uionio
In short, SIGHT-SEEIRS ARE NOT furnished by relief crews or they °ue -and one-half miles west of the Dick-’
WANTED, for awhile, anyhow. I ti} \eln to sweii the list of dead. inson bayou bridge, and then a log caused
—- fUtofr- feii- J0!)?8 f°uud in and around the boat to capsize. -Fortunately, how-
Wlth sorrowful hearts, fearing the .nM/M lty ofuVirginia Point are sup- ever, all could swim; and so they sue-
yet loping for tie beet, tloneaMa
WUo have relatives and friends in Gal- toe estimated, as
r^rf„„lPma/n<ler J** th® party dispersed to
so they suc-
pucu rniana irom ceeaea in reaching -a telegrs
actual number can not „rcse near by. Around this the weary
every bush conceals a men clung desperately, standing in water
5 o clock a third train ' ‘ g|jgUiiH
T
OFfWijtg AID TO GALVESTON.
1’roprlltor of Ohristiaa Herald Of-
| fer» Its Services.
The following telegram was received
last night:
praying for news ° a tnira tram up t<} their chins. This happened about ti?
from their loved ones. The Post reporters S-ef of r!fv^fnr,,an^r°VlSi0nS f°r tha 9 Q'clock In lhe evening, a£ was shown 7° E^ltor of The *«**•
are tennstmiiElv!Ha«inr?/KirGralveston. There were several __. , _ : fM.ftw Ykrir ___-a
ffte constantly besieged toy this daw? ' Me£ ioate in toe^crowd Ther® Were severaI ^ the Mot that' tt^r^watersMked ! ’ New YK September lO.-The entire
tell of the wives and .babies, of brothers, The firs-+ hoflt ti . | watches stopped at that hour, and there country ii apai:ie(1 by Texas disaster h™
sisters /and pare/nts in the stricken citv J“ue nrsi- Doat to cross the bay was! thev^clur/Er nn+il a A’ninnv ' .. 1 y xaisaster. Row
and toecome almost frenzied in their anxJ ™anned M H^uston People, the attempt ing Wflen they succeeded in : CaQ th<5 lphrl3tkn Herald most speedily
iety to reach Galveston. Z% tuf tL°’reTief Wave3 Vt ^ help? Our best
That Houston lan ~~T \ h 'determined * to Inter Galveston E^or6 ,Finding ^at the bridge was washed off f^^^eAtthedrsposlti-onofthepeo-
Tha/t Houstonians feel deep sorrow over bitant prices were ™ toe little party struck off across the '
The Post Monday, the severe loss sus-
tained by the Merchants :aind Planters Oil
•company was omtited. A brand now brick
cooperage plant and Awo smokestacks were
blown down and, including the damages t©
railroadii* M\ three other -buildings, entails losses ag-
Mallorrtly tf negating $30,000.
Viators who I 'The residence of Mir. W. D. Mihills, 281$
liners wea4 street,: was (biadly d&im&g’ed. Twelve
seemed » of 'jndo/ws were broken out and the interior
age to c?s. [ the house and the contents suffered,
thing imideadlnsideratole damage,
men.a blrvodYThe residence of Mr. T. W. Kennerly,
“I trienoti-d 1202 Shearn street, wa3 wrecked. The
auick -as' iti'A'flf was blown over the adjoining house
curing yiissYjn x fell in a vacant lpt some distance
sailed. •mhielb.T the ruins t^aa’sons Hying in the neigh-
Jane, Captain ' T^maTyTh^- ti.o Mil, KeDn^^--1—
afterwards proved tc' ' ' j w«.s; pujL.Jjp-.il ■ v ■ , •
Bailor.,/wlo sailed thA^ Twenty-sec-1 -dilp^s weie
7ST?T ctrepJr 11 -~r"' . AS. •' ^era -nrprn jn ^|fi ng-pr and th:
set our cov done
As we passed
towards
|/e. and
pi© of Tei(as, Wire our expense.
HHHBL Louis Klopsch, Proprietor,
apparent yesterday. Not only did the ried for less' than $? until’The “price was cro^ed the headwaters of the bayou apd i,mmediater
wholesale merchants send down ,provi- ^ered through force on the part of the D.lck.ll»#n- 'w}ere ther Louis Klop
that which haid -to be attended to. Oom-i _r>
me,rcia-l freight agehts and brokers made 'Woman, about 55 years old five feet
pall was over the com-) six lncfles. &rey haIr and one
the staggering blow to Galvestonians was people across tte'bay^no^ne beinTrar- prairiey wading and ewimming. They! ,.w - • . ,
onit. riefl -fnr ioca ®c ..-j..-, __,_____ crossed the headwaters of the havnn anH . ™cij the followimg reply was sent
to, Proprietor Christian Her-
suffered more or les
collapsed complete!, H l .
the ground.
“Relief must bespeedily tjr
hundreds will stare to de'afelf
but a scant supplypf food am '
water, nearly ever, cistern V
“It is somethin horribfiEf
have lost their jmilies
earthly helongin? are ti'- - |v
streets seeking' fed and v ti i ‘ffif t
■half crazed. As toff ' as ’•ItV'- ' . ! ■' '• ;
come the better, nd
tematic In Its 3minis^sijtfcu|PHpB^
seers and loafers re not' ‘ •
—would only depriyefbe. ttii.
and wafer Intend© for'thefiil*; -; T
_0
■EVERY LTTLjii BQE^r#4. ';5: ^ ;
Fifty-on© Doll^s C?oa,r -
Storm SuiVe^r* to'Sr j
'Passersby droppi^their. OS-fiS’ i
Into the glass -gh>e set -o-n| thKyjffifck r
In frton/t of I. L.-v^if & B ’
506 Main street, tht-in. Bo- j
tween 5:15 and 3:15 las-to ejft^».‘-th©j
sum of $51.57 had ’sen coiiejstepiBr th© •,
benefit of the stoti suffer tis.r ■BKians
the sign beneath th big glooe
thing to do with Inucing 'the an> ; ’
the sympathetic .tt add their gHH F-pr ,.
this sign called uph all to “con^^^K©.*>>, j
the storm sufferer” aud reminjWj^fc^jK
that “every liftt-le jtips ”
The opportunity ° contrt'biUt-e in
he afforded again .oday.
Bl TTjr
w
ngle or doable
\pt delivery.
Aftii
TG
iree-ply Roof-
Vng Papers, at
lets.
UTE,
Wi ’ l
SPI
'Retail C*rk#’ (Relief*
The retail olerk-iof Houston
night andJjudicted he following lBj^te
^Mitchell .treasurer of
m
terday morning with the first authentic ll&f* of green cast, checked apron andj
news of the awful disaster, a feeling of
sadness and sympathy fell over the en-
tire -community—and ft will be some days
before Houston recovers from the shock,
because nearly every one jn either city
has friends or relatives in the other.
Mr. Cooper Kinney of Texas City had a
terrible experience the night of the
storm, He and his family escaped, but
were nearly three hours going a few hun-
dred yards. Mr. Kinney was in the city
Hast night.
i
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
white stockings.
©oy. about 4 years old. three feet two
inches, light hair: nude.
Woman, about 25 years, about fi^e feet
nine inches, brown hair, corset And un-
derwear. kid shoes, black a^ockings,
scapula worn around the necktiti
Girl baby, flaxen hair. AP ,‘i years
old, two feet eleven inch^rt™ ^hd.
'Woman, about five j^telegr/an inches,
black hair, about 23 y&fciieated 1
Girl, about 9 yeate^
Woman, abouit 25/ J |rly, dark
brown hair, whitmoperty, pariti^t> fliack
stocking, low qyby storm at /laljout five
feet eight inchiiication by
arrived safejy in Houston yesterday via ' Mousbon, llFexap, September 10
tha International and Great Northern. ctiEi ]'tution 'and assistance
needed. Goiftributions sent
THE BODIES RECOVERED.
scat
'afesa.ry
An —
and
Woman)
waist.. marl;i__ __JB|(B
otoSrr /gold ring on* litftle Angles left
hand inlaid with silver and goicarnwith
contfibuti
shirt
^rcrlxt:
) A-P -
Bodies of the Two Vincent Childven
Brought In from Seabroolc.
The train that came up from Seabrook
yesterday afternoon bringing the bodies of
Mrs. Lucy, her children, and Haven Mc-
Ilhenny, also brought the two Vincent
children, who were drowned at Seabrook
during the storm.
Mrs. Mcf J/ienny’s Body Recovered.
By a train that arrived over the La
Porte road] about 12 o’clock last night
the remains of Mrs. S. K, Mcllhenny were-
broutiht—to-
10.—^There
will ba
. to Governor
©tin will be promptly and
properly applied. The Houston Post.
Sayers at
» STORM at NORTH HOUSTON.
The DevaiWton^Was Heavy, Nearly
All BuIMHnaa Being- Damaged.
The stornPtW particularly severe at
North HousttfijKa the damage in that lo-
cality is heiti tM great many of the
Bmallar bo\iAI 'blown .from the'r
foundations H- ..\ trees and fences wore
■a
leveled to D? '%und.
ir ti
li3 II?stconiKs s'tore was destroyed,
said j® buftle \outhouses.
.Ve de : 50 c{enant\sustained a heavy
yeare triptiack being blown
Mr. J. fflP^Mitchell treasurer
izens’ relief com-b1^®0*
Mr. J. L. MitcbJl. Treasurer, OR;
Houston, Teas. September 10
Sir: You wil pleiase find inclo
check for $50 W* the benefit of thi
auffer&rs. PleaP use y°u th-inj
Yo-urs truly, \ ( T. J. Lyia
y Acting Pre-sS
L. L. Harris, Rec^ng Secretarj|
The clerka also ,9jjpi.o'inted F. C.
and R. A. Bond ofhe'ir number
Galveston as a reli# committee.
The Orange RpHe* CommittJ
Dr. J. D. Butler,! J- H. Labtt,
Curry, W. G. /idson and Oha<rI«
Rein reached th© cfy lhst night as!
lief 'Committee en ih-ute to Galvcsw/ijj
ti i*
I - ’ .
w
,ri-s
m
PERSONA1' MENTION.
. Mrs. H. M. Pease oJ Torivfl3H
guest of her mother,A Mrs. B. J. f'1®'■
Miss Marie Donahojlhas returned fromH
East, where she ass^Md Mr. Hamps inB
lectins a large an/L^gPdsome stock of
nary. titi i Wfi . K . n, 1
, / ivh i
pypflr'
resting ^a.- ifl'ti hedj
friend, I
KPcau^rd, Leoja.^>oj^-))i./
■t. : --p-ti
ler, Fred Dumble,
eard.
iven by Protection
|liosen Friends, on
sptember, at 8 P.
Il&te disaster here
luntil further no-
Ha fire department,
■ the relief trains
■ at Morgan Point
“tins made the trip
|y, those on the
of glasses his
todalcs employed
few days than
I of the city and
^em to be in tha
Almost ©very
ted seems to ba
»ts of the wake
|P Robinson.
Bblnson, residing
Elysian street,
4 o’clock and
-n. Interment
liss Robinson
as quite pop.
The funeral
many of her
ily attending,
[y in that' the
ere all young
Miss Ro/bin.
ose who with
ensign to its
of the dead
arlisle, Ada
ean Barnes,
LThe-
im-
near the head of j
to $
Allen Memorial Window/
am naedicines, t, , . _______________H : 0
fl• Tk.a.. -Unw. -green 'flying bird with leaves and ySHath; Sam McItoenny, who returned with the
^ji^coaajxtA no initials, in ring; light hair. >
or we found it was ____
ale and th'e sea p’ -f +he streets, M foot,
der three nf t]ae bodies' can not be
M ^ nnr rfOUC HI 01 lDS 1
I Ii ji OL
pitiful sigfft ——^
i_ _ nti I i rr\ or*, f
half crazoidh
We^ashXbUn^ownstreeb with
three
juries. He^
children.
odblac
broken ^>4 and
had lost his wife an|»
will never 'be knowif
swept out I.
'Girl, about 19 nineteen years old; black
stockings and button shoes, brown hair,
black cashmere skirt.
Woman, about 30 years; blao-k bair.
Woman 40 years years old, black hair.
Girl babay. red hair, about 2 years old.
ca P. “fS gg ;5” >7tromlMI.
1 .___aiofistv “One m the most ' met T3trv,!.+o
body to the city.
Mr. Mcllhenny reports having discovered
two other dead bodies at the same place,
but ho had not the facilities for getting! j»0st
them to the train.
Body ot Mrs. Vincent Recovered
party*to Ss'X
■ Point, afte-Rf-Nh-e h4-^\/fetail
OTB a.ndfeonal p£erate stttfiag.<V ter 1^casJ.M*gj^"'c»-sart'sC#.;
Dee Bo^fW^T |@fuS f
teen mom^rrnorrrow r ^ ; Mexico.
Central and;u-Tlonsr^iVb^acip5iR6?i|nce IjfiRjB ‘
reports ^—“ •' •■■'||||'— 1 1
mensely.
T. F. Sheehan’s hoiise was totally de-
lake by -her son, • str°yed. This is th© second time It Sa3
been blown over.
Mr. Passmore’s residence was blown
from the blocks and -all the outhouses were
destroyed.
l
[-orn .Thomaa
Galveston”
lisch by Ig-
author of
4
THE ANXIOUS THRONG.
Bnlldins Crowded with Those
Seefeing; Latest Details.
The' news o/f Galveston’s unsneafcable
calamity which poured into the office of
“One of the
remains of men in the State,
means
. terrific i ^
.high. -U-
down |
. ve'ston.
could I
off. over
should
.that sheiSIB! dtt-u,
ter mainp -had evideher Ieat^eStn rpach a olaee of safety.
■citv. AiMs and cut ^evidently, to • a Tll0 rem,ains o| ...
the tilooher oceafeaa ?Uninul Fordtran. have-not disaster means - * antiQ_ red striped w-r'a/pper; wart
■ ?t « »3 U11 too™ S P rti 111 all Hbme, «JS| ~ek^pw«*l7 five » a]
Gl >wate£]em to hav^recovered, tnoug have lost thear a. ged. ti_a
within aOti in mrjdg dead. Mary»g infirmary »« bfusmesB housesJJds ruined % of
the Hal'fPfew hujrh0 renort, from St. rlr o from end stock© -cf S°as ted t/ctors
but coulf Moon (tit only bight QUrses and waters whi<sb|g||i ,^clors’
house. iiJfi see no hospital: the num | aitled but stores of the-ci— elJ
The waitfi^ being cd|ien+a could not pf>r«ocs in “The d-c-cks, tijtter’ateAtie de
ot MK® dually « -utilitif*
We had of carcass-^jiding. vn^nltal was that renewed-r.t b suop - q 1
against 11 very hazal" report from ®ealy ho^P. hioWn 0ut. alleled rUin-Jina,„rifl f0r aid _______
manageette. five-mile 0f the wall had n - - nl,t to th© °"t!iae_!l°lve3 and 2e\,fx‘ Pp vicinity. Near th© same spot, little hop, -which is to be given by the Shirt
1:35. / | to reach © pTiv one WM kiuea »v establish ours-ivc=, lrtlon^ - boy a'b'ou-t 3 years old. Neither were given Waist Dozen at Bryan hall tonight wftl tititiT tiT‘T° tiTtitititi- ’1UI aews
“M -Nfi 4 There were rumors, but there wa |w +oam^in Bl-burial. | > ^ , be pqatpon'ed until some date in the n?ar &II B reporter who was
tidal ws|crth Galvsst^ t0 confirm them The Brit.ito st®a^ ,P d 3 the There acre a great many others danger- future, to be announced in next Sunday’s fltlll ? °l, dead ready for
/e had crbsfVerg school house, on Pelican island, hard and y «irty w<raofled, ta/mtug whom are Charlaa 1 Post. unceo in next bunaay e the /printer. While the list contained per.
dosvnctioa » xlace of refuge by a Wt® onThn Mexican, a big BntJ » /h'aps not more tha® 5 per cent of the dead,
Mr Adoue, s^st White -woman, picked up at Virginia' victims
tint Galveston tiy Point. She was /about 35 years old, had on
• V |B|a — on back 0f
-half fee-t tall.
Her head was .so bruised . as" to render
recognition impossible.
A emal/l white boy, aged about 5 years,
ft Mrs’. found to*8 of Virginia Point, Had
dark hair, face almost unrecognizable.
A small white girl about 3 years old,
foun'd ne'ar Texas City Junction. Had
golden hair, almost nude. Supposed to be
The body _of . Mrs. Vincent, one of the rn. . . x ,
i The Post lasT uight awed the force of
the storm at, Seabrook, was tired night workers who were striving to
brought in last night on the same train fifbt the news in shape for thousands of
that tore the body of Mrs. Mcllhenny. The anxious waiters who will scan this morn-
bodies of her two little children pre- 1 InS’S" paper for news °'f Writes—news
that may rend their hearts with grief or
give them joy for the safety of | dear one
little children
ceded her’s during the afternoon.
Shirt Waist Ho» Postponed.
Out of respect for the unfortunate in-
----- , ^nMviatioi i bv-iucu uinr, awiost nu-ae. »uppo®ed to be ti.,,*...
blown out. alleled ruin_«nd al/h can -the -c'h'W of ,a Mrs. Kelley, w£l known in habltants °'f ®ur sister city, the shirt waist
it. was cot to th© 0?.''!iae and geV,fX'
•but while the terrible news staggered
the mind and chilled the heart, there were
hundreds of pathetic scenes—so pathetic
that not even the strongest man could fail
to be moved by them.
One anxious searcher for news of hia
^'3
Sucoers-’to ______
— - u * u <
Tremont homing -tto fi)‘m oMWiiigg-of tbv tivy
to me that jn, wM} was 4h - - ti
PH.JB _ Jkiilly wrecM Sgt/jday' nightf/titi-^-'/' '' • ■
Santa Fe wre\y the centf eveni/ti where he^iti -
left for BellvilllTwQ- jyeafction Ud also '
can receive meV-to.?: F_ 1 ■ hi
with his family. vutW w B
——H |JR«
... CITX\
Max Lenin..
Freiberg & Ko/lly
By oi iorty-eignt rrtxr^s an
Ids on Saturday morning,
rported high winds at Pass
fcrt Rads storm was a dis-
,Florida and was
1VIT1EL
:r»ctioa
building and
tinherg
■p s
<*"aS- peoplelcollapsed;
of these in
refuge by a la-if?0
It, is KtKrvT*
the building1 ©s-
'k?*? fJ’tin^wme'juned-S lying cut
Tho Mexican.
P been driven up gg
in the mud. Anotn
near the quaran/
Ttarewm
Turner hall gardert®tte societl will have
The Houston Quiv^e<^Qes<i,ayj evening at
a special rehearsals
Saengerbund hall. wi came up
S. A. Brown- of tftif .^toimfm ’estiniate
on a schooner, saysj311® ls 40CI.
of the dead on the & have 4 important
The Sharks’ club ® .fifternhon to take
meeting at.5 o’clQcllaelping t® flood suf-
action in reference 1
fereri. Jfelegraph cUpany will
The Western Unioi ^.als ^proijig, carrying
send out a work trh ,ir tnei1* l|be between
about 200 men to r
here and Galveston, l that the Woman’s
The medal cont©| ,~°n were preparing
Christian Temperani ltxe CSiniBtiein church
for Thursday .night time,
wiil be postponed up«5 telegrams
' 'J -t - has
qf tiit
f^femrith tha
William
irrs- BP ®.rd Regi-
an‘d thp nnu,- ti1 'h'as 'considerable merit
Ihe pubhsher, 'Hamilton |, Gordon
‘2lf 7 wiU Ho d«ubt have a °larg«
“mkfr^'tiCunnin2:llam’8 work. S
word, aS'\StiTw Hlli-"
iUii tfay'1- till til 1^1 “'l
» ^»an7/New yS. Ta^aetil
Van Alstyne News.
J. L. Wilson is ffow .©ole owner of th©
Sherman Weekly Register -and is devot- .
mg his entire time to that paper bavin =■
disposed of his interest i th© daily jf"
?LMVian able writ®r and in fact
of the 'best newspaper men in Texas Hi!:
h*5 * ,e“OTd.„’
none m the State and with his indomitable
en-ero-v and pUsh lt ,blds ^ tQuu m raDle
in point of circuittlou.
There % Sra 2? fatJ*
office of the Postal! j ouiers in point of
stuck
Recovered;
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