Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-11
HEART-RENDING
SCENES DISCLOSED
Details Coming in OF the Great Storm
Many Small Towns Also Suffer Heavily
Martial Law Proclaimed.

.,,ss and confirm early rumors of one
~, ,sa greatest catastrophes Of late
- $50 wire communication Is yet
.nrs with the city of Galycstonand
81. .rIy definite news obtained so far
has come by Tug boats and refugees.
Ts.u seems TO be no ground for the
,... n.t uu.r details would show "a
,r.Ha1 .n the number Of lives lost,
.rIecarsayative estimate Is given at
m, thousand dead. AN told The prop
tyloss Is perhaps even higher than at
inst given.
On fbs city uf Galveston the dead are
rttHel up as rapidly as possible
,.s.a 20 sea Oh blrggs ana there con-
..r.l 90 lheir last resting place. This
..tlB is necessary 90 protect the sur
,...-. .um uasuIpuce. and the ground
,.t.1ugt 90 permit of digging graves.
gf0u.s have begun their work and
ts..y are being stripped OF their yaiu-
lb.as
HuHRYlNG RELIEF TRAINS.
Relief trains are hurying forward
vI.h supplies as rapidly as possible.
Cua.r Galveston. smaller towns are
beginning tD send reports as Geographic
communication improves, and many add
5.U.rs t1 Obj. llst of dead and property
rs... All. received. Richmond and
lubbock each report sixteen lives
i.r T.aua Arcadia. Nelasco. Sea-
hr.s B.ugyllIe. ArcOld and many
rtsr towns have from one 90 eight
dsf lu mos, of these places many
houses have been totally destroyed and
thousands Oh head OF live stock Killed.
Tla railroads alone VIII suffer mill
lions Of dollars in actual damage 70 say
nothing OF the loss from stoppage of
business The international and Great
Northern and Santa Fe have miles Of
ta.k washed out and the bridges con-
ra..Iug Galveston with the mainland
must De entirely rebuilt
FEARFUL WORK OF WIND.
Additional details by tug from Gal
weston Show that west OF Thirty third
street ,he storm swept the ground per
f-cay clear Jt the residences that onca
stood upon o. and piled them up I've
blocks back on the beach. strewing the
pIHg With the debris and bodies of VIC
Tins The fearful work az the storm
was u9t gUduad 90 the district along
The beach Dut took In all Tie city di2
fIH and tnr Denver re-suryey. but 10
yas in the vicinity OF the beach that
tae mos, destruction 10 human life oc
cuud The waves washed away the
Home of the Homeless, and 10 Is
thought that the inmates thirteen or
plans and three lady matruns. were
drowned The government works were
greatly damaged In the north part
O, Aa Yves, end the damage was great
also almost every building being dam
eyed and many completely wrecked
TIE cotton and lumber yards in that
section %, the city were destroyed. and
much valuable machinery Is ruined.
However the loss of life was not so
heavy 10 that district.
Ata local undertaking establishment
20 Houston gTa resting the remains 0f
. i've Houston people who persisted at
sA'i0.ss in Saturdays hurricane
An C. h Lucy, her two small chill
4 C.H
haven McIhanuy.
LNt!ear0Id son OF David Rice.
Iae latter was visiting the family ot
AIs Ael.aeuny at the time Of the dis.
Gygr
BODIES BADLY MANGLED.
AT DE bodies are so badly manglel as
70 make 30 difficult 20 Identity them.
taey were washed ashore near Sea-
..e0Ae. THE same train brought the
tl ll'rs OF Alps Vincent and her two
oM'li,H Hhl We're drowned at Nor
taAs Point Air Mcllhenny was rescued
el.' eHa u.s. completely prostratad. He
,NI ,ae water came up so rapidly that
a. aol h.s family and Mrs. Lucy and
t1.' .HII4fen sought safety on the roof.
-ls -N4 Ais little SON Haven. iu his arms.
.'4 .Ne other children, were strapped
s.,n.f. 10 was not long before a
I've piece Ot timber struck Haven
A..N.s hlW Young Rice was washed
'I zoe I9li and drowned.
@Is. Lucy.s Oldest child was next
.1'e4 10y 3D. piece OF timber. and the
i,-'h.I one Has drowned. Then Mrs.
1--.l was washed on and drowned, thus
',-''lS Mr and Mrs. Mcllhenny the
~, occupants on the root Finally the
,', ''a" OF the house and as IL fell in
M Os water 10 was broken in twain.
A.IlH"ruy remaining ON Oue-half
'l Nt Mcl.henuy ON the other. The
'..N 'l ibe roof 10 which Mrs Nc
l,Ns chung turned over. and this was
4sl seen of her Thus IN q very
m pace at time. Mr. McIlhenny wit
ID %. loss VI his family one by one.
- H-,4 Goo Dos side of the roof so dis
'sI DO mind as 20 care little where
"'| D ir.ttol. He finally landed on
1 a. .Il'l about p. m. sunday.
,,5,.s from the coast along the Gulf
,.1 y. .t-siate railroad between Sabine
i..--. r,..a'gr indicates that no one has
MANY SMALL TOWNS SWEPT.
t.e', are DO houses left standing al
49,. u' Bolivar The rescue party
n u'' .rtrhcd bolivar. opposite Cali
V1 To .s reported that village was
'. iHe earth and has few iuhabi-
az, railroad tracks are under water
'l' relief party is on foot.
- F-.llana. the port at the mouth
49, ilIs river there are not more
,.l ''.He houses left A number of
We're injured and everybody d
sirf.. Two big boats were driven
i sll about hall a mile.
H. a.I Side a summer resort oppo.
r.r.t ....aua there were scventy-nve
|ft.. . 'ne hotel Women went into
t.t' FOB their waists and assisted
Che logs from the hotel and
'.. "s Iost.
yts Que. every house I'm the place
In t'.i. one girl was KILLED. Not
a.. .oft at Patterson In "a hoblt-
H.. lion one person was killed
H.- O. Shetland plantation near
H., ID. The convict buildings. ten-
H.. and shous were destroyed.
Ia .I'lH were released on purale
M ~. 'olr have returned. OF these
rvt re-capturcd and the others
,,r... i.ad. The Stone and buchanan
u. f, ,,'ls We're swept clear OF build
- Out everyone escaped.