Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-09-14
Stricken City of Galveston
Preparing TO Rise From
Her Ruins.
SOUL SiCkENING WORK
The Further the Ruins Are Searched
the More Appalling Becomes
the List of Dead.
Citizens Recovering From the Stun
ming Blow and Talk of
Rehabilitation.

HOUSTON, Tex, Sept. 14.-Sup.
plies and funds are arriving from
every direction. While relief is
reaching Galveston, reports of dis
tress in other places are increasing
Most of the dead are unidentified, 81
complete lists will never be pub.
lished. The burial of the dead is
proceeding, but hundred are still
under the debris. Barges laden with
coal are found inland, pile drivers
and other heavy things like box cars,
railway iron vessels and parts OF
bridges are scattered over the
prairies, fifteen and twenty miles
from the coast. Interior points are
being reached now.
GALVESTON, Texas, Sept. 14-All
the men possible are used in burying
the dead people and animals and car
ing for the injured. Today also
forces at the elevators will be ready
to deliver grain there after next Sun
day. Most of the wheat can be used.
Large forces are working on the
wharves. All available shipping is
used for the dead and the relief of
survivors. Congressman Hawley
says the city will be rebuilt immedi-
ately. All efforts of everybody are
for rebuilding Governor Savers
reports the relieffund to have reached
a million and a half
HousToN, Tex. Sept. 1.-THE
Post today CO ntains over twenty
seven hundred names of Galveston
dead. Hundreds of bodies have been
burned or buried in the sea without
Identification. None of their names
were available. Hundreds are still
under the ruins. Some bodies were
carried twenty miles inland. The
Galveston list alone exceeds five
thousand dead. Four thousand suf-
fering refugees have arrived here
There is general influx of life in
surance agents here investigating
losses. There is trouble over proof
of deaths.
CINCINNATI, o., Sept. IA Five
thousand dollars and car loads of |
supplies have been sent to Texas |
from here.
GALVESTON, Tex, Sept. IA The
streets are sprinkled with strong
bichloride and other sanitary pre-
cautions have been taken. A com
mittee has gone to Austin to have
the governor and others come here
Immediately The mayor and the
committee announce there is most
need ofdisinfectants, gasoline stoves,
gasoline, charcoal and furnaces.
Close places only send bread.
Cement is selling here at IS barrel.
The cable shipped from Chicago is
now operating across the bay.
Burning of the dead bodies of ami
mails as well as debris is going on
this afternoon. 1t is impossible to
wait to recover the bodies from the
ruins of all the buildings. All the
human bodies in sight had been dis
posed of, but many bodies of ami
mails over the island are being burned.
No more doctors are needed, but dis
infectants are wanted.
Galveston. TEX. Sept 1f.-More than
1000 dead bodies have been identified
and the estimate of Mayor Jones that
5000 souls persisted in Saturdays great
hurricane does not appear To be mag
niiied. The city is being patrolled by
the troops and Il citizens committee
and a semblance of order is appearing.
Galveston. Tex. Sept. lS--Galveston
is beginning Sowly To recover from its
stunning blow and though the city ap-
pears To be pitilessly desolated the au-
thorities and the commercial and in
dustriai interests are setting their
forces To work and start has at least
been made toward the resumption Of
business on a moderate scale. The
presence OF the troops has had hene-
ficial effect upon the criminal classes
and the apprehension of Il brief. but
desperate reign % anarchy now no
at least temporarily gone out of buSi-
Mss by official order and every strong
limbed man who has not his own hum
BILE abode to look after is being pressed
into service - that. first of all, the
water service may be resumed. the
cutters flushed and the streets lighted
The further the ruins are dug into
the greater becomes the increase in the
list Of those who persisted as their
houses tumbied about their heads On
the lower beach 4 searching party
found Scere Of corp>eS within
small area going to show that the hul-
wark of debris that lies straight across
the island cunceals many more bodies
than have been accounted for Nofun-
feer gangs continue their work of hur-
ried burial of the corpSeS they find on
the shores Of Galveston island at the
many neighhoring points where ia
talities attended the storm II VIII
probably be many days YET. however.
before all the floating bodies have
found nameleSs graves Along the
beach they are constantly being wash
ed up. In various parts of the city the
smell of decompeSed flesh Is still ap-
pareut. Whenever such instances are
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