Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-09-11
GREAT DESTRUCTION
Death Came to Hundreds by the
Wind and Waters in Eastern
Texas.
AN APPEAL. TO The NATION
The National Government Is Providing Re-
lief-Aid is Being Sent from Many
Towns and Cities Deeds Of Hero
ism and Self Denial.

Houston, Texas, Sept 11.-G. L. Russ
among the refugees who reached this
city at midnight, says: 'When lef
Galveston men armed with Winchester
rifles were standing over burying squad.
and at the point of rifles" compelling
them to load the corpses on drays to bt
hauled to the barges on which they are
towed into the gulf by tugs and tossed
into the sea. "This manner of burial il
imperative, the living must be protect.
ed" Russ's story was confirmed.
Adjutant General Scurry says that the
state militia probably will be sent to
Galveston to prevent looting and other
lawless acts.
TENTS AND RATIONs.
Washington, September 10.-Governoa
Sayers of Texas applied to the war de-
partment for 10000 tents and $4,000 ra-
tions for the immediate use of sufferers
from Saturdays storm. Acting Secre-
tary Meiklejohn issued the order grant
ing the request.
WITHOUT FIRE PROTECTION.
Houston, Tex, September 10-The
following dispatch was received from
Galveston by boat to the mainland to-
day;
Galveston, September 9.-The loss of
life may be stated to be 1000 drowned,
killed and missing. The property loss
Will run into millions. Fully rs per cent
of the buildings are damaged. Whole
families are being taken from the de-
bris, and each minute brings the dis
covery of some new victims. On the
gulf side of fremont street water made
clean sweep of everything for a dis
tance of three blocks. The city Is prac-
tically without fire protection. A meet
Ing was held at the fremont hotel to
consider means of relief for the dis
tressed and homeless people. The meet
Ing sent appeals to President McKin-
ley and Governor Sayers.
ACTS OF HEROISM.
Death from lack Of medical atten-
tion may come to many hundreds of
people. The more fortunate ones are
working heroically to ameliorate the
condition of their afflicted fellows, but
their efforts can relieve distress only in
small measure. Individual acts of hero
ism and self-sacrifice are so many that
1t Is hard to pick up one more worthy
of mention than another. But with all
this, the condition of the afflicted Is
heartrending in the extreme. The list of
the dead Is growing momentarily, and
the estimate of 1000 dead is considered
too conservative"
GENERAL APPEAL.
The following official appeal has been
issued to the people of the United
States:
Our sister city of Galveston has been
visited by a frightful hurricane, and it
Is still cut off from all rail and wire
communications with the outside world.
The refugees bring alarming reports of
the great loss of life and property.
Newspapers give an extended account
of this awful calamity, which places it
among the most disastrous of modern
times. The people of many towns and
villages are now in sore distress, and as
further reports come in the death list
grows and damage to property in
creases. Stock is killed and crops ru-
ined. We urgently ask your liberal i'm
mediate assistance. Houston was in the
track of the storm, but will take care
Of her injured and help those more Sc
riously affected. Contributions sent to
either Of the undersigned will be CRATE
fully received and judiciously expend-
ed: D. s. H. BraShear, mayor; B. A..
Reisner, chairman of the relief COM
mittee."
GOVERNOR ISSUED A PROCLAMA-
TION.
San Antonio. Tex, September H.
Governor Sayers issued q proclama ton
to the mayors of all cities, stating that
he will forward all contributions, cloth
ing, ETC., sent for the relief Of Calves
ton and other southeastern Texas cities.
DAMAGE AT HOUSTON.
Houston, Tex, September 11.-A trop-
day night and part of Sunday. It Is es-
timated that the damage amounts to
100000. One life was lost, a colored
man being killed by falling timbers.
The streets are strewn with the wreck
age. The Masonic temple, four stories
high, is a wreck. The school buildings
are damaged to the amount of $50, 1000.
Several churches are damaged. The
Capital hotel sustained damages to the
amount Of $4,000. A large portion of
the building was unroOfed. The Lawler
hotel was damaged to the amount of
$4,000. The Hutchins hotel lost part of
the roof. The damage Is 100000. Not a
house escaped damage. The Merchants
and Planters oil mill was unroofed; !;
loss, $4,000. The Dickson car wheel
works Is a mass of debris. The loss Is
$25,000 Four bodies were recovered at
Seabrook and have been brought to
Houston. Three Of them are: Mrs. Dock
Nicholson, Mrs. Jane Woodlock and
locity Of sixty-five miles an hour, blow
ing constantly for fifteen hours.
A SCENE OF DESOLATION.
Houston, Tex, September u.-A
scene Of desolation, not only at Calves
ton, but at many inland points in Tex
as, is the condition presented to-day as
the result Of Saturdays storm. The
estimates Of the number of dead is
placed between 1,500 and 1900. The
property loss will aggregate many mil
lions OF dollars, although no accurate
F3u,,vou M tNo v{voy1 rS1t a nroaonf The
streets of Galveston are mostly under
water; the wires are in a hopeless tan.
gle, and dead bodies are thickly strewr
among the floating debris. No complete
list Of the dead are Obtainable until tht
water recedes. The narrowing tales oi
the loss of whole families and many
miraculous escapes are told by the few
survivors who thus far have reached
this city. The relief trains which ar.
rived here early this morning have beer
the only means Of communication will
Galveston. The cotton and rice crop!
throughout the district devastated BY
the storm is badly damaged.
MANY DESTITUTEs.
The city is filled with the destitute
bereft and homeless, while in impro
vised morgues are the rigid forms o
hundreds Of victims. Whole families
are side by side. The city beach In tn
southwestern part Of the city was un
der 10 feet Of water and the barracks
located there. are destroyed, the sol
diers having had q miraculous escap
from drowning. Many substantial res
licences Of the western and southwest
ern part Of the city were destroyed, an,
the death list from there will be large
A heavy mortality list Is expecte'
among the residents down the islam,
and the adjacent coast on the NAH
land, as both were deeply flooded, am
the houses were to O great extent inse
cure. The heaviest losses by the storm
will be to the Galveston Wharf Com
pany, the Southern Pacific railroad, tn
Gulf & Colorado and the Santa Fe Rail-
way Company and the Texas Lone Sta
Flooring Company.