Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-09-13


j Virginia Point, all telling bar.
iDg stories which vary only In de-
{ Instead Of dissipatina the gloom
bob has settled over all since Mon.
~, they have nothing to say except
lat MAKES the situation appear worse
time progresses. What is most
eded 10 means of transportntin across
1<le bav to BRING over the homeless and
u destitute.
= with regard to the resumption Of d.
'xypt rail communication with the
14land, no one can tell when 1t will
ltHke place. The Santa Fe, the Mis-.
1bhri, Kansas & Texns, the InterEs.
>{Qpal a Great Northern and the Gal
ton, Houston g. Henderson have de-
led to construct Temporary bridge
Joint use, and the Southern Pacific
~ eventually join in the enterprise.
4sarding the moving of export
ight, no definite plans have been
NJ Taed upon. The alllrail routes TO
sEN4 ports OF Sabine Pass and New
leans will all have to be used. it
attachments Of militia have been
toned at Texas City and Virginia
pint to prevent tho passage Of persons
ho have no business In Galveston and
bose presence would prove an iuoum
bnoy at this time. .'r.8
Eighty three bodies had benn buried
Texas City up t, last night. A Of
bese foated In from the island. Prob
n bly 200 bodies have been recovered
Ind buried at Virginia Point. s
4 Houston, Texas, Sept. ~. The APP
5palling nature Of the tragedy at Gal
weston grows steadily as communion
ftion is restored and refugees reach y
Haven OF safety here, bringing with
Them stories Of calamity unparalleled
2fn American history. When early re-
ports OF the disaster reached the out
fide world, giving an estimate of ], 500
&ouls swept suddenly into eternity, the
news was received with universal in
Last night, Mayor Jones OF
&3alveeton made the astounding state
S1nent that conservative estimate of
the dead is not less than 5000 souls.
The-latest news from the stricken
ply 10 as sensational as 1t is shocking.
80 dangerous menace to the safety
~ the survivors has the existence OF
"A he rapidly decomposed corpses become
l3hat every able-bodied man who can
23end hand is engaged 10 the work Of
Srematipg those bodies that remain in
3ha debris, and of consigning TO the
1na or to common trenches those that
ire picked up on the streets or along
VIC stormswept beach. Already, 1t is
Ytated, 1890 have thus been disposed
~ in the interest OF human life and
VIC preservation OF public sanitation.
n Though hardly credible, the news
l}eems amply confirmed that fiends In
N uman form have focked to Galveston
~ rob tho dead and to loot their homes.
intense indignation has been aroused
'8ver the terrible disclosure, and the
report Of the killing OF more than
ecore of the gbouls by the soldiers and
aeitixens finds the strongest commenda-
tion in public sentiment. Now, how
Yer, that Mayor Jones has taken
3frn stand Oh the situation, and has
3he support Of the State and regular
.roops, 1t Is assured that the city will
1ps more thoroughly policed, and fur
s}1her desecration OF the dead promptly
Popped. ~
rs The most exhaustive efforts have
5Heen made to obtain q complete list Vt
me victims Of the disaster. That seems
~ impossible task now, and perhaps
a4nly through a new census Of the liv-
AAng will the full number or the identity
M those who lost their lives be made
N known.
M All estimates with respect to prop.
2Fty loss are apparently only guess.
X York. 'HH.'7
The relief work now under full sway
m Houston is along two lines -to
x 1ocor those who cannot leave Calves
pa aud to bring out Of the city all Of
ose who can and are willing to leave.
hn -
3ittee Of the Island City are urging
bat emily those shall be permitted to
otter Galveston whose pi eaence Is i'm
erstive. and transportation lines are
Sr0ining every nerve In order that
\ ley may accord the privilege to those
DO are pleading to get away from the
\ Aenee of horror and desolation around
\ {dem. Barges and steamers are nov
r Vuesing between Texas City and Gal.
feetoD, a distance OF six miles. They
nonnect with trains that pass over the
9elveston, Houston & Henderson and
exas City tracks. The break Ia the
HACKS has BEEN repaired az fur as
X&xas City Junction. The telegraphic
WIG connections. however, are broken,
'611d trains cannot be. run by telegraph.
he Western Union has large gang
repairers along the line. repairing
t467apidly; and as soon as the wires
E&xe put up, the train service can be
\ eatly increased. Three hundred peo-
R have left Galveston so far for Hous-
5 and more are leaving as fast as
<6Isiblp.
" undreds Of kilograms have been
S11}t by corners FROM Galveston to the
WESTERN Union office here to be for
fded, and hundreds OF others are
h4pg received containing inquiries
4 961pt Galveston and Galveston people.
re results are that the operators are
amply buried in the volume of work.
Yesterday, 1000 messages were at the
estern Union Office TO be foi warded.
|E41I. ID. Dillon. commercial agent OF
III 10 Santa Fe, has returned from trip
ICE the line OF his road from hitch
= ok to Virginia Point. He made the
h lp from Hitchcock to Virginia Point
foot. Twelve miles Of track and
tidges are gone south Of Hitchcock, -
ia he. ~ walked, wadsd and swan
l1pm Hitchcock to Virginia Point,
Id nothing could be seen in all of
h. at but death ,end desolation. The
afries are covered with water, and
not think ! exaggerate when SOY
lat NOT less than 5000 horses and
hoks south of Hitchcock. The little
WINS along the railway are all swept
Fay, and the sight is. the most terri
Ie that Have ever Witnessed. When
rsAehed point ABOUT two miles
north 81 Virginia Point, saw some
y dies floating on the prairie and
q Pin that point until Virginia Point
!. IS reached, dead bodies could be seen
bm the railroad track, floating about