Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-09-11
GALVESTON
SUFFERS MOST.
Nearly Every House in the City Is
Wrecked or Badly Injured.
THE SCENE Is ONE
BEYOND DESCRIPTION.
The Loss Of Life There l. Estimated
a. High as Fifteen Hundred.
The Damage 10 Property
VIII go into Millions.

Houston. Sept lO.-The plight Of Gal.
weston is indeed sad one. The dead
and dying, the MANNED and sick and the
famishing and starving. could be seen
everywhere when a newspaper reporter
began 10 explore the wrecked city on
yesterday.
The scenes presented cannot be told o.
In prosaic manner. II Il not possible
% do IL. Screaming women, bruised
and bleeding; some bearing the lifeless
forms Of children IN their arms. strong
men sobbing. bewailng the loss of their
wives and children; streets filled with
floating rubbish. among which were
many bodie. Of victims o. the storm.
constituted a part u ;he scene. Every
direction, as far a. the eye could reach.
were q scene of dosolation aud destruc.
ton
The most magnificent structures %
che city are .n ruins aud beneath the
rubbish ly untold numbers of her cin.
gene crushed % death. The houses oi
prominent citizens which escaped de-.
Ffuc.luu were turned into hospitals as
have all tho leading hotels There is
scarcely "a house left standing that doe.
nDt contain one or more of the dead as
well us many oi fhe injured
ln some instance % father j. loft
alone aI thc family hg.ng killed or
drowned. IN others a mother or child
the only survivor
The streets were lined with people
half clad. crippled la every conceivable
manner, hobbling as best they could "a
where they could receive the attention
Of physicians for themselves and sum
mon aid for friends aud relatives who
could not move.
Policeman Bowie was In pitiable con
dition. His toes on both feet wor,
broken, two ribs caved in aud his head
badly bruised. he said "My house
with wife and children. are In the gulf
/ have not a thing on earth for which 4
live"
The first loss Of life reported was Al
Rietter's saloon. ON the Strand. wher
three Of the most prominent citizens Of
town lost their lives. and many other
manned and imprisoned. The dead ar,
standley q. Spence. Charles Kellnel
and Richard Lord. These three werr
sitting at a table on the first floor max
ing light of the danger.
Suddenly the roof caved in above then
and came down with a crash into th,
saloon, killing all. Those in the lowe
part Of the building escaped with thet
lives In miraculous manner. A negr,
waiter standing in the door wa
drowned. Colonel l. J. Polk, genera
manager ofthe Cult, Colorado and SAINT,
Fe, and several other prominent citizen
had just left the restaurant few min
ures before the collapse.
The next Dlacc visited was the cit
hall, Here was oongregated 100 peopl
more or less injured in various ways.
One man from Lucas Terrnce reporte
the loss of 90 lives In building frur
which he escaped.
On Avenue VI several ladies were ila
prisoned In a residence by water an,
debris They were rescued. some badl
hurt but all are still living.
Coming back 10 fremont street AN
going out 10 Avenue p. by climbin
over piles Of lumber, which had bee
residences. four bodies were observed /
one yard and seven In one room at M
other place, while as many As 90 bodi,
were seen lying singly and In groups 1
the space Of a block.
A majority Of the bodies are und,
ruins Of houses and will take sever
days Of hard work 10 get All out.
The body u Miss Sarah Summers wa
found near her home. corner Tremor
aud Avenue Y, with lips smiling bv
features set in death, and hands grasl
ing her diamonds tightly. The remain
Of her sister. Mrs. Claude FordtrAn ha y
not been recovered.
Report from 81. MAry's infrmar
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