The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-09-12

drays 10 be hauled TO barges ON which
they are tcwed into the gulf by tugs
and tossed into the sea.
AS | left | saw a barge freighteI
with dead on its Journey TO the gulf,
This manner OF burial is imperativei
the living must be protected now"
Mr.. Russ story was confirmed.
Three men who reported here tell Of
so many dead bodies being found In q
single house or yard or one block that
the conclusion is almost irieslstlhl,
that greater number than thousand
lives have been lost. They tell that
twenty or forty or more were lost by
the collapse OF a single large house
the victims having gathered there FOL
safety, but they are unable 70 say any
thing about hundreds OF small houses
that were swept away, some vacant but
many occupied, but without mark
or sign or memory to call the lost,
| The minute details are wanting. and
no list Of names approaching complete
ness can be had for weeks. and Il Is al
most sure that a complete list win new
er be founG- As time wears along the
names Of a different netson Will be re-
called by those who We're neighhors.
and they viii be set down in the great
death roll that VIII never be called
and the identity Of the lost VIII he
passed TO eternity without rcmem-
brance.
The city OF Galveston and her people
are industriously devotinr themselves
TO relieving the distressed people. Her
business men are losing not momtn Mt.
Two boats and two teams containing
supplies and dlsinfectauts have gone
forward from Houston, Last night
large wagons jostled along the streets
with boxes OF prepared food to load
J them on boats or ears, The mayor
has sent out calls to ihr larger cities Of
the state for immediate help.
| Mr.. w. o. Ansloy. a well-known cot
/ ton man OF this city. r,-rr,Nci informa-
tion from Galveston today saying:
1t is estimated that from 400 to 900
/ people have been drowned or Killed by
the storm. Nearly 400 bodies nave been
found on the beach All English cot
ton buyers are safe. IL Is awful Not
a complete house In the city. help ur-
gently needed. Thousands are home
less. Food Is being distributed to the
destitute but lots more will be needed. "
\ newspaper writer who got thr r,ugh
from Galveston today made the follow
ing statement:
The condition Of Galveston Is heart
rending IN the extreme. The Est OF
dead will not fully be known for weeks.
The list Of missing will swell rapidly.
as soon as the people have begun 20 rl-
mort their losses % the authorities. and
gradually this list of missing will
change into the list OF dead. as the bod
les are recovered from the ruins In this
city or are picked up on the beach Of
the mainland where many Of them le
A meeting was held at the fremont
house and at this meeting measures
We're considered for the relief OF the
stricken. The conclusion was quickly
reached that the citizens are not equal
TO the task. do what they may.
Five miles of La Porte track Just
north II Texas City Junction We're sub
merged during the storm. All the draw
bridges between Virginia Point and
Galveston are gone. The county bridg
which cost S25O.000 and which was 4 .
longest wagon structure in the worl }.
collapsed before the storm got unC e
good headway. An ocean steamship
Dlowed its way through the piling in
two other bridges. As far as is known
the bridge tenders are dead.
Ht uISL NtSStl 10 1dlNtStQu uAlti
the storm contained the party delegat-
ed to inform the outside world OF the
catastrophe and TO ask for help. II
consisted OF Lieutenant ]. J. Delaney.
of tho Southern Pacific: f. G. Cox. of
TIE firm Of Thomas Taylor & Company:
South Galveston correspondent Of the
Houston Post. and Richard Spillane. of
the Galveston Tribune Their boat was
the steam yacht Pherabe. owned by
Colonel w. L. Moody, and the crsw
was mad up of volunteers. Lawrence
V. Elder. superintendent Of the Calves
ton cotton mills. acting as engineer and
all hands being stokers.
The trip across the bay was one OF
he most tempestuous imaginable. Many
squalls struck the bay just as the Phe-
rabS gnt out OF the channel from the
Galveston wharves to Texas City. The
boat was one time pointed toward tile
sky ami the next moment downward.
The engineer declined to take the boat
further than Texas City, declaring that
she Hlld not live In such a sea. Lieu
tenant Delaney. who was an officer in
the japanese navy and commanded one
Of the warships in the battle Of the
Yalu river and was later a lieutenant
in tn" United States navy. said the trip
across the BAY was a far more desper-
ate struggle for life than that during
the hurricane Of the night before. and
he also said that in all his experience at
sea he never knew OF a craft surviving
such a strain.
In order to get into Texas City we
mad TO break into lot of wreckage and
then had to make our way for 80 or
10 feet walking on wreckage. before we
could get TO shore. From Texas City
to La Marque the party went over the
flooded prairie in a buggy a work
train Of the Galveston. Houston e. Hen
lersnn railroad was below La Marque,
toward Virginia Point. and we tried to
hoard this train to get to Houston.
The conductor would pay no attention
to our signals for him to stop and with
brutal Indifference Slgnalled TO the en-
gineer to 90 ahead faster. At La Mar
Gde We got a railroad hand car and
pumped our way to about fourteen
miles north Of Dickinson. where Just
ut dusk We met n train from Houston.
This train We managed TO stop"