The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1900-09-14
HUNDREDS OF LIVES LOST
Great Tidal Wave Sweeps Over
City Of Galveston, Texas.

Keller train just returned. They
could not get closer than six miles Of
Virginia Point, where the prairie was
covered with lumber, debris, pianos.
trunks and dead bodies. Two hundred
corpses were counted from the train.
A large steamer is stranded two miles
this side Of Virginia Point, as though
thrown up by a tidal wave.
Nothing can be seen of Galveston.
Two men were picked up who foated
across to the mainland. They say they
estimate the loss Of life up to the time
/ they left at 1000"
The above message was addressed to
Superintendent FELTON, Dallas and came
from the manager of the Western Union
telegraph office at Houston.
ENORMOUS PROPERTY LOSS.
The estimates of property losses
made by citizens of Galveston was
that 1000 houses, most of them resi-
dences, have been destroyed. Some
business houses were also DESTROYED,
but most Of them stood, though badly
damaged.
The city is a complete wreck from
the water front and from the fremont
hotel. Water was blown over the
island by the hurricane, the wind
blowing at the rate of eighty miles an
hour straight from the gulf and driving
the sea water before it in big waves.
The gale was a steady one, the heart
OF it striking the city about 5 o'clock
Saturday afternoon and continuing
without intermission until midnight,
when 1t abated somewhat, although it
continued to blow all night.
A CORRESPONDENTS ESTIMATE.
A correspondent of the Houston
Post returned from Galveston at three
o'clock Sunday morning. He places
the loss of life at from six hundred to
one thousand. AT Virginia Point the
houses are all destroyed. The mem
bers of the crew of the relief train re-
port four or five colored people drown
ed there and two children of a Mr..
Wright persisted. At Dickinson the
buildings have been blown away and
several fatalities are reported.
The hurricane was particularly Sc
we're at Brookshire, twenty.seven miles
west of Houston, on the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas railroad Four dead
bodies were taken from the debris of
wrecked houses, and it is believed that
others have been killed. 1t is report
ed that only four houses are left stand
ing in Brookshire, which was a village
with population of600people.
Later reports received from Alvin
state that many persons were killed
there. Eleven bodies have been re-
covered.
At Seabrook Mrs. Jane Woodstock,
was killed by falling house,; Mrs.
Nicholson and Louis Broquet were
drowned. S. K. McIlhenny,. wife and
daughter and Mrs. Leroy and two,
children are missing. They were
known to have been in their cottages,
which were destroyed. The dead
body of a sailor was found under a. cot
tage.
A report from Chenango says that
eight people were killed.
Not house in the town of Chappell.
Hill escaped damage, and many were
demolished. Business houses also
suffered and q fine gin is a complete
wreck.
At Brennan the courthouse was
nearly wrecked and the city hall COM
pletely so. Every business house and
residence suffered to a greater or less
extent. The fire apparatus is under
the ruins of the city hall and a guard
is maintained for fire duty.
At Custom stores were unroOfed and
residences destroyed. At Rock Island
the Baptist church was totally wreck
ed and several residences unroofed.
Forty-two dwelling and business
houses were wrecked at Wallis.
At Fulshear fifty houses were blown
down. One person was killed near
the town by falling house.
In Hardin county large amount of
timber was blown down and there was
much damage to property at Village
Mills. No damage was done at Corpus
Christi or RockpOrt, on the lower
coast.
At Richmond three negroes were
killed by the collapse Of church and
three others were killed near there