The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-11
No KfLLOCGS STORY.
!. IN galveston on First Sloop Sailing
MI After lhe Storm.
I, (, ROUGH VOYAGE ACROSS THE BA,
a. property of Every Kind
!, Enormous-Loss OF Life
Appalling.

!, ,Se Houston and Texas Oen.ia' i@'.ou
IL vent down 10 Galveston SAT-
.,ning on company business. leay-
''u'' ma Galveston, Houston and Hen
y = ,r,,n which departs from Houston
Mr.. Kellogg has an interesting
III, Ma experiences getting into Gal
..,,D ., the storm and its effects and
!. 4 managed to get out OF the Guy
y s,r,o Houston again, arriving here yes
,.rd.y afternoon. .. c.,-
NM au,ssr va crossed the bridge over Cal
nav gong to Galveston. said Mr..
vn,,v 70 reporter of The Post yester-
80 :. sshs water had reached an eleva-
., "a the bottom Of the caps oil the
i. bspts or two feet below the Level
.eAs rack. After crossing the pridge
,rs,cbipg point some two miles be-
.,,s We we're stopped by reason OF the
.s,sopt Of the track ahead ana were eoni
ma n wait one hour for relieI IRA.
s.sms mt on the Galveston, houston ahu
u,rsar.on track. During this period o.
~ botr the water rose q foot and d naii,
sr,nIsr oyer the rails Of the track Ing
LII rain signaled US to back UP a nall
~ n higher ground, where the passen-
~ s,.re transferred, the train crew leav-
u-ltb the passengers and going IN on
~ lei train. The water had reached
:, elevation Of eight or ten inches ABOVE
A. Galveston, Houston and Hende. son
,,aek and was flowing In westward al
..,,lon At terrific speed. The train crew
ss,a compelled to wade ahead of the ca
ina and d!slodge driftwood from the
rstk Al 1;15 we arrived at the Santa Fe
rrop depot. At that period OF the dly
Ne wind was lncTeas .ng and had then
us,he1 velocity Of about thlrty-hye
niles an hour.
'4iter arriving at Galveston imme-
slstely went to The fremont hotel where
4 remained the balance OF the day and dur
Ne tha night, At $3.50 the water had be-
nm 10 creep into the rotunda of the hotel
nd By 8 o'clock 1t was twenty-siX inches
.tose the floor Of the hotel, or about SIX
md une-half feet ABOVE the street level.
The front windows Of the hotel were
blown in between the hours OF and S.
The roof was torn off and the skylights
ever the rotunda fell in and fell through,
cashlng on the floor below. The refugees
began 10 come into the hotel between b:SO
and 5 o'clock, until at least 800 or 1000
persons had sought safety there. The
! tucrs were strewn with people all during
The night Manager George Horst and the
employees Of the hotel did everything n
their power to help the sufferers from the
elects Of the storm and to give them shell
Ter. AT o'clock the wind was blowing
hom the northeast at velocity of about
i1ty-fye miles an hour and by O'CLOCK
i bad reached the climax, the speed then
being fully 100 miles. The vibration of the
hotsl was not unlike that of box car In
notion, ! tried to sleep that night. but
ils's was so much noise and confusion
trun the crashing OF buildings that
DIDN'T get much rest
Y arose early Sunday morn ng. The
hsaH IN the streets were simply appal-
ING The water on fremont street bad
NSefed some eight feet from the hi
ssIef mark, leaving the pavement cleai
uOa TWO blocks north and six or seven
NssSs south Of the fremont hotel. The
sueets we're full Of debris, the wires were
" down, and the buildings were IN q
wv much damaged condition. Every
uNang IN the business district was dam
.sea 70 some extent, with but one or two
uceplons, and those the Levy building
sahef Of fremont and Market streets, ant
~ uhlon depot, both of which remain in.
M and went through the storm wthoat
s'1lcn' The refugees came pouring
~ ,uto ,he heart of the city, many q
s4 lad but little clothing and scor
.a' almost naked. They were home
~ ana without. food or drink, a grea
~ naa lost their all, and were real,
l.,'ss sseuts circumstances. Mayor Jone!
=, cal Tor mass meeting. whili
NJ uelu sunday morning at 8 o'clock
go, sss attended by large number o
M, citlzens. Steps were taken t,
~ M provisions and relieve the suffer
q Z sus refugees and to bury the dead.
N ,asefVatlYe estimate of The numbe
.,, ss0.ie Killed or drowned could b
n b. aI rom 800 to 1000 persons. Earl,
- AZ morning It was learned that tn,
satr,r supply had been cut off for som
l,psss reason. | presume that 1t wa
nm, " 'ne English ship, which wa
eka against the bridges, cutting tn
~, a. all events, the city is W thou
hs .,,,s u something should be done b.
t,ua,Ina ol Houston 10 relieve TIL
tatern reopie who had depended OF
koress s-ppiies, of course, had their re
= lsv la,.s ept away, and there ere blu
I snd reservoirs Of rain water TO b
~ eas business district. The seen
!, asll , SsAs was a terrible one. Tn
: h VA. lang heet and the larger schooa
I. 1ln,s washed up over the docks al
{ Lao laeks in frighuful confusion. Tn
4 Nh. VEGAS We're demolished. The a e
7 hs,s v ls torn In shreds. Three oeea
+ .s~ss'ute anchored off Of tha ,cks an
e !, q be in good condition. The dam
ans lnmsn shipping interests is some
Eaa hslne, the Huntington improve
u I trIea entirely swept away.
ask a. get out Of the town O
n siag psss. souia and succeeded in Sc
X VA. vhics s on the frst kloop whic
Y ses, Csptsta happened to be she Ami
" sfsards nnomas Willoughby. VIII
III lilus NJ FVVed to be an exeellen
II We sailed from the TwanIv- .s
" Nj. sse slip at ii o,cIocl, Wiz 800
" b k.sssfd When we got on,siSe
h frlfr ~ We found il Mas hiouing
~ IA psie and the sea running yer
~ IA :. Aaef three reefs and the nea
~ ss.cn sst our course for Norfh IA
"a ses we PASSED Pelican Flats v
4 slss -, ~ EDslish steamer anchore
~ sH il osaFds the railroad bridge
she na came to the concIusic
= bins ~ evidently broken the wa
= Aao Sn cut the supply off from Il
,hs sbors ocean liner could be see
~ w. seen q Texas City In wins
safer % nave been about two fe
20 ~, normal tide. We passe
RaH NV hundred yards of wher
/. eogld ss lighthouse once stoo
= Se hsl no evidence Of the Iigi
o. sssers ~ completely washed ava
~ 'Hal q, me bay were strewn wi
1 1sd vs,r reasses OF dead animal
9 Isl 4 fys sy hazardous passage, goir
~ ;ssst 10 nile Mile tide running out. b
oaca North Galveston