The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-09-14

New Orleans, Sept. 1.-THE follow
ing message has been received from
Mr.. Hayes, a newspaper correspondent
we'll known throughout the south:
Houston, Tex, Sept. 10.-I have
just arrived from Galveston by boat.
Storm destroyed $1O,OOO,OOO of prop
erty and 1900 lives lost, National
aid is asked for''
Galveston, Tex, Sept. 11.-SiX hun
the result of a tidal wave.
Waterworks in Ruins.
The WaterWOrkS are in ruins and
the cisterns all blown away, so that
the lack of water is one of the most
serious Of the present troubles. Elec-
trio light and telegraph poles are near
ly all Frustrated and the streets are
this hour, the result of the appalling
dred to 1900 persons killed, city al
calamity that has befallen Galveston,
most in ruins, the wharf front entire
ly gone, steamers stranded, and death
and destruction on every hand with
money loss that cannot be estimated
now, is so far as can be learned at
Large Section Swept Away.
From the fremont to 2 street.
thence to the beach, not a veStige of q
residence is to be seen. In the bust
ness section of the city the water was
Uttered with timbers, slate, glass and
every conceivable character OF debris.
There is hardly a habitable house ia
10 itv nd h11
ness house is badly damaged. The
school buildings are unroofed, such edi-
fees as the Ball high school and Rosen-
berg school buildings being badly
wrecked The fine elevators are AZ
most in lNins. The elevators and
warehouses are unfit for use, the elec-
trio light plant has collapsed, and so
has the cotton factory.
from three to ten feet deep in stores,
and stocks of all kinds, including f@od-
stuffs, are total losses.
Saturday night it was a common
sight to see women and children
emerging from once comfortable
homes, ,dazed and bleeding from
wounds, women wading neck deep
with babies in their arms. To add, if
possible, to the calamity the city is
cut off entirely from communication.
The telegraph lines are down and the
cable which connects Galveston with
Mexico is cut, this message being car
ried by steamer to Texas City. All
of the bridges which connect the ISL
and with the mainland are reported
wrecked At one point where d bridge
formerly stood, big ocean vessel was
stranded.
Storm Began Saturday Morning.
The storm commenced raging be-
tween 8 and 10 o'clock Saturday morn
ing. and by noon the waters from thc
gulf had inundated the island as far
inland as Twelfth street. Fr@m there
the water gradually encrOached far
Their inland, rising about 10 inches an
hour.
At Is 20. m. there was SO imcheS of
water i'm the Hobbies of the fremont
hotel, the highest point in the city.
Across the street where the ground is
lower a horse was drowned. At 9
O'Clock the water on Market street
was level with the seats of the street
cars. After that it gradually receded,
but the wind was cyclonic in its force
It reached a velocity of "a miles an
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government observatory were
wrecked In the streets the wines were
down, telegraph and telephone poles
falling, slate and glass and timber fly
ing through the air.
Work of Rescue Begins.
Starting as soon as the water began
to recede. the work of rescuimg the
wounded and dying from the ruins be-
gan. In every direction as far as the
eve could reach the scene of desola-
ton and destruction was presented.
The negro waiter who was sent for
doctor for the injured at Rietters sa-
loon, the first house to collapse, was
drowned at the corner of Strand and
Twenty-first street and his body was
found later.
At the city hall were congregated
fully 700 people, who were more or
less injured in various ways. One
man from Lucas Terrace reported the
loss of 50 lives i'm the building from
which he escaped. He himself was
severely injured about the head. On
Avenue M several women were i'm
prisoned in a residence by the water
and the debris. They Were rescued.
Several of them were badly hurt.
Bodies Were Everywhere.
Four bodies were observed in one
yard and seven in one room in anoth-
er place, while as many as so bodies
were to be seen lying singly and in
groups in the space of one block. A
majority Of the bodies, however, that
have not been recovered are under the
ruined houses, and it will take several
days work to get all of them out.
The report from st. Marys infirm-
airy shows that only eight persons es-
capped from that hospital. The num-
Der of, patients and nurses could not
be ascertained, but ordinarily the num-
Der of inmates were seldom under a
hundred. Rosenberg schoolhouse,
which was chosen as place of ref
uge by the people of that locality, col
lapsed. Some Of those who had taken
refuge there escaped-how many can
not be told.
Death List Growing.
The death list is swelling rapidly,
the accounts coming from every por-
ton of the city. 1t is hard to deter
mine what section of the city suffered
the greatest damage and loss of life.
Information from both the extreme