Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-10

Houston, Tex, Sept. 3. 10 p. m.-Ihe
West Indian storm which reached the
Gulf coast yesterday morning has
wrought awful havoc in Texas. Reports
are conflicting, but it is known that an
appalling disaster has befallen the city of
Galveston, where it is reported thous-
and or more lives have been blotted out
and tremendous property damage in
flicted.
The estimate made by citizens of CAL
weston was that 1900 houses, most of
them residences have been Destroy
ed, but most of them stood, though badly
been drowned, killed or are missing.
Some business houses were also Destroy
ed, bu most of them stood, though badly
damaged.
The city is complete wreck so far as
could be seen from the water front and
from the ~remont -lotel. Water was
bown over the island by the hurricane,
tt. wind blowing at the rate of 80 miles
an hour straight from the gulf and fore
ing the sea water before it in big waves.
, The gale was steady one, the heart of 1T
striking the city about o'clock yester-
day evening and continuing without in
termission until midnight when it abated
somewhat, although it continued to blow
all night.
! Galveston, Texas Sept. 10.-Starting as
soon as the water began to recede, the
Houston Post correspondent, with others,
: began rescuing wounded and dying from
the ruins of their homes. The scenes pre-
sented cannot be told of in a prosiac
manner Screaming women, bruised and
bleeding, some of them bearing the life
less forms of children in their arms men
| broken hearted and sobbng, bewailing
the loss of their wives and Children, streets
filled with floating rubbish, among which
there were many bodies of the victims Of
the Storm constituted part of the scene
In every direction as far as the eye could
| reach, the scene of desOation and de-
! Struction continu ed.
The first loss of life reported was at
Rietter's saloon on the Strand, where
three of the most prominent citizens lost
Ineir lives and where many others were
manned and imprisoned. The dead We're
Chas. Kellnes, Stanley G. Spencer and
Richard Lord. They were sitting at a ta-
BILE, jocularly discussing the situation and
declaring their intention of remaining in
the city. Suddenly the roof came down
with a crash killing them. Those in the
Hover part of the building escaped with
their lives in miraculous manner. The
falling roof and flooring were caught on
the bar, people lodging and resting un-
der the debris. It required several hours
hard work to get them out. The negro
Iwaiter, who was sent for the doctor was
drowned at the corner of the Strand and
l21st street, and his body was found a
short time after.
Col. J. Park, general manager of the
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe, and several
prominent citizens, left the restaurant a
few minutes before the collapse.
CROWDING THE CITY HALL.
} The next place visited was the city
hall. Here We're congrega atel fully 70t
people, who were more Or less injured
in various ways. One man from Lucas
Terrace reported the loss Of fifty lives
! in the building from which he escaped
, He himself was severely injured about
the head.
) On Avenue NJ several ladies' were i'm
Y prsoned in "a residence by the water and
! debris. They were rescued by party
t headed by Captain M. Theri,t Severa
r of them were badly hurt, but they ara
still living. Coming back to fremont
lstreet and going out to Avenue P by
| climbing over the piles nf lumber which
had once been residences, four bodie:
u u were observed in one yard and seven il
Z one room. AS many as sixty bodies were
!, to be seen lying singly and in groups II
the space of one block. A majority C
= the bodies, however, that have not bee'
recovered are under the ruined house:
and it will take several days hari worl
to get all Of them out. The body OF Mis-
n respondent near her home on Tremon
e and Avenue F, her lips smiling, but he
% features set in death, her hands grasp
ing her diamonds tightly. The remain
of her sister, Mrs. Claude FoIatran hav
not been recovered. The report from S,
Y Mary's Infirmary shows that only eigh
5. persons escaped fro mthat hospital Th
IS number of patients and rurses could no
!, be ascertained, but the number OF in
e mates was set down at 4, hundred. Ros
% enburg school house, wnich was chose
as place of refuge by The people OF tina
locality, collapsed. Some Of those VIII
had taken refuge there escaped.
= A TERRIBLE SUNDAY.
r AS Sunday dawned the streets wer
20 lined with people half clad, crippled i
every conceivable manner, hobbling a
best they could to where they would re
ceive the attentions Of physicians fo
themselves and summon aid for friend
and relatives who could not move. Pc
\ lice Officer John Bowie, who recent
\ was awarded prize as the most popul'
y officer of the city, was met by the Po:
correspondent in a pitiable condition
The toes on both of his feet were broke,
two ribs caved in and his head badl