The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-13
were carted away with dead victims Of
storm.
NO LIQUOR ALLOWED
SOLD IN TIE STRICKEN CITY.

| No LIQUOR ALLOWED
| SOLD IN THE STRICKEN CITY.
| No liquor is permitted to be sold under
any circumstances unless ordered by the
| chairman Of one of the committees or by
| a physician, who must state that il IS TO lie
| used for medicinal purposes.
All persons not having business on the
| streets after dark must be identified before
| they viii be allowed TO pass. Unless
| Identification Is forthcoming they are ar
| rested. No person is allowed to work in or
| about any building unless he has a written
| permit signed by the Chief of Police or
Deputy Chief. No person is permitted IL
carry furniture or ether property through
| the streets unless he has a written permit
| from the proper authority.
The Police Department has issued orders
and these orders will be enforced 10 the
letter-uo clear the city of all the outside
| sporting element. Detectives from Hous-
ton and Dallas have arrived here. No
gambling is permitted and any violations
OF this rule are prosecuted to the fullest
| extent.
Professor Buckner of the Buckner Or
phans Home of Dallas arrived here yester-
uay forenoon and at once went to the City
Hall. He offered to throw the doors of his
estabilshment wide open for the orphans of
Galveston, and announced that ne was
ready TO care for about 100 TO $50 of the
children.
MANY HEROES KILLED
IN THE WORK OF RESCUE.
Galveston, Tex. Sept. 12-During the
storm saturday night the young men of
the Boddiker family. with the aid Of g
skin. rescued over forty persons and took
them to the University building, where they
found shelter from the winds and waves
Many persons tell of getting out OF their
houses just in the nick of time They tell
OF seeing people struck by flying timbers
n s4rrt hal
man was cut off from his family lust as ha
thought he had them rescued and saw them
sink beneath the water on the other side of
barrier He turned in and helped 20
rescue others who were I'm peril.
one woman carried her 5-months-old babe
IN her arms from her house, only TO see a
beam strike the child on the head killing il
instantly. She sustained a broken leg and
bruised body
Eighteen persons We're caught in the
Gfothger grocery store, and ii is presumed
shat all were lost, many have been re-
ported DEAD who were known to have been
In the building, which was swept AWAY en-
tirely. The firemen buried eight persons
south Of Avenue Q to-day. The graves were
marked with pieces of garments worn by
the persons
VIII Love q printer on the Houston Post
VINO formerly lived in Galveston swan tho
bay Monday TO reach his family, whom he
found TO be alive in Galveston He swarm
from pier TO pier on the railroad bridges
and at each rested.
REFUGES SPENT THE NIGHT
IN A LIGHTHOUSE
In the Bolivar lighthouse, which stands
iao feet high on Bolivar Point, across the
Day from Galveston, about I25 persors
sought refuge from the storm Saturday
evening. Many were unfortunates whosa
homes rad been swept by the hurricane and
others residents of Galveston. who had
come 10 The bay shore in their frantic en-
deavors to reach Galveston and their fam
flies. A"
Inc refugees spent an awful night in The
lighthouse. The supply of fresh water wos
soon exhausted and an effort was ,oa1a -
secure water by catching rajnvatsr n
buckets suspended at the top of the ligbt-
house.
Inc experiment was a success in a ,v,,,
put II demonstrated a remarkable incidan,
OF the force of the wind. The bucket was
soon nied with water. but the water was
salty and could not be used
several attempts finally resulted In secur-
ing fresn-water supply sufficient to ouencb
the thirst of the excited refugees. The sit
water spray was shot skyward over 100 feet
anu niingled with the rainwater that fell in
the buckets. From the top of the l;ght
tower several of the most yentpresnn,a
storm sufferers viewed the destructive vror,-
OF the wind on Galveston Island Twelve
DEAD bodies were recovered near the Iight-
house. 'e"'
MT. Mutu storekeeper, lost his life of,
er display OF uncommon heroism When
the storm struck the city he hitched IN .
one-horse cart and started out to rescue bis
neighhors Cartload after cartioad he car
ried IN safety to Fire Company House No,