The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-11

get in touch with the outside world and
let it know that a stricken city is in mis-
fortune and ask the people of the coun-
try to send food, clothing and water.
The waterworkS are in ruins ana the
cisterns all blown away, so that the lack
of water is one of the most serious OF
where The electric light and telegraph
poles are nearly all Frustrated and the
streets are Uttered with timberS, slate,
glass and every conceivable character of
debris.
the beach not a vestige of a residence IS
In the business section of the. city the
in stores and stocks of all kinds, includ-
in= food-stuffs, are total losses.
Women Dazed and Bleeding.
While the Post correspondent was in
Galveston Saturday night it was "A COM
children emerging from once comfortable
and happy homes daZed and bleeding
deep with babies in their arms. To add
if possible to the calamity, the city is cut
off entirely from the world The tele-
Connects Galveston with Mexico is cut
In sailing from Texas City yesterday
the Post correspondent used a strong
glass but could see nothing of any of the
bridges which connect the island with
the mainland Where the bridge Snoulo
be a big ocean vessel was stranded
At Texas City the wharves are de-
| stroyed and the water front for mile Is
/ Uttered with ruins
| Much of the debris has been blown there
from Galveston At Texas City three
washed away and the only exit was by
/ foot and conveyance to La Marque, on
! the International & Great Northern rail-
way
Water in fremont Hotel.
The storm commenced raging between
/ 3 and 10 O'Clock Saturday morning, and
! by noon the water from the gulf had IN
I 1-,N- he f-1a
| Twelfth street From there the water
/ gradually encroached farther inland, ris-
/ ing about fifteen inches an hour. At 6
/ d. M there were thirty-six inches of water
| in the Hobbies of the fremont hotel, the
highest point in the city Across the
horse was drowned. At 9 o'clock the
4 water on Market street was level with the
seats of the street cars. After that it
| gradually receded-
! In the streets the wires were down, tele-
| graph and telephone poles falling, slate
| air.
Prominent Men Are Hurt.
At times people would sail rapidly by in
boats and collfding with some obstruction
would be painfully injured. DR.. S. O.
driven from his home. He mounted g
board and was whirled with terrific veloc-
ity toward the bay. Striking some oh:
about the head and face, besides receiv-
ing bodily injuries.
physicians in Galveston, was drowned
near the Rosenberg school building
whittier he had gone to attend patien
| who was reported TO be injured.
As soon as daylight came andethe fury
of the wind had abated, the work of res
cue and searching for the dead com
menced. In one room the Post reporter
| counted seven dead bodies.
The fremont hotel was made a rendeZ
vous for the living. The women dns
children slept in the dining rooms an,
parIors and the men lay on the floors il
the Railways.
The first house to collapse was a new
| three-stOry brick, known as the Quilt
building" Next Reuters saloon. a two
| story brick. fell with a crash, killing tire
/ of the me- st prominent men in Galveston
Stanley Z. Spencer, agent of the German
| LLOYD Steamship company, and Richar
Lord and Charles Kilmer, the latter cot
| ton men,
| AT noon the big wagon bridge went dow
| with a crash, and il is thought the othe
| bridges, three in number, are totally or al
| most totally wrecked.