The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-14
A PESTILENCE THREATENS
The Corpses Thrown Into the Sea Are Flung
Back, Poisoning the Air.
MANY BODIES LIE BENEATH THE DEBRIS

The decision of the transportation lines
will do more than anything else to restore
confidence Big ships, new arrivals, rode
at anchor today in front of the city.
They had Just reached the port and
found the docks and pier damage so wide
spread that no accommodation could be
given to them. Iney ford sheds torn
away, freight cars overturned and plank
ing ripped off
The steamships reported ashore in carly
reports are. save two, the Norwegian
steamer Gyller and the British steamer
Norma, still high and dry.
No examination is as yet possible as
to the condition of those still on the
sand, but the big tug H. G. Wilmott has
arrived from New Orleans and her assist
ance is to be given to saving those YES
sells which can be got in deep water
again. Apparent, however, Galveston
has no immediate need of ships The de-
struotion of the bridges of all the rail
roads entering the city make it we'll
nigh impossible to furnish outgoing car
goes Three bridges were each about
three miles in length and the work of
reconstruction will be a stupendous un-
dertakipg
One of the most serious results of the
storm has been the wrecking of the
electric light and street car plants. The
city has been in absolute darkness for
several nights and only a few concerns
who operate tehir own Illuminating SER
vice are enabled to do business. Nearly
every residence has gone back to the
primitive candle. The absence of street
lights drives all who have no imperative
business on the streets to their hcmes
at nightfail, but the work of the patrol
system is made more difficult thereby
and the opportunity for looting greater.
The motormen deserted their cars when
the fury of the wind ard the rush Of
the water made it no longer possible to
operate them. Attempts are being made
now to get the cars in shape again. The
great destruction OF live stock has elimi
mated the carriages and cabs as means
of transportation and the need of troll
ley promises to be a most pressing one
when rebuilding begins.
Among the worst sufferers by the dis
aster were the churches. Nearly every
one of them felt the effect of the storm.
Some of them are entire wrecks, abso-
lutely beyond repair.
THE WORK OF THE RELIEF.
The work of relief continues energeti-
cally. Mayor Jones and his associates
are bending every nerve to open direct
line of transportation with Houston by
which he may be enabled promptly to re-
ceive the great quantity of provisions
which are now on the way to the city.
Il wish to say, however" said Mayor
Jones, 1--WE have made such arrange
ments as will make it possible for us to
feed the needy until we can get in our
supplies. We are relieving every case
presentd to US. l think within a day or
| two our transportation facilities will be
sufficient temporarily to meet our needs.
| Galveston has helped other cities in
! their distress despite her size and we are
consoled by the generous response of the
! country to our appeal"
The relief committee is striving to
systematic it's work and there is un-
| doubtedly distress here which ought to
be relieved promptly. Weazen- faced,
bare footed children were engaged yes
terday on the strets in eagerly appro-
priating spoiled cast off stocks of food.
The committee has instructed the local
drug stores to provide the poor and needy
with medicine at the expense of the re-
lief fund.