Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1900-09-13

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paper statements from here have been
too conservative in their effort to guard
against extravaganza or exaggeration.
The newspaper men have so far fallen
low In their estimates of the loss of life
In Galveston. Reports at first placed
the death list at about 1000. Parties
through whom these reports were OBJ
tanned gave very high figures and it was
feared that they were exaggerations,
hence the reports made some allowances
for excited mental conditions and cut
down bit. It is beginning now to be
recognized that the big figures were
nearer correct.
A boat owner of Galveston, Captain
Charles Clarke, has been quoted by a
reliable man, who confirmed the state
ment by others equally reliable, as say
ing that 10000 will be reached before
the mortuary list of Galveston and vi
clnity would be closed. He has been
about on the boats in the waters around
Galveston day and night since the storm
and bases his statement on what he has
seen.
The attention of the people is being
directed to measures for the relief of
the unfortunates on the island. They
have only the clothes they had on when
the storm caught them. There is every
confidence that the relief will be ade-
0uate in a few days. Dire distress will
exist, however. during the interval.
The aid that arrives today and tomor-
row is that which will save life, prevent
sickness and suffering.
GAEIH CvfnnYad
Barges and steamers are now passing
between Texas City and Galveston,
distance of miles. They connect with
trains that pass over the Galveston,
Houston and Henderson and Texas City
tracks. The break in the track has been
repaired as far as Texas City Junction.
The telegraphic wire connections, how
ever, are broken and trains cannot be
run by telegraph. The Western Union,
however, has gang of repairers amount
ing to 60 under Superintendent Gudg-
con along the line repairing it rap
idly. AS soon as the wires are put up
the train service can be materially in
creased. About 800 people have come
out from Galveston so far for Houston
and more are leaving as fast as possible.
Two trains left Houston over the Gal
weston, Houston and Henderson road
yesterday for Texas City. The first
train that pulled into the depot was
taken possession of by several hundred
people who had assembled there. They
rushed over all opposition and when the
trains left there was about 100 people in
each. AS many as 80 people stood on
the platform between two cars. Others
tried to jump the train as it moved off,
but were knocked down by those on the
inside.
Death and Desolation.
]. B. Dillon, general manager Of the
Santa Fe, has returned from a trip over
his road from Hitchcock and Virginia
Point. He made the trip from Hitch
cock to Virginia Point on foot and he
gives graphic account of his journey
which was made under many ditficTu
ties.
"Twelve miles of track and bridges
are gone south of Hitchcock" said he.
ST walked, waded and swan from
Hitchcock to Virginia Point and moth
ing could be seen in all of that country
but death and desolation. The prairies
are covered with water and l don't
think exaggerate when say that not
less than 5000 horses and cattle are to
be seen along the line of the tracks
south of Hitchcock. The little towns
along the railroad are all swept away
and the sight is the most terrible that
have ever witnessed When reached
a point about Q miles north of Virginia
Point saw some bodies floating on the
prairie and from that point until Vir-
ainia Point was reached dead bodies
could be seen from the tracks about the
prairie. At Virginia Point nothing is
left. Aboat 100 cars of loaded merchan-
chandise that reached Virginia Point on
the international and Great Northern
and the Missouri, Kansas and Texas on
the night of the storm are scattered over
the prairie and their contents Will no
do ,,tA v0rOua q total loss -