The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-11
SOME EFFECTS OF THE STORM
THE RAILROADS WILL SUFFER
Loss OF MILLIONS.
'hose In Charge of Relief Work Do
Not Want Idle sightseers to
Hinder Them.

Yesterday Brakeman Matthews Of me
daiVeston, Houston and Northern left
Virginia Point and started to walk to-
ward Texas City. He found little child
which he picked up and carried for miles.
On his way he discovered the bodies of
nine women. all nude These he covered
with grass TO protect them from the
vultures until some arrangements could
be made for their interment.
At Texas City bodies OF dead Calves
tonians are also being washed to the
shores on the bay. which, after in anger
having taken their lives away, now calm
ly and quietly lay the victims OF its
wrath on the beach,
The railroads will suffer the loss OF
millions Of dollars In actual damage, to
say nothing of the loss from stoppage of
business. At Galveston their wharves,
warehouses. depots and tracks are ruined.
The costly bridges which connect the
island and the main land are in ruins and
must be entirely rebuilt.
The International and Great Northern
and Santa Fe have considerable track
washed out, while the Galveston, Hous-
ton and Northern will suffer heavily.
superintendent Mulvey yesterday re-
ceiyed notice that all the track between
Seabrook and Virginia Point, with all
OF the bridges, had Deen washed away and
Section Foreman Seaman and all his crew
at Nadeau had been lost.
Those in charge OF the relief work are
earnestly urged to systematic the work
in every department. The people OF Gal
weston cry aloud for food. for water. for
raiment--for general relief They do not
want to have curious people 20 down
there solely for the purpose of gazing on
them in their misery and misfortune
They can not welcome the kodak hend
fortune. They need assistance. and t.
give 1t to them quickly. generously and
freely should be the aim of every Hous-
tonian and citizen of Texas Every avail
uble piece of transportation is needed fol
taking provisions 10 the Galvestonidns, tC
| take people there who have relatives
there, and to bring back visitors whC
passed through the storm.
In short, SIGHT SEERS ARE NOT
WANTED, for awhile. anyhow.
With sorrowful hearts, fearing thu
worst. yet hoping for the best, thousand
who have relatives and friends in Gal
weston are anxiously praying for new
| "a
are constantly besleged by th.s class, Me
tell of the wives and babies, of brothers
sisters and parents in the stricken city
and become almost frenzied in their anx
| iety to reach Galveston.
That Houstonians feel deep sorrow owe
the staggering blow to Galvestonians wa
apparent yesterday. Not only did tn
wholesale merchants send down prov
sions and subscribe money. but they ab
| solutely transacted no business, excep
! that which had to be attended to. Com
mercial freight agents and brokers' MAD
no rounds a pail was over the com
munity. They OF course had foreoo1ins
OF evil, but when The Post came cut yes
| terday morning with the nrst aut
news OF the awful disaster. feeling c
! sadness and sympathy fell over the en-
/ tire conmunity-snd it viii be some ia!
before Houston RECEIVERS from the shoci
because nearly every one in either cis
has :.iends or relatives in the other.
Mr.. Cooper Kinney of Texas City had
terrible experience the night OF u
storm. He and his slmlly escaped. D.
were nearly three hours going few hur
drad wards. Mr.. Kinney was in the Gil
last night.
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.