Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-09-18
SOME PITIABLE
SIGHTS REVEALED
The Parting Of Relatives as the
Boat Leaves Sad Indeed.
SCJRRY NEED CASH
TO PAY LAB0RERS.
He Makes an Appeal for Money to Pay
Men Cleaning Away Debris.
People Become Insane Over
the Loss Of Relatives.

New Orleans. Sept. IA special 20
The Picayune from Galveston says:
The steady stream Of refugees from
Galveston Is keeping up. There is not q
departing train from across the hay
which is not packed 10 its platforms.
Today there were many who wanted 10
get away and who were not able. There
will be refugees leaving for week to
come.
No saddcr sight could be imagined
than the picture presented today by
n boatload Of refugees. when the rope,
were cast OH and the craft swung out
into the bay aud away from the desolats
city. There was not face that wa,
not turned toward the ruin. There wa.
not an eye that was not moistcned with
tears So great has been the rush O.
leave behind the scene Of the storm that
the Lawrence the boat which connect.
with trains nc Texas City. has failed o.
leave her wharf single day w,thou,
denying passage tpa portion of those
who wan ted 70 get away.
To-Day l stood upon the deck and
watched hundred men who had been
unable to board her, us they stood with
packed yali,e, ON the wharf and watched
her fadc into the distance Many OF
these men will camp upon the landing
and be ready to board her A. soon a.
she is ready to receive passengers for
her next trip
The partings NJ the wnterside are pi;i.
ful IN the extreme. Husbands come to
the gangplnnk aud ks, their weeping
wives goodbye, turning back 10 the hard
work Of reconstruction which confronts
them with breaking hearts. Scores Of
women. overcome at the last moment,
ARE cared for by strange hands, while
those who love them. bound 10 Calves.
ton by necessity. can do no more than
watch from afar aud pray.
Today watched frail women, weak
ened by days Of insufficient nourishment
and nights II .lceplcssness, struggle
aboard the Lawrence with baby on
one arm aud carrying heavy valise,
while two or three little children tugged
nj her dress In ordinary times they
would have scare have lifted the yalise
without help The power which sus'
tains them is beyond mortal ken.
At Texas CITY the Philadelphia North
American has established q relief depot
which is doing splendid work. Thi.
journal has sent down a trainload OF
supplies, a staff Of special correspon.
dents under Julian Hawthorne. corps
of physicians under + II Kennedy. the
house surgeon Of the jefferson hospital
aud u hand Of trained nurses under Mis-,
Catherine f. Rogers. graduate Of tn,
same institution. The special reached
Texas City last night. Instead Of wait
ing until Galveston was reached {,
begin work. immediate steps were taker
20 care for the refugees at the bay ter
minal Of the Galveston. Houston and
Henderson aud during the night hun
dreds ofhungry refugees were fed. Will,
numbers OF sick and wounded wcr,
cared for.
There is plenty Of work on hand fo
ten times the force Of laborers at present
employed. The area which has as ye
been untouched embraces four and q
half miles frontage on the beach an,
bay. aud before It is cleared the bodie
which lie rotting beneath the tangle,
timbcrs will have fallen To pieces Ever
now there Is no semblance Of humanit!
In the gruesome things which are unooy
cred by the workers
Adjutant General Scurry who is II
supreme control now, is unable to pa
the laborers for their services. lie ar
IDENTIFY desires 10 do ~ aud today i'm
pressed upon the committee the nee
Tor money Cash contributions will b
more welcome than supplies In any form
As a matter of fact, there are enougI
1 provisions ou hand ahead to feed every
body boz Galveston for week There !
a great deal of trouble ia properly dis
: tribuung supplies, the rush az the de-
pots being rs great today rs ut any tim
since they were opened
In line before the relief stations toda
] saw women of evident refinement
They were iammcd In between negroe
and the lowest classes OF whites.
must have been a terrible struggle 10
them 20 accept succor In such guisC
bnt there was no alternative befor
them. They had 10 get In line or staryc