The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-09-10

Themselves by jumping from the upper
story Just before the crash came.
II was reported that the orphan asy-
lum and both the hospitals were destroy
Cd. and If this proves true the loss OF
life will be great. as these institutions
were generally crowded. and hey were
substantial buildings. the chanes are that
many had taken refuge IN them.
The water extended across the island
Mr. T.mmins said IL was three feet deep
I'm the rotunda of the fremont hotel and
was six feet deep in Market street.
Along the water front the damage was
very great The roofs had been blown
from all the elevators and the sheds
aIons. the wharves were either wrecked or
had lost their sides and were OF 40 pre-
lection to the contents. Most Of the
small sailing craft was wrecked ari
was either piled up on the whdrves or
was floating bottomside mp at the bay.
There is a small steamship ashore :hrce
miles north Of Pelican island. but M could
not distinguish her name. She was lying
a British flag. Another big vessel mas
been driven ashore AT Virginia Point anu
still another is aground at Texas CITY.
At the south point of Houston Island an
unknown ship lies in a helpless condition
The Iightship that marks Galveston
bar Is hard and fast aground at Bolivar
point.
Two Sailors Picked Up.
Mr. Tjmmins and the men with him on
the schooner rescued two sailors from
the middle bay who had been many hours
I'm the water. These men were foreigners
and he could gain no information IRON
them.
A wreck of a vessel which looked Ike
a large steam tug was observed lu9l n'-
fore the party landed. In the nay the
ss.a an :
were seen. hut no human body was Nisi-
BILE The scenes during the storm. Mr..
Timnnins said. could not be descrihei
Women and children were crowdins INTO
tho fremont hotel where he was sec KING
shelter. and all night these unioriun3teS
were bemoaning their losses OF kindred
and fortune They were grouped about
the stairways and i'm the galleries anu
rooms OF the hotel What was occurring
in other parts of the city he c'uil "illy
conjecture
Tho city Of Galveston. he relates. Is
noyv entirely submerged and cut OF from
communication. The boats are gone 1le
railroads cannot be operated ara ne Wa
ter IS 81 high people cannot Wa7N "ul
nv way OF the bridge across tn pay, even
should that bridge be stanuins- iioN
sious will he badly needed ana q s''al
r,oforitv OF the people lost all they hAd.
"a AMI a water famine Is threatened. as
The cistcrns were all ruined by the over
ooyr of saIt water. This. Mr.. IlmmlhS
,...--s. rs the most serious problem 10 be
Col now. The city is In darkness the
electric plant being among the lhsi'u-
.Tors which have been ruined AheIe -
,,o way OF estimating the property "''in-
age n present. So far as ne could 80
hear Mr.. Timmins says the east emu
81. fsffe
sc,ra district. has been practically wlped
o,,, az existence. on the west end' Mh4ch
T.res the Gulf on another portion OF IN
island. much havoc has occurred. he
beach has been swept clean. the pain
houses are destroyed and many OF the
residences are total wrecks.
Dead Bodies in Number.
train came I'm on the Columbia Gap
-atl-o,a .bss afternoon and its crew tel
a story Of death and desolaton In the
country through which they passed. Con-
ductor Ferguson states that the daHia7S
is beyond calculation. houses BARNS
cr,ns and orchards being destroyed.
Al Forbes. postal clerk. reported THAR
NJ oyster creek the train crew and pas
senacer.s heard cries coming out OF mass
Of debris. Several persons answered the
cries and found n negro woman fastened
under a roof. They pulled her out and
she informed nef TtStNttS Ahdt aii''"
were others under the roof. \ further
search resulted in the finding of nine
dead bodies. all colored persons.
when the train arrived at Angleton, the
iau all of the churches and number
! Of houses had been blown down. Three
fatalities occurred at Angleton. but the
! train stopped there only a few minutes
and the number killed or their names
| couId no, he learned. At Angleton the
conductor decided TO return to Houston
and the extent of the damage beyond
/ Au-Ieton WAS not learned. ON the re
/ turn trip the crew saw the debris of
dozens OF demolished houses. At Sandy
Point several persons were badly i'm
iured. but no fatalities were reported.
At ArcoIa a family named Wofford had
gathered in the second story of their
house. The upper portion of the house
was blown away and Mr.. Woford ;
| mother was instantly killed.
The hurricane was particularly severe
AT Brookshire. twenty-seven miles west
of Houston. on the Missouri. Kansas and
| Texas railroad -Four dead bodies have
been taken from the debris of wrecked
houses. and Il is believed that others
have been killed. IL is reported that
only four houses are left standing In
Brookshire. which was n village with a
population of COO people.
The names Of the dead at Brookshire
cannot be learned tonight.
| Later reports received from Alvin state
| that many persons were killed there.
/ Eleven bodies have been recovered.