The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-09-14

The storm that swept Galveston
Sunday has proven 10 be one Of the
most awful tragedies Of modern times
while the death list may not be as
large as at first anticipated, II iaalmost
certain TO reach 200, while the hnau-
cial ruin IL beyond comparison. No
storm Ia American history has ever
wrought such havoc, and Galveston Is
In ruins Large steamers aud water
crafts arr stranded on the sites Of
former large buildings which were
blown aud swept out Of existence.
People Of the stricken city are In
actual want, ~ the salt water utterly
ruined the water supply aud greatly
damaged the food Every bridge 10
the mainland IN destroyed and most all
water crafts put out Of service, NO that
the transportation OF supplies, easily
secured Ia nearby cities, Is serious
question.
The secretary Of war, by direction OF
the president, has ordered $4,000 ra.
lions aud 10000 tents Tor the relief Of
sufferers 10 be forwarded from the
nearest supply depot
Tho wreck Of Galveston was brought
about by tempest Va terrible that no
words can adequately describe It's in-
tcnsity, aud by hood which turned
the city into raging sea. The weather
bureau record shows that the wind at
talncd velocity Of cighty.four miles
au hour when the measuring instru-
ment blew away, 40 It is impossible to
tell what was the maximum.
The storm began about 2 o'clock
Saturday morning. Previous to thrt n
great storm had been raging In the
gulf aud the tide was very high The
wind Mt tirst came from the north aud
WIS In direct opposition to the force
from the gulf While the storm In the
gulf piled the water upon the beach
sl'l- st ,,ae city, the north winuT piled
the water from the bay onto the bay
part Of tho city.
About noon II became evident that
the city was going to be visited with
disaster Hundreds Of residences along
the beach front we're hurricdly aban,
doned, the families fleeing TO dwellings
In higher portions OF the city. Every
home was open to the refugees, black
or white. The wind was rising con,
stautly, and rain fell In torrents. Tn,
wind was so fierce that the rain cut
like a knife.
by o'clock the waters Of the gull
aud bay met, aud by dark the entlr,
city was submerged. The flooding Of
the electric light plant and the ga,
plant left the city In darkness. To 4,
out Into the streets was to court death
The wind was then at cyelonic velocity
roofs, cisterns, portions OF buildings
telegraph poles and walls were falling
aud the noise Of tho wind aud IN,
crashing OF the buildings was terrify
ing In the extreme. The wind an,
waters rose steadily from dark unit
las o'clock Sunday morning.
During all this tiue tho people o
Galveston were like rats In a trap. III,
highest portion OF the city was four I,
five feet under water, while In the grca
majority OF cases the streets were sub
merged to depth OF ten feet II,
leave house was to drown. To re
main was to court death in the wrecl,
age.
Such night OF agony has seldom
been equalled without apparent rca
son the waters began to subsido at IA
n. m. Within two minutes they hal
gone down two feet, aud before day
light the streets were practically free
OF the food waters In the meAntim
the wind had yeered to the southeas,
Very few, II any, buildings escape,
injury. There is hardly n habitabl
house 10 the city. When tho poopl
who had escaped death went ont a
daylight TO view the work OF the ten
pest aud the floods, they saw the mos
horrible sights Imaginable.
Tho whole OF the business front 10
three blocks in from the gulf wcr
stripped OF every vestige OF habitatior