The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-09-21
TEXAS TOHNs

Near Galveston Suffer Equally as
Much as the Iatter-of Official Re
ports Show Terrible Condition Of
(, Afairs-Few Houses Left Standing.
HOUSTON. Texas. Sept. q. Official
reports OF conditions at Interior towns
have begun TO come in from the agents
sent out by S. TalIaferro, Governor,
isayers' agent for the relief Of the SEQ!
tlon visited by the storm outside of
Galveston and Harris county. Follow
Ing are summaries OF reports 80 farr re-
eelved. showing the, conditions at half a
dozen towns on the Santa Fe. There
nre probably fifty small towns which
are in Just as bad shape and from
which reports have not yet been re-
ceived, but which are being supplied
with provisions. clothing and drugs
from Houston by the commltteea:
Pearland-Flfty families depending on
relief committee; some supplies recelv-
ed, but assistance in other ways than
provisions is needed. Families nt Erin
and Superior arc to be supplied through
Pearland. .t,- ,s
Algoa-Twenty-five families to be
supplied; enough provisions for the
present.
Only Six Houses Left.
Alvin-In the town Of Alvin and VI
cInlty there are probably six houses on
blocks out Of a total Of 1000 The pop
ulation OF Alvin now to be fed Is about
1900, Marvel 200. Amsterdam $50 Choc-
olate and Austin bayous, Dickinson
bayou, east and outside. about $500
making total Of about 5000 people
killed. The committee admits having
a sufficient amount OF clothing. They
have received a cash subscription Of
about $4,000 have spent $500. Have re-
ceived two cars OF flour from Dallas,
one car OF meat from Dallas, one car Of
mied goods from Tyler.
Along the bay shore from Virginia
Point to Liverpool, for a space Of six or
eight miles from the bay front. there
are many thousands OF dead cattle that
should be Immediately cremated or
properly looked after.
Three Hundred Destitute.
Arcadia-In the town there are three
hundred destitute people and those in
the immediate vicinity will make the
aggregate 500. Provisions already sup
piled sufficient for immediate needs
only.
Hitchcock-In this town. and immedi-
ate vicinity are more than five hundred
people destitute. OF about three hun
dred houses only about ten are stand
ing. A wave Of salt water from four to
ten feet in depth covered this section;
thlrty-eight lives were lost, and. for
the time being. 1t is feared that the soil
has been seriously damaged by the ef-
feet OF salt water. Supplies OF provis-
ions were sent them yesterday.
Ten Thousand Cattle Dead.
There are probably 10000 dead cattle
:witftHsa space OF q few niles South and
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surrounding the town and every house
should be supplied for at least ten days
with disinfectants. Fever Is now set
ting in there and DR.. T. j. Scott, of
Houston. went there yesterday.
An idea of the velocity of the wind
and wave OF salt water that swept over
this immediate section may. be imagined
when 1t is known that the Texas City
dredgr boat Is now lying high and dry
in a garden at this place, distance of
eight miles or more from Its moorings.
People Have No Money.
Alta Loma-This. committee reports
about seventy-five families. or three
hundred people to be cared for. Have
received $50 rations. People have no
money and their property destroyed.
In the neishborhood one hundred
houses existed: forty destroyed and
about untenantable. There are about
four houses now on blocks. Two lives
were lost. The population is mainly
northern people. A shipment was made
them of provisions and medicines, but
other things are needed ut once.