The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-18
THE WORK At GALVESTON
Removing the Dead and Clearing
Away the Debris.
Grewsome Sights Amid the Ruins of
the Stricken City-Three Miles OF
Wreckage Giving Way Before De-
termined Laborers-Help Pouring
in From All Parts of the Country.

GALVESTON, Tex, Sept. 17.-this is
the ninth day after the storm and still
the grewsome work of recovering the dead
from the gigantic mass of debris that lines
the south side of what remains of the city
continues. Yesterday 107 bodies ssere re-
covered and cremated. Among them was
mother with sucking babe tightly
clasped to her breast.
The body of Major W. ]. Levy, United
States immigrant inspector of this district,
was among those recovered today. He
made a gallant struggle to save his wife
and three children. All were lost and the
bodies of the wife and children have not
been found. The number of bodies re-
covered and cremated today has not been
reported yet. but it will exceed 100. The
task of extricating the corpses beneath or
jammed into the immense rick of debris
extending from the eastern to the west
ern limits of the city. a distance of over
three miles. is a herculean task and the
most expeditions way of removing them,
from sanitary point of view. is by fire.
This. however. in the crippled condition OF
the fire department and water works,
would endanger the city.
AS it now stands this immense pile of
debris is strewn with dead bodies The
work of opening up the streets and disin-
fecting them is being vigorously prose-
cuted. The debris and garbage is being
removed, $50 vehicles of every descrip-
tion carrying 1t out to a safe place where
it is burned, and in a few days all streets
will be opened for the passage of We
holes. Today 1t was decided at meet
ing of the Central Executive Committee
that all the laborers now employed shall
receive $40 per day and rations. Here
tofore they have been working for moth
ing, and if they refused were impressed
by the military Eleven hundred tents
were received To-Day lby the board of
health. All except three hundred, retain
ed for hospital purposes. will be used to
shelter the houseless., The Marine Hos
pitaI Service has established a hospital
on the beach, at the foot Of Fremont
Street, where the sick and injured. now
sheltered in unsanitary places through
out the city, will be treated The hospital
will consist Of three hundred comfortable
tents, and will be thoroughly equipped
in every respect for the treatment of the
patients.
The philadelphia Inquirer telegraphed
the board of health today that it would
Immediately ship and operate at its own
expense, until ali danger had passed, an
electrozone capable of producing 10000
gallons of disinfectapt per day, The offer
was accepted. Sickness of malarial type
is becoming quite prevalent among the suf-
ferers and considerable apprehension is felt
that it may assume a more serious form
The board of health says more trained
nurses are needed.
The affiliated tabor organizations, whose
members suffered greatly. have Issued an
address appealing to every labor organiza-
ton throughout the country for assistance
They have appointed soliciting agents to
visit all large cities in behalf OF aid for
their stricken members. William d. Brad
field. pastor of ST. Johns Church here, re-
ceived a telegram from an orphan asylum
at Waco offering 10 take and care for
number of orphans. Relief supplies are
arriving more regularly and are being dis
tributed to the destitute as rapidly as pos
sible. Each day marks an Improvement
over the preceding and the situation be-
comes more favorable.