Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-10

portions Of the city was difficult TO OBTAIN
but the reports which were received indi
Gated that those two sections had suffered
fully as much as the rest OF the city. ff'
teen men. constituting all that remained OF
a company Of regular soldiers stationed al
the beach barracks, were marched down
Market street. The loss of life among these
soldiers in the barracks, which were de-
stroyed, must have been fully hundred
At IL 80 Sunday morning the water had re-
ceded from the higher portions Of the city
but the streets near the bay front still con-
tanned from two and half to three feet OF
water.
Newspaper ONCE Wrecked.
The Galveston News office, on Mechanic
street, was flooded and the back end OF the
building caved in. At the Union depot were
scenes similar to those met with in other
portions of the city. Baggagemaster Hard
ing picked up the lifeless form Of baby
girl within few feet of the station. Its
parents could not be located, and are sup
posed to have been lost. The station build
ing had been selected as place of refuge
by a large number Of people. All windows
in the building and a portion of the wall at
the top were blown in. The water around
the station was probably twelve feet deep.
On the water front the destruction of
property was almost great as on the
beach, though the loss of life was not
nearly 50 large. The wharves of the NAL
lory company were completely destroyed.
The big steamship Alamo is lying among
the ruins Of the pier. The wharves of the
Galveston Wharf Company are also gone,
and the great wharves of the Southern Pa
cific company which have been in course of
construction for several months are dam
aged to the amount of 100000. The Nor
wegian steamship ella, engaged in the Gu
ban trade, was stranded up the bay beyond
where the railroad bridges once stood.
The British steamship Taunton is lying
on Pelican Island hard aground. The Mex
lean, a big British steamer, was driven up
the bay. and is fast in the mud Another
big ship is lying out near quarantine sta
ton The Kendall Castle was driven as
far up as Texas City, where she is now
stranded OF the small shipping only a
few boats are left Many of the little
schooners were lifted bodily out of the
water and flung up on the island, The
wrecks Of others are scattered along the
bay front The Charlotte M. Allen, the
steam ferry boat to Bolivar. is safe. The
big dredge used at Texas City was driven
inland for half mile and cannot be saved.
The Pensacola was in port when the storm
began but Master Simmons put to sea in
the teeth of the storm, and it is feared that
the boat and her crew Of thirty-six men
were lost.
Three Elevators and Mill Wrecked.
The three grain elevators and Reymer-
schoffer mill are wrecks Their roofs and
the top stories have gone, and grain stored
therein has probably been ruined by the
rain. The damage to the ships at this
time, when the demand for tonnage is so
great, is regarded as one of the worst
features of the disaster from a business
standpoint.
In the business portion of the city the
loss cannot even approximately be esti-
mated. The wholesale houses along the
strand had about seven feet of water on
their ground floors and window panes and
glass protectors of all kinds were demol-
ished. The top of the Moody Bank build
ing was blown away, and the fixtures of
every house on this long business thorough
fare were destroyed.
On Mechanic street the water was almost
as deep as on the Strand All provisions
in the wholesale groceries and goods on
the lower floors were saturated and render
ed valueless. The engine house of the
fremont Hotel was caved in by the fall
ing smoke stack. The damage to the ho-
tel building win amount to $4,000. The