The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-21
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will now adjust itself Martial law end
ed at noon today There is big de-
mand for 1aborers along the wharf front
also a great demand for street cleaning
labor.
Labor in Galveston is at premium.
There is not an idle man in the city.
Regardless of station or position, a man
must work The merchant and MS
clerk are working side by side along
with the man who has known nothing
but hard work since the time OF MS
childhood 1t is cosmopolitan 1orce
now at work on the city avenue; Whlte
men and black working IN gangs under
one head is a daily scene. 1t is all done
for the good of Galveston. The health
of the living must be preserved at any
cost. The city must be cleaned and the
dead burned, that the survivors may
continue to live. 1t is imperative that
the Wreckage about the city be cleared
immediately The stencil arising from
the bodies beneath the ruins is becom-
ing unbearable. Warrants have been is
sued to impress every able bodied man
for street cleaning service over 500
men were secured under this order, and
fully 1000 men are engaged in the work.
Still this force is not sufficient, and more
men must be secured Men for this SER
vice are to be imported from the inter-
iOr of the state.
The prevailing method of disposing of
the dead is cremation. AS each corpse
is taken out it is thoroughly saturated
with coal oil and thrown into a blazing
entirely successful, and the bodies are
quickly destroyed. Funeral pyres are
blazing throughout the city.
Captain William HutchinS, superin-
tendent of the Ninth United States dis
trict has received reports of damage to
stations in the district. The Galveston
station was wiped out and the keepers
wife, Mrs. Hayes, and one of the surf
men drowned. Other persons at the sta
ton were saved Two of the life boats
drifted to Hitchcock, IA miles north of
Galveston Island.
The Galveston station was valued at
SIS, 900 and will be rebuilt. The San Luis
life saving station was damaged to the
extent of about 81, 500.
The churches of Galveston suffered
greatly by the hurricane. Sacred Heart,
St Patricl's Catholic. the First Baptist,
and the African Methodist Episcopal
churches are total wrecks, while Trinity
church, the First Presbyterian, the
Swedish church and the Synagogue are
partially destroyed, but it is possible the
repairs may make them serviceable. Not
a church edifice in the city escaped SER
iOuS damage.
The inmates of the Protestant Or
phans' home will be transferred to the
Sealy building where they will tenn
been destroyed by the collapse of the
roof A large quantity of stores for the
Red Cross society is being received at
this building The Red Cross society
will look after the little ones.
S. E. Barton, a nephew of Clara Bar
ton of the Red Cross society, has arrived
here from New York In an interview
he suggested the raising of fund of
from five to fifteen million dollars to aid
the people in rebuilding their homes. An
appeal of this nature viii be made to the
people of the United States
The largest loss of a single family by
the flood is that of the Ratteseaus, who
resided down the island. OF family of
fOrty-flve, AZ were lost.