Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-09-11

she hospital Inc number OF patients
aud nurses could not be ascertained, but
ordinarily the number Of inmates are
seldom under 100
The Rosenberg schOolhouse which wa,
chosen As place Of refuge by the peopl,
Of that locality. COLLAPSED. Some oi
those who took refuge there escaped,
but how many cannot BE- told.
The great bathing pavilion Pagoda,
the big pleasure resort Olympia and this
hurdochs bath houses were all swept
into the gulf There were few bodies
ON the beach. The bodies were swept
into the gulf or driven up into tho rub
bish by the waves.
II Is hard 10 determine what section
Of thu city suffered the greatest damage
In the loss u life information from
the extreme eastern and western por.
tions are difficult 10 obtain. reports re-
ceiyed indicated that those sections suf-
fered the ame fate as tho rest Of the
city. possibly b "a greater degree.
Fifteen men. constituting all that re-
mains Of a company Of regular soldiers
stationed at the Beach barracks, march.
ed down Market street. The loss of
life among the soldiers at the barrncks
which was destroyed must have been
fully l0O.
AZ 1880 O'Clock sunday morning the
water receded from the higher portions
Of the city. but the streets near the bay
front still contain nearly three feet of
water
The Galveston News ofiiceon Mechan-
ic street was flooded The hack end Of
the building cayed in. the engine aud
boilers were filed with water and IL
was impossible for that paper 10 BE- is-
sued
The union depot was scenes similar
met at other portions Of the city. The
lifeless form of a baby girl was found
within a few feet of the station. The
parents could not b. located and aro sup
posed 20 have been lost.
On the water front the destruction oi
property was almost a. great as on the
beach. though the loss Of life not nearly
~ large.
The wharves Of tho Mallory company
were completely destroyed The steam.
ship Alamo Is lying among the ruins at
the Piers
The wharvcs ~ the Galveston Wharf
company ARE gone aud the wharves oi
the Southern Pacific company damaged
10000.
The Norwegian steamship Gila i,
stranded up the hay beyond where the
railroad bridges once stood.
The British steamship Taunton q.
lying on Pelican island hard aground
The Mexican, big British steamer,
Is stuck In the mud
7 Another big ship i lying out near
quarantine station driven ashore.
Tho Kendall Castle has been driven
a. far mp as Texas City aud stranded
OF the small shipping only few
boats are left.
Little .chooners were lifted bodily out
Of the water and flung upon the island.
Others are scattered along the hay front
= IN oil conditions Of broken masses.
The ferryboat % Bolivar seems 20 b,
the only one safe.
The dredge used at Texas City wa.
driven inland half mile aud can neveI
b. gotten OF except in pieces
The Pensacola was In port when thu
storm began. but Master Simmons pu
n sea Ia the teeth of the brewing storm
and It is feared the boat and crew Of 81
are lost.
) Now no big vessels are about tn
! wharves. which were alive with seamei
: and longshoremen on Friday Afternoon
slowing cargoes.
Three grain elevators and Reymers
mill ARE wrecks. The top stories ar
gone and the grain stored therein ruine'
by rain.
The damage to ships At this tim
= when the demand for tonnage Is =
Z great Il regarded one Of the worst fea
0 lures Of the disaster from busines
4, standpoint.
4 None Of the vessels are irretrievahl,
lost, but It will take some time 10 ~
the boats Oh aud repaired. even thougl
not wrecks.
y The business portion Of the city dam
age cannot even b. approximately est
y mated Wholesale houses along IN
q Strand are about seven feet in water o
the ground floors, all window panes an
A glass protectors are demolished. Hl
i, lures Of every house on this long bus
ness throughtare are destroyed.
oh Mechanic street the water was NJ
most As deep as on the Strand. All th
provisions Ia the wholesale grocers o
the lower floors arc saturated aud rel
dered valueless
The engine house Of the fremont h,
= tel cayed in and by the falling smok,
o stack cooking was an impossibility. Tn
. damage 20 the hotel building amount
!. 10 s65 900.