The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-14

-l.a Providence
Y =, INA in the following;
! 'sS- s,uhbs who resides In what
Jn 'e, ''s sallsd the West End" OF
Isrs'. a. who is well known In
s0' me qualification of knowing
=. .'s' !, member Of her family was
.,.y rendered Homeless by the
" !, i. Storm, the whole family y,,. In
~ ssI,sli. husband and two child
ns n get safely on q raft, COM
IL top'ot some house.
~ raft broke In two, leaving
..,S,s and one child on one part
y s,obbs and the other child on the
!. one child fell off Of the part
ssp No was on, and thus OF
!, four all we're separated during
~ y !, the storm. save two, yet the
VIZ !. = VAS ascertalned that all were
y ~ nsh,ld who fell off the raft hav-
.. " ssiety on floating table.
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- am from Galveston" re-
q, young looking man about "a
q id, but his hair was as white as
,,ns Is James Farlow, and ]
:, saIoly through the storm at Gal
MI never want to pass through
~, s,,eh night as long as l live"
NJ WI ,tsrys It is oIhy this, left the
= ,sere / boarded, thinking l would
= N, downtown in one OF the brick
a,Isrs but soon found 1t would be
4smiNe 10 reach there, as the water
r,Ia deep and still rising.
I'm / struggled on, but after awhile
~ ~s,sr bccame so deep that l had to
.sut a floating log to keep from
XII 's' alrht ! aoated, and many a person
.,r 10 down beneath the waves and
g. Tht horror Of it all wasfnore than
,rla stand. and in consequence / am
,,r,iurel bid, my hair, which was very
N M day before the storm, is. as you
,lmost as white as cotton"
Il N the remarkable experiences incl
\ "a tie storm Of Saturday night, that
! ID little boy who was brought to the
.,an nhrmary yesterday bids fair to
ne them ALL The boy is only IL years
nd his sir name is Rutter He was
Ma n the side OF large trunk Mon
\ morning near Hitchcock, which is
t,ot,vsnty miles from Galveston. Young
Isrsi says that he lived in Galveston.
N bis family consisted of mother, father
!. liz children, including himself, and
ktall we're drowned save himself.
IIie whole family remained in their
se, thinking II was the safest place,
,su suddenly It was blown down and
assi Away.
| ne boy says that when he rose to the
kf.sce after being thrown into the water
! dung to the trunk which was floating
! him On that trunk he chung all the
be during the terrific storm which ragged
5rrg nearly all the night, beat and buf-
i'd BY The wind and rain, He was car
| Il safely across the Galveston bay, and
billy, Yearly forty hours later, he was
.ii. unharmed, save few slight
asA
70 Is az present being provided for at
!. Houston infrmary, and II any one of
rele1tes happen to read this article
~ can God him at that place.
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A much behandaged refugee told The
1t nan narrowing tale OF his expe-
Pee on the night of the big storm. He
y that he was living in house near
beach When the water began to rise
thought It advisable to seek frmcr
ssdatlon and struck out, in water KIN
% for the center OF town.
Bstue he had gone far. however, the
peg bad risen SO high as to make per-
fbdalicn exceedingly difficult. where
hs seized piece OF a roof as 1t
'iea and chung to Il, The wind was now
rug At terrible rate and he saw
slisn blown from mothers arms and
tlE debris blown out of the grasp o.
ssirims.
q eonyeyance cane into collision sew
pnes with struggling human bodies.
sscue was impossible. II ns ma
.asi out to help them both lie aud
sOuld have been lost, so great was
w OF the wind and waves.
IAN, ne says, stung like snot, and
Y was iull of flying wreckage. He
y laat this flying mater.a. ala nj st
slIase to lille, knocking Tie W.,
H . or disengaging th4m ram
'SltA He, himself, was Knocked out
WIS dozen times and is still a
y cuts and bruises.
~ morning every one was weepiny
waia mad unnerved them, and tle
sis. nere thronged with tear-stained,
ts.Nflcken faces.
nm ~ was nothing 70 drink but whisky.
s-ps else, salt wat4r and the Ike.
and weakened, whereas the
81 we relief train came he sorqot All
"A sD Sa Here was food and water
N ~. cOaseiousness that the outs de
fs,,S q GalSeston's misfortune.
q sad, showing a great band
II IN w. head, NEARLY fixed me. I think
M I, by head. II it has" he
brD wish it had gone an inch
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''A'n' Texas, September 1s.-This
.,s I'M. The fremont 1otel occurred a
= mat was not attended with music
n, s''.'' and gathering Of merry -
.i.,,I l'ie1ds and relatives. II was
ksas NJ. sAa' Mrs. Bessie Roberts ex-
ra ans day to marry Ernest A " Wayo
rsss + :. saich desolated so many homes
ks.r ~. u almost everything on Garth
tft sss.s' sister and home. Sne
n,sI,sfer He lost mlch of his pos,
sy i,r. O1sHlnson. But he stepped
u ssss .ard and took his sweetheart
iss-t ana home. Mr.. Mayo is a
saAae w r, county attofn ~. The am
ri. ~ Iloahd & Co., for whom Mis-
s wedding took place.
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