The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-10

Morgan's Point. where no caught = train
for Houston The hurricane. MIR. TIM
Minis said. was the worst ever known.
The estimates made By citizens of Gall
weston was that fe9N houses most OF
them residences, have been destroyed. and
that at least l.coa people have been
drowned, killed or are missing. Some
business houses were also destroyed. but
most of them stood, though badly dam
aged,
Galveston n Wreck.
The city. Mr. Timmins AYERS. il q COM
plcte wreck. so far as be could see from
the water front and from the fremont
hotel Water was blown over the Island
by the hurricane. the wind blowing az tho
rate OF eighty miles an hour, straight
from the Gulf. and forcing the sea water
before Il in big waves The gale wIs n
steady one, the heart OF * striking the
city about o'clock yesterday evening
and continuing without intermission until
midnight last nlsht, when II ahatsd some-
what. although Il continued 10 blow al
nieht.
or HIS own knowledge, Mr. rfmmins
knew of only one house succumMng with
fatal results, though he heard OF many
residences being carried away with In
mates The house that he saw destroyed
was Rltter's saloon and restaurant. at
ai0a strand street, q principal business
street OF the city. This three-story buiid-
Ing was blown down and nine men. promi-
nent citEeps. were Killed
Among the dead are;
Charles kelnev. sr.. a cotton buyer for
an English firm.
Stanley G., Spencer.
Richard Lord manager for McFndden's
Cotton Company. whose body is stiil IN
the rusna
Secretary Bailey, of the wharf COM
pauy and several customers saved them-
selves by jumping from the upper story.
just before the crash came
II was reported that the orphan asylum
and both hospitals were destroyed and II
this prove true the loss OF ME WI 10
great. as these institutions were generally
crowded, and as they were substantial
buildings. the chances are that many per.
sons had taken refuge IN them
The water extended across the island
mr.. Ttmmlns said it was three feet deep
In the rotunda of the fremont hotel ana
six feet deep IN Market street.
DAMAGE ON water Front.
Along the water front the damage was
very great. The roofs had bean blown
from. all the elevators. and the sheds
along the wharves were esther wrecked
or had lost their sides and were - no
protection to the contents Moat az .hs
small sailing craft were wrecked and
were either piled up on the wharvee or
hoatinR bottom side up IN the bay. There
is smnil stcamahIp ashore three miles
north az Pelican. but Mr., Timmins could
not distinguish her name sh. was ilying
British fag Another hsg veAnei hai
been driven ashore at Virginia point and
still another Is aground az Texas cfrf
AT the south point OF Houston isiana an
unknown ship lies In u helpless condition
The liEh,ship that marks Galveston
bar IS hard aud fast aground at aolllvar
point,
~ .t,s,,,,.t,.a - a.. -. ...,- 80,
the schooner rescued two sailors from the
middle bay. who had been rssny fionr.
In the water. These men wcro foreigners
and he could gain ne Information froin
them.
a wreck ~ a vessel which i,oisesi iIka
q large steam tug was observed Just be-
fore the party landed
IN the bay the carcaHens of neatly 20
horses and mules we're sren bul no hu-
man body was visible The scenes during
the storm Mr.. Timmine said could nat he
described. Women and children we're
crowded into the fremont hotel. whera he
waH seeking shelter, aDs al night those
unfortnnates were befnoHnlng their i8sa
~ kindred and fortune. ThHy were
grouped about the FtHirwASs ana ~ fha
galleries and rnamH ~ the hotel. What
VIA occurring in other parts pf the city
he could only conjecture
city Eatireis Submerged.
The city ~ Galveston, he says. ts now
entirely snbmsrsed ard cut OF from eom-
mpnicati0n The bpa's arc Eonr fhe
railways cannot be operated 8nf tbs
water 81 30 hish that pcopie cannot walk
out bY way af tiF hriaEa sesEsa he bay,
even should shat brslKs DO standing,
Protisiens mili be badly usedaf, a. n
great natafitY d, the people lest ail shsy
haf The water WORKS poser honsa was
wrecked snd water famine - threaten
81 she cisfFFna wegf SO ruined .. ihe
overflow - ssiI water. This Mr Tfmmins
regards a. The m9si serious probiem 20
he feared uow. Tie fify y in Aafkneae.
the sisesrie plant having besn ruined
There y 90 way ~ eEtlsaatiAg ii.e pFpr.
eriy damage AZ pfssfRt f. far ks tc
eauld Fes W hfar. Sfr Tlmmlue saBa. ise
east anf portion ~ the cify witch r. The
residences dlaff4ct has b4en practically
wiqnd aut nf cxletsaes. or fhf Rsgt
eDd whicb facfs fhF suit angfasr ser
tion ~ she island. etFy nsBcN hasam vas
d1re TIRE iaeArh wa aWpNt sisHns ths
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