The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-14

near the end OF the Jettler hhu oeeh o"eP'
out Of existence. The large fuInisauns barge
which was purchased and fitted up by the Smte
only n few months ago Ia also conpIeteiy
wrecked The municipal authorities recoin-
mend that not only the destitute people OF usl-
weston. but all others who were sufferers oy
the storm. particularly women and children.
be taken out Of the city al the earliest possible
moment II this suggestion does not cause
the people 10 depart an official order may be
issued depopulatins the place temporarily
until the wreokage can be cleared from the
streets and order restored. 50 that the opera
tons Of rebuilding can be started,
The improyised hospitals are still crowded
with injured and sick people Many are suf-
fertns from severe nervous prostratlons and
a number have gone insane over the terrible
OK Experiences through which they have paesed.
Reports that reached here this morning from
places on the mainland which were devastated
by the storm state that the situation there Is
fully az bad as at Galveston. except that the
suffering Il on q smaller scale, There are hun
dreds OF homeless people at Alvin. Ansleton.
seabrooke and other places which were de-
suoyed and they are suffering for food and
clothing Relief committees have not yet got
10 their aid. as all attention has up TO this time
been directed 10 Galveston.
Physicians have been arriving here from all
parts Of the State. and there Is now sufficient
nd Of this hind unless an epidemic should
break out
THE RPHAH
Thew are several hundred children 1 n the
city who wore made orphans by the storm.
The manager OF the local Orphans Home ao-
q~uatnasd Gov. sayers with this fact and asked
that as many a. possible be admitted to the
6k.NA nwnAana HnrnA al NnHARanQ ThnrA
70 room 10 that institution for 100 OF these I'M
f~ortlnaees and that number left here for their
new home to-day. Efforts are being made
10 md temporary homes In private families
for the remainder. The waters Of the Gulf
and bay continue to cast up the bodies OF the
dead on the mainland. IL may be several
days before tho work of recovering these bodies
is completed.
Searching partiee are still working day and
night on the mainland and up TO this time over
twelve hundred bodies have been found within
q distance Of twenty miles along the shore.
These remains have had Christian burial where
possible. Many ministers who were unable TO
reach Galveston have confined their work 10
the mainland and burial services were held
whsnever their presence was possible. Many
volunteer undertakers were also unable 10 reach
this city during the few days after the storm.
but they have been kept occupied on the main
land.
TONS OF FOOD ARRIv1No.
Tons and tons Of food and clothing are being
piled on the mainland awaiting transportation
TO Galveston. Most Of II will be brought over
to-day. but II the city Is temporarily depopulated
a. IL now proposed, IL will be necessary to haul
all supplies back again to Houston. TraInload
after tralnload Of food and clothing are arriving
at the nearest railroad points on the
mainland. and these supplies are being guarded
until disposed Of by the relief committees
The relief work here is well systematiDed and the
supplies will be properly distributed.
A gane Of the lawless element who have been
infesting this city since the storm and have
been preylng on the remains and wrecked homes
Of the unfortunate people we're driven out Of
here last night by the police and troops. There
are some desperate characters among these
men. as IL always the case In shipping centres.
The city IL well p~atrolled and whenever a pill
lager is caught he is promptly shot. tits re-
ported tina over seventy-fve OF these ghouls
have been shot during the past three nights
by the patrolmen, The summary killings are
fully approved by the law-abiding people Of
the city.
The barges will move 5000 people a day TO
the mainland II they can be induced to go. but
many are dazed and seemingly without ability
TO think for themselves At Houston prepaTa-
lions had been made TO care for thousands.
When the loads arrived there to-day the
refugees seemed to scatter and find temporary
homes Immediately. Houston's Relief Com
mittee has turned into hospitals and lodging
places halls and vacant stores. and has sent
TO the Galveston committee an urgent invita-
ton 20 take immediate advantage Of these
faCili ties made ready.
In the first exodus to-day there went elghteen
persons injured by the storm Many. however.
are not yet strong enough to be sent II II
given out that the barges and the railroad
will be run all OF tomorrow carrying those
who are ready TO leave
HoUsToN, Tex Sept. is-Boats yesterday
began transferring such OF the Galveston suf-
ferers as we're able and willing to leave, The
route was across the bay to Texas City and
thence by the International and Great Northern
TO Houston A trainload Of ten coaches car
ried the first party. This ia the beginning Of
the depopulation OF the stricken island.
The Citizens Committee OF Galveston has
advised those who can go TO friends on the main
land to do so. The International and Great
Northern, through vice-President Trioe, has
offered free transportation 70 points North
for all who will go. Manager Hill OF the Gal
weston. Henderson and Houston. il cooperating
In this free movement OF the refugees. Other
roads have extended like encouragement,
1t Is deemed OF the greatest Importance that
the population Of Galveston shall be reduced
until the danger OF pestilence is over.
Houston's Relief Committee has turned into
hospitals and lodging places all vacant halls
and stores. and has sent 10 the Galveston COM
mittee an urgent invitation to take immediate
advantage Of the facilities made ready. In
the first exodus there were many persons badly
injured by the storm.
The second refugee train from Galveston
yesterday reached Houston shortly before II
o'clock last nisht. II brought 40 persons.
mostly well-to-do. Railroad officers say that
the poorer folk OF Galveston manifest reluo-
tance 10 leave, The committee has held out the
inducement Of free transportation, but those
who have lost all seem to prefer TO remain on
the island and await there the restoration OF
the city.
II was learned to-day for the first
time that eighty-ive passengers on the
Gulf and Interstate Railroad. which
left Beaumont on Saturday for Bolivar Point
on the way To Galveston. we're lost In Galveston.
John H. Poe. a member Of the state Board
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