Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1900-09-15

mas just reached me that aDOuL oUUU
lives have been lost at Galveston, with
enormous destruction of property.
mo information from other points.
[Signedl JOSEPH D. SAVERS,
Governor"
TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED DEAD.
Memphis, Tenn, Sept. "a special
from New Orleans states that a mes
sage was received there this evening
fixing the loss of life at Galveston
at 26O0. The message came by cable
from Vera Cruz.
AWFUL HAVOC AT GALVESTON.
Houston, Tex, Sept. 9.-The West
Indian storm that reached the Gulf
Coast yesterday morning has wrought
awful havoc in Texas. Reports are
conflicting, but it is known that an
appalling disaster has befallen the city
of Galveston, where it is reported a
thousand or more lives have been blot
ted out and a tremendous property
damage inflicted. Meager reports from
Sabine Pass and Port Arthur also in
dictate a heavy loss of life, but these
reports cannot be confirmed at this
hour.
The first news to reach this city
from the stricken city of Galveston
was received tonight. James c. Tim
Minis of Houston, general superin-
| tendent of the National Compress
Company, arrived here at s o'clock
from Galveston. After remaining
through the hurricane on Saturday,
he departed for Galveston on a
schooner and came across the bay to
Morgans Point, where he caught a
train for Houston. The hurricane,
said Timmins, was the worst ever
known.
The estimates made by citizens OF
Galveston was that four thousand
| houses, most of them residences, have
been destroyed, and at least 1000 peo-
pie have been drowned, killed or are
missing. Some business houses were
also destroyed, but most of them stod
though badly damaged.
The city, Mr.. Timmins AYERS, is a
complete wreck, so far as he could
see from the water front and the Ire
mont Hotel. The water was blown
over the island at the rate of eighty
miles an hour, straight from the gull
and forcing the sea water before it il
big waves. The gale was a steady
one, the heart of it striking the city
about o'clock yesterday evening anC
blowing without intermission unit
midnight last night, when it abated
somewhat, although it continued tt
blow all night.
PROMINENT CITIZENS KILLED.
OF his own knowledge, Mr.. Timmins
knew of only one house succumbin&
with fatal results, though he heard o.
many residences being carried away
with inmates. The house that he saw
destroyed with Ritter's saloon and res
taurant at No. 2109 Strand street, {
principal business street of the city
This three-story building was blown
down, and nine men, prominent citi
zens, were killed.
WORST STORM IN MANY YEARS
Houston, Tex, Sept. 9.-The storm
that ragged along the coast of Texa!
last night was the most disastrou:
that has ever visited this section. Tht
wires are down and there is no wa!
of finding out just what happened, bu
enough is known to make it certain
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and destruction of property all along
the coast and for hundred miles in
land. Every town that is reached re
ports one or more dead and the prop
erty damage is so great that there is
no way of computing it accurately.
Galveston remains isolated.
All sorts of rumors prevail, but witt
no substantial basis. 1t is known thai
he railroad bridges across the bay a
Galveston are either wrecked or are
likely to be destroyed with the weight
of train upon them. The approaches
to the wagon bridge are gone and il
is rendered useless.
A train went down the Columbia tar
road this afternoon as far as Che
aged and the bodies of nine negroes
mango. The town was greatly dam
were taken from the ruins of one
house. The train could proceed nc
further, and came back to Houston
leaving the fate of the people at An
gleton, Columbia, Brazora, Velasco
and Quintana uncertain.