The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-13
THE SITUATION is REVIEWED.
How the Work of Relief is Progressing
Refugees in Houston.

Houston is now the haven for the unfortu-
nate people OF Galveston. thousands Of whom
are homeless and penniiesB.
Trains yesterday brought In between 500
and 1000 of the survivors of that fatefu Sat
urday night and motley crowd they we're.
Men. tarefooted andcmfw emf en- cmfwyppp
Men. bareheaded, barefooted, hatless and
coatless. with swellsd feet and bruised and
bIsckened bodies aud heads, were numerous.
Women OF wealth and refinement frequently
hatIess and shoelcss, with the gowns In
shrsds, were among the refugees. Sometimes
there would be a man. wife and a child or
two. but these cases were rare. because few
OF those who came UP but had suffered the
loss of one or more members OF the family,
sometimes all
Never were there so many sad hearts
Men bereft OF wife and children; women who
we're widowed: children who were parentless
1t was enough to touch the heart Of any
one. and It did so. Never was there more
heroism shown. Although a week ago these
people had happy homes and were basking
In the light of prosperity and are now
homeless, pennless and without rainient,
they bore up grandly. True, they all wore
sad expressions, but there was no whimper-
irg no complaining.
They were all made to feel that Houston
is now their home that they are welcome
and that everything for their comfort and
welfare Is being done. They are being fed
and housed and those in need OF medical at
tentlon are placed in the hospitals, where
they receive every care and are kindly min
inferred to.
All the world sympShizes with Galveston in
her calamity, the most terrible which has
ever happened In the United States. From
the Atlantic to the Pacific have come not
alone words Of condolences and sympathy,
but the charity that is of a practical kind
Trains loaded with provisions and clothing
are on tho way here as fast as steam engines
can pull them; surgeons. nurses and medical
supplies are also coming to assist In caring
for the sick and distressed
1t has bsen a great relief to the refugees
TO reach Houston. Many had tasted little
or no food since Saturday and had had no
rest and virtually no sleep. They had been
wandering aimlessly about the places where
their homes had been: they had been nause-
ated by the awful stencil arising from the
dead-perhaps their own. 1t was a surcease,
a relief from those horrible scenes whlch
oan not be seen In nightmare could not
pass through the brain during mania potu.
What contrast to the Jolly, laughing CAL
weston crowds who were won't to come up to
, Houston to witness tho fierce contests on the
ball aeld. Then the blood ran hot. aud there
WAS rivalry and contention. Now all is
changed-all is sorrow and sadness and the
people OF Houston condoe and sympathize
with their stricken neighbors who are home
, less and know not whittier they may drift
Scenes around the Grand Central depot
were lively. Many Of the refugees have had
little experience IN travelling and they did
not know what to do when they dlsembarked
from the trains, Those who were abla to
repaired to the hotels. which soon became
crowded and resorted to cots. Others walked
about town and were taken in charge by the
relief committeeman. the ladies also assist
ing in caring for the destitute. Not few
went to the homes OF relatives or friends.
Around tho office OF The Post there wers
always crowds. They soon found that The
Post was the headquarters for Galveston news
and to this Office they repaired to inquire
concerning missing relatives and friends and
to secure information concerning the living.
Telegraph Offices were crowded all day by
people sending of messages to inqulring and
soiioitous relatives assuring thom of their
safety, but only too frequently telling OF the
loss OF father. mother, wife, husband, son
or soms other relative Never before have
the telegraph wires in Texas been freighted
with 81 many sad words
The railroad companies deserve the graft.
tude of all They have agreed tn transport
las far as their lines rum free OF charge all
who may desire to leave. but who are I'M /
able to pay. Those who arc able to bear the
expense will only be charged half fare At
26 Main street. Mr.. l.. Hohenthal has this |
branch of the work in charge.
In groups about the streets were tho sur |
yivors Wherever they began to tell OF the |
awful ordeals through which they passed
last Saturday night, Of the horrible scenes |
they have witnessed since and of the tewi- !
bio sufferings they have endured there were !
always eager listeners. Sorrowful and piti- |
tni were some OF these recitals and many |
an eye glistened with tears as they heard |
men toll OF how their little families had been |
swept away. their home scattered to the four |
corners Of the earth, and left them stranded |
and heavy hearted.
| Representatives of the prominent newsps-
pers of the sountry are arriving by every |
tram on their way 20 Galveston In order that !
trey may do the descriptive writing OF the /
havoc wrought by wind and wave. The
leading dailies and the illustrated papers and |
magazines arc making strenuous efforts to (
secure photographs OF scenes and gruesome I
sights about the once beautiful bus now +
desolats Island City.
b. +. Cameron st the nrm OF Cameron a
Moore, lumber dealers. returned yesterday
from stowell Chambers county. Mr. Cam
eron says that the relief party which went
from stowell 10 Bolivar reported 10 him that
there was over 1000 dead bodies ON the beach 4
at Bolivar, in East bay. and in sight in the
salt marshes which line East bay. This party
succeeded In buryina only twenty OF these
people Tho others are lying in water and
on land deeomposing in the sand and giving
forth stencil which is horrible. The car
cases OF animals are mixed In with them
Many of these bodies were evidently swept
across the bay from Galveston. others are
OF people who lived at Bolivar. He had no
report as to these who were living a, Boil
var. as most OF them had gotten away. Tho
party said that the only way to dispose OF
this immense number of human bodies and
the earossses OF animals is for a force TO
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