The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-12
CORTES FAMILY SAFE.
House Was In Eight Feet Of Water, buj
Remained Standing.
KEapNER'S LOSS WILL REACH 100000
Other Property Losses-NInny People
Observation-Disclosures sights,
Lime Is Needed BADLY.

Mr., II. w. Cortes OF BerlnK- Cortes
Hardware company arrived with his fam
lily from Galveston laet night at 7 o'clock.
oorner Thirty second and Avenue ", dur
ing the storm The house stood and all
were saved, including Mr.. and Mrs Fank
walker, Mrs 7. F. LOTUS. Mrs. J. G..
Boring Mrs. ]. II. Schumacher, Mrs II.
Cortes and daughter, Annie, and Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. C. Michaele. The water was eight
feet deep in tho basement OF the house,
but didn't reach the floor where Mr.
Cortes and family were.
Mr.. Cortes said TO "A representative OF
The Post: Il am too tired and my mind
is too chaotic from the experiences have
passed through to give you anything like
a detailed report Of the occurrences during
the storm or the conditions that existed.
The whole is too horrible to describe, Tho
agony OF mind to me with my family 10
take caro- of aud many relatives, that |
could not seek TO know Of their condition,
was too great 10 enable me now to tell
you much People took refuge in the ursu-
line convent by the hundreds. Ten OF tho
Sisters were drowned
-Four babies were born TO mothers
that night who sought the convent for
safety. Back Of Ursuine convent and the
Ga.tenyerein, with the exception OF the
home for old women and one other house,
no building is standing between the gull
ana the two hrst named buildings ans
acres OF debris IS piled up against these
properties with probably hundreds OF dead
beneath.
I'VE have many relatives in Galveston,
but / couldn't leave my family to look
after them. My nephew August Butte
MIN gave me the following list of the
saved: Kaufman Namily five saved
Henry strickhausen family. two or three
saved. Frank Ruhter family, one saved,
Vordenbaumen FAMILY ono saved MIS-
j H. Butteman family, all saved; Henry
Bauteh family. ell saved; Charles Bake
family, all saved out OF the above fam
lilies about twenty five or thirty were
drowned MIR. Herman Vordenhaumen,
nged 80 years was carried out on cot
and saved.
THE best people OF Galveston are doing
the hardest work In cleaning up, buryiny
the dead relieving distress, etc. Tho hre
department has done noble and heroic
work
prominent men Of Galveston say It will
take twenty years for the city to recover
from the disaster Mr., Kempner says his
loss will be fully $500 900 but that though
heartsore over the great atfliction to tho
people of hzlyeston he is not discouraged
but will work for the future When the
wind and food broke In the windows OF inc
Clarke G Courts business house the hre
protection pipes were in some way etarted
going and the entire building was flooded
entailing a less OF $4,000 Marx Blum
wholesale hat and shoe building collapsed
and the entire stock was ruined. the los'
to Galveston business wholesale and re-
tall, was fully IS per cent.
"While the financial loss Is almost pc
yond compilation, the people OF Galveston
are so glad to be living and so sad an'
horror stricken over the deaths Of thei
relatives. friends and others that scarcel.
a thought Is given tn financial loss.
Galveston needs hundreds of barrels
lime and other disinfectants ana aHpar
emily men to assist In the work Of disiB
: faction and other necessary work to olea
from view and smell the thousands OF de
caying bodies OF humans and animals me
need clothing, too.
"Mr. ]. c. Boring and Mr. ]. II, schu
macher. I learned after my arrival. wen
TO Galveston today TO look after me an
NV family. they not having heard wor
from US. I could tell you many harrowin
tales II my mind would work, but | al
practically non compos mentcs from tn
: strain have gone through"