New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-11
WORKING IN THE RUINS.
PITIFUL SCENES IN THE STREETS OF
GALVESTON-RESCUIH WOUNDED
AND DYING PEOPLE.

Galveston, Tex, Sept. 10.-Starting soon as
the water began to recede. the work OF rescuing
the wounded and dying from the ruins OF their
homes began. Screaming women. bruised and
bleeding, some of them bearing the lifeless forms
of children in their arms; men brokenhearted
and sobbng, bewaing the loss of their wives
and children; streets filled with floating rubbish.
among which there were many bodies OF the vic
Tins of the storm. constituted part of the scene.
The first loss of life reported was that at Riet-
ter's saloon, in the Strand. where three persons
lost their lives and where many others were
manned and imprisoned.
The dead were Stanley G. Spencer, Charles
Kellner and Richard Lord These three were
sitting at a table on the first floor when sud
denly the roof caved in. killing all of them In
stantly. Those in the lower part of the build
ing escaped with their lives in a miraculous
manner. The falling roof and flooring were
caught on the bar. the people standing near
it lodging under the debris 1t required several
hours of hard work to get them out. The negro
waiter who sent for the doctor drowned
at Strand and Twenty frst-st., and his body
found a short time afterward.
The next place visited by the rescuers was the
City Hall. Here were congregated fully seven
hundred people. most of whom more
less injured. One from Lucas Terrace
ported the loss Of fifty lives in the building
from which he escaped. He himself severe
ly injured about the head
BODIES LYING IN HEAPS.
In Avenue NJ several women were imprisoned
in house by the water and debris. They
rescued by a party headed by Captain Therlot.
Several of them badly hurt Coming back
to Tremont-st. and going out to Avenue by
climbing the piles of lumber which had
once been homes, the rescuing party observed
four bodies in yard and seven in room
in another Mace while sixty bodies
were to be seen lying sngly and in groups in
the space Of one block. A majority of the
bodies, however, that have not been recovered
under the ruined houses. and it will take
several days of hard work TO get all of them
out. The body Of Miss Sarah Summers
found near her home, at Tremont-st and Ave
nue. f, her hands graspng her diamonds tightly.
The report from St Mary'S infirmary shows
that only eight persons escaped from the hosp-
tai The number of patients and nurses could
not be ascertained but the number Of inmates
was seldom under hundred. Rosenberg school
house, which was chosen as a place of refuge
by the people OF that locality, collapsed Some
Of those who had taken refuge there escaped
but many were crushed to death in the ruins.
THRONES SEEKING AID.
AS Sunday morning dawned the streets were
filled with wounded, haf-clad people, seeking
the aid of physicians for themselves and for
friends and relatives who could not move Police
officer John Bowie found In a pitiable con-
dition The toes on both OF his feet and two
rlns were broken ana 1t head wac H,uised He
reported that his house with wife and children,
had been swept Into the Gulf.
The beach resort of Patrick O'Keefe who Is
known TO every visitor 70 Galveston, was ami
hilatsd. not a vestge Of the building remaining
Mrs O'Keefe was drowned. The great bathing
pavilion known the Pagoda. the big pleasure
resort known as the Olympia and Murdoch's
bathhouse are all swept away into the Gulf
There were few bodies on the beach. They had
been swept into the Gulf driven UP into the
rubbish by the waves. Only half a dozen OF
them were in sight from where the workers
were All the houses which escaped destruction
have been turned into hospitals, as have the
leading hotels. There is scarcely one OF the
houses left standing which does not contain
one or more of the dead well as many in
+ured
RAIN ADDS TO DISTRESS
The rain began TO pour down in torrents and
the rescuing party went back down Tremont-st
toward the city. The rain added greatly to the