The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-10
Corpse. by the Hundred.

HOUSTON, Tex. Sept g.-Among the
passengers who arrived here on a relief
train from. Galveston Is Ben. W. Dew, an
attache Of the Southern Pacific. Dew
had been at Virginia Point for some
hours and said that he saw 100 to $50
dead bodies floating out on the beach at
Conductor Powers reported that TWEEN
ty-hye corpses had been recovered by
the life-saving crew, many OF them We
men; that the crew had reported that
many bodies were floating and they We're
using every endeavor 70 get them all
out OF the water The water swept
across the island. and Il Is presumed
that most of these were Galveston ,peo-
Pile. though none OF them have been
one Of tho refugees who came in on
the relief train and who had a sad exper-
ience was 8. w, Clinton, an engineer at
the fertilizing plant at the Galveston
stockyards Mr.. clinton's family consist
ed OF his wife and six children. Wnen MS
house was washed away he managed to
get two Of his little boys safely TO raft
and with them he drifted hopelessly about
His raft collded with wreckage OF every
description and was split IN two, ana ne
was forced to WITNESS the drowning OF h's
sons being unable to help them in any
way. Mr., Clinton says parts OF the city
are seeihing masses OF water.
Mr. Jennings. who resided at Thirty
eighth street and Avenue NJ, Galveston.
got to the mainland In about the same
manner as Clinton. After losing his wife
he set out, and by swimming and drifting
around reached the mainland.
William Smith, a boy Of Is years, whose
cape Young Smith was blown OFF the
dockst and came ashore on driftwocd.
A. England and wife. of Texas City who
were on the relief train, report that the
whole OF Texas City had been blown away
and a number OF lives lost. Six women
are known by Mr.. England 10 have been
drowned. and he said that many others
lost their lives.
Damage I'm Many Towns.
HOUSTON. Tex, Sept 9.--At Walter
half the houses In the town were he
moiished The South Texas Baptist Col
lege f. badly damaged AMI the school
house liz a wreck.
Not house In the town Of Chapel Hill
escaped damage and many were iemol-
ished. business houses also suffered and
a fne gin is complete wreck.
At BRENNAN the court house was nearly
wrecked and the city hall completely so.
Every business house and residence suf-
ferod 10 greater or less extent. The fire
apparatus Is under the ruins OF the city
ball and guard Is maintained for fire
duty.
Al Custom stores were unroofed and res
licences destroyed.
At Rock Island the Baptist church was
unrcofed
At Eagle Lake the damage amounts 10
s25o,coo 70 ths rice and cotton crops and
At Affair fruit trees were blown out OF
the ground and residences lsveled
At Rosenberg, In addition 10 the damage
70 residences, the opera house and tho
Baptist church were wrecked Several
persons were injured, Mrs Coots, an aged
lady probably fatally Three persons
were Killed In the county near here naue-
~. Rev. Mr. Watson Mrs l.. T. cantreil
and man named Herman
Many houses were unroofei Mt licking
ton and their contents ruined by the
rain.
Forty-two dwelling houses were wreck
cd at Wallace
At Fulshear hfty houses were clown
down, One person was killed naar the
town by n falling house.
In Hardin county a large amount OF
timber was blown down. and there WIS
much damage 20 property at Village
Mills. No damage was done az Cnrpns
Christi or Rockport, on the lower coast
At Richmond three negros were killed hy
the collapse 81 q church and three persons
were killed near there. one alsD was
killed at Booah. No names obtainable.