The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-12

approach the loss In life and property |
which has resulted in South Texas, exclu-
slye Of Galveston.
George Hall OF Dallas. representing the
Carter White Lead company of Chicago
and Omaha. wac among the survivors OF
the Galveston hurricane He reached the
city yesterday morning and gave graphic
account OF the awful conditions prevailing
in Galveston and the horrors through
which he had passed during the storm.
He was one of party Of seven who char
tered sloop to take them over to Texas
City. paying the owner OF the craft 500.
The first demand was for $3.50.
On the way over the bay Mr.. Hall
counted ninety-one bodies floating past.
lie says the loss OF life will run anywhere
from 5000 to 5000 Some place II as high
as $4,000, but Mr.. Hall says this is excess
sive. HIS description OF the conditions in
tine stricken city do not differ from those
already published In The Post.
A carload of ice, he says, would be more
acceptable than carload OF gold. People
are sick with fever. suffering from wounds
and bruises and they need ice in such little
water as they can get TO drink. He says
there will undoubtedly be considerable
SICKNESS from the deeomposng OF human
bodies and animals OF all kinds which iii
the streets unless some stringent sanitary
action Is taken.
No visitors should be allowed TO 60 10
the island for some time, he ssys.
]. D. Bone, commercial agent Of the
Cotton Belt. has returned from trip
over the San Antonio and Arkansas Pass
road He states that between here and
Wallis there are not more than three
houses standing. At Rice. Ieannetta,
Dairy Cloeine. White and Flewellen not
a house is standing.
People are still wadins in the water
three reet deep Crops are ruined and
the people are homeless. They have
neither habitat nor ratons and are sore
ly in need OF prompt assistance OF q
substantial character
Monday ]. R. Dillon. commercial agent
OF the Santa Fe went down to Virginia
Point over his line. From Hitchcock he
and his PARTY walked to the Point. His
description Of what he witnessed is most
gruesome and he still feels as though
what he saw and passed through is but a
hideous nightmare.
Below Hitchcock dead cattle horses
and other live stock litter the track. The
party encountered no less than 5000 head
along the right OF way rotting aud fes-
terinE in the sun. But 1t was after they
passed by the dead animals that the most
countered.
Two miles from Virginia Point they
encountered the dead bodies of viotim
OF the storm who had been washed from
their homes IN Galveston and throw
upon he shore like so much driftwood
They appeared to be everywhere.
CHASTITY sight Vt was. Naked women an
children with eyes protrdulng from thel
sockets. their hands clenohed and leg
drawn up. showing the awful sufrerin
they had undergone, having been brulse
and manned before they had beel
drowned. Some OF the bodies were ter
ribly mutilated and they we're badl
blosted and emitting nauseating stencil
Women in the agony OF acoouchment wer
in evidence and altogether the sceny
was one no man hopes ever to witness
second time.
The party worked their way over I
the Galveston. Houston and henderson
track at the Point part OF the time hav
ing to swim. Here they found forces har
at work burylng the scores Of bodie
which had been washed ashore there.
But no force has yet reached the SAINT
Fe. where most OF the dead are, No
has any one explored the high grass an
cedars where hundreds more are fas
decomposing The availahe forces nav
had all they could do to bury the deA
on the Galveston. Houston and Hender
son side, 1t would take large body G
men many days TO put all the dead unde
ground.
Right here the suggestion Is mad
that for the health of the living 1
NJ tht cohrt couhtfy several ga q
loads OF auiclSIime should be or
dered at once and the body a
everything dead In the animal lin
burned mp. Unless this action
promptly taken there is great dan
ger ox an epidemic of viruIent dis
ease breaking out.
Albert Lockstadt, Willie Llndgon, job
Lindegon. Henry Ardeue and A. Colognr
who had been washed from Galveston
during the storm and carried cleo
seross the bay and landed near Hitch
cock, after being in the water ten hours
are IN the city and quartered at hospita
They were on the streets yesterday an
pitiable picture they presented. Wit
feet bare and badly svollen and bodie
bruised and SCARED, To a Post reporte
Mr- Cologne said:
u lost my wife by my side and m
two children In my arms and am the sol
survivor Of fourteen, counting INV motbe
and sister. had all the family sheltere
in my house advising them TO renal
quiet until the storm subsised SO v