The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-09-14
FROM 1900 70 5000 DEAD.
Texas Cities Laid Low by Fierce
Storm.
ENTIRE TOWNS WIPED OUT.
In Galveston 1000 Buildings Crumbie
Before big Waves Which Sweep In
from the Ninety Dead Found In
Other Towns.

Houston, Tex, Sept. 1.-THE first
direct news from Galveston, after
thirty hours of isolation, more than
confirms the worst fears regarding that
city's fate.
Estimates Of the loss of life in Gal
weston vary. Governor Sayers says tn 2
reports reaching him indicate that g.,
coo persons persisted. A special mes
sage reaching here by way of New
Orleans, sent by cable through Vera
Cruz and the City of Mexico puts the
dead at 1900 while a man who came
through from the unfortunate city to-
day says at least 1000 are drowned
killed, or missing, and that 1900 build
ings were destroyed.
This last news was brought by
James c. Timmins, general superin-
tendent of the National Compress com
pany, who has just arrived here from
Galveston after a perilous trip. He
says the magnitude of the disaster re-
mains to be told, as he left before the
worst was known.
many ioNns
In addition to Galveston several
other towns are cut off from communi-
cation, with no knowledge of their
fate possible Several more are re-
ported totally demolished, while in
others only a few buildings remain
standing. Those from which no word
has been received are feared to have
met disaster
A distance of 100 miles inland the
storm continued it's work OF destruc-
ton. The hurricane has subsidized, but
the sea is running mountain high. A
train sent out in an effort TO reach
Galveston was met by great waves
eight miles inland and was forced TO
return.
One big steamer is two miles inland,
as If hurled there by tidal wave.
A Santa Fee train was lifted from
the track two miles north of Alvin by
the waves and Eind and one passenger
was killed, with score of persons in
jured.
After remaining through the storm
on Saturday Mr.. Timmins left Gal
weston on a schooner and went across
the bay to Morgans Point, where he
caught a train for Houston.
The hurricane, Mr.. Timmins said,
was the worst ever known. Most of
the buildings destroyed were resi-
| dences.
Galveston n Total Wreck.
Galveston is a complete wreck so
far as he could see from the water
! front and from the fremont hotel. Wa
| ter was driven over the island by the
hurricane, the wind blowing at the
rate of eighty miles II hour straight
from the gulf and forcing the sea be-
fore it in big waves. The gale was a
steady one, the heart of it striking the
city at ; o'clock Saturday evening and
continuing without intermission until
midnight Saturday night, when it
abated somewhat, although it con-
tinued to blow all night.
city Entir. ly Submerged.
The city of Galveston, he says. is
now entirely subm orged and cut Off
IL O4ll NOllislNillA Atijils 4 hG DOdlS are
gone, the railroads cannot be operated
and the water is so high people can
not walk out by way of tie bridge
across the bay even should that bridge
be standing.
There is no way Of estimating the
property damage at present. So far
as he could see or hear, Mr.. Tlmmins
said, the east end portion of the city,
v'''ich is the residence district, has
been practically wiped cut of exist
ence
Prominent Citizens Killed.
OF his own knowledge Mr.. Timmins
knew of only one house succumblng
with fatal results, though he heard