The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-09-12

of the population Is suffering In
greater or less degree.
Not O single churca. school or char
table institution. of which Galveston
had so many. Is left intact Not a
building escaped damage and half OF
the whole number were Obliterated.
There Il immediate need Of clothing,
food and household goods Of all kinds.
II nearby cities viii open asylums for
women and children the situation VIII
be greatly relieved Coast cities should
send us water az well as provisions.
Including kerosene Oh. gasoline and
candles.
w G. Jones. Mayor; NJ Lasker, pres
ldent 0f Island Savings bank; ]. d.
Skinner. president Of Cotton Exchange;
C. II. McMaster, for Chamber Of COM
merce. x. G. Love. manager Of Calves
ton News. Clarence Owsley. manager Of
Galveston Tribune"
HOUSTON. Tex. Sept. il.-outside
Galveston. smaller towns are beginning
"a send reports as telegraphIc coinmu-
nlcation improves. and many additions
10 the list Of dead and property losses
are received Richmond and Hitch
cock each report 1862 lives lost Talo-
ma. Arcadia. Velasco, Seabrooke. Belle
vllle. Arcola and many other towns
have from one 20 eight dead.
In most OF these places many houses
have teen totally destroyed. and thou
sands OF head ~ livestock killed.
The railroads alone will suffer mill
lions Of dollars In actual damage. to
say nothing OF the loss from the stop
nr re Of business.
g..N. Z. Mort harm
cd Santa Fe have miles Of track
washed out. and the bridges connect
ing Galveston With the mainland must
be entirely rebuilt.
GALVESTON. Tex. by Western Un-
ion dispatch-boat 10 Houston. Tex,
Sept. l0.--The terrific cyclone that pro-
duced such a distressing disaster In
Galveston and all through Texas was
predicted by the United States weather
bureau to strike Galveston Friday
night. and created much apprehension.
but the night passed without the pre-
iictiOn being verified
The conditions. how ever. were omin-
Gus: the danger signal was displayed
on the flaCstaf OF the weather bureau.
shipping was warned etc. The south
eastern sky was somber, the gulf beat
high on the beach with that dismal
thuuderous roar that presaged trouble.
while the air had that stiffness that
betohens n storm. From out the north,
IN the middle watches Of the night the
wind hegan tc come In spiteful puffs,
increasing In volume as the day dawn
cd. BY 10 o'clock Saturday morning
II was almost a gale; at noon II had
increased in velocity and was driving
rain, whipping the pools and tearing
thnCs up IN n lively manner, vet no
serious apprehension was felt BY resi-
dents remote from the encroachments
of the gulf. Residents near the beach
were aroused to the danger that threat
ened their homes, Stupendous waves
began To send their waters far inland.
and the people began a hastv exit TO
secure places In the city. Two glgan-
tic forces were at work. The gulf
force drove the waves with irresistible
force high upon the beach and the
gale from the northeast pitched the
waters against and over the wharves,
choking sewers and flooding the city
from that quarter.
The streets rapidlv began 10 fill.with
water: communication became difficult
and the helpless people We're caught
between two powerful elements. while
the winds howled and rapidly increased
IN velocity,
Railroad communication was cut off
shortly after noon, the track being
washed out; wire facilities complete
w failed 1t o'clock and Galveston was
Isolated from the world
The wind momentarilv increased in
velocity. While the waters RAPIDLY rose
and the night drew on with dreaded
apprehenson depictad in the face OF
every one Already thousands were
hravelv struggling with their families
against the mad waves and fierce wind
for places OF refuge, The public school
buildings courthouse. hotels. in fact
any place that offered apparently a
safe refuge from the elements, became
crowded to their utmost Two minutes
Of $50 y. m, just before the anemo-
meter blew away, II had reached the
frlghtful velocity of 100 miles an hour
Buildings that had hitherto Stood
crumhled and crashed carrying death
and destruction TO hundreds of people.
Roofs sailed through the air windows
were driven In with a crash or shat
tered by flying slate. telegraph. tele-
phone. electric light poles. with their
mass Of wires. We're snapped Off like
pipestems. and water pipes were brok-
en-. What velocity the wind attained
after the thermometer blew off Is pure
w matter of speculation.
The lowest point touched by the ba-
rometer in the press correspondents