Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-09-21
leaving THE stricken CITY
Steady Stream Of Refugees from
Galveston Is Kept Up, Every De-
parting Train Being Crowded.
HUNDREDS OF BODIES LIE aoT1IMs.
Plenty Of Work for Ten Times the Force
of Laborers Now Employed-No Semi
blance of Humanity In tho Grewsome
Bodies Uncovered by the Work0rs-
Trouble In Distributing Provisions.

Galveston, Tex, Sept. 18.-The
steady stream of refugees from Gal
weston is kept up. There is not de-
parting train from across the bay
that is not packed to it's platforms.
There will be refugees leaving for a
week to come. No sadder sight could
be imagined than the picture pre-
scented by a boatload Of refugees,
when the ropes were cast off and
the craft swung out into the bay and
away from the storm-swept city.
There was not a face that was not
turned toward the ruin. There was
not an eye that wasn't moistened by
tears. So great has been the rush
to leave behind the scene of the storm
that the Lawrence, the boat which
connects with trains at Texas City,
has not failed to leave her wharf a
single day without denying passage
to a portion of those who wanted to
get away.
There is plenty of work on hand
Tor ten times the force of laborers
at present employed. The area which
has as yet been untouched embraces
"a miles of frontage on the beach
bay and before it is cleared the bodies
which lie rotting beneath the tangled
7simbers will fall to pieces. Even now
there is no semblance of humanity
in the grewsome things which are
uncovered by the workers.
There is a great deal of trouble
In properly distributing supplies, the
rush at the depots being as great
to-day as at any time since they
were opened In line before the re-
lief stations were women of evident
refinement. They were jammed in be-
tween negroes and the poorer classes
Of whites. 1t must have been ter
rible struggle for them to accept sue
cor in such a guise, but there was
no alternative before them. It has
Indeed been a divine mercy that the
weather since the storm has been clear
and dry. Had it rained single day
the suffering would have been terri
BILE, for there is scarcely a whole roof
In Galveston.
There are numerous cases of in
sanity in Galveston as a result of the
terrible bereavements sustained by
the survivors. Not 25 people got into
Galveston Sunday from the outside
world. The lines are being drawn
Eight and pressing, indeed, must be
passage. It is estimated that about
5000 have departed from the city
since the storm, including women and
children.
AEra-efu, Message from Galve.ton's Mayor.
Washington, Sept. 1s.-The follow
ing dispatch has been received at the
white house from Mayor Jones, of
Galveston, addressed to the president:
The people of Galveston through me
desire to return their sincere thanks for
the great interest you and the United
States government through you have
manifested in their behalf in their hour
of trial; while their sufferings are in
describable yet they have ever in their
minds the great government which never
Calls to respond to the distress of its cit
1xens and they also know that at the
head of that government is an upright
christian gentleman whose every effort
Is to relieve the distressed with all the
means and power at his command.