The age-herald., 1900-09-14
SEMBLANCE OF ORDER Authorities Have the Situation
 Well in Hand. NEW NAMES ADDED TO DEATH LIST Work of Relief Continues Energetically and Start Has Been Made
 to Resume Business on
 aModerate Scale
NEW NAMES ADDED TO DEATH LIST

Galveston, Tex, September 13-Galveston is beginning slowly to recover from the stunning blow of last week, and though the city appears tonight to be pitilessly deso- lated, the authorities and the commercial and industrial interests are settling their forces to work and, and a start has at last been made toward the resumption of busi- ness on a moderate scale. The presence of the troops has had temporizing effect upon the criminal classes, and the appre- hension of brief but desperate reign of anarchy now no longer exists. The liquor saloons have at least temporarily gone out of business, and every strong-limbed man who has not his own humble abode to look after is being pressed into service, so that, first of all, the water service may be re- stunned, the gutters flushed and the streets lighted
 More than 2O00 dead bodies have been Identified, and the estimate of Mayor Jones that 5000 souls perished in Saturdays great hurricane does not appear to be magnifed. The city is being patrolled by troops and citizens committee, and a semblance of order Is appearing.
 The further the reapers dig in the ruins the greater becomes the increase in the list of those who perished, as their houses tumbed about their heads On the lower beach yesterday searching party found a score of corpses within slight area, going to show that the bulwark of debris that lies straight across the island conceals many more bodies than have already been accounted for. Volunteer gangs continue their work of hurried burials of the corpses AL the many neighboring points where fatali- ties attended the storm. It will probably be many days yet, however, before all the floating bodies have found nameless graves. Along the beach they are being constantly washed up. Whether they are those who were swept out into the gulf and drowned or are simply the return ashore of some of those cast into the sea to guard against, terrible pestilence, there is no means of Knowing. In any event, your correspond ent in trip across the bay yesterday, counted seven bodies tossing in the waves, with score of horses and cattle, the stench from which was unbearable. In various parts of the city the smell of de- composed flesh is still apparent. Wherever such instances are found the authorities
 
 dashed to mattress was picked up under residence in the very heart of the city, and it was burned.
 Streets still strewn With Debris
 The city still presents the appearance of widespread wreck and ruin. Little has been done to clear the streets of the terrible ta 7gle of wires and the masses of wreck, mortar. slate, stone and glass that bestrew them. Many of the sidewalks are impass- able. Some of them are filtered with debris; others are so thickly covered with lime that walking on them Is out of the question. As general rule substantial frame buildings withstood better the blasts of the gale than those of brick. In other instances, however, small wooden structures, cisterns and whole sides of houses have been plunged down In streets or back yards squares away from where they originally stood. Here and there business men have already put men to work to repair the damage done, but in the main the commercial interests seem to be uncertain to follow the lead of those who apparently show faith in the rapid rehabita- tion of the island. The reappearance of the newspapers today after suspension of several days is having a good effect, and both the News and Tribune are urging prompt succor of the suffering and then equal promptness in reconstruction. It Is difficult as yet to say what the ul- timate effect of the disaster is to be on the
 
 and some may never return. The experi- ences of others still here were so frightful that not all will remain if they can con- veniently find occupation in other cities. The bulk of the population, however, Is only temporarily panic-stricken, and there are hosts of those who helped to make Gall weston great who look upon the catastrophe as involving only a temporary halt in the advancement of the city. What is most bothering business men at present is the a ifrrdn fhn rnt1r de l-lyx, Southern Pacific, are to assume with re- spect to reconstruction. The decision of the transportation lines will do more than any, thing else to restore confidence. The big ships, new arrivals, rode at anchor today in front of the city. They had just reached port and found the docks and pier damage 10 widespread that no accommodation could be given to them. They found sheds torn away, freight cars overturned and planking ripped off.
 Steamships Ashore The steamships reported ashore in early l reports are, save two, the Norwegian | steamer Gyller and the British steamer | Norma, still high and dry. No examina- | ton is yet possible as to the condition of ! those still on the stands, but the big steel | tug W. c. Wilmot of New Orleans has ar- | rived, and her assistance Is to be given in | saving those vessels which can be gotten l into deep water again. Apparently, how | ever, Galveston has no immediate needs | for ships The destruction of the bridges | of all the roads entering the city makes l