Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-12
pIFFlCULTY OF SHIPPING.
In Galveston, the Dead VIII Number
from 1850 10 1900 Danger Of
sickness situation Better.

a, pourIshment, Il IS soaked with
Mater. and provisions which have been
,-s,ted 10 a bath are not very palat-
.bs The provisions that reached here
,olay came from Houston by steamer,
hgt there are SO many to feed that they
Ala not 10 far. A crowd quickly gath
sr.3 and they were distributed in a
,bort time. Many hurried away with
what they got to their families; others
90. cooked food and ate It where they
were. g.,
,,g. that relief has actually come and
more Is ON the way, but IL Is not meant
A. ba said that further relief is not
needed This is not a question Of
1,v but OF many days II may be two
week before a train gets In here.
SYSTEM OF DISTRIBUTION.
There is much neceg~~-C to be done,
tbs 8rst thing being the establishment
Of rigid system Of issuing supplies.
Ths nucleus has already been formed
spd the regular soldiers who are stlll
alive and a number Of citizens have
heen sworn in as policemen and are at.
tending to the Issuing Of ratons and
directing the efforts OF the searchers
Tor the dead and injured ~ for
clothing many have the money 10 BUY
AMI those who have not are being
given their necessaries by the relief
committee. but more clothing Is neCes-
suy and especially women and child
ren who are the principal sufferers.
NO COFFINS LEFT.
The dead are still being searched out
sDd buried, some Of them In the sea
and some " them on the beach, and
sull others in the cemeteries. There
Ar no collins left. People are knocking
together pine boxes and getting lum-
Der from the ruins Of their homes In
which 20 bury their dead. They can
not take them TO the cemeteries 20
they bury them within what was once
their Yards, intending TO inter them In
cemeteries after matters have assumed
their normal aspect The dead who
have no relatives left are treated with
gcant courtesy. there is no time for
ceremony and they are put into the
sand OF the beach or into the Gulf.
CARING FOR INJURED.
The injured are being taken care OF
as wen as could be expected. Physi-
clans are on the go all the time. All
who were not badly hurt are being put
aside temporarily for those who really
need the services Of doctors or surgeons
and these are so many that their num-
Der cannot be computed with any ac-
curacy OF the slightly hurt there are
some thousands, as the majority OF the
people found In the streets have wounds
or bruises Of some kind. There is as
yet no accurate estimate Of the num-
Der Of dead there Is no way in which
the number can be estimated, for many
Of the bodies have floated away. The
spirit Of eXaggeratiOn Is here and each
man adds few to the number OF the
last man talked to.
LOSS OF LIFE 1900.
Most men Of standing in the COM
munty-men who have lived here all
their liyes-say that the total probably
win reach 1900. Few OF them think
that % viii go beyond 1900 at the out
side even with a liberal estimate for
Che number Of bodies which iioated
away
The ruins OF the St. Mary's inhrmary
ana Rosenberg school are to be
searched today IL is believed that
nearly 100 bodies Of patients and sis
lers viii be taken from the hospital
The number OF dead I'm the Rosenberg
school is only problematical, for 1t is
thought that most OF the people escaped
before the building collapsed
The buildings In he residence portion
Of lhe city are still being searched for
The dead.
In the business portion Of the town
the dead have all been recovered; they
We're not so numerous as in the out
skirts
KILLED, NOT DROWNED.
People who are now being dug up
We're not drowned they were generally
killed by he falling houses, The
number Of dead at the orphanage was
Aot nearly so great as at first estimat-
cd
The ruins Of the Terrace, a big ROOM
ing building, have not produced so dead,
hough 1t was said that there We're
many more there The exact number
cannot be stated.
People are arriving here from the OUT
sac ana newspapers were brought In
from Houston today. The reports OF
Ae destruction have not been exag-
teFa'edi II anything they are too con-
eeNatiNe. Wreckage extends In every
direction. Pieces OF houses, fences fur
At'lIe, clothing, telegraph and tele-
phone poles blockade the streets. the
water washed everything into a heap.
ana Il Is through this debris that a
search Is being made for the dead, Few
were taken out yesterday though many
40 Of
Nhom have since died. So far as de-
selblng the scene OF the wreck is con-
teIned, II Is out OF the question, for ad-
!eell'es are not expressive enough TO
convey the true light.
EXTENT OF DAMAGE.
The east end-all residences and small
s'ores-is no more. II looks like lum-
eI yard which had been struck by a
tuIullure storm. In the Denver re-sur-
S mere are few houses, but THESE are
BADLY twisted
~ the west end. where most Of the
toIer people lived, and where the
MUSES. We're not substantial. the dam
'non~ almost To a tOtality
,tHvte Is large number OF dead In
ns district In the central portion OF
VIZ Town, where the wealthy people
i've there is probably not one house
vul OF i've but is completely ruined. All
s ue houses that are left standing are
"usl with the severely injured. the rich
quo lhe poor occupying the same rooms
III many instances.
A'0ng he bay shore the devastation
o9mulete and the full force Of the
nlnd Is better appreciated when the
s,e4i tlmbers and piling are seen twist
81 ana broken In two. Many Of the
,aences that We're blown inside out
nlFe look OF frailness about them. but
nere there Is soldlty about this
,ee Rage that shows the terrible force
,mch must have been exerted to cause
NE damage
a great steamer, the Alamo, Is
around hard and fast In the remains
9lhnG Of the wharf. where she was
L,gl up. Out IN the stream. sister
snip the Coneho, lies, after her voyage