The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-11

lltted bodily out OF the water and rurg
up on the island; others OF them Will
bleach their bones on the mainland coast:
others still ara scattered along the bay
iront in all conditions Of brokenupness.
The Charlotte NJ Allen. the steam ferry
boat OF Bolivar, Is safe
The big dredgo used at Texas CITY has
been driven inland for half i mile and
she can never be gotten off except IN
pieces
The Pensacola was in port when the
storm began. but Master simmons nut to
sea In the teeth Of the brewing storm: it
Is feared that the boat and her crew OF
thirty men have been lost.
AT tho Union depot Baggagemaster
Harding picked UP the llfeless form OF
baby girl within few feet of the station,
its Parents could not be located aud are
supposed to have been lost
The station building had been selected
as place OF refuge and portion OF
the wall at the top was blown in and
the occupants expected every moment 10
be their last: but escape was impossible.
Tor about the building the water must
have been fully twelve feet deep.
couple OF small shanties were floating
about but there wes no means of making
a raft OF getting boat.
on the water front the destruction OF
property was almost as complete as on
the beach, though the Ices OF life was
not near so large. The wharves OF the
Mallory company were completely de-
stroyed; the big steamship Alamo is lying
among the ruins OF the piers; how great
the damage 10 the ship can not be told
until she is dragged out into the stream
and examined. rho wharves OF the Gal
weston Wharf company are also gone and
the great wharves OF the Southern Pacific
wv N a
construction for the past several months
are damaged to the amount OF 100000, and
the damage is such that months OF work
would be necessary to replace them in the
sam" condition they were In when they
were struck
The Norwegian steamship Gyller. which
was engaged in the Cuban trade, was
stranded up the bay beyond where the
railroad bridges once stood.
There are now no big vessels about
the wharves. which were alive with sea-
men and longshoremen Friday afternoon
slowing cargo. The three grain ele-
vators and the Reymershofler mill are
only wrecks; they are not completely
down. but their roofs and the ton stories
have gone and grain stored therein has
probably been ruined by the rain.
The damage to the ships at this time.
when the demand for tonnage is 50 great
is regarded as one of the worst features
Of the disaster from a business stand
point. None of the vessels are ire
trievably lost. probably. but II viii take
some time to get the boats off and TO
get them repaired. even though they are
not wrecks.
In the business portion of the city the
damage can not be even approXimat e y
estimated, the wholesale houses along
the Strand had about seven feet of water
on their ground floors and all window
panes and glass protectors OF all kinds
were demolished; tho top of the Moody
bank building was blown away and the
awnings and fixtures OF every house OF
this long business thoroughfare were de-
stroyed On Mechanic the water was al
most as deep as on Strand, all provi'
sions in the wholesale groceries anc
goods on the lower floors were saturated
and rendered nearly valueless. All the
restaurants in the city. most Of which
are situated on Market. were put out o.
business by the water which flowed intC
them and the bakeries find it impossible
10 get fires going so there is no breac
to be had. The engine house of the Ire
mont hotel was caved in by the fallns
smokestack and cooking was made al
impossibility. The damage to the hote
building will amount to $4,000 at least
The power house of the street railwA,
company was destroyed and the loss OF
machinery and building is estimated II
about $4,000. No cars have been rur
since 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon o:
MANY streets the water was on leve
with the tops OF the cars and 1t is re
ported that enc lady was drowned IN
street car. The damage to the track
can not be ascertained until the watel
leaves the streets There are no wires {
any sort standing; they are lying II
tangled masses across the streets ana
( Will have to be cleared away befor,
horses and vehicles can move about thu
streets.
The First Baptist church OF the cit,
was among the buildings that were to
! tally demolished.
The ST. Johns Methodist church share,
a similar fate and all churches anC
school buildings in the city were badl.
damaged
Leaving Galveston by boat. the seen,
Of the city was one vast picture Of de
struction. If bombarded by the ieets o
the world the damage could not hav,
been one-half as complete. Scarcely
large building could no seen that dit
not bear marks of the violence OF tn,
storms. The streets approaching the
bay were still like canals and were altg
with the floating bodies of dead animal
OF every description. Overturned boat
lined the PRINCIPAL streets and the rub
Dish OF all kinds imaginable was strew
everywhere. The dredge employed OF
the Southern Pacific works gave che
distress signal as the boat passed. blu
at that time our little boat was in to
much trouble herself to be able to as
sist outsiders.
Several capsized boats were seen float
ing in the bay and also lumber and por
lions OF houses.