New-York tribune., 1900-09-13
MONEY POURING IN.
OVER 100000 RECEIVED BY GOVERNOR
SAVERS YESTERDAY - REPORTS
on FLOOD SITUATION.

on FLOOD SITUATION.
Austin. Tex. Sept. 12.-Governor sayers to-
day made the following statement TO The Asso-
ciated Press on the food situation:
Cor1,.tor. nj Galveston arc fully as bnd n .
reported. Communication, however. has been
re-estnbIished between the island and tho
mainland, and hereafter transportation OF
supplies will he less difficu1t. The work OF
clearing the city proceeding fairly WELL
and Adtufant-Generm scurry. under dfrec-
tion of the Mayor, is pntroIIinE the city for
the purpose of preventing deprcdaftohs- Ahe
most conservative estimate as to the number
dead places IL mt two thousand.
Contributions from citisens OF this state
md also from other States coming rap
idly and literally, and ft is confidently ex-
pected that within the next ten days the
work of restoration by the people of Gall
weston viii have begun I'm good earnest and
with energy and success. OF course the de-
struction of property has been very great
less than 100000 o0o-but IL is hoped md
believed that even this great loss will be
overcome through the energy and sclf-relt-
ance of tho people.
SOME OF THE LARGEST GIFTS.
The contributions to-day have fairly deluged
the Governor. upward OF 100000 having been
received. Among the large contributors are to
be noted the Standard Oil Company. with
$4,000: the ST. Louis Commercial Club like
amount and the Huntington interests, $4,000.
This afternoon Governor Sayers received the
following official report from General Manager
Trice, of the International and Great Northern
Railway who is conducting the operations of
the relief corps at Galveston:
Houston Tex, September IL.
Governor Sayers, Austin, Tex:
Your message of yesterday received. The cars
containing the rents and rations were turned
over to the barge line this morning and for
warded to Galveston, arrangements having been
made for all freight TO be handled by barges
hauled by tugs from Clinton to Galveston, and
boats from Texas City to Galveston. This is
the best arrangement that can be made, and 1t
prevents delay to either the freight or the pas
senger service for, If we handled the freight
with the passengers to Texas City to transfer
from the TO the boats would cause too much
delay to the passenger service We brought in
one train consisting of about three hundred Gal
weston people to Houston to-day and will get
another trainload tonight mostly women and
children, which will make about six hundred
that we will get out of Galveston to-day. The
passenger and freight service between Houston
and Galveston is all free for sufferers and we
issuing transportation to all points north
Of Houston to all sufferers not able to pay their
way. l. TRICE.
The following report was also received from
Adjutant-GeneraI Scurry:
Galveston. Tex. September II.
Mayor of Houston ordered Houston military
companies here; sixty-fve men and officers
came. Thirty more come tomorrow. Mayor of
Galveston directed mo to take command.
Streets patrolled for purpose Of preventing
thieving. Work of clearing the city proceeding
fairly We'll. Most conservative estimate made Of
deaths two thousand. THOMAS SCURRY,
Adjutant-GeneraL
DESTRUCTION ALONG THE COAST
Governor Sayers to-day began receiving re-
ports from various points along the Gulf coast
which would indicate that there has been great
damage to property for several hundred miles
and that the list of Galveston fatalities and suf-
fering will be largely augmented. Down the
| coast from Galveston the town OF Dickinson was
laid waste and Ave people were killed, The
towns of Alvin, Alta Iona. Texas City and
| Brookshire are wrecked. and hundreds desti-
tute. Richmond is badly demolished that 1t
| will require weeks TO clear the town. Missouri
City and Stafford, just opposite were demol-
| ished and the few remaining people at these
places have no homes to cover their heads. Bay
| City in Matagorda County, is reported wrecked
with much loss Of life. though no official re-
| port has been made to that effect Patton. Ro-
! liver, Bolivar Point, Quintana, SuGarand, Belle
| Vile Wharton, Fairview, Missouri City. Sar-
taria, Arcola and FL Campo are all reported
| heavy sufferers, both in point of property de-
| stroyed and lives lost.
Owing 70 the fact that the telegraph service is
! still badly crippled, Governor Savers cannot
ascertain the exact number Of dead at the points
named but il is estimated at five hundred.
| Reports reaching the Governor show that the
| railroads. telegraph and telephone companies
| have suffered immense loss. The Governor
| y as informed to-day that number Of tugs
! from New-Orleans and other available points
| had either arrived or were on the way to Gal
problem would be solved, so far getting
| people from the island 20 the mainland was con-
| cerned