The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-09-22
THE STRICKEN CITY
Estimates of Dead at Galveston
Vary from 5000 to 5000.
It Is Said the Damage to Property
by the Storm Will Reach $4O,-
OOO,OOO-Liberal r. Responses
to Call for Aid,

Galveston, Tex, Sept. II. - State
Health Officer Blunt left here Sunday
for Austin, where he will make re-
port to the governor concerning con-
dltions in Galveston. It is said that
this statement will estimate the NOR
tally at 5000 souls. DIR. Blunt was in
Galveston several days and made q
thorough investigation of the results
of the storm.
Damage Will Reach S4O,OOO,OOO.
Houston, Tex, Sept. 14.-Estimates
of the property damage due to the
storm and flood in Texas, based on in
formation supplied by Gov. Sayers, the
managers of railway, telegraph and tel
ephone companies. cattle men. cotton
men. merchants and others. fix the
total at $4o,O0O,0Oo. The final total
Is likely to go above these figures.
The known Dead.
Houston, Tex, Sept. 15.-The Post
prints list of 2,7O1 names of the Gal
weston dead, compiled from various
sources, but believed to be authentic
There were hundreds of bodies burned,
buried at sea and in the sand. Of which
no Identification was possible; there
were other hundreds who We're buried
on the beach of the mainland. few of
whom have been identified. There are
many bodies still in the ruins of Gal
weston. and scattered along the beach
of the mainland and in the marshes,
where they were thrown by the water.
Some of these bodies have been sent 20
miles inland along small watercourses
by the rush of high waters. Taking
all things into consideration, there
seems no longer any doubt that the
number of dead will reach beyond the
by Mayor Jones, Maj. Il. G. Lowe and
other reliable citizens OF Galveston.
City Well Protected.
Looting and the observation of
corpses have ceased since the military
have assumed charge of affairs, and
they are cooperating HARMONIOUS
ly with the civil authorities. Sher-
if Thomas is in charge >,of the
isolated district, and is directing
interment and the recovery of
property there. United States Mar
shall Grant has been given full author
ity by Gen. Scurry, and is directing af-
fairs on the mainland, aided by a
troop of rangers, who are ordered to
make short work Of looters and arrest
all suspicious characters. The Rangers
and the militia and civil guards sta
toned at Texas City and Virginia
Point are under the direction of Mar
ehol ithaca ho +e
of ingress into the city. He also has
control over all the railways running
into this city and all craft plying be-
tween Virginia Point and Texas City.
and no one can embark or Gisembark
at these places without his permission,
ulL >ss having authority so to 90 from
his superior officers.
No Danger of Epidemic.
X New Orleans, Sept. ia special
from Galveston says: A more hopeful
feeling is observable everywhere and
the situation is frightening rapidly.
Water has been turned on. Sewers
and closets are flushed The down
town portion of the city is being rap
idly cleaned of debris and filth and
cutters aid streets disinfected. Build
ings are being cleaned and floors
scrubbed. Damaged stocks are being
removed and aired. Cars are going
through the streets sprink,,ing lime
and a solution of carbolic acid and
disinfectants over the dead and decay
ing matter.
Great Lfberality.
Chicago, Sept. 15.--Dispatches show
the generosity of many cities to the
distressed in Galveston. A compila-
ton presents the following figures:
New York. SIZES, 49Gt Cincinnati ,685
Chicago ........ 74,2I5I Col. Springs. $500
St. Louis. ...... 56,574ISt. Paul. ......... 5000
Boston ......... 29,056!Topeka, Kan... 5000
Philadelphia :. 26374I charleston, SC. 5000
Pittsburgh 49,. 2o,9UO! Los Angeles. 1900
New Orleans. 24,53l Detroit, Mich. 1900
Kansas City,. Nl34 Ilndianapolis %. 5000
Louisville, Ky. 10000 Helena, Mont. 5000
San Francisco. II 500 JohnstoWn, Pa. 1900
Milwaukee 49,. IL ,046lColumbus, o.. 1929
Baltimore ...... II ,000lSo. Bend, Ind. 1900