The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-12
AID FROM THE GOVERNMENT.
TEN THOUSAND DESTITUTE.
Adjutant General Scurry Says Conditions at
Galveston Beggar Description.
(By the Associated Press. }


Austin, Texas, Sept. 11.--Official reports
from Galveston to Governor Savers to-
day are that four hundred bodies have
been identified, 200 more are in an impro-
vised morgue awaiting identification and
many more are thought to have drifted
out ito sea and their identity will not be
known for weeks.
A telegram from Adjutant General
Scurry who is at Galveston to the Cover
nor is as follows:
''Have just returned from Texas City
with several Galveston parties who assure
me that conditions there beggar descrip-
tion.
Accounts have not been exaggerated
lone thousand lost is too conservative.
while a portion of the provisions have
been destroyed by water sufficient are
on hand to relieve immediate necessities.
The citizens seem to have the situation
we'll in hand United States troops and
Company G, volunteer guard, with citi-
zens patrol the streets to prevent loot
ing | requested w. B. Workman to go
to Galveston from Texas City for the
purpose of advising me OF the eity's most
urgent needs, and returned here to re-
port and ask for further instructions.
respectfully suggest that the distress is
too great for the people of Galveston even
with the assistance of Houston, to stand,
and that a general appeal for help would
be welcomed The estimate of 10000
destitute does not seem to be excessive"
1t is estimated by the telegraph COM
panies at this point that upwards of 10000
private messages have been handled out
of Galveston by boat to Houston, thence
ito relatives and friends of Galveston peo-
pie, notifying them Of their safety, and so
great has been the strain of business that
all telegraph companies have been using
full force all the twenty four hours with
out relieving the rush Hundreds of mes
lsages pouring in here today bring relief
TO some and sad news to others, recording
the safety or death of relatives in Cal
weston.
From reports reaching the Governor
this morning it will be necessary to CO.
operate with the Federal troops to place
all the mainland opposite Galveston, as
we'll as the island under martial law
If reports reaching here are true,
thieves have begun to enter the city for
the purpose of pilfering the bodies of the
dead The Governor has been informed
that the commander of the Texas troops
has been ordered to Galveston by the
Federal authorities, and the Governor will
lend him every assistance possible with
State militia to keep vandalism down.
There is only one road operating to the
coast from Houston, and that will be
placed under military supervision tenn
porarily
Governor Sayers was today in receipt
of a telegram from Miss Barton, of the
Red Cross Society offering the assistance
.: nv M hp
replied that he would call on the society
if he found that its help was needed.
According to reports to the Governor to-
night the work of recovering corpses con-
tinues unaIDated, and while a number of
them are SO mutilated that they cannot
be recognized they are being held as
long as possible in the hope of securing
dheir names.
Quite a number of children are noted
among the list
large number OF State militia tents
were shipped from here to Galveston to-
day for temporary use on the island.
Governor Savers received upward OF
| 900 kilograms during the day from part
les in the East and West offering assist
ance to the flood sufferers at Galveston,
and from various portions of the State re-
norting the collection of money and sup
plies. During the day Governor Sayers
estimated that the receipts in money from
collections in this State would amount
to $4,000, though from reports great
deal of money has been sent direct to
Galveston instead of coming through to
the Governor, and the amount may be
much larger than that stated. Governor
Savers will not make known the total
amount until tomorrow.
Quite a number of Eastern newspapers
are wiring the Governor offering to es-
tabIisff themselves as bureaus for rellef
if desired, and asking what they can DO
TO relieve the situation. telegram from
New York informed the Governor that