The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-19
SITUATION IN GALVESTON
NINETY EIGHT BODIES WERE RE-
COVERED YESTERDAY.
I,s61 This, However, Far Short of the
Actual Number Because Bodies Are
Buried and Cremnted without Any
Record Being Nude.

| Galveston, Sept. 1S.-The work of
clearing the streets Of debris Is pro-
| crossing rapidly under the perfect or
ganization instituted by military rule,
under Adjutant General Scurry. Over
1000 men are engaged on the work.
Ninety-eight bodies are reported as
having been found in the wreckage and
removed to-day, making a total of T.
S61 victims so far recovered. This list
dead found because the bodies are
buried or cremated, without any rec
ord being made The storm wrecked
almost every vault in the six ceme-
teries and many of the dead were wash
ed to sea in their metal caskets. So
far only one casket has been found. 1t
had been carried three miles.
The extension of the electric lighting
system continues. By tomorrow the
distance frcrn Twentieth to Twenty
seventh street and from the Bay to the
Broadway will be equipped with street
lights. More than two hundred skilled
mechanics were brought here to-day
from Texas cities.
The total number of dead is still es-
timated at 5000 to 5000. The news
paper list is over 1000. The names of
many negroes Italians and other for
egners can never be secured. The work
under the direction of the health de-
partment was pushed with vigor and
rapidity to-day. AS fast as disinfect-
ants arrive they are being distributed
over the city. Over a carload of disin-
fectants were taken from the wharves
to-day and sent to the health depart
ment supply depot. Almost as much
was taken from that place and distrib-
uted over the city.
The outlook from health standpoint
is very encouraging. Three pile drivers
are at work closing up the breach in
the Galveston bay bridge made by the
steamship Roma. The rebuilding of the
bridge Is progressing rapidly. A mes
sage from General Superintendent Nix
on of the Santa Fe railroad to General
Manager Polk this evening said that
the trains would be able to cross on
Thursday. Orders have been issued to
allow freight to proceed to Galveston.
The one bridge will be heavily taxed to
accommodate all the trains. The tracks
on Galveston island will be completed
to the bridge tomorrow. Engines are
again running into the Union depot and
switching in the wharf yards, and are
freight to the ships in port.
The waterworks system is being grad
ually restored and the mains are now
the various hospitals. A bu-
reau has been established to take COM
plete census of the city,
General Scurry has ordered that all
families living within block of the
pile of debris back of the district en-
tirely swept away shall move out as q
precaution.
Congressman Hawley advocates the
building of a breakwater beginning at
the south jetty and extending west
ward, paralleling the shore of Calves
ton island for distance of about seven
miles. With base of twenty-five feet
and crown of eight feet, capped with
heavy granite blocks, he believes this
would break the force Of a tidal wave i
and adequately protect Galveston.
Memphise, Tenn, Sept. 1S.-A tele- |!
yrarn from the Evening Jol11.pa1 a |