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

shelter in the hotel How did she get
thele2 Nobody knows
The representative OF The Post, during
the luil in the storm. went to secure the
services OF DR.. Smith for a badly wound
ed man. and as he passed the hap OF
ruDDlsh where nod formerly stood the inc
nest little Methodist parsonage he saw
Rev. Murray on the top OF the he1p offer
ing ny silent thanks 10 God for his mercy
In spaiing his little flock, all OF whom
we're saved. At the doctors home he
found that many OF the neighbors wh1
had lost everything they possessed, had
been taken in and given shelter. 1h3
DOCTORS house was OF its blocks. anu
greatly dan.lged, and al one time all the
inmates abandoned 1t and made their way
to u little mound near 3y.
To Illustrate the velocity OF the wind
II is only necessary to state that Colonel
VIII Weems. powerful man OF 2b0
pounds, had to crawl on his hands and
knees from the house to the mound. car
rying little child in his teeth.
One Of the most heroic struggles how
aver, in the very teeth OF the storm. was
made by Terry Dun. aged II. assisted by
e. j. Willls. TO rescue his father. +. j.
Dun, who was pinioned to the ground by
the roof OF the Kitchen. They We're COM
PEELED to lift the roof against the storm,
which proved a task far beyond their
FluAlly MT. Oul, GGiilEluB u a.
| tho task was hopeless one. called Terry
TO him and kissed him goodbye, out the
brave lad said. "Oh, no. papa, we will
save you yet and they tugged ana la
bored at their task for more than an
hour. Mr.. Crews house, wr.ch Is across
tho street from Mr.. Dun's was blown
from its blocks and they came over to the
Dun residence for shelter. L. NJ Crews
end his bicther Frank assisted in the
i o. u.
The search was then continued until the
body OF little George, b iSh1 ami lovely
boy. was found further under the wreck
age. The only consolation to The rela
tiyss and friends of the boy is that his
dc~th must hove been instantaneous.
William FicklIn was also killed instant
I ly. but his wife and children escaped.
! Three colored people were also RHlled ia
the town.
great many people were injured more
or less seriously, and returns from tho
country are only beginning to come in.
The full extent OF the damages were
not realized until Sunday morning, and
then It was considered the wonder OF the
age that half the population had not been
killed or wounded. With the exception
of Two residences, those of j. A. Cannon
and George Munson, and they were great
ly damaged, everything on the west side
vas in chaos. The college buildings dis
appeared as Il by magic. Hardly trace
Of them remains to mark the spot. All
81 the residences OF that side of town
were new and models of architecture. In
rict, Angleton ils long claimed the DIS.
tincton of having more really fine resi-
dences than any other town Of its size
in the State. But they are mostly gone
now. and those that remain, With one Oh
two exceptions, will have TO be recon
structed
Angleton has had much bad luck to be-
fell her during the Past few yoirs, bu'
they were as nothing in comparison wi. t
, this stupendous disaster, from which Il
can not soon recover. and yet on tha
bright and beautiful Sunday morning af-
ter the storm the people, many of WHOM
, for the first time realized the uncertaintJ
Of life. m~ with hdlrty blnd-shakes an
with feryent thanks TINT 1t was no worse
One needs to pass through a great ca
lamity OF this kind in order to realize thC
uncertainties of life and ~ appreciate
the many blegsinps which they had previ
, ously enjoyed, and know it not.
The negro population is homeless, des.
/ tituto and hungry