The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-10-21

ticular heap. and they are only partially
baked by now. To-day we have been busy
over there Cpointing to other fires quarter
Of mile distant). where we found lot OF
bodies-eleven under one house. So far we
have only put two here to-day. Found em
Just now in that puddle. They are right
under that top layer of boards"
Gould you tell who they were?" asked.
Lord. no." was the reply. I'VE have TO
get 'em onto a plank somehow on a sack
IL they fall to pieces, and tote 'em to the
nearest fire. tell you. it's no agreeable
job. One of these ere last ones was big
black man-could tell by his woolly hair:
they are all pretty black now. He had on
nothing but one shoe. The other must have
been young woman. 'Tenny rate, she
was slim and had long brown hair. She
had on black silk underskirt, blue tur-
quoise ring and new rope tied around her
waist"
Poor, poor creatures! Since this hunt in
the debris began upwards of 240O bodies
have been found, and every day still adds
Its CHASTITY quota of from fifteen to thirty.
And mountains of wreckage are yet I'M
touched We find it hard enough to lay
away our dead in consecrated ground. with
all the care and tenderness that love can
suggest, where we can water the sacred
spot with our tears and lay upon it the
flowers they loved in life, but never to
know whether their poor bodies were fed
10 the fishes Of the gulf or left above ground
to become abomination in the nostrils
OF the living, or their ashes scattered to
the winds after cremation must be we'll
nigh unbearable.
Nearly 100000 in cash has already been
received for the relief of Galveston-not by
the Red Cross. but by Governor Sayers,
Mayor Jones and others in authority OF
this fund $4,000 has been set aside for re-
pairing the partially wrecked houses, and
100000 for rebuilding those entirely de-
stroyed. To the building committee, COM
posed of the Governor, the mayor, Judge
Taliaferro, of Houston, and several of Gal
veston's wealthiest men, Miss Barton has
submitted a plan for four-room cottages.
to accommodate twelve persons each. and
has made complete list Of lumber and all
other materials needed to erect enough of
these houses for 5000 people.
MISS BARTON'S APPEAL.
The value Of these materials will approx
innate 100000, and the cost of labor about
$4,000 more. Miss Barton believes she can
secure, by direct contributions, the greater
part of the materials, and with this end in
view has issued detailed appeal therefor
Her appeal-of which 5000 copies have been
printed and scattered broadcastAsets forth
the fact that this unfortunate seaport lost
at least 1900 persons out of it's population
of 10000 in one night of storm. Not one
house in the area of the storm escaped
unchanged, while fully 1000 dwellings and
| all their contents were absolutely washed
away or lie in the pile of wreckage-a
| worse than worthless mass, a menace to
the safety of the remaining portion of the
| CITY. A large proportion of the families
who occupied them are entirely without
| homes, or even shelter, save such as per-
| sons nearly as destitute as themselves can
| offer temporarily, to their own great cost
| and inconvenience. This homeless class
numbers upward OF 5000. While the boun-
tlful outpouring Of the peoples generosity
| has enabled the Red Cross to feed the
| hungry, clothe the naked and render the
| streets of Galveston partially passable
| nothing has yet been done toward rein
| stating the impoverished survivors in
| homes where they can escape disease and
| enjoy measure of the comforts of which
the storm deprived them. The havoc
wrought in Galveston was much larger IL
loss of life and property than at Johnstown
| by its flood: but donations in money for
| this place have thus far aggregated
| third less than was given to Johnstown
Winter is less than two months away
Although the climate of southern Texas is
mild. ''northers'' prevail. and snow and
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| tor any length of time. The sea-sand and
| the quicksand would not hold them down;
the first gale of wind would leave their
/ occupants as unsheltered before, and
| hardships, cold, consumption and pneu-
| rnonia would finish what the storm has left.
| SHELTER BADLY NEEDED.
/ Some substantial shelter must be had at
once for these people. To secure this in the
| quickest possible way, the national Red
| Cross has, with the cooperation of the
general committee of Galveston, obtained
| estimates of the best-known architects in
| the vicinity regarding the material needed
for constructing houses enough for the I'M
| sheltered, suffering thousands. The esti-
| mate includes rough lumber. flooring.
tongued and grooved, window frames and
| sash, door frames and doors, hinges,
screws, hooks, staples, brick for CHM
neys. squares of three-ply felt roofing. so
kegs S-penny nails, seventeen kegs 2O-penny
| nails "and tools for hundred carpenters
IT is believed that Texas and Louisiana
| would prefer to furnish a large portion of
| the lumber. The other building material
and household goods must come from
those States which produce such articles.
Besides the articles above enumerated.
bedsteads, bedding, chairs, tables stoves.
| crockery, cutlery, etc., are required suffi-
| cient TO furnish at least seven hundred
houses in a modest and comfortable man.
ner One of the best things that has vet
been done by the relief committee was the
setting aside Of $4,000 for the purchasing
of tools, sewing machines, ETC., for persons
who can earn their own living. but are now
unable to do so for lack of necessary i'm
plements. While wages were at first very
exorbitant in Galveston-in some instances
as much as s12 day being demanded for
work which ordinarily brings a quarter of
that amount-they have now declined al
most TO the normal scale. Everywhere the
sound of the hammer and trowel is heard.