The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-09-20
THE TEXAS HORROR.
Estimates of the Dead at Galveston Vary
from 200 to 10000.

Estimates of the Dead at Galveston Vary
from 1000 to 10000.
GALVESTON, T. NJ, via. Houston
Sept. II. midnight. All attempts at
| burying the dead at Galveston have
been utterly abandoned and bodies are
now being disposed of in the sWiftest
manner possible. Scores of them We're
buried to-day and hundreds We're taken
out to sea and thrown overheard. The
safety OF the living is HOW the para
mount question and nothing that will
tend to prevent the outbreak of an
awful pestilence is being neglected.
This morning it was found that large
numbers of the bodies which had been
previously thrown i'll the bay We're
washed back upon the shore, and the
situation was then rendered worse than
/ before they were first thrown into the
water. 1t Will now never be known
how many have lost their lives i'll this
awful catastrophe. Estimates run all
the way from 1000 to 10000. The for
mer figure is given by Lieut.. Perry. aide
on Gen Mckibben's staff
| The number of dead bodies along the
shore according to Lieut.. Perry has
| been somewhat over estimated and he
says that 1000 is Il conservative esti-
| mate. His estimate is laughed at by
numbers of men who have been in Gal
weston and returned early i'll the week.
| they claiming that at least >. 800 bodies
were buried OF carried ont to sea in
| barges before Lieut. Perry arrived. No
list OF the dead has been kept: it would
| be utterly impossible to formulate one
from now on. Mayor. Jones of Calves
ton claims that the dead will amount to
5000, and others whose opportunities
for Judging are less than that of the
mayor place it as high as 10000.
Relief committees from the interior
OF the State have commenced to arrive,
! and as usual they are too much III
numbers and to a certain extent, are
| iii the way OF the people of Galveston
and an impeachment to the prompt re-
lief which they themselves are so de
| SlrouS OF offering. Some of the relief
expeditions have had committees large
enough to consume ten per cent. of the
provisions which they brought. The
relief sent here from Beaumont, Texas,
arrived this morning and was DISTRIBUTE
ed as fast as possible. 1t consisted of
two carloads of ice and provisions.
| The great trouble now seems to be that
these people who are i'll greatest need,
through no fault of those in charge of
the distribution, are the last to receive
aid Many of them are so badly maim-
ed and wounded that they are unable to
apply to the relief committee, and the
committees are SO overwhelmed by dl-
rect applications that they have been
unable to send out messengers.
The wounded everywhere are still
needing the attention of physicians and
despite every effort it is feared that a
| .Nff 4 r1,n
physical impossibility to afford them
the aid necessary to save their lives.
| Every man in Galveston who is able to
work with all the energy Of which he
is capable. But despite their utmost
endeavors they cannot keep up with the
increase of miserable conditions which
surround them. Water can be obtained
by able bodied men but with great diff
Guilty. DIR. Wallace Shaw Of Houston
who is engaged in the relief work, said
tonight there were POO people at st.
Mary's intirmary without water. They
had been making coffee of salt water
and taking that as their only beverage.
Stealing was reported to-day and there
are no killings. The number of men
shot yesterday for robbing the dead
proved a salutary lesson, and it is not
expected that there will be any more
occurrences of this sort.
The soldiers of the regular army and
of the national guard are guarding
property and it is impossible for thieves
to escape detection.
The loss of life among the regular
army stationed at the barracks proves
to have been largely over estimated.
The first report was that only Is out of
the whole number had been saved.
Last night and today they turned up
singly and in squads and at present
there are but ~ missing, whereas the
first estimate was nearly POO.
One soldier reached the city this
morning who had blown into the gulf
of Mexico and had tioated nearly fifty
miles, going and coming on a door.
Another who showed up today declared
that he owed his life to COW. ltsWam
with him nearly three miles. The COW
then sank and the soldier swan the re-
mainder of the way to the mainland by
himself