The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-20
HUNTING FOR DEAD.
STORM VICTIMS BEING BURNED AND
BURIED.
GUARDED BY SOLDIERS
Tho Reign OF Crime Is Mt nm End
Hospital to he Established at Houston
-27OO Names on the Roll of Lives Lost
Communication Being Rapidly Restored
bringing Order Out of Chaos.

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Communication Being Rapidly Restored
bringing Order Out of Chaos.
Galveston Especial 1.-THE Houston
Post prints list of 2701 names of the
Galveston dead, compiled from various
sources. There were hundreds of bod
les burned, buried at sea and in the
sNnd of which no Identification was
! possible; there were other hundreds
who were buried on the beach of the
mainland, few of whom have been
Identified There are many bodies
still In the ruins Of Galveston and scat
tered along the beach of the mainland
and in the marshes, where they were
thrown by the water. Some of these
| bodies have been sent 20 miles inland
along small water courses by the rush
OF high waters. Taking all things in
to consideration, there seems no longer
any doubt that the number of dead
will reach the estimate of 5000, which
has been made by Mayor Jones, Major
X. G. Lowe and other reliable citizens
of Galveston.
About 1900 people arrived in Hous-
ton from this city, and truly dilapi-
dated lot they are. They are being
cared for as well as possible. Four
buildings have been set apart for the
benefit Of refugees, but Of the $500 who
have reached here so far not more than
800 remain in the public charge, the
remainder Of them going TO the homes
OF relatives and friends. There have
been delays in the transportation Of
provisions because of n lack OF boats,
but there are more boats now, and the
work will be faster and more complete.
The work Of hunting for and dis
posing of the dead continues. Several
hundred bodies are still buried be-
meath the wreckage. Thirty-two sand
mounds marked with small boards at
tract attention on the beach, near 26th
street, and tell the story OF where
about rs bodies have been laid to rest.
In the extreme western part of the city
about so bodies were cremated with
wreckage Of the homes Of the unfor-
tunate victims.
Scores of the dead from Galveston
are yet unburied, as the bodies are too
badly decomposed to haul and there is
too much water on the prairie to admit
of digging graves.
The reign of crime in this city is
now at an end, the streets being
guarded night and day. The under
standing which became current TO
was not without effect, and the moral
atmosphere is now more healthy.
There are really few prominent
names in the list of dead from Gal
weston. Most of them are people who
were not well known outside their own
circle of acquaintances. The class of
people who lost their lives were work.
ing people, small tradesmen and small
professional men and their families.
The reason for this, 1t is said, is that
the greatest force of the hurricane was
exerted against the East End, West
End and the water front, while in the
centre of the city, where the people of
greater prominence lived, there was
not so much loss of life.
At a conference held at the Office of
City Health officer Wilkinson it was
decided to accept the offer of the
United States Marine Hospital Service
and establish camp at Houston,
where the destitute and sick can be
sent and properly cared for. The ply
sicians agreed that there were many
INDECENT sick in the city who would be
removed from Galveston, and Houston
was selected because that city had
very thoughtfully suggested the idea
and rendered site for the camp. Act
ing upon the suggestion TO establish
camp and care for the sick and needy,
message was sent to the surgeon
general at the head of the Marine Hos
pital corps asking for 1000 tents, of
four-berth capacity each, and several
hundred barrels of disinfecting fluid.
The Health Department is calling
for 100 men with drays to clean the
streets.
The plan is to district the city and
start out the drays to remove all re-
fuse and dead animals and cart all un-
sanitary matter from the streets.