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

correspondent of The Post at Galveston
1as civ OF Galveston must have relief
I, that promptly. or the suffering that
avident on every hand will be in
.rs.sed tenfold. and it is very great as
,.,. Unless 1t can be seen. the suffering
not be realized. There are people
a.,ued and injured who should now be
!, mo hospital and under good care in
49, N survive. they must have medi-
al attention to recover
t,uman lives are at stake now. and re-
~, mist come. Starvation sounds ex
,r,vagant, but it will be condition and
=, theory here. and that in a short
time.
The more fortunate are working hero
,,.,,y to amelorate the condition OF the
.,s,ressed but this sort of relief is too
,msIl TO avail. for 1t is not adequate; 1t
an 20 only small way toward really
ralieying the situation. Individual acts
!, Aoroism and self-sacrifce were to be
met with on every hand
The condition at Galveston Is heart
,spans in the exterme for the injured;
Il grows worse momentarily.
The list Of dead will not be fully
taown for weeks; the list of missing will
swell rapidly as they have begun to re-
nort their losses to the authorities. and
gradually this list of missing Will change
nto the list of dead as the bodies are
recovered from the ruins in the city
or are picked up on the beach OF the
mainland. where many OF them now lie.
II is believed
he fremont hotel and at this meeting
measures we're considered for the relief
}, the stricken: the conclusion was
uuickly reached that the citizens are not
,cual to the task. 10 matter their will
ngness and an appeal for aid is made
10 the president and to the governor; the
messages have already gone to them and
will probably be made public all over
he country by this afternoon. But no
ardy aid will suffice; 1t is present ne
cessity that must be met
~
As soon as the waters began to recede
Sunday morning, this correspondent. with
other men. began the work of rescung
the injured and dying from the
ruins OF their homes. The scenes
that we're encountered in this work
can not be told of in prosaic way;
they simply can't be described as they
were. Screaming women, bruised and
bleeding, many of them with their dead
children In their arms. themselves badly
hurt; men, broken and sobbing bewailing
the loss Of home and family, bleeding
and hurt staggering about among the
ruins; the streets filled with floating rub
Dish. among which there were bodies OF
4 the victims Of the hurricane All this
and much more met the searchers. In
every direction the desolation extended
4 ~
The first loss OF life reported was at
Rtters saloon and restaurant on the
Strand Immediately back of the News
Office; three prominent men were killed
here and others were imprisoned under
he rubbish and hurt by falling debris.
lhs dead we're: Stanley G. Spencer,
general manager at Galveston for the
North German Lloyd Steamship COM
pany Charles Kellner of the firm of
hammers & Flint, cotton factors; Rich
sFd Lord. manager for McFadden. These
safee were sitting at a fable on the first
aoor and, 1t is said had been making
ngnt OF the danger. Others had been
"a me restaurant. but 1t is believed that
~ mad lett. as the bodies of these three
se'e all that were found. The roof OF
we building caved in and came down
WIN crash. 1t is reported that Secre-
lAfy Bailey of the Wharf company and the
.iAei escaped by jumping from the win
.us but the three named were carried
soHh with the roof and the flooring into
~, w saloon below Those in the saloon
.au miraculous escape; the falling
s .S' ana hooFing were caught by the bar
s.s leid up, those standing near either
s ising or being knocked into the space
m.s ieit. 1t took several hours OF hard
WA 10 get them out, and many of them
fatally '''' ouV h'ne ol tneni
n. .se negro waiter. who was sent for
-.u.cai assistance. was drowned at the
N,u er OF strand and Twenty first, his
~, pelng found short time after
I NJ NJ me city hall were congregated fully
People. all OF them hurt In some way,
4 ,' aonat the head and some about tha
suu legs and bodies. All were
ris,,ra LOT relief or intelligence of
.ns ones but in either case they did
!, md what they sought: the notice
Y tfex wv tne' were po"-
s,n.s niah from Lucas Terrace, rooming
n !, 81. exported that he was the survivor
M I. pe5pie who had been in ,the house
,loa. ., was wrecked; he was badly injured
q 49, ne mead and seemed to have had
, r VIZ avenue party of ladies' we're i'm
tl,,s.sa 10 a residence, surrounded and
81 vera ~ oy water and rubbish they
~ issued by party headed by Cap
IN, Iner.ot; several of them were
~ M ..ussd' but they are still living.
~ ~ sscuing party proceeded to avenue
,rss fremont street. Climbing over the
IA hs.. lumber, which had once been
~ Along this route the bodies Of
4 go were thick; four bodies were
u one yard, seven in one room
i AL. place, willis as many as sixty
nm. we're counted lying singly and In
- ss. " me space OF block. Others
~ sthss.er me ruins and can not be seen
IS yss,,,' . search for them. 1t will take
~ 4 ,r.s ssys Of hard work to get the mass
NJ, out Of the streets, and until
III Powered VI 'ne poules can not Dc
.ss fody OF Miss Sarah summem wn,
~ frrer,, ,ne correspondent at the corner
sg Il, ~. ana avenue p her lips smiling.
its ia erlssasres set in death; she had
~ N va, Ivy 10 reach place OF safety.
XII iif ,l,,s. successful. Tho remains of
!. ben ears AIRS Clnui Fordtran. have not
" d though 1t is known that
n W. enly from st. Mary's infrmary n
- ri kesn,.s,n' ssrsons escaped alive from
81 |si.tts 80 The number OF nurses and
IS 4cera Noulu not be aRNar+ainad hut