Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-11
WIRES ALL DOWN
THOUSANDS OF MESSAGES WAIT
ING AT GALVESTON.
MORE OF THE TERRIBLE WRECK.
Water Supply Gone, Electric Lights
Out, Car Service Suspended,
Dead in the Streets.

Oclu III Tile 0lIGSlS.
Dallas, Texas, Sept. IA special to
the News from Galveston, brought to
Houston by the tug Brunswick, gives
the following additional particulars OF
the storm:
The big iron oil tank of the Waters
Pierce Oil compan vas picked from the
Fifteenth street pier and carried to
Thirtieth street. The Old Union depot.
in recent years used as the office OF the
superintendent of the wharf yards. was
dashed to pieces, as were numerous small
frame buildings along the wharf front.
Men were sent out Sunday morning to
report the condition of the bridges across
Galveston bay, but We're unable to reach
them. Telegraphic communication was
also cut off on Saturday. The llnemen
who went out Sunday reported that the
railroad bridges were all washed away
and that there was not sufficient mate
rial in Galveston to rebuild the telegraph
lines. The cables under the channel are
gone. The lines will have to be built to
the city from the main land.
efforts We're made on n
day to repair the damage to the Mexican
cable, but on account of the sea being
high it was impossible to pick up the
lost end of the cable.
Thousands of kilograms We're filed at
the telegraph office during the day. with
the expectation that they would be sent
to Houston for transmission but the cap
tain of the only available small tug
would not venture on the trip with a new
crew, his engineer and fireman having
been lost. while tugs which might be
hired were OF too deep 1raught to go Up
the bayou.
In the business district not a building
escaped injury. The Grand opera house
is caved in and the fourth story of the
Hotel Grand, d part of the same build
ing, was blown off. The third story of
the city hall was blown away. The
three-story building of the Ritter cafe
was demolished and crashed into the
rear of the News building. The fourth
story was torn from the Moody building
at Twenty-second street. The Masonic
temple. at Twenty-first and Postotfice
streets. was partially unroofed and the
tower torn away. The uppeH stories of
the Harmony club building were caved
in, and a frame building across the street
was demolished.
The Orphans Home was demolished.
the children being unhurt: the Sacred
Heart church, one of the largest churches
in the city, is a total wreck. ST. Mary's
church, adjoining it. is considerably
damaged. and the Athletic building a
destroyed. The First Baptist church is
a wreck. The parsonage adjoining St.
Johns Methodist church was wrecked,
although the front part of the building
stands. Several mall churches were
wrecked. The Bal high school building
Is badly damaged.
Officer Williamson and a force of men
did good work rescuing a number of peo-
pie from the frame portion of st. Mary's
infirmary. Over 30 persons We're rescued.
but quite a number persisted. A mother
and child, a Mexican woman and child
and an elderly lady. while going to the
cotton mills, We're drowned. While the
I'LL -.-,la
fell in, killing and injuring several per
sons. Over 1000 persons sought shelter
in the county court house. A lady and
child from st. Louis. names not ascer-
tanned, who We're visiting the family OF
Police Officer John Bowe. We're lost. Mrs.
Burns. mother of Motorman Burns, and
daughter also persisted. Motorman Par
ker, wife and children We're killed. Mrs.
Ben Hill and child We're drowned. Three
undertaking Establishments are all being
utilized as morgues and a fourth morgue
was opened in a large building on the
stand.
Some of the draymen at first refused
to hau over one body at a time. de-
handing the price for a full load fol-
a trip. On Sunday evening, however
the few who made this remark agreed tc
bring as many bodies as their cart
would hold. Owing to the streets being
full of debris, it is extremely difficult t.
use oily hlllu VI "dSOllSs
Many of those who escaped tell o.
thrilling experiences. Mr.. and Mrs
James Irwin got out on the roof of thei1
dwelling. They were seated on the sidt
Of the comb, and when the building blew
over they floated off separately. Mrs
irwin was on the raft alone all night
MI. Irwin. who had found refuge in tn,
Ursuline convent and who a despairet
of seeing his wife again. heard a cry To-
help. Hoping to rescue a human being
he pulled out through the water and wa.
overjoyed to find his wife still afoat OF
the roo
The pilot boa Eclipse has been GU
since Saturday and unheard from. TIL
American steamship Pensacola, reporte,
to have foundered, has arrived safe an,
sound.
The city is not only without a waite
supply, but it is in total darkness. TIL
city street railroads have suspende,
business, much of their track bein,
washed out. 1t will be a month befor
cars can be operated by electricity, bu
horse car service will be substituted a
the earliest possible moment.
The plant of the Galveston Gas com
pany is partially demolished and is GU
of communication. Those who Used ga
for fuel are practically helpless. Fir
wood was swept away, but there i
plenty of drift wood to be had.
Several members of the police fore
We're lost, while others lost their fam
lies. The force is greatly reduced i
numbers and at present is insufficient