The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1900-09-14
THE DEATH list GROWS
In the Awful Galveston Flood There
Were Over 5000 Victims.
Estimated That 5000 Buudings Were De-
Etroysd aud Vass Territory Made Des-
olate-Over 90 T.wns Report
Injury from the storm.

INJURY rom the eL0r M
Houston, Tex, Sept. 12-The tenn
/ pest and flood which swept over Gal
weston and the coast country OF Tex
as Saturday and Saturday night is
probably the greatest calamity of the
century The dead of Galveston
VIII number 5000. The number of
dead in the coast country VIII not be
known for several days, or maybe a
week. but as each small town is heard
from the story Is Of dead, dead, 10
dead, Is dead, and so on. The set
Elements of from the more easily
reached towns are as yet inaccessible.
The state of Texas viii act through
the person OF Gov. Sayers, but the
tragedy is so appalling and the
money loss so great that the aid Of
the people of all the union may be
needed. 1t is estimated that between
1000 and 5000 buildings in Galveston
have been destroyed OF those that
stand many viii have to be torn
down as a matter of safety. To bury
the dead viii be a task of several
days. The whole south side of the
city, from end TO end, was stripped
of every vestige Of habitatiOn from
the shore line TO a point 1000 feet
north. Few, If any. buildings escaped
injury. The dead from the graves
were washed up and cast out upon
the waters, and the shore of the bay
is Uttered with cOrpses, while eight
ocean steamers and many small crafts
were torn away from their moorings
and lie stranded miles away from the
city, some to bleach and rot. It viii
be a month perhaps before a train can
reach Galveston, and all cOmmunica-
tions VIII have to be made by boat.
The wreck of Galveston was
brought about by d tempest so ter
rible that no words can adequately
describe its intensity, and by a flood
which turned the city into a raging
sea. The weather bureau records
show the wind attained a velocity Of
81 miles an hour; then the wind
measuring instrument blew away,
so IL Is impossible to tell what was
The maximum. During all this time
the $1,000 people of Galveston were
Ike rats in traps. The highest por-
ton of the city was four or five feet
under water, while in the great ma
1Ority Of cases the streets were sub
merged to a depth of ten feet. To
leave a house was to drown. To re
main was to court death in the wreck
age. Such a night of agony was pos
sibly never equalled by people of
modern times
There were no houses left standing
at Patton or Bolivar. Tt is reported
that Bolivar was swept of the earth
and has few inhabitants left.
. =
Of the BrazOs river, there are not
more than u houses left. a number
of citizens were injured and every
body is in need.
At Surfside, a summer resort op-
posite Quintana, there were IS per-
sons in the hotel. Women went into
the water to their waists and assisted
in keeping the logs away from the
hotel and no one was lost.
At Wharton, an immense amount Of
damage was done. In the country
about the town all crops were laid
waste. Thirteen negroes are report
ed killed on various plantations IN
Wharton and AIatagorda counties
In MatagOrda county only two houses
were left standing.
Richmond is reported TO have been
very nearly wrecked. Eighteen per
sons are reported killed, most Of
them negroes, in the country imme-
diateIy about the town and for 25
miles from the town there is not a
house standing on the prairie.
A dead child, the destruction Of all
the houses except one and the desti-
tuition of some so families is the
record of the work of the hurricane at
Arcadia. From so other towns come
reports that buildings were wrecked
or demolished.
The railroads viii suffer the loss
of millions of dollars of actual dam
age to say nothing of the loss from
stoppage of business. At Galveston
their wharves, warehouses, depOts
and tracks are ruined. The costly
bridges which connect the islands
are in ruins and must be entirely re-
built
The Living Need Food
Galveston, Tex. Sept. IA con-
sentative estimate of the loss of life
is that it will reach 1900; at least
5000 families are shelterless and
wholly destitute. The entire remain
der Of the population is suffering In