The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-13


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the child on the head, killing it in
stantly. She suffered a broken leg and
bruised body.
DR.. J. H. Fry, who has been an OBJ
server of the weather, has theory HAT
the storm which visited Galveston orig
mated in the vicinity of Port Eads and
was not the hurricane which was report
ed on the Florida coast. On that day
a storm was reported moving in a vest
erly direction from Key West. It moved
up the Atlantic coast. The Mallory
steamer Comal ran into it and reported
a great number of wrecks. The suppo-
sition that this was the storm that
reached Galveston by doubling back on
its tracks, he thinks, is a mistake. The
first knowledge of the Galveston storm
was the report of a wind velocity of
forty-eight miles an hour at Port J1ads
on Saturday evening. High winds are
also reported at Pass Christian. The
Port Eads storm, DR.. Fry thinks, was a
distinct storm from that of Florida and
was confined to the gulf
Eighteen people were caught in the
Grother grocery store, and it Is pre-
sumed that all were lost, as lnany have
been reported dead who were known
to have been in the. building, which was
swept away entirely. The firemen
buried eight people south Of Avenue O.
The graves were marked with pieces of
garments worn by the persons Will
Love, a printer on the Houston Post, who
formerly lived in Galveston, swan the
bay Monday to reach his family, whom
he found to be alive in Galveston He
swan from pier to pier on the railroad
bridges and at each he rested.
REFUGEES IN LIGHT HOUSE.
In the Bolivar lighthouse. which stands
130 feet high, on Bolivar point across
the bay from Galveston, about 12o per-
sons sought refuge from the storm
Saturday evening. Many were unfor-
tunates whose homes had been swept by
the hurricane and others residents of
Galveston, who had come to the bay
J shore in their frantic endeavors to reach
Galveston and their families. Among the
latter was County Road Superintendent
Kelso Mr., Kelso stated to a News re-
porter when he reached Galveston on
Monday afternoon that the 100 or more
refugees spent an awful night In the
lighthouse Saturday night. The supply
of fresh water was soon exhausted. and
/ an effort was made to secure water by
| catching the rain water in buckets sus-
pended at the top Of the lighthouse The
experiment was a success in a way, but
I 1t demonstrated a remarkable incident to
the force of the wind
The bucket was soon filed with water.
but it was salty and could not be used.
! Several attempts resulted in a fresh
water supply sufficient to quench the
thirst of the excited refugees. The salt
water spray was shot Skyward over 1870
feet and mingled with the rainwater that
] fell in the buckets. From the top of the
! light tower some of the more venture
/ some storm sufferers viewed the destruc-
tive work Of the wind on Galveston ISL
and. Twelve dead bodies were recovered
near the lighthouse
Mr.. Mutt, storekeeper. lost his life
after a display of uncommon hercisln.
! When the storm struck the city he
/ hitched up a one-horse cart and started
out to rescue his neighbors Carload
after carload he carried in safety to
Fire Company No. s. On three occa,
sions he brought a carload of human be-
ings, some half dead, others crazed with
! fright, who were carried for blocks by
! the raging currents. but he landed all of
them safely, even to the last load whom
he met his death. As he attempted 10
pass into the building on his last trip
the fire house succumbed to the wind
/ and collapsed Some of the wrecka ge
! struck Mutt and he was mortally
: wounded.
L IOI IOuChIlSTs Oh Inc BucKn6r Or
! phans home. of Dallas, arrived here
yesterday forenoon. and at once went to
the city hall He offered to thro,g the
{ doors Of his establishment wide open fer
J the orphans of Galveston and announced
! that he was ready to care for about 100
to $50 of the children. The official rec
! ords of the United States weather bureau
has been made up and forwarded to
Washington.
! BLEW 12O MILES AN HOUR.
The reports give some very valuable
additional information about the storm.
Unfortunately the recording instruments
were destroyed or crippled beyond opera
ton about 5:1o o'clock Sunday morn
ing
The wind guage recorded a tIo-noin-
ute blow at the rate of 100 miles an
hour and was then demolished by the
hurricane which continued to Increase in
violence. While the exact velocity of the
wind was not recorded after the de-
struction of the instruments the weather
bureau reports estimate the maximum
velocity at between 11O and 12O miles an
hour. 1t did not maintain this terrific
rate Tor any length OF time. perhaps fer
half a minute, but it was sufficient TO
destroy everything that met the full
force of the storm.
A journal of the local office of the
weather. bureau contains a report of an
apparent tidal wave of four feet which
swept in from the gulf some time be-
tween the hours of and 8 p. M. at
the time the wind veered to the south
east. 1t should be remembered that this
was tide of about five feet
and terrible swell in the gulf during
the storm, and that the tidal wave Of
| four feet rose this wall of water and in
creased the force and speed of the sea
that washed over the city.
Mayor Jones said this afternoon that
he estimated the loss in and around Gal
weston at 5000.
RELIEVING THE CONGESTION.
Over SIX Hundred Women and
Children Removed Yesterday.
AUSTIN, Tex, Sept. 12-This aft
ernoon Gov. Savers received the fol-
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