Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-19
THE GALVESTON HORROR.
SICK AND WOUNDED RECEIVE
BEST OF ATTENTION.
(By Telegraph to virginian-Pilop

ND' 'SicSldpH 10 NlrSlnian-PlloO
Galveston, Texas. Sept. 1S-The
work oil clearing the streets of debris
Is progressing under the perfect organ
iZatlon instituted by military rule un-
Ger Adjutant General Scurry. Over
S,Vuo men are engaged on the work.
Ninety eight bodies are reported as
having been found in the Wreckayc and
removed to-day making Il total of L.
Sol victims so far recovered. This list
Is tar short of the accurate number of
uead found because no official records
are kept. Bodies found are buried or
crcmated and no systematic record has
been kept. The storm wrecked almost
every vault in the six cemeteries. and
many of the dead We're washed TO sea
III metal cases. SO far only one casket
has been found. 1t had been carried
three miles from the vault.
LIGHTING THE STREETS
The extension of the electric lighting
system continues. BY tomorrow The.
distance from Twentieth to Twenty
seventh street and from the bay 10
Broadway will be equipped with street
lights. More than 200 skilled mechanics
were brought here to-day from Texas
cities.
The total number of dead is still cs-
iimated ut five to six thousand. The
newspaper list of over i.0O0. The names
OF many negroes, McXicans. Italians
and other foreigners can never be Sc
cured.
HEALTH PRECAUTIONS.
The work under the direction OF the
health department was pushed with
Nigor to-day. AS fast as disinfectants
arrive they are being distributed over
the city. over carload of disinfect-
ants was taken from the wharves to-
day and sent 10 the health department
supply depot and almost as much was
taken from that place and distributed
over the city.
Ail1ch was done tp-l1v I'm tho NVDV Of
removing debris ana disposng of ami
mai Carcasscs. The sick and wounded
are receiving the best OF treatment and
the facilities are such that any one
needing medical attention can have it
on application. Besides the other hos
pitfalls and medical relief stations al
ready in service, the marine hospital
and refugee camp was opened this
afternoon, ana will accommodate Il
large number of patients. Persons able
TO travel have been taken from the
hospitals and sent in the revenue cut
;ers and by other means of Transport
tation TO Houston ana other relief sta
lions on the mainland
The outlook from health standpoint
is Very encouraging. Three pile drivers
are at work closing up the breach in
the Galveston Bay bridge, made by the
steamship Roma. The rebuilding of the
bridge is progressing rapidly.
TRAIN SERVICE.
y message from General Superinten-
dent Nixon. of the Santa Ee railroad.
10 General Manager Polk this evening
said trains will be able 80 cross on
Thursday. orders have been issued to
ALLOW freight TO proceed to Galveston
The one bridge will be heavily taxed
to accommodate all the trains, The
tracks of Galveston Island will be com
pieied TO the bridge tomorrow noon.
Engines are again running into the
Union depot and switching in the wharf
yards, and are bringing freight to the
ships in port. y prominent exporter
from New York said that serious mis-
renresenLl ilon& OF Ae--nnrt- anl-1A4Z-
grain stored here have been published
The Watcrworks system is beina,
gradually restored. ard the mains; are
now supplying the various hospitals
Miss Clara Barton, of the Red Cross
Society, has been rendered the use of
the old ScalY building, formerly used
by the general Offices of the Santc lre
railway and opened q deDot for sup
plies She has sent orders for medi-
cine ana surgical dressings. food for
the Sick and clothing ana shoes.
Otherwise She has recommended that
mony lie sent her, as the merchants
can supply a great many things need
ed.
y bureau has been established TO
General Scurry has ordered that all
families living within a block of The
pile of debris back OF the district en-
tirely swept away shall move out as Il
sanitary precaution.
Richmond. Va. Sept. t9.-The City
Council tonight appropriated two
thousand dollars for the relief of tie
Galveston storm sufferers.
MENICO TO THE RESCUE.
Mexico City, Mex, Sept. lS.-A bill
has been introduced in the Mexican
Congress providing for an appropria-
ton OF $4,000 for the Galveston suffer
ers.
\ TERRIBLE CONDITION.
Galveston Sept. iS-"rheie are onl,.
ten houses in habitable condition south
of High island says H. s. Snangles.
general manager Of the Gulf ana Inter
state Railway Company. who return
ed to-day from n tour OF inspection of
the property of his company. There
We're thousands OF bodies of dead ami
mails and about $50 bodies of human
beings found there. The latter have
been partially buried, but the hands
and feet are protruding from the earth
in many places. and there are NOT
enough people left in that section ia