Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1900-09-13

safety of Sabine and Sabine Pass.
Galveston, Texas, Sept. 10. six
hundred to 1000 persons killed, the
city almost In ruins, the wharf front
entirely gone and every ocean steamer
10 the harhor stranded. with money |
lnss that cannot be estimated now, is, |
81 far as can be learned at this hour, a |
resume OF the appalling calamity thai
has befallen Galveston. The great |
stotm has left her helpless, and her
stricken people are compelled to appeal
to the outside world for aid. The esti-
mates of loss of life vary between the
figures given, but an accurate account
OF the dead ie impossible now, and the
real number killed in the storm Will
probably never be known. No one at
tempts to estimate the damage to bust
ness and residence property. The fine
steamer Alamo lies upon the top of the
Mallory wharf, and u big English cotton
laden steamer was driven ashore at
Texas City. Other vessels are aground
in different Parts Of the bay, some hope.
lessly wrecked. The tug Louise, owned
10 under water at Red Fish Two of the
crew are drowned, the remainder es-
Gaping in lifeboat,
Yesterday morning, boat was char
tered to run to Texas City, and on this
the Houston Posts correspondent, who
furnished this dispatch, was obliged to
take his departure from Galveston be-
for be could make thorough insesti-
cation. From what he saw and from
what he heard from some of the lead
ing business men, however, he can as
sure the public that the people of GAL
weston need immediate relief-food,
clothing and water. The water works
are in ruins, and the cisterns are all
is one of the most serious of the present
troubles Ruin is everywhere, electric
light and telegraph poles are nearly all
Frustrated and streets are Uttered with
timber, slate, glass and every con-
ceiyable character of DEBRIS There is
shardly habitable house in the city,
and nearly every business house Is
badly damaged. The school buildings
are unroofed, such editices as the Ball
High School and Rosenberg School be-
ing badly wrecked. The fine churches
are almost in ruins. The elevators and
warehouses are unfit for use, the cleo
trio light plant has collapsed and SO has
the cotton factory. From fremont to
vestige of residence is to be seen. II
the business section of the city, the
water is from three to 10 feet deep il
stores, and stock of all kinds, includ
ing food stuffs, is q total loss. Will,
the correspondent was in Galveston
Saturday night, he saw women anc
children emerging from once com
Portable and happy homes dazed anl
bleeding from wounds, the womel
wading neck deep. with babies in thei
arms. 10 add, il impossible, to tn
calamity, the city is out off from tn
outside world entirely. The telegraph
wires are down, and the cable whic
connects Galveston with Mexico is cut
Nothing is to be seen of any of th
bridges which connected the islam
with the mainland, but where tn
bridge should be big ocean vessel !
stranded.
At Texas City, the wharves' are dc
stroyed, and the water front is littere
with ruins, much of the debris havin
been blown there from Galveston
Three lives were lost at Texas Cit,
The railway tracks are washed ava!
and the only exit is by foot and conve.
anco to La Marque, on the INTERIM
tional & Great Northern railroad.
The storm commenced raging betwee
8 and 10 o. clock Saturday morning, an
by neon the water from the Gulf hf
inundated the island as far inland
Twelfth street. From there, the wat,
gradually encroached farther milan,
rising about ID inches an hour. At
%. M, there was 36 inches of water
the Hobbies of the fremont Hotel,
the highest point in the city. Aero
the street, where the ground is lower,
n wats5 o MaS MarEs street was evel VI
the seats Of the street cars. After tina
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