Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-10
atest Figures of the Great Wave Which
Swept Galveston and the
Gulf Coast.

Terrace reported the loss Of fifty lives
In the building from which he escaped.
He himself was severely injured about
the head
on Avenue M.scyeral ladies were i'm
prlsoned IN q residence by the water
ana debris. They were rescued by "a
party headed by Captain NJ. Theuot
Several OF them were badly hurt, but
they are still living
Coming back 10 fremont street and
| going out TO Avenue by climbing
over the piles OF lumber which had
once been residences. four bodies We're
observed In one yard ana seven In one
ROOM
SIXTY BODIES IN ONE BLOCK.
AS many as sixty bodies were to be
seen lying singly and in groups in the
space Of one block. a majority OF th.
bodies. however that have not been
recovered, are under the ruined houses.
| ana 10 Will take several days hard work
Go get an of them out
The body OF Miss Sarah Summers was
| found by the correspondent near her
| home on fremont and + avenue her
lips smiling, but her features set In
death, hec hands grasplng her diamonds
tightly The remains of her sister. Mrs.
Claude Fordtran, have not been re-
covered
The report from st. Mary's infrmary
| shows that only eight persons escaped
| from that hospital The number of pa.
/ tients and nurses could not be usCer-
! tanned, but the number Of inmates was
! seldom under a hundred
| Rosenberg school house. which was
| chosen as a place OF refuge by the peo-
! pie OF that locality. collapsed. Some Of
those who had taken refuge there es-
capped.
SAD SABBATH DAWN.
As Sunday dawned the streets were
| lined with people half clad crippled In
/ every conceivable manner. h0bbling
| as best they could 90 where they could
| receive attention OF physicians for
| themselves and summon aid for friends
and relatives who could not move po-
| lice officer John Bowie. who recently
was awarded "a prize as the most popu.
lar officer in the city. was met by the
Post correspondent In a pItlabIe condi-
ton The toes on both his feet were
broken two ribs cayed in and his head
badly bruised but his own condition he
said was nothing.
My house my wife and children are
IN The Gun. / have not q thing on
earth for which to i've
Pat O'keefe vino has for years kept
a popular resort on tho beach and who
rs known to every visitor % Galveston.
was bemoanlng the loss OF wife and
everything he had on earth Where his
resort stood on the beach facing the
Gulf there Is not a vestige Of a building
90 be seen.
The great bathing pavilion known as
the PagadO. the big pleasure resort
known as the olympia and the Muir
dochs bath house are an swept away
into the Gulf. There We're few bodies ON
the beach. They had been swept into
the Gulf or driven up into the rubbish
by the waves
BABES AND ALL.
A three-y ear.old boy sat holding his
bleeding head In his hands. making NOT
"a murmur Of complaint He was taken
back 90 town, smiling gt the joy of
human companionship after his awful
experience. He will probably recover.
The houses of an prominent citizens
winch have escaped destruction. have /
been turned into hospitals, as have the |
leading hotels. There Is scarcely a
tNAN "AtAAlNiAlAtf NJ llIN A NINNN MOI INlH D
tam one or more of the dead as well as /
many injured
RAIN IN TORRENTS.
The rain began 70 pour down in tor
rents. and the party went back down |
Fremont street towards the city. The |
misery Of the poor people, all mangled |
ana hurt pressing 20 the city for medl- |
cal attention. was greatly augmented |
by this rain Stopping az a small |
grocery store 20 avoid the rain the par |
y found 10 packed with injured. The /
provisions IN the store had been ruined I
and there was nothing for the numer- |
QUE customers who came hungry and /
tired. The place was a hospital. no /
longer a store Further down the street.
q restaurant which had been sub
merged by water was serving out /
soggy crackers and cheese 10 the hun
CRY crowd. That was an that was left
on returning 10 the fremont hotel,
which is the news center OF the city. |
the reporter found the death list 10 be
swelling rapidly the accounts coming
from every portion Of the city. II IS
hard 20 determine what section OF the
city suffered the greatest damage and
loss OF life. Information from both tho
extreme eastern and extreme western
portions Of the city were difficult % OBJ
tain, but the reports received indicated |
that these two sections had suffered
the same tate that the rest Of the city
had, and TO q possibly greater degree.
100 L. S. SOLDIERS PERISH.
Fifteen men, constituting an that
remained Of a company u regular sol, I
diers stationed az the beach barracks /
were marched down Market street. The
loss OF life among the soldiers I'm the
barracks. which were DESTROYED. must
have been fully a hundred and perhaps !
later reports win swell the list.
At 1880 Sunday morning the water
had receded from the higher portions
of the city but the streets near the bay |
front sill contained from two and
half 10 three feet of water
The Galveston News office on Me
chanlc street was flooded The back !
end OF the building caved 60, the engine
ana boilers were filed with water. max.
In= Il impossible for paper TO be IS
sued.
AT the Union depot scenes similar TO
those met with in other portions of the
city are % De found Blggagemaster
Harding picked up the lifeless form OF
a baby GIRL within "a few feet Of the ,
station. It's parents could not De loCat-
ed and are supposed Co have been lost
The station building had been selected
as a place Of refuge by a large number
Of people,
ESCAPE WAS IMPOSSIBLE.
An windows In the building and a
portion of the wall at the top were
blown In and the occupants expected |
every moment 20 he their last. But |
escape was impossible. for about the
building the water must have been fully
II feet deep. a couple OF small shauties
were floating about, but there was no
means OF making a raft or getting