The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-14
AND EXPERIENCES.

cate great sorrow and show deem sr,s, 49,.
fright. Some real dramatic scsnas . auu
been enacted upon the streets of Hons,an
one In particular was witnessed nm Nal
street yesterday A beautiful Young LADY,
VINO was wei dressed and showed reane-
utene' was observed coming up the street
"nen sns was not ed to look up and ses
large portly man coming toward ber i,
needed no Thought nor action for ~
rush forward, for she seemed 10 he dra,,n
toward nm as IL by magnetic nowars
On uncle John" she said and threw
nerseir In MS strong arms and upon bos.
som that seemed to be longing In offer 10.
comfort and protection from This wor,a !.
troubles s "o'lu =
she kissed and Rugged him Tina ana
time again while the great tears r,itat
down her pretty and sad cheeks. strons
men held their breath and tongue fos
they knew their actions were fe,iinz
sad tale, for she said: Ae
Father, mother and all our Inv "A
have been tossed torn and buried nv ~.
sad sea waves" - 'no
rms was mere than the spectators could
stand and each one went opposite d'rec.
tons, for they cared rot to discuss iris
scene. '"'S
MIS- Bergman, wife OF Manager Berg
man OF the Houston opera house, gave a
thrilling account of her escape during ths
GaiVeston storm. She was summering In
cottage on Rosenberg avenue, two
blocks from the beach At 10 o'clock last
Saturday the water up about three feat
ana she donned a bathing suit and pro
ceeded to the Olympia to talk over the
long distance phone to her husband here
AT the Olympia she was waist deep in
water. At o'clock the water about
her house was so deep she became alarmed
and In bathing suits she and her sister
evacuated the high cottage they occupied
The neighbors living in the next house.
being old Galvestonians, laughed at them.
Out OF that family of fifteen three were
saved, because they were down town.
Mrs. Bergman and her sister Started for
the central telephone Office the water
being from waist to armpit deep. Both
are expert swimmers, and they buffetel
the winds and waves for several blocks
Finally they spied negro with dray
They chartered him for 50 to take them
to the central telephone station. After
proceeding two blocks the mule was
drowned and all were washed off the
dray, the negro being lost. Mrs. Berg
man and sister, by wading and swimming
reached the telephone station and found
refuge until the firemen commenced TO
bring dead bodies into the building Then
they concluded to 30 to Bottoms livery
stable, where Mr.. Bergman kept his horse.
This was the hardest part OF the trip. al
though the distance was only 900 yards.
1t was in the heart Of the city and glass,
bricks, states and timhers few in show
ers. At Bottoms they remained until next
morning.
Six o'clock Sunday morning, the storm
having abated they started back to their
home. The only vestige of 1t or of the
houses for blocks around was a hitching
post All was sandy waste. In the back
yard lay dead baby. This frightened
them, but before going far on their way
back they encountered scores of dead bod
les and met men, women and children
manned and bleeding, homeless and bereft
Of family. 1t was an awful night and day
they put in, with nothing on but bathing
suits and nothing to eat. Passing store
they saw the plate glass windows all
broken. The background was hung with
black cloth This they seized and Sc
curing pair OF scissors at the stable and
needles and thread, they soon had two
well fitting and we'll made gowns, which
they wore until they reached here yestAr-
day.
Another sad predicamol 1t was Witnessed
at the union depot on arrival Of tho =.
m. train from Galveston.
1t was noticed by several that a small.
delicate man seemed to be extremely
anxious when the train whistled for this
city. After the train had rolled into the
depot his eyes we're eagerly bent IN
watching each and every passenger as they
got off the train. Finally a stout man
appeared, who was his brother, bearing
In one of his arms a small girl baby, and
with the other leading another, behind him
came his wife with two other ri chill
dren. He pushed his way through the
crowd to where his brother was standing
and putting his burden Of love down he
Rugged him and said.
well, George. this Is all have left
pointing to his wife and children. Just
to think, less than a week ago / owned
four pretty cottages besides my own dear
home All of these have been swept into
the gulf Though I thank God that re
blessed me twice in all Of my trouble. He
left me all of my dear family and Sood
health to begin life anew"
i ~
Captain Nelse Nelson. With the Clark
Dredging company at Scranton, Miss.
reached the city yesterday en- route to
Galveston. where he had three small
children at the Protestant orphans home.
He met his friend. Mr.. Quelch, who as
sisted him to get transportation to CAL
weston. He was at the depot when the
tnain came in bringing Galveston ref
ugees. bright, chubby little face WAS
peeping out OF the car window as the
train pulled into the depot. 1t was that
of his little daughter. 1t is needless to
say that Captain Nelson was overjoyed.
He found all of his children on the train,
being taken with number OF Others I'M
der charge Of a matron to Dallas, The
children OF Captain Nelson were taken
to the, home OF Mr.. Quelch in the Second
ward. where they were rehabilitated and
refreshed.
Guy C. Harris, secretary of Galveston
Typographical Union, came up from Gal
weston yesterday with his wife and two
children, whom he sent TO Eagle Lake, re-