New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-11

general distress stopping at a small grocery
store, the party found it packed with injured
clamoring fer food but the provisions in the
store had been ruined. Further down the street
a restaurant, which had been submerged by
water. was serving out soggy crackers and
cheese to the hungry crowd On returning to
the fremont Hotel The Houston Post cor
respondent found the death list to be swelling
rapidly, the accounts coming from every part
OF the city. Information from both the
IRENE eastern and western parts of the city were
difficult to obtain but the reports which were
received indicated that those two sections had
suffered fully as much as the rest of the city
SOLDIERS REPORTED KILLED.
Fifteen men. constituting all that remained
OF a company Of Regular soldiers stationed at
the beach barracks marched down Mar
ket-st. The loss Of life among the soldiers in
the barracks. which were destroyed. must have
been fully hundred. At II 30 Sunday morning
the water had receded from the higher parts Of
the city, but the streets near the bay front still
contained from two and half to three feet OF
water.
THE Galveston News" office, in Mechanic-st
was flooded. ard the back end of the building
Caved in. AT the Union station were scenes
similar to those in other portions OF the city
The baggage master picked up the lifeless form
OF a baby girl within a few feet OF the station
Its parents are supposed to have been lost The
station building had been selected as a place OF
refuge by a large number OF people. All the
wall at the top were blown in. The water
around the station probably twelve feet
deep.
DEVASTATION ON WATER FRONT.
On the water 'front.' the destruction of prop
erty was almost great as on the beach
though the loss of life was not nearly so large
The wharves of the Mallory company we're de-
stroyed. The big steamer Alamo is lying among
the ruins of the piers. The wharves of the Gal
great wharves of the Southern Pacific company
which have been in course of construction for
seDe d6a months, are damaged to the amount Of
S6oWn. The Norwegian steamship ella, en-
gagged in the Cuban trade was stranded up the
bay, beyond where the railroad bridges once
stood.
The British steamship Taunton is lying on
Pelcan Island. hard aground. The Mexican, a
big British steamer was driven up the bay and
is fast in the mud. Another big ship is lying
cut near the quarantine station The Kendall
Castle was driven as far up as Texas CITY,
only few boats are left Many of the little
schOoners were lifted bodily out of the water
and flung up on the island. The wrecks of 9TH
ers are scattered along the bay front. The
Charlotte NJ. Allen. the steam ferryboat to Boil
war. is safe. The big dredge used at Texas
City was driven inland for half a mile and can
not be sa:ed The Pensacola was in port when
the storm began but Captain Simmons put 20
sea in the teeth of the storm. and it is feared
were lost.
GRAIN ELEVATORS WRECKED
The three grain elevators and the Rey-Mer-
schoffer mill wrecks Their roofs and the
top stories have gone. and grain stored therein
has probably been ruined by the rain. The
damage to the ships at this time. when the de-
mand for tonnage is so great. is regarded as
one Of the worst features Of the disaster from
4 business point OF view.
In the business portion Of the city the dam
age cannot be even approximately estma ted.
The wholesale houses along the Strand had
about seven feet of water their ground floors
and window panes and glass protectors of all
kinds were demolished. The top Of the Moody
Bank Building was blown away. and the hxt-
ureS OF every house on this long business thor
oughfare were destroyed.
In Mechanic-st. the water almost as deep
as on the Strand. All provisions in the whole
sale groceries and goods on the lower floors
were saturated and rendered valueless.