The Delawarean., 1900-09-12
A SUNDAY OF
AWFUL HORROR.
Over Three Thousand Lives Are
Sguffed Out BY Texas Storm.
MAYOR OF GALVESTON ASKS AID.
Most Terrible Storm in a Century
: Visits This Country and Wreaks
its Fury ON Texas, Outriva1ling
in Appalling Results the
Johnstown Flood.

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Galveston and other cities ON the
Texas Gulf coast confirm THE reports
of appalling loss of life and destruc-
tion OF property, and show that thous-
ands are homeless, starving, destitute,
wounded and in need of prompt relief.
Estimates of Jhe loss of life are still
uncertain, in view of the fact that i'm
Galveston the debris of many hun
dreds of wrecked houses, under which
corpses lie hidden, has not been reach
ed by the searching parties, and more
than a score of smaller cities, towns
and villages, ravaged 10y dhe tornado,
are still cut off from communication
with the outside world.
The best and most conservative es-
inmate places the actual loss of life
at not more than 3,500
Governor Sayres, of Texas, and the
Mayor of Galveston appealed to Presi-
dent Mckinley for aid, which was
cheerfully given. General McKibbin
was sent to Galveston to report what
is needed, and 10000 army tents and
$4,000 army rations were sent by the
War Department
The money damage by the tornado
and tidal wave in the destruction of
houses, public buildings, hotels,
churches, steamships, ,wharves, bridges,
growing crops of cotton and elevators
full of 10 -; I'D
than $15,OOO,OOO.
Two and a half million bushels of
wheat were destroyed in the wrecked
grain elevators at Galveston. The
price of cotton in Liverpool and New
York rose one cent "a pound on the
news Of the havoc done in the Texas
cotton fields by the hurricane.
OF whole battery of United Ar,il-
lery stationed at Galveston only Is
men survived the storm. Both the
officers lost their lives.
Chambers of Commerce and S ate
Legislatures and Governments of
States sent messages of coincidence
and tenders of relief to the Texas Ex-
ecutive and the Mayor of Galveston.
SUMMARY OF THE LOSSES.
Houston, Tex, Sept 1O.-The fol-
lowing are the cities, towns and viii
lagos in Texas ravaged by the tornado,
with statement of the number killed,
according to the --latest reports:
Galveston, 1900 houses and other
buildings destroyed; 1900 dead.
Houston, 4 dead, 26 injured, $5O0,OOO
damage.
Dickinson, As buildings wrecked, 27
dead.
Texas City, rs buildings destroyed;
"a dead.
Chenango Junction, 16 dead, many
missing.
Brookshire, 8 dead, 80 injured.
Tenbroke, 12 dead, II injured.
Smi5hville, 20 dead.
Alvin, wiped out; 26 bodies found,
many missing.
Rocloport, reported destroyed; -
dead.
Alta Iona, destroyed; Is dead.
Pearl partly destroyed; 16 dead.
Brazora, s dead
Virginia Point, partly destroyed; !;
22O dead. :.
Bolivar, reported destroyed; 1S dead.
Hampstead, 4 dead.
Corpus Christi.
Seabrole, 25 known dead, others
missing.
La Porte, greatly damaged; 16 dead.
lMorgan's Point 12 dead, many mis-
sing.
Hitchcock, reported destroyed; 80
dead.
Oceanland, swept away; dead.
Mustang Island, submerged three
resort hotels destroyed; IL dead.
Eagle Lake, $3.50, 900 damage; dead
Rosenberg, 4 dead; s12O,OOO damage
Fulshear, Z dead.
Richmond, A dead, two churches and
Court House destroyed.
Beasley, 4 dead.
Letitia, great damage; woman dead
Chapel Hill, partly destroyed; IA
dead.
Brenham, 16 houses destroyed;
dead.
East Bernard, 12 houses destroyed
Is dead
Angleton, many houses wrecked;
killed, Is injured.
Sabine Pass, dead; $4,000 damage
Charles jackson, son of Glider d
Jackson, fell violently from his bicycle
and broke lhis right forearm.
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