El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-26
RESCUED BY
TWO DOGS
Wonderful Story of the Gal
weston Flood.
LITTLE GIRL WAS SAVED
BY the Noble Help of Two Newfound
lands. Who Stayed by Their Tiny
Mistress and Brouph Her Safe To
Shore.

Nearly three weeks has now elapsed
since the city of Galveston was visited
by one of the most destructive storms
In the wor DIS history, and toe interess
OF the COT ntry at large, that was for .
time all absorbing, has gradually
Absted until ~ the present time the
rewsps pers have almost ceased to
Publish reports from The stricken city.
II ose who survived the storm and
witoe ssed it's fury describe it as the
result OF Irnado, q hurricane, cy-
clone Add tidal wave all combined.
Ths strength OF the wind alone was
'ufhcient TO overturn walls OF solid ma
soary. but the devastation that was
lot wrought by the winds wss accom-
p ished oy she waves. for an angry Sea,
ls n feet in depth, overspresd the island
and the mad waters tore along the
streets Of the doomed city with she
speed OF a mill race and swept away the
foundations of the moss substantial
-tri ctures leaving them to the mercy
of the wiz de.
Many remarkably stories of beroism
aud self sacrifice have been told by
survivors OF the storm. Hundreds OF
people saved the lives of men, women
and children ct the risk of their own
aud thought nothing OF IL, and tie work
performed by the able bodied men, who
survived the wrecking of the city,
would under ordinary circumstances
entitle each one of them to the laurel
wreath
But the sirangess story that has
come from the Hooded district, is that
OF the rescue OF gil of tender years
by two dogs. The story almost passes
belief, but the HERALD has It from
reliable sources.
The child had two large Newfound-
land dogs sho could swim like sea
offers AM the great shaggy creatures
loved nothing better in The world than
the waters of the bay, excep. perhaps
their young mistress.
When the storm broke in ell Of its
fury the demesnor of the t~o brutes
WAS wooderful TO behold. Their eyes
glanced like live Goals and with hair
oistlinR on their necks they kept
close to the little girl, who was In .
room with her parents. Finally the
whole family clam bered to the roof,
taking the doRs with them. Soon
afterwards the house gave way sno
She roof Slid of.
A'huge wave swept the survivors in to
the water. With q RurglinR cry the
mosher and father of the child went
down quickly, but the doRs, powerful
swimmers that they were, seized the
little one by she shoulders aad kept
her head above water
for no one can tell exactly how any one
escaped death that niRht-the child
come in contact with q flo TING plan
and tcsing in accordance with the
promptinRs of nature seized hold OF IL
and found IL q life preserver.
Although she had beer by this means
rescued from instsp t. neous death the
great hairy brutes In the water did
not desert their charge, but stayed
close beeide her, one on either hand,
and the Lrio drifted away in the iDky
darkness, psssiDg amid the ruins of .
thousand homes, with the Rroans of
strong men, the screams of women and
the cries OF little children mingling
18th the roar of the storm.
some say that the dogs, guided by
'-stir CT, were aware of the direction of
the nearest land. and through the
b ackness. the ruin acc the storm SWAN
With their little mistress to the main