Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-09-12
A THOUSAND DEAD
Later Reports Tell Of Many Heart
rending Scenes Along the
Texas Coast.
PROPERTY LOSS IMMENSE
Other Towns Besides Galveston Suffered
Severely Telegraphic Communication
Is Slow in Being Restored Gal
weston Under Martial Law.

Houston. September 12.-Details from
the storm swept district In Texas hourly
disclose more heart rending features
and confirm the early rumors of one oil
the great catastrophes of late years
No wire communication Is yet possible
with Galveston and the only definite
news obtained SO far comes by tug boats
and refugees. A conservative estimate
is thousand dead. The property loss
Is perhaps even higher than at first
given. The relief trains are hurrying
forward with supplies. Outside Galvest-
on smaller towns are beginning to send
In reports as the telegraphic communi-
cations improve, and many additions to
the list of dead and property losses are
received. Richmond, Hitchcock, each
report 16 lives lost. Alta Loma Arcadia,
Velasco, Seabrook, Belleville, Arcola
and many other towns have from one to
eight dead.
In most of these places many houses
are totally destroyed, and thousands of
heads of livestock killed.
A CLEAN SWEEP.
Houston, September 12.-It is reported
that Bolivar, opposite Galveston, was
swept off the earth and has butt few In
habitants left.
At Quintana, a port at the mouth of
the BrazOs river, there are not more
than twelve houses left.
At Belleville every house was damaged
Not house is left at Patterson.
At Waller the destruction is complete
Thirteen negroes are reported to have
been killed on various plantations in
Wharton and Matagorda counties. In
Matagorda county only two houses are
left standing.
Missouri City was practically wiped
ont.
At Sartatita, Ellis sugar plant is in
ruins.
Richmond is reported to have been
nearly wrecked. Eighteen persons are
reported killed, most OF them negroes in
the country Immediately about town; for
twenty-five miles from town there is not
house standing on the prairie
Most of the dead so far located are in
two small villages, Heedvile and Beasly.
At FL Campo every house Is damaged.
At Ariola two are killed and several
injured seriously.
At Howsee plantation, two miles west
of the railway station, the damage was
great. Two boarding cars were blown
out on the main line and whirled along
the road sixteen miles to Sandy Point,
killing two and injuring thirteen occu-
pants.
From fifty other towns come reports
that buildings are wrecked or demol-
ished.
UNDER MARTIAL LAW.
Dallas. Texas, Sept ~. A bulletin
received here states that Governor
Sawyers placed Galveston city and island
under martial law. Adjutant General
Scurry is ordered to take charge at once.
The order includes instructions to the
troops to compel people to bury the dead.
A LIST OF THE DEAD.
Galveston, Texas, September 12.-The
following additional list of victims Of the
disaster has been Identified: Mrs. Mary
Burnett, Mrs. Toothwater, Miss Jennie
Toothaker, William Miller, wife, son-in-
law, daughter and five children; Lucia
Miner, H. e. Eideman, Charles Darby,
Mrs. Floehr, Jacob Smith, Charles Til
lebach, wife, mOther-inlaw and two chill
dren; Mrs. Leon Rattesau and four chill
dren, Mrs. Sam Dowell and two children,
Mr.. and Mrs. Stawinsky, Mrs. L. Park,
Miss Alice Park, Miss Lucy Park, j. H.
Everhart, wife and daughter; E. Sixas
and two daughters, Mrs. Gary Burnett
and two children, Geo. Schwotsel, wife
and daughter; - Joseph, I. Krauss,
wife and two daughters; Mrs. Matilda
Olsen and two children, Olsen o. Kelsner,
Roy Kelso and baoy, Edward Webster,
Sr., Mrs. Julia Webster, Mrs. Sarah
Webster, George and Joe Webster, T. G.
Torr. wife and five children; Mrs. w. D.
Thompson and two children, DR.. John
B. Sayers, Tom Sayers, - Roberts,
Mrs. Eters, Mrs. Henry Delcie and child,
Mrs. John A. Hayman and five children,
Sam Tovrea, wife and child; Mrs. Shilke,
son and infant, and Mrs. VIM. McMahus.
The total will probably reach $500. A
few think 1t will 60 beyond 1900.
THE PEOPLE AREHUNGRY.
Galveston, Sept. 12.-Today supplies
began to arrive but so meagre are the
facilities that 0the amount was really