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

6dlVCStOn, leXaS. september lo.-MT. j,
!. Delaney, chief clerk to Engineer George
W. BoschEe OF the Southern Pacific, told
most interesting story to a representa-
tive OF The Post who saw him on board
while crossing Galveston bay Monday
night. While the storm ragged he was,
with number OF others. at the residence
OF Mr.. Boschke. The windows OF the house
wero broken and the incoming water kept
the occupants moving from room to room,
but the structure stood and none Of the
party were Injured. The water began 10
rise rapidly about o'clock on Saturday
and continued for probably ten hours
For an hour It remained stationary and
then until o'clock Sunday morning fell
rapidly When the water was at the
highest point it was from four and half
TO FIVE feet deep in the house. and about
eight feet deep In the yard. About /
o'clock Sunday morning, when both the
wind and the water had subsidized. Mr. De-
Ianey swan to the next house, where his
room was located, and went to he'd. He
slept until o'clock in the morning and
then arose and went down town. The
people he met seemed dazed. Their face,
were blank and apparently they could not
'GallSe what had happened. Many of them
we're Injured anG thsi- hastily bound IN
Wounds made their appearance all the
more pitlable. At different points during
MS walk downtown Mr.. Delaney saw. to
use Dis own words, windrows of bodies. In
one yard alone were collected the corpses
of seventy eight people. This was near
the corner of Thirty third and NJ.
Continuing on to the city, MIR DELANEY.
wishing to get through to Houston with
information for his company finally sue
ceeued In securing passage on Colonel w.
IL Moody's yacht. the Pharade, bound for
leNas CITY. With him he took some 200
private kilograms to be filed Mt Houston.
Oh board with him were Tom South The
POSTS Galveston correspondent; Richard
spillane, L. V, Elder, Mr.. Parch OF Well,
rarch, ana Mr. Cox. The story of the
TRIP across tho bay and the manner In
which the party finally reached Houston
at 4 o'clock Monday morning has already
been graphically described for The Post
by Mr.. South, Mr.. Delaney repaired to
mo mono OF Manager l.. Meggett OF the
houston Direct Navigation company i'm
medlately on reaching Houston, and. went
over the situation with that official. Dur
ing the afternoon the two gentlemen. with
Manager Van Week Of the Southern PHI ..
cine, went TO Clinton and boarded the
Juno, which came down with the barge
loaa OF provisions In charge OF the com
mittee headed by Wharton Bates.
or the fourteen barges which the Direct
Navigation company had at Galveston only
three were uninjured. These have since
been used In carrying bodies out to sea.
me tug Louise. as has already been told
IN these columns. went down near Red
Fish Light. Only the top OF her smoke
stack is visible now. Pilot James Casev
and the fireman. known as "Sleepy Joe /"
were drowned, Captain Charles f. Walker
and the other members OF the crew
reached the mainland safely after terri
Bile experience. Their strongly built life-
boat went over fourteen times, but as she
Is self righting the crew succeeded in get-
ting ashore.
The life saving boat and crew from the
Galveston station went ashore on the
prairie not far from Lamarque.
Captain w, c, Rafferty, OF battery o.
First artillery, Camp Hawley. who lived
in handsome residence near Camp Haw-
Icy, had an exciting experience He aud
his family, with some Of the members OF
VIC baNANig anu buiiNtE OF CiNlisAlA.
took refuge In the 10-inch gun battery at
Fort Crockett and escaped unframed.
Tons OF water doomed over the concrete
parapet, but the gun carriage under which
the party was located, broke the force OF
Its fall.
or the members OF the battery thirty
We're lost-twenty- three at Camp Hawley
and seven al Poet Bolivar Lieutenant
Nichols was at Bolivar, but escaped I'M
hurt. In all eghty-one OF the soldiers
escaped. At Bolivar practically everything
except the lighthouse was blown away.
The families OF the Massrs. Statern and D.
Shaw were reported to he the only ones
drowned. Ono OF the soldiers from the
fort at Bolivar was picked up Monday
morning of the old Gillette place. on san
| Jacinto hay. near the mouth OF Cedar
bayou by Rockwell Hoskins. He and sew
en- others started nut IN boat. which
capsizod. and he WIS fortunate enough 10
ret hold OF nsnk NJ piece Of drift
ef soire sort, 10 which he clung for thirty
| siS hours
The soldiers at Fort San Jaelnto. at the
| east end ~ Tho ISLAND. NIL wrathered the
storm. Practically all q thc several FIR g.
fcations are destroyed, and Il Is estimated