Arizona republican., 1900-09-19

the statements in regard to the details Of this storm no two persons can be found who agree on the d;r5c c-ion of the wirI and the curreH.s. All agree that the most terrible blows which the town received came from the point of the compass which may be spoken of as be-
 tween northeast and east. There are those who declare hat at first ',he wind was almost from the north. Then it veered till it was almost east. and then settled down to it's herculean efforts from D int between the ,wO; and yet there are others who say that it came from all directions at different times and prove fr by the loss of windows in their houses. These waves came in from the gulf. They fill.d the bay. The water chased across the island, met the waves ana then it seems there was a battle between the two dement's. For the current ran criss-cross They went down one street, up another street and across l,ts. They seized a house here and placed it there. Men were carried to sea. Men were carried down the island. Men were carried across the bay by it. No chart can be even dreamed of their peculiarities. The wind dashed i,he waters and it fled. That was all there was in it, and it fled in every direction, carrying on it's bos- Om a shrieking people. It carried, too, houses whole. houses in halves. houses in kindling wood. The winds dipped q and seized the debris and hurled it on. The air was filled with missiles of every kind. The water held them and threw them from wave to wave. The winds grasped them as they were thrown and hurled them further. Stoves, bath tubs. sewing machines. slatos from roofs these were as light in the hand of the two giants, wind and water, now in their fury. as the common match would be in the hand of the strong man.
 From the northeast it is generally conceded ;he storm came. Galveston island runs nearly east and west. So it will be seen that ft had clean sweep from end to end of it. The streets are numbered across the island. They are lettered as they run with the island. east and west. For instance the s;rJ ct running east and west nearest ;he bay is A street. Then there is E, and so on toward the gulf P and . streets may ba said to b. tWO-;hirds across the is land. that is to say. they are three quarters If a mile from the gulf. This is not an accurate statement, and is only given to illustrate. Between Q street and the gulf were hundreds and hundreds of houses. While many were fine mansions, the great majority of them were the houses of the poor. Com ing down tho island from the east. the storm struck these habitati0ns. It was in his area. east and west, from one end If the town 70 the other. it did it's worst. The large houses were over thrown. Where thsy fell they were hammered into shapeless masses. The small ones were taken Up. A man can take two eggs and mash them against each other. The wa,.Is took the rem nants and pushed them forward. One street of buildings would go down. That would be next to tha gulf. The timbers were hurled against another street It would g. down. The debris of the two would attack the third. The three would attack the fourth. and thus on
 till . street was reached. Here the mass lodged. It is said by some, though l know nothing of it. that about it is the backbone or high part of the island. The great mass of matter be- came heavy. It must have dragged upon tho ground. As the water here could have only been five to seven feet deep. But this would nos have stopped
 it had tha last s.reet to be assaulted. Q street, CT Q12 street, not interposed. , The houses here were rather large and