The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-10
GALVESTON is IN RUINS.
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ana nurt, pressing to the city for med1-
cal attention was greatly augmented
by this rain. Stopping at a small grocery
store to avoid the rain, the party found
1T packed with injured. The provisions
in the store had been ruined and there
was nothing for the numerous customers
who came hungry and tired. The place
was hospital, no longer store. Fur
Their down the street restaurant, which
had been submerged by water. was Serv-
ing out soggy crackers and cheese to the
left They were soaked full of water
and the people who were fortunate
enough to get those sandwiches were
hungry and made no complaint. On re-
turning to the fremont hotel, which is
the news center of the city, the reporter
found the death list to be swelling rapid
ly, the accounts coming from every por-
ton of the city. 1t is hard to determine
what section of the city suffered the
greatest damage and loss of life. IN
formation from both the extreme eastern
and extreme western portions OF the city
were difficult to obtain. In fact it was
nearly impossible, but the reports which
were received indicated that those two
sections had suffered the same fate that
the rest of the city had and to possibly
greater degree.
MANY SOLDIERS KILLED.
Fifteen men, constituting all that re-
manned of company of regular soldier s
stationed at the Beach barracks were
marching down Market street. The loss
of life among the soldiers in the barracks
which were destroyed must have been
fully a hundred and perhaps later re-
ports will swell the list At 11:30 Sun
day morning the water had receded from
the higher portions of the city, but the
streets near the bay front still contained
from two and a half to three feet Of
water.
The Galveston News office on Mechan-
ic street was flooded. The back of the
building cayed in, the engine and boilers
were filled with water, making it impos-
sible for paper to be issued. At the
Union depot scenes similar to those met
with in other portions of the city We're
to be found. Bagga gemaster Harding
picked up the lifeless form of a baby
girl within a few feet of the station. It's
parents could not be located and are
supposed to have been lost. The station
building had been selected as place OF
refuge by a large number of people. All
windows in the building and a portion of
the wall at the top were blown in and
the occupants expected every moment to
be their last, but escape was impossible,
for about the building the water must
have been fully II feet deep. A couple of
small shanties were floating about but
getting a boat.
ON THE WATER FRONT.
On the water front the destruction of
property was almost as great as on the
beach, though the loss of life was not
nearly so large. The wharves of the
Stroyed. The big steamship Alamo is
lying among the ruins of the piers. How
great the damage is to the ship can
not be told until she is dragged out into
the stream to be examined The
wharves of the Galveston Wharf COM
pany are also gone. and the great
wharves OF the Southern Pacific COM
pany, which have. beer in the course of
construction for the past several months
are damaged to the amount of $50 0O0
and the damage is such that months of
work will be necessary to replace them
in the same condition as they were in
when they We're struck. The Norwegian
steamship ella, which was engaged in
the Cuban trade, was stranded up the
bay beyond where the railway bridges
once stood. 80
The British steamship Taunton is
lying on Pelican island hard and fast
aground. The Mexican, a big British
steamer, was driven up the bay and is
fast stuck in the mud. Another big
ship is lying out near the quarantine
station. 1t looks like she tried to put
to sea and was driven ashore. The
far as Texas City, where she is now
stranded. OF the small shipping, only
few boats are left.
LIFTED OUT OF THE WATER
The little schooners have been lifted
bodily out of the water and flung up on
the island. Others of them will bleach
their bones on the mainland coast. The
Charlotte NJ Allen, the steam ferry
used at Texas City has been driven in
land for half mile, and she can never
be gotten off except in pieces. The
Pensacola was in port when the storm
began, but Master Simmons put to sea
in the teeth of the brewing storm, and it
is feared that the boat and her crew of
So men have been lost
There are now no big vessels about
the Wharves, which were alive with |
seamen and longshoremen Friday af-
ternoon slowing cargoes. The three
grain elevators and the Reymerschoffer |
mill are wrecks. They are not down, |
but their roofs and top stories have |
gone, and grain stored therein has been |
probably ruined by the rain. The dam |
age to the ships at this time when the
demand for tonnage is so great is re-
garded as one of the worst features OF |
the disaster from a business standpoint |
None of the vessels are trretrieva.bly |
lost, but it will take some time to get
the boats off and to get them repaired,
even though they are not wrecks In |
the business portion of the city the |
damage can not be even approximately |
The wholesale houses along |
the Strand had about seven feet OF |
water on their ground floors and all |
window panes and glass protectors OF /
all kinds were demolished The top |
Of the Moody building was blown |
away and the fixtures of every |
house on this long business thorough
fare was destroyed.
On Mechanic street, the water was al |
most as deep as on the strand. All pro-
visions in the wholesale groceries and
goods on the lower floors were saturated
and rendered valueless- The engine
house of the fremont hotel was caved
in by the falling smokestack and the
cooking was made an impossibility- The
to the hotel building will
amount to $4,000 at least The power
house of the street railway company
was destroyed and the loss on machinery
and building is estimated at $4,000.
There are no wires of any sort standing
They are lying in tangled masses across
the street and will have to be cleared
away before horses and vehicles can
move about the streets.
HOUSTON SENDS HELP.
Houston, Sept. 10.-At an informal
meeting held at the police headquarters