The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-12

could pick up to work Rev. Father
Kirwin, who went out to summon men
for the work. reported that it was i'm
possible to get any considerable number
and he urged that able bodied men be
impressed
Soldiers and policemen were sent out
and every able bodied man they found
was marched to the wharf front The
men were worked in relays and were lib
orally, but not too plentifuIly supplied
with StimulantS to nerve them for their
task At nightfan three barge loads
containing about 700 human bodies had
been sent to sea where they were sunk
with weights Darkness compelled sus-
pension of work until morning. Toward
night great difficulty was experienced in
handling bodies of negroes, which are
badly decomposed- The work today Will
be still more difficult
NO ATTEMPT AT IDENTIFICATION
No effort was made after 9 O'Clock yes
terday morning TO place the bodies in
morgues for identification. for it was
imperative that the dead should be got
ten to sea as soon as possible Many of
the bodies taken out are unidentified
They are placed on the barges as quick
ly as possible and lists are made while
the barges are being towed to sea
A large number of dead animals were
hauled TO the bay and dumped in, to be
carried to sea by the tides.
One hundred and TWENTY-FIVE men
worked all day yesterday and last night
in uncovering the machinery of the wa
terworks from the debris. It is hoped
that 1t will be possible to turn on the
water for awhile today and it is planned
to set fire to the debris and cremate the
bodies buried under it,
Mayor Jones has given very full scope
to Chief Of Police Ketchum and Mr. J.
H. Hawley, chairman of the committee
on public safety to swear in citizens of
good character as officers and has told
them that able bodied men must be made
to work or get off the island. The city.
he -
lines have been established around the
large stores and guards placed on duty
The soldiers and police are instructed to
shoot anyone caught looting or attempt
ing to loot The jails are full and sum
mary measures are necessary.
STREWN WITH DEAD.
As the work of collecting the bodies
and as reports come in of deaths. it be-
comes apparent that the death list will
run much higher than was at first sup
posed Conservative estimates place the
number of dead in the city at 5000. 9th
er points on the coast also suffered and
reports are that the mainland, Calves
ton island and Boliver peninsula are
strewn with dead
A relief train from Houston with $50
men on board and two car loads of pro-
Visions came down over the Galveston,
Houston & Northern railway yesterday
to within five miles of Virginia Point
1t was impossible to get the provisions
or any considerable number of the men
~ 11Af fG1lOAr 81 6ALCANAOA WdS turned TO
burying the dead lying around the main
land country
1t was reported that the steamer Law
renee had left Houston with provisions
and I, 600 gallons OF fresh water There
is no fresh water famine here, as the
pipes from the supply walls are running
at the receiving tanks It is difficult
however, to get it to parts of the city
where it is needed
Bridge Foreman Patterson of the Gulf
and Interstate railroad reached Calves
ton last evening from Beaumont, hav-
reports that Beaumont did not suffer
much from the storm Two lives were
lost from live wires
Colonel L J. Polk. general manager
Of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe rail-
way stated that all of the bridges across
Galveston bay are gone. nothing remain
ing but the piles He said it would take
ten days or two weeks to restore rail
communication to Galveston provided
work can be instituted at once from the
mainland.
LOOTERS PROMPTLY SHOT
Several persons have already been
shot. IT is reported 4 soldier Of Captain
Raherty's battery while patro1ling the
beach ordered a man 10 desist from loot
ing The fellow drew weapon and the
soldier shot him dead The soldier was
attacked by four other men. and he kill
ed all of them He had five cartridges
in his rife, and each OF them found a
victim
Other men have also been shot, but
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