Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-10

Mrs Judson Palmer, wife OF secretary
Of the 7. M. c. A.
Mrs. II. Levine and six children.
Mrs H. Hohnboone and three childrea.
Captain Pix and family.
DR.. Gawyer.
Mrs NJ. ]. 5O5AAeefe.
Joe NJ. Mcnamara. #
Mrs. Claude Fordtram.
Mrs. Sarah Summer.
Mrs George Reed.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Becker and four 4
children.
report from st. Marys Infirmary,
shows only eight persons escaped from
the hospital. The number OF patients
and nurses could not be ascertained..
Rosenburg school house. which was
chosen as a place of refuge by the peo-
pie collapsed. Some Of those who had
taken refuge there escaped. how many
cannot be told.
MANY CRIPPLED.
As Sunday morning dawned the
streets We're lined with people half clad,
and crippled in every conceivable man-
! ner, hobbling as best they could to-
where they could receive the attention
of physicians for themselves and sum-
mon aid for friends and relatives who
could not move. The houses OF all
prominent citizens which escaped des-
ltrucion have been turned into hospitals,
as have also the leading hotels. There
is scarcely house WHICH is left stand.
| ing that does contain one or more dead,
as We'll as many injured.
| The loss of life among the soldiers In
the barracks, which were destroyed,
must have fully 100. At III: 80 Sunday
4 morning the water had receded from
the higher portion Of the city, but the
lstreet near the bay front still contained
1.-Two and a half 10 feet of water.
4 The Galveston News ofiice was flooded
i and it is impossible for a paper % DO
$|fissued.
sICkENING Scenes
At the union depot scenes similar to
those met with in other portions Of the
lefty We're found. Baggagemaster Hard
ling picked up the 1ifeless form Of
lDaby girl within a few feet Of the sta
i ton. Its parents are supposed to be
a Host. The station building has been se-
5Ilected as place OF refuge by a large
4 number Of people. All the windows in
the building and portion of the wall
Iwere blown in and the occupants ex-
pected every moment to be their last
4 but escape was impossible, for about
1.-THE building the water was fully twelve
|Ieet deep.
On THE WATER FRONT.
4 On the8water front the destruction OF
4 property was almost as great as ON the
|beach, tho the loss of life was not near
lly so large. The wharves Of Mallory &
4 Co. and the Galveston Wharf Company
4 are also gone and the great wharves Of
4 the South Pacific Company are dam
|aged to the extent of $50, 600. The Nor
4 lwegian steamship ella, the British
4 steamships Taunton and Mexican and
lanother big ship are stranded in the
bay. OF the small shipping only q few
i boats are left The Pensacola was in
i port when the storm began, but Master
4 lsimmons put to sea in the teeth Of the
\ Ibrewing storm. and it is feared the boat
land crew of thirty-six were lost.
GREAT DAMAGE DONE.
4 In the business portion Of the city tho
Il danage can not be even approxinnately
S|estimated Wholesale houses along the
Istrand had about seven feet OF water on
4 lthelr ground floors and all the windoN
/ Ipanes and glass protectors of all kind
,Iwere demolished.
National Aid Aske ed.
New Orleans, Sept. 1o--The following
message was received from Mr.. Hays.l
newspaper correspondent well knowf
4 thruout the south:
Houston. Sept 1o.-Just arrived frou
|Galveston by boat. The storm de,s
4 Istroyed ten. millions Of property and fif.