The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-09-20

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aecomposed. Tho work today will he
still moro difficult.
AZ" c'iort was made after O'Clock |
ycsteroay morning to place tho bodies |
III HiorBucs 1or Identification, for IL |
was imperative that tho dead should
~ so'Icn 10 sea as soon as possible
Mahy OF tho bodies taken out arc un-
iuehIlled' Ihcy arc placed on the
barges as quickly as possible and lists
arc made while tho barpcs aro being
towed to sea-
large number OF dond animals
were hauled to tho bay and dumped in
TO DO Carried to sea by tho tides.
One hundred and twenty-five mon
worked all day yesterday and last
night in uncOvcring the machinery OF
the waterworks from the debris. 1t is
hoped that it will be possible to turn
on tho water for awhile today, and it
is planned to set tire to the debris under
the direction OF tho chief OF tho ire
department and cremate the bodies
buried under 1t.
Mayor Jones has given very full
scope to Chief OF Police Ketchum and
Mr.. }. FL. 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 got Off the
island. The city, he said, was under
martial law. Picket lines have been
established around the large stores and
guards placed on duty. The soldiers
and police are instructed to shoot any
one caught looting or attempting to
loot. The jails are full and summary
measures are necessary. AS the work
OF collecting the bodies proceeds and
| as reports come in OF details, it becomes
apparent that the death list will run
| much higher than was at first suppos-
ed. Conservative estimates place tho
number OF dead in the city at 5000.
Other points on the coast also suffered
and reports are that the main land,
Galveston island and Bolivar penin-
Sula are bestrewn with dead.
DESCRIPTION or ILL-EATEp CITY.
Mr.. d. b. Clarkson, of Galveston,
was on a visit to indianapolis when the
great disaster took place, and in speak
ing OF the Hooded city, its location
and population, he said:
"Galveston is situated on an island |
extending east and west for twenty |
seven miles and is seven miles in its |
greatest width DOrth and south. No |
city could be in greater danger with |
such u horrible visitation as has now |
come to Galveston. In no part Of tho |
city with its GS,000 population is it |
| more than six feet above tho sea lcvcl |
The Hat condition not only points to the |
desperation Of the situation Of the peo
pie At such times rs this, but their
danger may be considered emphasized |
when it is known that exactly whore
the city Is built the island is only one !
and one-quarter miles wide.
ION the bay, or north side Ol the |
city, is the commercial section with |
wh%rvea stretching along for nearly |
two miles, lined with sheds and large |
storage houses. In that portion Of
one OF 800, 900 bushels capacity, one |
OF 600, 900 and the third Of 80, ,000 |
The island from tho north side is con-
nected with thc main land by railroad |
bridges and the longo9t wagon bridge |
in the world, tho latter nearly two
miles in length.
''ln 1872 the entire cast end OF the |
city was swept away by the tidal wavo
that followed terrific storm that
swept the Gulf Coast for three full days
Thcn the eastern land on which build
ings stood WAS literally torn away. T.
is on tho south s,do OF the city, begin.
ming within fifty yards OF the medium
gulf tide, that the wealthy resident
portion ie located anu which was the
first part " Galveston TO be stricken by
tho full force OF tho recent storm and
! Hood. All tho eastern end OF the city
must certainly he wa6hcd sway Gna in
| this quarter, between broadway and
avenue | some OF the handsomcst and
most expensive residences are located.
There was located thcro one homo
which alone cost the owner over 81 ,000,-
600. Most OF the residences are frame,
but there arc many OF stone and brick
In tho extreme eastern end OF the city |
there are many OF what are called |
| raised cottages They are built on |
piling and stand from eight II ten feet
from the ground as a precaution |
against hoods, it being possible for the |
water to sweep under them.
| 1.-THE only protection that has ever
| beon provided for the Gulf side Of tho |
city has Iceii Two stone break waters, |
hut many times, win ordinary storms,
coming In from the Gull, the high tide |
water has been hullcd over the low |
stone Walle right to the very doors Of |
the residences. From Virginia Point,
six miles from Galveston, in ord mary |
conditions OF the atmosphere the city
can be plainly seen. II IT is true that
| Galveston can not DOW be seen from tho |
| Point, the cOnd ltion OF the people In
| the city must be one OF indcscribable
| horror"
When asked as to the wealth OF somo
of tho principal business quarters OF
Galveston, Mr.. ClarksOn said:
"Many millions OF dollars are invest.
ed in the wholesale and retail business
of the city. On Strand street alono
there are ten blocks OF business cB
tablishments that represent an in
Vested capital Of $l27 100000 Market
street is tho heavy retail street, and
there in tho heart OF the Hooded dis
trct the losses can not but reach away
into the millions. The fact, as indicated
by the dispatchct, that water is stand
ing several feet deep in the fremont
Hotel, furnishes startling evidence TO
me that Galveston has bcen indeed
devastated. The hotel is In almost cx
actly the center Of the city. Two years
ago Galveston did the heaviest ship
ping business IN cotton and grain OF
any Southern city. When | was homo
two shipl0ads Of cattle were leaving
the port on an average every week.
NELIEF FOR THE STRICKEN CRY.