The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-21
A MONTH AFTER THE STORM.
NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE OF CALVES
Tox ARE IMPERATIVE.

TON AXE IMPERATIVE
Coming of Cold Weather Will In
crease the SunerinE-scenes I'm the
stricken City-BurninE the Bodies
Of the Drad-fnctdents of Daily
life Among the wreclsaEe.
Galveston. oct Y. a month after the
storm the remnant OF Galvestonians are
really suffering more than in the hrst
DAYS OF loss and bewilderment Il Is al
ways the same after any great calamity.
At nrst the people are too stunned TO real
ize the fun MEASURE Of their distress-as
a man with a broken leg or a bullet In
his flesh feels little pain for time. be-
cause OF the Overwhelming shock. Strange
20 say. even from the first. more smiles
than tears have been seen In Galveston
soon AS the survivors were able to creep
forth from such shelter a. remained
they hurried into the streets TO learn
what had happened TO others, being al
most as ignorant OF the extent o. the ca
tastrophe as the outside world. In the
blessed ignorance Heavens mercy was
shown. II those who were battling ioT
their lives In the waves or praying al
home while tire walls we're erumbiing
around them. had known that thousands
OF their neighbors were perishing. frenzy
would have taken the place OF courage.
and tho number OF dead would have been
doubled. During those first days citizens
meeting on the streets. though comrar-
alive strangers. Erasped each others
hands like bosom friends, ana dialogues
such as this were common: SO giad 70
sec YOU alive DID you lose anything
"Onlv my house. thank God. Everything
I owned IN the world IS gone but my
family was saved. How IS Il with your?
Everything gone-homc. wife and chill
dren."
People reported the loss Of father mo
Their. wife and children without tear.
There are cases iu which from half
dozen TO eleven members OF one family
are dead. and the sole survivor goes
calmly about his business. AZ least mis-
CRY has plenty of the company which she
d. said to love.
For several days chilly winds have been
blowing across the Gulf. accompanied ~
rain aud cold weather. which greatly IN
creases the suferings Of the destitute
There Is hardly a roof IN Galveston that
The bedding that has just been 30 laho-
rlously dried. while thousands would be
ahqolutslv sholtefiess but for the bounty
Of others They are crowded into the
houses Of their more fortunate friends or
hacked like herring in public halls or
living in tents along the beach, and Al
are suffering untold discomfort from In.
SUFFICIENT clothing and bed covering. The
danger now Is not so much q an cpl
4emic. as was imminent while the sun
poured ts ncrccst rays upon unbuiicd
bodies a. o. deaths from pneumonia, ty-
nhof1 and other fcvcrs resulting from
cold and cxposUre. The immediate. cyy-
ing need g. Tor blankets stoves and warm
under-lothiur--of which too much cannot
possibly he sent Tminloads OF clcthing
stiu continue 20 pour 90 upon the RED
Cross for distribution. but most cf II Is
old clothes. heiraFgied fincry than which
nothing could be more Inappropriate.
and much is 20 worn and dirty thai 10
Offer IL Is an insult 90 these unforturate
ladies' and gentlemen. who enjoyed al
the comforts OF life until deprived o.
them IN a night Perhaps the sending Of
useless trash gives 20 the donors some
thing Of that satisfying feeling Of hav-
ing lsnt 10 the lord. but Il does no good
at this end of the line. and piles up on
the worker burdens too heavy q Dee
borne In silence. Merchants of many ciiiet
have sent as generous consigumeuta OF
goods-mosuy unstable articles. shop
worn or out OF fashion. bat new and
useful. and in every instance they have
been very thankfully received. II tire
good people OF the country would only
consider and put themselves In magma
zion IN she place Of these. their donations
would be less IN quantity. but more 90
The purpose.
Galvestou's new "white city" consists
of several hundred tents. SET up near TIE
hrach on the broad swath which tho
.fr--, s-.a~s rlran - 50 raanv heatslf,ii
dwellings on enc eide % q Is a ridge or
debris, more than a mile Ions and from