Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-09-18
VAST CREMATORY.
Safest Way Of DispoSing Of
Dead at Galveston.
Work Of Cleaning the City Being
Vigorously Carried On.
Sick and Injured Doing Well Physicians and
Nurses Doing KobIy.

Galveston. Tex, Sept. 1.-THE ninth
day after the storm and still the grue-
some work goes on of recovering the
dead from the gigantic mass Of debris
that lines the south side Of what re-
mains of the city. Yesterday, 101
bodies were recovered and cremated.
Among them was a mother with a
sucking babe tightly clasped 10 her
breast. The body Of Major w. IT, Levy.
United States cmigrant inspector OF
this district, was among the number.
He made a struggle u save his wife
and three children. All were lost The
bodies Of the wife and children have
been found. The number crematud. to-
day, will exceed 100.
The task of recovering the bodies
damned beneath the debris. extending
from the eastern to the western limits
Of the city. 4 distance Of over three
miles. is herculean ana the most tx
peditious way Of recovering the whole
from a sanitary point Of view is by
fire. This. however. in the crippled
condition Of the fire department and
water works, would endanger the re-
naming portion Of the city. AS is now
stands this immense amount Of debris.
streWn with bodies, the carcasses of
dying animals, etc, is a menace to the
health Of the city ana is the most Diff
cult problem the board OF health has
10 deal with
The work Of opening VI the streets
ana disinfectinE them is being Wig r.
ously prosecuted. The debris ana -lr-
Of every description carrying it out to
a safe place. where it is burned. In
few DAYS all streets will be opened for
the passage Of vehicles To-day. it was
decided at q meeting Of the central
executive committee that all the Labor
era now employed IN burying the dead.
cleaning the buildings and moving he
debris from the streets and sidewalks
shall receive $l.50 per day and ratilns.
Heretofore they have been working for
nothing and if they refused We're inn
pressed by the military.
The relief work of the sick and in
jured is well in hand and under the di-
rection Of skilled physicians and nurses
il is improving daily. Eleven hundred
tents were received. today by the
board Of health. All except 800 retained
for hospital purposes Will be diStrib-
uted by the chairman Of the Carious
ward subcommittee to shelter the
homeless in their respective wards.
The marine hospital service. which il
working in conjunction with the board
OF health. has established a hospital
on the beach at the foot OF fremont
street where the sick and wounded.
now sheltered in unsanitary places
throughout the city, Will be taken for
treatment whether they wish to 90 or
not. The Philadelphia Inquirer tcie-
graphed to the board Of health that it
would Immediately ship and operate
at its own expense until all danger is
passed apparatus capable Of producing
30 900 gallons Of disinfectants per day.
The revenue cutter Winona from
Mobile. arrived, today. and Capt. Parry
placed the vessel at the disposal Of the
board of health for the removal OF the
sick and wounded
Sickness Of malaral type is becOm-
ing prevalent among the sufferers ana
considerable apprehrnsip n is felt that
it may assume a more serious form.
Every effort will be made by the board
OF health ID check the spread Of the
disease.
Miss clara Barton is giving her tim"
and attention t. assisting in the work
Of relief. The board Of health says
more trained nurses are needed. one
Of the men made serious charges
against several nurses who have come
to assist in relief work ana they We're
asked to return home.
Relief supplies are arriving more reg
ularly and are being distributed t. the
destitute as rapidly az possible.
Each day marks an improvement
over the other ana the situation be-
comes less acute. The telegraph COM
panies are daily getting into better
shape ana are now able To Eive quick
dispatch to an business offered them.
A hopeful feature Of the situation is
the rapid progress being made by thr
railroads in their efforts to restore raiI
communication. The Santa Fe has
reached Texas city with its tracks and
it is announced that trains VIII enter
the union depot here, Thursday.