Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1900-09-15
HORRORS GROWING.
Three Thousand People Killed in
Galveston's Awful Storm.
Even the Dead Were Washed from TheiF
0raves-Fivs Thousand Buildings Id tho
City Were wrecksd-A Vast Ter
ritory Made Dssoiate.

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Houston, Tex, Sept. .12.-The tenn
pest and food which swept over Gal
weston and the coast country Of Tex
rs Saturday and Saturday night Is
probably the greatest calamity Of the
century. The dead of Galveston
will number 1000. The number Of
dead in the coast country will not be
known for several days, or maybe q
week, but rs each small town Is heard
from the story Is OF 3 dead, 5 dead, 10
dead, Is dead, and SO on. The set
Elements off from the more easily
reached towns are US yet inaccessible.
The state of Texas will net through
the person Of Gov. Sayers, but tn,
tragedy Is 30 appalling and the
money loss SO great that the MD Of
the people Of all the union may be
reeded. 1t Is estimated that between
1000 and 5000 buildings in Galveston
have been destroyed. OF these that
stand many will have to be torn
down us n matter of safety. To bury
the dead will be task Of several
days. The whole south side Of the
city, from end to end, was stripped
of every vestige of habitation from
the shore line to q point 1000 feet
north. Few, II any, buildings escaped
injury. The dead from the graves
were washed up and cast out upon
the waters, and the shore Of the bay
Is Uttered with corpses, while eight
ocean steamers and many small crafts
were torn away from their mornings
and lie stranded miles away from the
city, some to bleach and rot. 1t will
be month perhaps before train can
reach Galveston, and all communica-
tions will have to he made by boat.
The wreck of Galveston was
brought about by tempest SO ter
rible that no words can adequately
describe its intensity, and by flood
which turned the city into n raging
sea. The weather bureau records
show the wind attained velocity OF
81 miles an hour; then the wind
measuring instrument blew away,
30 II Is impossible to tell what was
The maximum. During all this time
the $1,000 people Of Galveston were
like rats in traps. The highest por-
ton of the city was four or five feet
under water, while in the great ma
]ority of cases the streets were sub
merged to depth Of ten feet. To
leave n house was to drown. To re-
main was to court death In the wreck
age. Such night of agony was pos
Aibly never equallcd by people OF
modern times.
There were no houses left standing
at Patton or Bolivar. 1t is reported
that Bolivar was swept off the earth
and has few inhabitants left.
At Quintana, the, port ut the mouth
Of the Brazos river. there are not
more than 10 houses left. A number
Of citizens were injured and every
body Is in need.
At Smfside, n summer resort OPP
posite Quintana, there were rs per-
sons in the hotel. Women went into
the water to their waists and assisted
in keeping the logs away from the
hotel and no one was lost.
At Wharton, an immense amount Of
damage was done. In the country
about the town all crops were lait
waste. Thirteen negroes are report
ed killed on various plantations in
Wharton and Matagorda counties.
In Matagorda county only two houses
were left standing.
Richmond is reported to have been
very nearly wrecked. Eighteen per-
sons are reported killed, most Of
them negroes, in the country imme-
diately about the town and for IS
miles from the town there Is not q
house standing on the prairie.
A dead child, the destruction of all
the houses except one and the desti-
tuition of some 80 families is the
record of the work of the hurricane ut
Arcadia. From so other towns come
reports that buildings were wrecked
or demolished.
The railroads will suffer the loss
of millions of dollars of actual dam
age to say nothing Of the loss from
stoppage of business. At Galveston
their wharves, warehouses;. depots
and tracks are ruined. The costly
bridges which connect the islands
are in ruins and must be entirely re-
built.
The Living Need Food.
Galveston, Tex, Sept. IA con-
servative estimate OF the loss Of life
Is that II will reach 5000; Mt least
5000 families are shelterless and
wholly destitute. The entire remain
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