Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1900-09-15
DEATH LIST SWELLING.
Estimates Vary From 1900 to $500
Every House Hospital.

Estimates Vary From 1900 to $500
Every House Hospital.
HoUsToN, Tex, Sept. 1O.-The people
are getting out of Galveston tonight,
and the excitement here is intense.
The estimated number Of dead has
grown rapidly as the people have come
out. 1t is now a conservative man who
estimates lower than 1900. Many go
to $500, Those dead are being buried
now-that is, such as can be recovered.
The list of dead sent out today is only
partial one. The full list will never
be printed, for the beach on the main
land is strewn with bodies and these
are being buried as they are picked up
without Identification. Newspaper
men arriving here today and tonight
say that the story of desolation cannot
be exaggerated 1t cannot be ade
quately described. Every house is a
hospital or a morgue, and many of them
both. Relief is pouring in to the mayor
of Houston, Hon. S. II. Brashear, from
all Texas points and from many outside
places The appeal of the Galveston
committee is strong one, and will no
doubt bring that relief that must come
and come quickly. Houston is dong
everything in its power But that is
comparatively little, for the means of
communication are still cut off They
will be improved tomorrow, however,
as the relief steamer is clearing the
bayou of fallen trees as it goes, and
this will enable other boats to move
freely.
Arrangements have been made by
which communication with Galveston
will be re-established tomorrow Thi,
will be done by way of Texas City over
the Galveston, Houston & Henderson
railroad, and thence across the bay by
the steam tug Eugene, The railroad
company sent out large force of hand
today to repair the track from TeXa'
City Junction into Texas City. Thii
necessitated the building of about I
mile of track, which will be ready fo
use tomorrow. The first train vii
leave at 0 o'clock in the morning from
the International & Great NortherI
depot, reaching Texas City at i am,
where connection will be made will
the Eugene and the trip across to Gal
weston will be made in about forty-fV
minutes, the distance from Texas Cit,
to Galveston being only six miles.
This service Will be the only mean
of reaching Galveston for some time t
come, as all the railroad bridges acros
the bay are washed away, and it vii
take some time to replace them.
Half the Town Destroyed.
Z 1t will take a week to tabulate tn
| dead and the missing and to get any
$ thing near an approximate idea {
) the monetary loss, 1t is safe to assum
that one-half of the property Of the cit
= is wiped out, and that one-half of tn
! residents have to face absolute poverty
At Texas City three of the resident
S were drowned. One man stepped int
a well by mischance, and his corps
2 was found there. Two other men vel
tured along the bay front during th
= height of the storm and were killeC
There are few buildings at Texas Cit
l. that do not tell the story of the storm
o The hotel is a complete ruin. The o
fee of the Texas City Company hi
5 some Of the walls standing with all Il
$ upper walls stripped off. Nothing r
r mains of the piers except the pilini
q The wrcckage from Galveston little
# the shore for miles, and it is a hundre
y yards or more wide.
t For ten miles in from the shore it
common sight to see small craft, suC
q as steam launches, schooners and oyst'
# sloops. The life boat of the life savir
!. station was carried half u mile inlan
Z. while a vessel that was anchored
i Moses bayou lies high and dry ii,
l. miles up from Lanarque.