The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-16
CAUGHT N rHE FLOOD.
A Young Lady's Description OF the
Galveston storm.

Galveston storm.
A savannahiln who had relatives In
Galveston during the storm. received a
letter yesterday from his niece giving
graphic description OF their experience.
Tho letter was written last sunday morn
Ing after the wind and water had sub
slied. and is a. follows;
Galveston. Tex. sept. 3, isoo-pear--'
know you are Worrying yourself to
death about ~. and hasten 20 write you.
although everything IS Ia terrible confu-
sion. and do not know when you will get
this. there is no telling when the trains
viii run.
The wind vas blowing az nearly thirty
miles an day and at n O'Clock Il started
10 rain. A. the wind was blowing from
the northeast Il was not long before the
Gull ana bay met-this was about O'Clock
ia the afternoon our house is a very
highly elevated cottage and the basement
is very well finished. 90 We used that for
bedrooms ana kept out trunks there.
when the water began to rise. mamma
got a colored woman. who had a room 10
the yard. 10 help her move some OF the
trunks 70 the main floor. ana by the time
they had finished moving half Of them
tnt water was nearly six feet deep ia the
basement The Wind was - strong the
windows began 10 break. one window al
ter another went. until We mere confined
% one room. that soon started 10 leak.
ana We had 20 try the sitting room. We
stayed there about one hour, ana then
the water rose 10 the front gallery. that
is about fifteen feet from the ground. then
we ali piled into the garnet. ana were
looking every moment Tor the house 10
be- blown over. but. thank God. IL stood les
own.
! have often read OF floods. but I had
never imagined they were 50 bad II IL
had not been Tor the negro who helped US
move The trunks / do not think we would
have been left 20 tell the story. The wind
blew the dining room door Of its hinges
and tried 10 do the same with
the hail doors. but tho negro nailed one
OF the doors and stood by the other 10
keep Il shut the greater part OF the night.
Imagine how we were situated without
dry match on the place. IA total darkness
About II o'clock the wind changed and
the water began to subside. We remained
up until Il was most daylight, when we
made a bed on the floor and sried to
sleep. but were so thankful that our lives
were spared We could not do much sleep
ing.
This morning the sight which presented
itself 20 our eyes was one never TO be
forgotten. The fence was gone the house
IN the yard had collapsed and the front
steps were washed away. All the trees
on the sidewalk were blown 60 the ground.
and houses were floating about the street
In every direction. A three-story build
ing back OF us was blown all to pieces
and the sight the streets present Is some
ching dreadful People who lived near the
beach and some who did NOT were roam
ing about half clothed-all they possessed
having been washed away. and many are
the lives that are lost Every little while
we see the patrol pass with dead bodies
one very dear friend OF ours who lived
about five blocks from US was drowned
with her mother and one brother She
was such "A sweet girl and the only one IN
a family Of eleven boys.
We have 50 much 10 be thankful for.
do not think We can ever be grateful
enough. for we did not lose anything. only
all our belongings were soaking wet and
worried 60 death: he IS in ri Paso now.
and we do not even know hts address. as
he has only been tehre day and has not
had time 90 write Us since his arrival
You must excuse pencil and paper as
u Is an havc-the other is soaking wet
! can't help hut think that yesterday this
time how dreadfully frightened we all
were, and I will remember the Sch OF
September. 1870. as long as live With
love Lola ".