Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-13

Houston. Texas. Sept l3--R. Il. Cam
,rgp "a lumber DEALER Of stowcl. Cham
hens county. says that the relief party
yto went from stowell TO Bolivar re-
rsr,aI to him that there was over 1000
J..d bodies ON the beach at Bolivar. In
v... Iayand ia sight Of the salt marsh
.ss which lime the bay The party sue
,sal.I 100 buryIng only forty of these
,ars.s. The others are lying In the
wafer and on land decompOsing and
hrUus forth a horrible stencil. The
l.r.4ss.s of animals are mixed In with
,t.m Many OF these bodies We're EVIL
IDENTIFY swept across the bay from Gall
weston. others are OF people who lived
Of Bolivar. 1t viii be necessary TO
c5u..t and burn these remains 90 pre-
y.ri M. outbreak OF ON epidemic which
NAV extend fur into The interior OF
chambers county.
not LESS THAN 5000
chicago. sept l2.-The following
statement was received at IL O'Clock
.U...Hon Texas, Sept 12.-To
Charles s. DIchI. general manager the
Associated Press, ChIcag0.-A SUM
mary .f the conditions prevailing at
galveston ls more than human intel
I'D cam master Briefly stated, the
Camagg 90 property is anywhere be-
tween fifteen ana twenty millions.
.The loss of lite cannot be computed.
AUs simple gugssWork Those buried
ir tf. sea ana ground Will foot up a
llr.b.g total 0l at least 5000.
aNung estimates Of the loss on the
island u the city of Galveston aud The
Immediate surrounding districts arc be-
tween 1000 and 1900 deaths.
Of Do not make this statement In
night OBJ excitement The whole story
viii never Dee told. because Il cannot be
told
THE necessities OF those living are
pressing Not a single individual es-
capaI property loss The property on
tbs island is half swept out of exist
fHas What our needs are can be COM
pu,.d by the world at large by the
statement herewith submitted much
better than I could possibly summarize
them. The help must De immediate.
"B. c. LOWE.
Manager Galveston News"
MAY BIZ 10000.
Galveston. Texas. Sepet. AL at
temp,s at burying the dead have been
utterly abandoned and bodies are now
bang disposed of in the swiltest man
nar possible. Scores OF them We're bur
itl today and hundreds were taken out
90 sea- and thrown overheard. The safe
y of tha living is now the paramount
question and nothing that viii tend
% prevent the outbreak Of pestilguce Is
being neglected. This morning 10 was
found that large numbers of bodies
Vh.Cl had been previously thrown in
90 the bay washed back upon the shore
and the situation was thus rendered
v0H. than before they We're first taken
II the barges and thrown into the
water
twill now never be known how many
have lost their lives In this awful ca
tastOphe. Mayor Jones thinks the
dead wiIl amount 20 several thousand
and others whose opportunities for
judging are less than that Of the mayor,
place 10 as high as 10000
EARLY ESTIMATES TOO LOW
Houston, Tex. Sept. l2.-As indicated
30 dispatches from here the magnitude
Of iha calamity grows In their effort
70 guard against extravaganza or eX-
aggaration the newspaper men have
fallen below the facts IN placing the
death lists 40 about one thousand a
tllt-oWuor of Galveston has been quot
% by reliable man as saying that TO-
tl would Doe reached before the mortu-
cry lIst of Galveston and vicinity would
,t closed. lie has been about on boats
30 ihe waters around Galveston day
and night since the storm and bases his
statement ou what De thus has seen.
NEAR ACCURATE As CAN BE NOW
Houston, Tex, Sept. 12.-Based on
reports believed TO Doe accurate, the
following statement is probably as
nearly correct as can be arrived at re-
gtIing the loss IN Texas as the result
q last Saturdays storm: