The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-21

eumed tomorrow morning and freight VIII
he resumed The Galveston, Houston ana
Henderson and Southern Pacific viii also
be ready for business tomorrow. When a.
reporter left the bay bridge at 10 o'clock
this morning the Santa Ee track on the
island had Just been completed TO the
bridge. The track laying force on the
bridge were about mile from shore, the
gangs Of men working ahead in the water
had put UP all the caps and the gangs lay
ing stringers were about half mile
back
The bridge has been built in a remark>
ably short time. 1t was impossible to
begin the work until Thursday of last
week and for four days Il was necessary
to raft all the material through shallow
water 10 the bridge from a point seven
miles distant. Tho bridge IL two miles
long and the piling had been torn away a
distance of c000 feet nnd pile drivers could
not be gotten TO the work until Sunday
Two marine pile drivers were sent then.
and three drivers, which IL was necessary
to build were sent later. rwenty-stX
miles OF track were built on the island ana
across the bay over the sea torn ground,
the men ArHt having to bury dead bodies
and carcaFses. Hundreds of wrecked cars
were removed aud the work was carried
through piles Of rotten wheat aud other
wreckage.
]. II. Hill. general manager of the CAL
weston. Houston and Henderson, stated
this afternoon that he stili expected to
have trains running by tomorrow and that
he would instruct his agents to begin SELL
ing tickets
Fifty-three bodies were reported found
today and disposed Of, which swells the
list OF dead actually found and buried or
burned to 21s7. At least 1000 or more
bodies which were found and disposed OF
or washed TO sea are me- included IN this
record
Bodies are being recovered every hour
from debris, but not one of them is N
condition to be identified. identification
by rings Is about the only method now,
as all OF the bodies are naked and in an
advanced stage of decomposition.
The Red Cross is now prepared 10 take
care of ORGAN children temporarily. but
some difficulty is being experienced in
finding them. 1t is believed that the pro-
portion OF orphans will be comparatively
small as a large per cent OF those VINO
were drowned were children. There win
no doubt be a large number OF children
whose parents are left destitute and who
should place their children in the care OF
the society
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Mrs. Lucy Mills OF the board OF man
ayers OF tho Galveston Orphans home is
at work collecting the orphans and turn
Ing them over to the Red Cross society,
which will take care Of them until the
Chlldrcn's Aid society finds homes for
them.
known newspaper man. arrived IN Calves
ton today In charge OF the barge Dick
from Clinton. The Dick was loaded with
nine cars of supplies for the relief com
mittee. and three cars for Miss Barton
of the Red Cross from the New York
World. The Red Cross in addition to
clothing now on hand. has a quantity OF
earthenware. notions. etc.
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Rev. N. A. Gallagher has published a
list OF the losses Of the Catholic church
during the storm. The loss of property
was S326.00 more than 1000 communi-
oants. ten sisters OF charity and eighty
orphans lost their lives.
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Congressman Hawley has had confer
ence with the United states engineers
with reference to the government works.
He will leave for Washington tomorrow
and as soon as the engineers official re-
port reaches there he will take up with
the departments the matter of repairing
and restoring the works.
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The order to force the residents near
he debris TO move has been revoked.
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The central committee is now ready to