The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-11

diers stationed at the beach barracks,
We're marched down Market street. The
barracks. which were destroyed, must
have been nearly 100 and perhaps later
reports viii swell tina list.
At IL 30 sunday morning the water had
receded from the higher portions of the
city, but the streets near the bay 'front.'
contained from two and one-haS TO
three feet of water.
The Galveston News Office. on Mechan-
&c street, was nooded. The back end OF
the building caved In and the engine and
boilers were filled with water, making IL
impossible for paper TO be issued.
Unknown Dead.
At tho Union depot scenes similar to
those met with in other portions Of the
Harding picked up the lifeless form of a
baby grl within a few feet OF the sta.
ton. Its parents cannot be located and
are supposed TO have been lost The sta
tion building had been selected a
place OF refuge by large number OF
people. All windows In the building and
a portion Of the vail at the top were
blown In aud the occupants expected
every moment TO be their last. But es-
cape was impossible. fer about the build
ing the water must have been fully
twelve feet deep. a couple Of small shan
ties were floating about but there was
no means OF making a raft or getting a
boat.
ON the water front the destruction OF
beach, although the loss ~ life was not
nearly so large The wharves u the
Mallory Company were completely de-
syroyed. The big steamship Alamo Is ~
ting among the ruins ~ the pier How
great the damage g. 30 the ship cannot
be told until she ts dragged out into tne
stream te ba examined The southern
Pacific Company. which have been IN
course of construction Ter several
months. are damaged TO the amount ot
t,a eo. and months Of work will be neces-
Ia
tion that they were IN when they we're
struck The Norwegian steamship ella
moth, engaged in the Cuban trade. was
stranded up the bay beyond where The
railroad bridges ence stood
Tina british steamship Taunton T. lying
on Pelican island. hard aud tast agrouna,
Tee Mexican "a blg British steamer. was
driven up the bay and = fast stuck IN
the mud Another biz ship Is tyiag 9ut
near the quarantine station. u looks ike
she tried 30 pat 60 sea and Was dfiVen
ashore
q.nn Kendall Castle was driven a. far up
as Texas CITY, where she s. now stranded
az the small saipPanG anb a teN easts
are left. The uttle schoancrs haLa tsae
lifted b0Afy out % ihf water AMI h&hg 20
0n the lslMna. Others will hieaeh their
bopes on the mainland coast Ehe oiE
tredEc Hsed a. Texas CTS has been driven
inland Tor half = mile and sbe can never
H. gotten II except in pieces The P%nsa-
cola was m port w12n "a. TORN eesaa.
teeth - the brewing storm and II e
feared that the h2af ans her crew u
tnirty-six men have been lost
There are nov ua hiE vessels about the
wharyeS which wcre ativc with eeAraen
ana lonEshoremtu Friday afternoon, stow
las cargueS. The three grain Natnvs
and RevmersE hotter NTH art wrecks They
are not down, bat thelr roofs and tnp
stories have gone and the grain stored
therein has probably been ruined bv the
rain The damage 90 the ships AZ THIS
time when The demand Tor tonnage s. sn
great. Is Regarded as one Of the worst
features OF the destruction. from husi-
ness standpoint None - thv vessels are
time 20 get the boats an and TO get them
repaired. even though they are not
wrecks.
In the business portion OF the city tia