The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-09-21
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CONDITIONS. AT GALVESTON
ARE VERY BAD. .
SHOT WITHOUT ttRfnoNY.
LIST OF DEAD STEADILY IN.
cREASING.
Is Already Close to Five Thousand, and
Practically Impossible to Compute
The Property Loss VIII Reach
Twenty Milllons-Other
News OF Interest.

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Governor Sayers Of Texas made the
following statement to the Associated
press on the Galveston food %situation:
Conditions at Galveston are fully
as bad as reported. Communications,
however, has been re-established be-
tween the island and: the mainland and
hereafter the transportation of sup
plies will be less difficult. The work
Of clearing the city is progressing
fairly well, and Adjutant General
Schurry, under the direction of the
mayor, is patrolling the city for the
purpose of preventing depredations.
The most conservative estimate of the
number OF deaths places them at . 1000.
Contributions from citizens of this
state and also from other states are
coming in rapidly and literally, and it
is confidently expected that within the
next ten days the work of restoration
by the people of Galveston will have
begun in good earnest and with
energy success. OF course the destruc-
ton OF property has been very great,
not less than ten millions of dollars,
but it is hoped and believed that even
this great loss will be overcome
through the energy and self-reliance
of the people,"
Ordered to Shoot Looters.
Mayor Jones has given very full
scope to the police officers. The city
is under martial law. Picket lines
have been established around the
large stores and guards placed on
duty. The soldiers and police are IN
strncted to shoot any one caught loot
ing or attempting to loot. The jails
are full and summary measures are
necessary.
AS the work of collecting the bodies
proceeds and as reports come in of
deaths it becomes apparent that the
death list will run ever higher than
was at first supposed. Conservative
estimates place the number of dead in
the city at 5000. Other points on the
coast also suffered ~andreports are that
the mainland, Galveston island and
Bolivar peninsula are strewn with
dead.
During Wednesday contributions
fairly deluged Governor Say ers, up
wards of 500, 900 being received. The
governor is receiving reports from
points along the coast which indicate
that there has been great property
damage done for several hundred miles
n q list of Galveston fatalities and
suffering will be largely augmented.
Down the coast from Galveston the
town of Dickinson was laid waste and
the people killed. The towns of Alvin,
Alta Iona, Texas City and Brookshire
are wrecked and hundreds are desti-
tute. Richmond is SO badly damaged
that it will require weeks to clear the
town. Missouri City and Stagord. just
opposite, were nearly demolished and
the few remaining people at these
places have no homes to cover their
heads. Bay City. in Matagogra coun-
ty, is reported wrecked with much loss
of life, though no official report has
been sent. Patton, Rolliver, Bolivar
Point, Quintana, Sugarland, Belleville,
Wharton, Fairview, Missouri City,
S~artartia, Arcola and Ell Campo are all
reported heavy sufferers both in point
of property destroyed and lives lost.
The Associated press has issued a
statement, signed by Mayor Jones Of
Galveston and others, to the effect
that nearby cities will furnish food,
clothing, ETC., for immediate needs,
and that towns further away can best
aid by sending cash. There are IS, 900
people to clothe and feed for many
weeks, and to furnish with household.
goods.
All attempts at burying the dead
have been abandoned. Bodies are now
being disposed of in the swiftest man
ner possible. Scores of them were
buried today and hundreds were taken
to sea and thrown overheard. The
safety Of the living Is now the para
mount question, and nothing that will
tend to prevent the outbreak of an
awful pestilence is being neglected.
Work on the waterworks has not
progressed so satisfactorily as had
been hoped for. The machinery has
been cleared Of the debris and the
pipes found to be badly damaged.