The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-23
GALVESTON Y. M. C. A. SUFFERS
The Secretary Loses His Wife and
Child: Also III is Fl ONE,


Child; Also His Home.
On Friday afternoon General Secretary
Mckee received from the 1nternatlona
COMMITTEES an appeal in behalf OF the Gal
weston Association also for the STATE
Work of Texas. Mr.. r. NJ Watts, General
Secretary Of the Greenyile CIexas> AS
ISOLATION, formerly assistant at Richmond,
sent a copy of the Waco I1mes-deraio,
giving an account of the terrible expert
ence of General Secretary Palmer during
the storm Mr.. Palmer was called here by
telephone at one O'Clock Saturday after
noon, saying the water was then up N
front of MS house. Mr.. Palmer's first i'm
pulse was to leave his horne and go,to the
Associatio building with his family. At
four o'clock, DR.. Cline, Chief of the Wealth
er Bureau, passed the house and advised him
to remain at home, as he himself intended
to do. The water rose steadily, and by dark
was in the first floor of the house. Mr..
Palmer, his wife and child went to the
upper portion; the water rose steadily;
they then went to the bathroom and the
relentless water still came in. AS last
effort, Mr.. Palmer took his boy in his
arms and stood on the bath tub, holding
on to the pipe Mrs. Palmer doing the
same, and holding on to other fixtures. At
precipitated everybody into raging cur
rent at least twenty feet deep.
Mr.. Palmer and his wife and child were
separated, and the two latter were seen
no more. Mr. Palmer was thrown into the
current, and apparently lost, when
swift current suddenly hurled him to the
surface, and on the top OF a side OF a
house. For five hours he was in the water,
tossed and battered about, until ne was
finally thrown against the side of the Cath
Ole Convent, and from there rescued. Mrs.
Palmer's body was identified and buried
at sea; but the body of the little boy has
not yet been discovered Their entire prop
erty was lost.
The Association building is somewhat
damaged, having withstood the storm fairly
we'll but their furniture is ruined; they
are in need of $4,000 TO make repairs and
restore the furniture, and this need exists
in a crippled community. The Houston
Association also suffers, and the State work
will be seriously crippled because many
of it's supporters have lost all.
At a special meeting of the Richmond
Association Board held last evening fund
was started for the relief OF the Galveston
Association. Members and friends of the
Richmond Association who feel like help
ing are urged to do SO. The entire brother
hood of the American Association will be
asked to assist. Just after the great flood
which befell Johnstown, the American As
sociations provided for the work an entire
year. Since the flood the Johnstown As
sociation was thus saved, and now oc-
cupies a building of its own in the new
JohnstoWn of to-day. The Richmond As
ISOLATION has its own needs, but neverthe-
less takes its mind and thought off o.
them temporarily to help its brother As
ISOLATION, Galveston, afflicted and in great
need. Contributions for this purpose should
be sent to General Secretary Mckee and
made payable to his order. Receipts will
be acknowledged.