Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-09-16

the restoration OF normal conditions
here. Physicians. Surgeons and minis.
tors Of the gospel are 10 be permitted TO
20 unmolested through tina streets At all
hours Of the day aud night.
foremen Of working gangs have been
ordered 10 make reports daily Of debris
cleared. cutters cleaned aud bodies 70.
covered and burned.
TIE existing conditions from a san
itary standpoint are 80 critical aud IL Is
80 necessary 20 preserve the lives and
health Of the pcople that individual In.
terests must BE- sacrificed % the general
good Of all. II IL is found feasible 10
secure volunteers. impressment will be-
avoided. but the medical fraternity are
n unit in the opinion that further delay
or procrnsiinaiion viii bring pestileuce
and for this reason II sufficient yolun.
teers arr uuobiainable every ahlebodied
man Is 10 be put 20 work to assist In
clearing away the wreckage.
Having volunteered their services tho
Nayasota guards Of Navasota. Texas.
are 70 BE- brought hero and placed at the
disposal Of General Scurry for police
work.
The transportation problem is slowly
being solved. Everyone Is agreed that
one Of the great duties Of the hour is 70
get away from Galveston all who are
able TO leave. Arrangements therefore
have been completed fora prompt aud
regular service twice a dav between
Galveston aud Texas City where the
only open rail line terminates Those
who are well 90 DO and can pay will Do
required 20 bear the burd'n 10 transpnr.
tati1n, but Those who are not able % do
go without Inconvenience nre % be- taken
free. Blrges capable of carrying large
numbers Of people are % br operated b.
tween here and Clinton un Buffalo bayou
and the Southern Pacific is 10 carry all
refugees from that point into Houston.
The Sealey hospital was first reported
n having been blown AWAY, but It sur.
vived the storm. With the exception Of
Of broken windowpanes, a damaged coil
ing and good drenching Of a number
Of the rooms, with their contents, It Is
virtually unframed The nurses home
which stood opposite the indrmary aud
was used In conjunction with II, wa,
completely demolished. bat with no loss
| OF life.
There was no loss ~ life among the
che regular inmate, Of the hospital A
number died during the storm. bat they
had hccn brought iu dying condition.
The hospital sheltered several hundred
during the storm aud large numbers
clme daily 20 receive medical attention.
ST. Mary. hospital wa. not so foriu.
nate as hos ncighblr, the Sealy. being
badly damaged with great Dos, of prop.
cr.y aud probably of lif,. as &C. D, belioy.
ci chat a number of the peopic whr
went thcrr for shelter pprishei M Ola,
collapsed huilding There were five
buildings totally destroyed
The Cottage Exchange building proved
itself ono 81 the strongest during the
storm. Windows wrre smashed ur
every aoor and on every side aud mucl
damage was done % the cotton rooms
and the various offices In the building
hut mo- PORTIONS Of the wall, or roof CAV,
way Owing 10 the pro,tmtion Of wire
however. the Exchange viii not be abb,
O. do cuisines, Tor some time aud 10 /.
understood that many oi the operation
have gone 10 New Orleans % keep track
of affairs.
one of the most remarkable escape
recorded during the flood was rcporte,
Thursday when news came that Unite,
States hatteryman, on duty Al the for
when the storm came, had been pickle
up at Morgan's Point wounded. bu
alive. lie had buiIeted the waves 70
five days aud lived through a terrihl,
experience Morgan's Point Is 10 mile
from Galveston.
Much at ntion has been attracted b.
the dispatch 81 Quartcrmaster Baxter q
the war department expressing the b.
lief that Galveston had been hopelessl
ruined. Congressman Hawley, the onl
. Republican member u congress fron
, Texas, who was out Of the city when th
disaster occurred. but who has since re
turned. has sent the following Telegram
% the war department in reply 20 IN
dispatch Of Quartermaster Baxter;
while It may not be- significant a
worthy or notice. I have the honor {
state that Quartormastor Baxter's tel,
= gram % the quartermaster general n
}. spacting Galveston. is unworthy Of
, soldier and In no way represents IN
D.. moral Of Galveston citizenship AN
4 their determined purpose to restore thci
city.
storm Rrach.. Newfoundland.
: 81. Johns, Sept Is. The Texas hu