The Washington weekly post., 1900-09-18
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elearing away the debris on the beach.
One hundred ard fifty bodies were dis
covered IN the wrsekage and burned yes
terday. No attempt is now being made
&c Identify recovered bodies.
Indeed. most OF them are found naked
and mutilated and beyond recognition. A
New York relief train arrived last nigh.
with a number OF physicians and nurses
and large supply OF provisions which
were distributed to-day. Every effort is
being made by the postal authorities 10
receive and distribute mail No city de-
livery has yet been arranged for. aud all
who expect letters are requested TO call
al the post-ofiice. No mail is being col
leeted from letter-boxes.
IN some quarters of the city to-day the
waterworks company was serving Gus
toners on the second stories. This is
taken as indicating the rapid headway
being made in putting the plant again in
operation. The British steamer Norml
and the American steamer Alamo have
been fiOated The British steamer Roma
Is IN bad way on Deer Island. The
British steamer Kendall Castle is hard
aground in shallow water at Texas City
and the British steamer Hilareus is stiil
ashore 20 the eastward of Bolivar, but IL
Is thought she can be gotten off with
comparative ease. The British steamer
Taunton Is hard ashore at Cedar Polnt.
but IL is believed she too, can be fioated
without difficulty.
The street railway company suffered a
loss Of a quarter of a million, and its en-
tire system is torn TO pieces. An effort
Is TO be made temporarily to operate cars
with mules
Col W. j. Moody one OF the representa-
tive citizens of Galveston, who was in
New York when he received the first
news of the disaster. has gotten here, and
Joined the movement to restore confidence.
In an Interview Col. Moody said:
Galveston Will be rebuilt: it will be
stronger and better than ever before. On
my way home / stated / would restore
my property, whatever the damage might
be, as quickly as money and men would
DO 1t. and / furthermore said that / be-
lieved that l knew and understood what
the feeling of the business community of
Galveston was in this respect and that
voiced it,"
Col L. J. Polk OF the Santa Fe, has re-
ceived a very enthusiastic and encourag-
ing message from the headquarters of his
road, declaring confidence in Galveston,
urging the business community to proceed
at once with the work of reconstruction,
and promising every help in their power.
AS a result of the receipt of the message
Col. Polk said: ''The railroad interests
have decided TO combine their forces in
order TO rebuild as quickly as possible
bridge from Virginia Point to Galveston.
A large number of men will go TO work In
the morning with this end in view You
may say TO the country that In six days
a bridge will have been built and trains
running over It, / have had a consulta-
tion with the wharf interests, and they
have promised US that they will be pre-
pared to handle in-going and outgoing
shipments by the time the bridge is finish
ed. The bridge we shall build will be Of
substantial but temporary character. We
shall subsequently replace it with a more
enduring structure. There Is no reason
why Galveston ought not commercially TO
resume normal conditions in ten days
Hospitals Filled with Injured.
All public and private hospitals are
filled to their capacity with sufferers
Medical supplies are still much needed.
Banks and some other branches of busi-
ness have resumed Others are actively
preparing to resume. Preparations for re-
building have been going on in the busi-
ness part of the city. The railways and
the wharf frcnt are being rapidly cleaned
OF debris. The telegraph and telephone
companies are rushing things. The West
ern Union has five wires strung to their
downtown office. The Postal will have
some up, and the full telegraphic service
is expected to be re-established by the
close Of the week. The cable connection
has not yet been restored. Business on
the floor of the Cotton Exchange will not
be established for thee weeks The build
ing is partly damaged and partially un-
rooted.
Bishop Gallagher. of the Catholic do
cese, states that not member OF the
clergy or one Of the Sisters in the city
of Galveston was lost. The only losses
of Sisters were the ten at the orphan
age down the island which have hereto
fore been reported.
Daily papers and illustrated papers
have been wild for photographs of the
Galveston disaster. The town is under
military law and the people are not in
clined to brook photographers. Three pho
tosraphers who ventured out had their
instruments smashed and themselves
pressed into service burying dead bodies
A. A. Moon, of New Orleans has arriv-
ed with relief for the suffering OF the
B'nai Birth destitute and states that New
Orleans has organized a relief society and
has already dispatched a steamer with a
cargo of relief supplies.