The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-10-21

ten 10 forty feet high--roofs. chimneys.
splintered timhers. houses smashed 20 at
oms. on the other side the Gulf ripples
softly on the sands as n innocent OF mis-
chief; though dancing whitecsps further
out hint that It's awful work OF death ana
destruction may any day be renewed In
these tenss more than thousand people
are enduring ufe as best they can. The
wind faps open their canvas doors. rain
beats in and mothers and children huddle
together for warmth; and lucky Is the
family which has one thin cotton bed
blanket 10 cover the whole OF H. Such
trials come hardest upon those at either
extreme OF hfe-the aged and little chill
dren. Many deaths viii surely result
from the present mild 'nOrther." which
would hardly be felt In normal times.
when people were IN their comfortable
homes with the conveniences OF life about
them. There was distribution OF gaso-
line stoves. as long as those useful ar
ticles held out. but there were not enough
10 count as more than a drop IN the
bucket. Wood stoves have arrived IN con-
siderable number. bus, OF course. not near
~ enough 10 20 around among the des-
titute. There are very few chimneys left
In Galveston and pipes are thrust through
windows or sidewalks. or the stove set
up IN the open air. There Is wFeckaEe
enough 20 last the whole city year for
fuel but great care must be exercised In
the burning OF Il. or a general couiagra-
ton viii sweep what remains OF the city.
Some OF the people living in the tents have
been able 90 find remnants OF their own
furniture, and with these have made their
canvas dwellings as homelike as possible.
Others lost oil. hut found here aud there
among the debris a broken table. chair
and other needed articles. which they have
patched Up and are using ia their tenn
porary abodes. While the hot weather
lasted this strange settlement was per
haps the most healthful portion OF Cal
weston. despite the corpses putrefying
under that nearby ridge Of wreckage and
the CHASTITY crcmations that were going
on all along the beach. Driving through
the White Csy" last Sunday. we saw
perhaps twenty fires burning and passing
close TO one OF them. got ora 10 see what
IL contained. The man in charge told us
TINT the heap had been kept blazing con-
tinuously for three weeks ana during that
time had consumed moro than sixty hui
man bodies. 90 say nothing OF dogs. cats
aud larger carcasses. Boards. water
soaked mattresses. rugged blankets. etc.
were laid on TOP. 30 that nothing else
was distinguishahle. What Is burning
now" ! inquired wall ma'am." re-
piled che custodian. punching a venthole
mo the NNNUs from winch II ffNEHfAHA OIWf
came. II reckon there are dozen or two
skeletons near the bottom. II takes sew
erai days. you know. 90 burn a body en-
tirely up. Yesterday we laid seven corpRes
on this particular heap and they are only
partially baked hy now. To-day we have
been busy over there" (pointing 20 other
fires quarter OF a mile distanO. where
we found n lot OF bodies-even under one
house. So far we have only put two here
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die. They are right under that top layer
OF boards"
could you teli who they werer'' ask
ed Lord, no" was the reply. we
have TO gee 'em onto plank
somehow. or on sack, n
they fan 70 pieces, and tote EN- 20 tho
nearest nre. J tel ven its no agreeable
Job. one Of these ere last ones was a big
black man-couid te by his wop.ly hair.
they are oil pretty black now. lie had
on nothing but one shoe. The other must
have been young woman 'Tenuy rate
she was slim saa haa hong brown hair.
She had on a black six undersklrt. blue
turquoise ring and a new rope tied around
her waist"
Poor. poor creatures. Since this hunt
IN the debris began. upwards Of $50
bodies have been found. and every day
stan adds It's CHASTITY quota OF from Is TO
30. Aud mountains OF wreckage are vet
untouched. We IND "a hard enough 60 lay
away our dead TO consecrated ground.
with all the care and tenderness that love
can suggest where Se can water the
sacred spot with our tears ana lay upon
it the flowers they loved in llfe. but never
70 know whether their poor bodies We're
fed % tho dishes Of tae Gulf or left above
ground 10 become an accumulation In the
nostrfis OF the bKing, or their ashes scat
tered 60 the winds after cremation, must
be well nigh unhearabie.
Nearly S900cQ Ia cash has already been
received for the relief OF Galvsston-not
hy the Red Cross. but by Gov. Sayert.
Mayer Jones AMI others IN authority. or
this fund S5o.eoo has been Eet inside for |
repairing the partially wrecked houses |
and sifooo0 Tor rebuilding those entirely |
destroyed. To the building committee. |
composed OF the Governor, the Mayor, |