The sun., 1900-09-19
HARD WORK In GALVESTON.
MORE THAN 500 BODIES RECOvERBD
AND BURNED YESTERDAY.
Work Of CiearinE Up the Debris on the streets
Goes on Rapidly Excellent work on the
mainland Con gres'man Hawiey Wants TO
Build sIs 900. 900 Sea Wall for the CITY

400 bodies were taken out of the d. bris which
lines the beach With all that has been done
t. Recover bodies buried beneath or Jammed
into this immense rilt the work mas scare-y
started There Is no time 10 dig graves and
the bodies are consigned 70 the flames Vol
unteers for this work are coming In fast.
Men who have heretofore avoided the dead
under ordinary conditions are now WORKING
with a vigorous will and energy in putting
them away. Under one pile OF wreckage thls
afternoon twenty bodies we're taken out ana
burned. In another pile q man pulled ou'
the remains Of two children For moment
ho gazed upon them and then Immediately
cast them into the fra They we're his own nesh
and blood. lie watched them In silence ior
a time and then resumed his work with others
in recovering bodies
A large force Of men is stu engaged in re-
moving the dead from Hurd Lane. about four
nj iles west Of the city At this point the water
rose to the height Of fourteen feet and up In
trees and barbed wire fences are the bodies OF
men, women and children. which are being
collected and burned as RAPIDLY as possible
On the mainland the searching for bodies
IL being prosecuted vigorously. Reports re-
celved to-day from Bolivar. where between
800 and 100 bodies we're reported a. lying sIewn
along the beach. are that they are being buried
Us rapidly as possible. The man bringing tie
report saws that the force Ia inadequate ana
should be- increased Immediately.
The manner of disposlng OF the wreckage In
this city has not yet been decided definitely
At present every energy y used In getting az
all Of the dead. opening streets, cleaning alleys
and cutters and disinfecting the city When
this Is done the removal OF the immense rtft OF
debris will begin. Everything Is in readiness
TO turn on the current for the electric nights In
the business prt, but because OF the danger
from hanging wires on the circuit hRhiln
will be postponed indefinitely. Three telephone
wires are now working between Galveston
and Houston.
Congressman Hawley. representing the Cal
weston district, expressed himself to-day In
favor Of sea wall being built around Calves
miles west along the beach front. His idea Is
10 construct the wall ot solid material with q
25-nve-foot base, eisht-toot crown ana cappeI
feet above mean low tide, Iio estimates 1t to
cost about sl7,oOo 900 When he leaves FOR
Washington he viii take the matter np Win ne the
War Department with view 10 rebuilding the
fortidcations which ere dessoheed,
sodrtT. ditttS las h, Issued an appeal for money and
supplies for the sick and wounded. Her Idea
Is 10 spend some of the money with local mer-
chants Where n EYER pTaTSt ppTcent WORK She ana hef
Fifty bodies drlfted ashore to-day at Roll
over on the Gulf coast about twenty miles
east OF Galveston. Some Of them were buried
Sna 4a@aIyed S,pe'fb BY The eo General Relief Com
mittee to-day was one from Col;
r1esideSt roidfSGS of O Galveston Col, ochlitree Is In
london and says that he will use every Per r
stricken city. Chairman Davidson Of the
Relief Comnyittee says that the greatest sui;
ferer from The Se,1 IsSSe ssTpfb ., bencS
There are hundreds Of these people y ho owned
lots. and 10y, giying len upon them Lad homes s
away. The loan companies are protected by
The Items MIR. Davidson advised that a FUND
be raised FOR people who have suffered IN tfls
way 50 that they may be able 10 restore what
took them years to accumulate ana was taken
from them Ia a single night.
4. llo.2man, renre-entlns feder. honmen
& 90. OF Cincinnati, ptircnazeTs uf the sew erage
bonds II the city Of Galveston TO the amount
~ t.ULOpt, arrived here to-day, lie consulted
with city officials a. to whether TIE cry iitenaed
plans adopted prior 20 the storm Ho received
s~s'Iraurrs from them that the storm IN no
way would aneot the consrucuon OF the sys5
comneucS Mr.. Holzwan said his firm stood
ready To abide by Their contract and Lad every
sand dollars has already been paid into the
hands of the CITY Treasurer and the remainder
OF the mogcy + to be nj,iii osreral ,re,vht
agent Of the Miss guri. Kansas apd Texas.
REACHED Galveston from ST ouiS tlh- evening
G saws he kGE t5irn@d m WV yc.,%t nTsn IN 'S sent
one Of he railroad bridges over Galveston Bay,
and is the opinion 81 rgIroGn ,r m F3d.y lS yha' Trans
The resources of the numerous sub-reliei
stations scattered throughout the city are taxed
to their utmost capacity lions lines OF people
tbalr for provisions and clothes.
A 1pxas City force ot Deputy United States
Marshals under Marshal Grant i guarding the
entrance TO Galveston and Keeping out all peo-
ole who can have no good reason for desiring
10 come in. People are daily leayinE the city,
a majority being women ana chhdTs,n. The
city + still under military rule and viii remain
80 indefinitely. lders and sights"ers TEo
eludad the guards on the mainland upon their
arrival here are impressed In street service.
ThIsis no place for a man who will not work II
Is work or 20 to jail. and the iders GENERALLY 90
the ffGrs f2rTf q H' L at SaE SboS
eight miles down the Island removing the dead
from the 9oyGg and ST2mPs 6T2 nn the Npny eo9Fs &
there by the receeding waters; To secure
legal evidence ofdeath an ofice has been es-
ahshed where any 9Rd 9 PSETson, If
in connection with the recent disaster az Gal
yeston. are reqgired to, aHreHr and make am.
S9r'i possible for quGh future ssn' ssn qsRSs
I'm matters Of Inheritance and Insurance.
Witnesses not now residents of Galveston are
requested 10 send sworn statements Of their
knowledge 70 the Board Of health Mortuary
Committee, Galveston, including In evidence
the name, age. sex. color, ocCupat lon, residence
nf the dend NJ the same time detailing fully
uDon what bnsis such statements are founded.
All PERSONS subscribing should attert their place
OF residence 10 the subscription and include II
possible other individuals able 10 suhstantiote
tho evidence given.
ATT ANTA, ga. Sept. Is.-Rlshop Warren A.
Gambler left last night for Galveston In rN-
sponse to the calls for helm from the Methodist
ministers II that city WI the mpIistcrs and
havo written 10 Bishop Gambler telling of their
dis,s In alv.-ton suffered greatly. Ther
were moro than 100 llvc- lost among tho mem
hershp of The churches. The proyperty loss
was enormous. St. Johns church. the largest
I'm tho city + total wreck 81, Janes's il In a
ll'tle better con itiOn and the West End Church
Is considerably damaged.
Lawyer Brcw.ter Gets After Extra Fiends.
Charles O. Brewster. the lawyer OF 80 Liberty
street, leaving the Racquet and Tennis Club In
Forty-third street shortly after midnight
last night heard two ezra" nends with
bundles ot papers under teir arms
hgwlinG Great panic in Wsll Street
f. the West FH'y-lrst street police station that
james Murphy of 42o West Twenty-siSth