The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-09-14
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Estimates of Five Thousand
Dead Are Unchanged.

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SOLDIERS AT GALVESTON.
Streets of the City In the Hands of Troops
and semblance of Order is Appearing.
Lawless Element is Being Rapidly
weeded Out by Strict Measures.
Galveston, Sept. 14.-Galveston is be-
ginning slowly to recover from the
stunning blow of last week and though
the city appears to be pitilessly DESC
lated, the authorities and the CONNER.
cial and industrial interests are setting
their forces to work and start has
at last been made toward the resump-
tion of business on moderate scale.
The presence of the troops has had Il
beneficial effect upon the criminal
classes and the apprehension of d
brief but desperate reign of anarchy
now no longer exists. The liquor sa-
looms have at least temporarily gone
out of business and every strong
limbed man who has not his own
humble abode to look after is being
pressed into service, so that, first Of
all, the water service may be resumed,
the cutters flushed and the streets
lighted.
More than 1000 dead bodies have
been identified and the estimate of
Mayor Jones that 5000 souls perished
in Saturdays great hurricane does not
appear to be magnitied. The city is
being patrolled by troops and a citi-
zens' committee, and semblance of
order is appearing,
The further the ruins are dug into
the greater becomes the increase in
the list of those who perished as their
houses tumbled about theit heads. On
the lower beach yesterday a search
ing party found score of corpses
within small area, going to show that
the bulwark of debris that lies straight
across the island conceals many more
bodies than, have been accounted for.
Volunteer gangs continue their work
of hurried burial of the corpses they
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and at the many neighboring points
where fatalities attended the storm.
1t will probably be many days yet,
however, before all the floating bodies
have found nameless graves. Along
the beach they are constantly being
washed up.
In various parts of the city the
smell of decomposed flesh is still ap-
parent. Wherever such instances are
found the authorities are freely disin-
fecting.
The city still presents the appear
ance of widespread wreck and ruin.
Little has been done to clear the
streets of the terrible tangle of wires
and the masses, of wreckage that be-
strew them. Many of the sidewalks
are impossible. Some of them are lit
tered with debris. Others are so thick
ly covered with slime that walking on
them is out of the question.
AS a general rule substantial frame
buildings withstood better the blasts
of the gale than those of brick. In
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structures, cisterns and whole sides OF
houses have been pumped down in
streets or back yards, squares away
from where they originally stood.
| Here and there business men have
already put men to work to repair the
damage done, but in the main others
seem to be uncertain as to following
the lead of those who have faith in the
rehabilitation of the island city.
The appearance of the newspapers
today, after suspension of several
days, is having a good effect and both
the News and the Tribune are urging
prompt succoring of the suffering and
promptness in reconstruction. It is
difficult to say yet what the ultimate
effect of the disaster isl to be on the
city. Many people have left and some
may never return. The experience OF
others still here We're SO frightful that
not all will remain if they can con
veniently find occupation in other
! cities.
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