The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-09-18
STATEMENT BY GOVERNOR SAVERS.
Thinks the Number of Dead May be Put at
Two Thousand.

AUSTIN, loXdS, Sept. lL.-GOFcIlOt say
ers today made the following statement
TO the Associated Press on the flood situa-
ton:
Conditions ct Galveston are fully as
bad as reported. Communication how
| ever, has been re-established between the
island and the mainland. and hereafter
transportation Of supplies will be less
difficult. The work OF clearing the city
is progressing fairly well, and Adjutant
General Scurry, under direction OF the
| mayor, is patrOlling the city Tor the pur-
pose Of preventing depredations. The
most conservative estimate as to the
number of deaths places them at 1000
Contributions from citizens OF this state,
and also from other States are coming
in rapidly and literally, and it is conf
IDENTIFY expected that within the next ten
| days the work of restoration by the peo-
Pie of Galveston will have begun in good
earnest and with energy and success. OF
course the destruction probably will be
very great-not less than 100000 ,000-but
it is hoped and believed that even this
great loss will be overcome through the
energy and self-reiiance Of the people.
During the day the contributions have
fairly deluged the Governor, upwards of
$500, 000 having being received. Among
the large tOlil DliitI dlt " OS lAobti
the STANDARD Oil Company with $40, o00;
ST. Louis Commercial Club for a like
amount and the Huntington interests for
5000.
This afternoon Governor Sayers re-
ceived the following official report from
General Manager Trice, Of the Interna-
tional and Great Northern railroad, who is
conducting the operations Of the relief
corps ct GalveSton:
Houston. Texas, September 18th.
'sTo Governor Sayers, Austin, Texas.
Your message yesterday received. The
cars containing the tents and rations
were turned over to the barge line this
morning and forwarded to Galveston, ar
rangoments having been made for all
freight to be handled by harges hauled
by Jugs from Clinton to Galveston and
passengers by our line to Texas City
and by boats from Texas City to Gal
weston. This is the best arrangement
that can be made and it prevents delay
to either the freight or the passenger
service, for, if we handled the freight
with the passengers 20 Texas City the
transfer from the ears to the boats
would cause too much delay to the pas
senger service. We brought in one train
consisting Of about SEQ Galveston people
to Houston today and will get another
train load tonight, mostly women and
children which viii make about six hun
dred that we Will get OF Galveston today.
The passenger and freight service be
tween Houston and Galveston is ell free
for sufferers and We are issuing trans
pcrtation to all points north Of Houston
TO all sufferers not able to Pay their
way.
(Sienedl 81. TRICE."
The following report was also received
from AdjUtant General Scurry:
Galveston, Texas, September 18th.
"To Governor Sayers, Austin. Texas.
mayor Of Houston ordered Houston
military companies here; sixty-five mer
and officers came Thirty more come to-
morrow. Mayor of Galveston directed ms
to take command. Streets patrolled fol
purpose CT preventing thieving. Work O
clearing the CITY progressing fairly we'll
Most conservative estimate made OF
deaths two thousand.
(Signed)
THOMAS SCURRY.
"Adiutant General"
Governor Sayers today began receiving
reports from various points along the
Gulf coast which would indicate thai
there has been great property damage
done for several hundred miles
and that the list of Calves
weston fatalities and suffering viii /,
largely augmented. Down the coast fr0n
Galveston the town of Dickinson was iai
waste and five people killed. The town
Of Alvin, Alta Iona, Texas City ant
~Brookshire are wrecked and hundreds ar,
destitute. Richmond is so badly de
molished that it will require weeks Il
clear the town. Missouri City and Stat
ford inst nnn9citp vera pntirpIv do
molishcd and the few remaining peopI,
at these places have no homes to cove
their heads. Bay City is reported wreck.
ed With much loss of life, though no Off
cial report has been made to that effect.
dred that we will set from Galveston to
day. The passenger and freight service be-
Fair View, Missouri City, Sartartia, ar
cola and Ell Campo are ell reported heav,
sufferers, both in point of property de
strOyed and lives lost.
Owing to the fact that the TELEGRAPH
service is still badly crippled. Governol
Sayers cannot ascertain the exact mum
Der OF dead at the points ramed, but i
is approximately five hundred.
Reports reaching the Governor sho7
that the railroads., telegraph and tc,e
phone companies have suffered an im.
mense loss. The Governor was informe,
today that cutie a number of tugs from
New Orleans and other available point
had either arrived or were en- route t,
Galveston, and that by Saturday th.
transportation problem would be solve,
so far as getting people from the isIant
TO the mainland was concerned.
Hundreds applied again today to Gov
ernor Savers for permits to go to Calves
ton, but he refused all, saying that Their.
were already too many people there, an
| in cases of mergency the local manage
of the relief corps were better able t.
act on their discretion than be dictate,
to by him.
LIGHT DRAFT VESSEL NEEDED.