The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-10


managed to save my own life through the
hardest kind Of a struggle. and thought
N ore than once that was done for. hu.
lost all had in this world, relatives
who we're dear to me. home and all
"The Miller residence, where resided,
was about three blocks from the gulf,
and there were fully eight or ten feet of
water in this district when left. OF the
other part OF the city know nothing.
tell you was thinking OF nothing but OF
my fsmiIy's and my own lives and after |
saw that could not save them. l didn't
do much else but try TO get away After
had lost all didn't care to see any
more of Galveston for a time at least.
The wind wac blowing saturday after
noon and night at about seventy live miles
an hour, blowing the water in from the
gulf and completely covering the city.
The people OF Galveston did not think Il
was much at first, and kept within their
houses, consequently when the wind began
blowing as 1t dif and the water dashng
against the houses. completely demollsh-
Ing them, many lives were lest l have
10 idea how many were lost, but think
that there will be several thousand
deaths reported besides many whom peo-
pie will know nothing about. / waa in the
storm which struck Galveston in 1875. but
that one, bad as it was, was nothing ia
comparison with Saturdays. 1t will be
hard to tell how much damage was done
in tho city but It will be something ter,
rible. Tho gulf and bay are full OF wreck
age OF every description, and 1t seems as
L every frame house in the town must
have blown down and knocked to pieces
Judging from the amour; OF drift wood
that there was floating about. am going
back to Galveston just as soon as can
TO find my sisters body and those Of her
children, and shall find them II have to
walk all over the island to do it,"
Joyce is man OF medium height and
looks to be about forty years old. His
head was considerably bruised up and
his body showed more than few
scratches. on reaching the city he went
at once to the residence of Mr.. George
W. MCGOWAN, 9oS Maury street, who is
relative of his dead sister.
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Another man who had sad experience
was Mr., S. W. Clinton. an engineer at
the iertilizinE plant at tho Galveston
stock yards. Mr.. Clinton's family consisted
Of his wife and six children. When his
house was washed away no managed TO get
TWO Of his little boys safely to a raft
end with them be drifted, like Mr.. Joyce.
not knowing where It would bring him.
lie was bune,ed about in the raging tor
rents OF the stormy gulf colliding with
wreckage of every description. His raft
was split in two and he was forced 10
witness the horrible sight of the drowning
OF his sons. being unable to help them in
any way Mr.. Clinton has number OF
bumps on his head, and his body is one
mass of bruises He states that that inn
mediate section of the city Is one seeth
ing mass of water and corroborates the
story Of Mr.. Joyce as to conditions there.
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Mr.. Jennings slater by trade, who
resides at Thirty eighth street and avenue
Seven and half, got to the mainland In
about the same manner as the two men
named above. After losing his wife he set
out and by swimming and drifting around
got to the mainland. Not unlike the Others
he was knocked and banged about and he
"*9 S'"'Seu anu skluDed all over. Jen-
nings was in the water longer than CT
ton or Joyce, It being about twelve hours
from the time be left his home until h.
landed on high dry ground.
Jennings. Joyce and Clinton all reside In
the same neishborhood and are intimate
friends. They had no idea OF meeting each
other under these circumstances. All OF
them lost all OF their property and are in
need of substantial help just now
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William Smith, a young boy about is
years old. whose home Is in West Texas
had rather narrow escape. Young smith
was blown of of the docks and came
ashore in the drift. He was plucky to the
end and despite the difficulty he expe-
rienced in keeping aHcst his grit held out
to the end. and he got ashore safe and
Sound, though somewhat tired out ana
considerably skinned and bruised after his
trip across the bay
Mr. Egland aod M -. :.