The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1900-09-11
l,5OOD[AD At GALVESTON.
May Exceed This Figure When
Wreckage is Explored.
PARTIAL LIST OF VICTIMS.
City is a Mass Of Ruins and a Water
Famine is Threatened.

President Mckinley Orders 10000 Tents
and $4,000 Rations to the Stricken City.
Soldiers Among the Dead--Reports From
interior Confirm Loss of Life.
Austin, Tex, Sept. 11.-From esti-
mates made by reliable persons who
have just come from Galveston, it is
believed that not less than 1900 and
destroyed.
Houston, Tex, Sept 1.-THE first re-
ports from Mthe appalling disaster
which has stricken the city of Calves
ton do not seem to have been magni-
fed. Communication was established
with the island city yesterday by boats
and reports received here last night
indicate that the death list will ex-
ceed 1.5O0, while the property loss can
not be estimated, although it will
reach several millions of dollars The
burial of the dead has already begun.
The following partial list of known
dead was given to the Associated
Press last night by the Galveston
News: Stanley G. Spencer, - Wallace,
Charles L. Keller, Richard Lord, w.
u. DAILY, Richard Johnson, Alfred Day,
Miss Mabel Stickloch, John Engelke,
wife and child, Wensmere family, Mrs.
w. j. Wenman and two children, Mrs.
Jack Delaney and two children, Mr..
Magia two daughters and son, Miss
Ida Schofield, Mrs. Baxter and child,
Mrs. Dudley Bell and child. Will j.
Rice and child, Mrs. Claude j. Fred
tran and sister, Miss Helen Somers.
George S. WE'LL mother and sister,
Mrs. Michael O'Keefe and brother
Mrs. J. B. Treadwell and infant, Mrs.
g. Il. Clark and infant, Mrs. A. Long
necker, Mrs. Beyeridge and two chill
dren, Mrs. George NJ. Schroeder and
four children, Mrs. Amundeson, Joseph
B. Aguilo, Charles Rust, John r. Da-
: vies and wife, two children of Captain
Ellison. Mrs. w. B. Jones and child,
Mrs. Clarence Howth, Mr.. and Mrs.
Schuler and five children, Mrs. Motter,
and two daughters, Mrs. Davis Wake
& lee, G. III. Fix, w. f. Fisher and fam
lily, Mrs. John II. Germand and two
children, Mr.. and Mrs. Compton, Mr..
and Mrs. John +. Broecker and two
children, Thomas Webster and family
of four, Mrs. J. r. Correl and family,
Mrs. John Bowe and three children.
Walter Belts and wife, Police Officer
# Howe and family, B. L. Masterson
and family, Police Officer Charles
Wolfe, Police Officer Tovrea, Police
q Officer Richards. the family of Police
man Rowan. the family of Police Off
Ger Bird, Richard D. Swain, Captain
II. HI. Peck, wife and five children,
Mrs, j. w. Mum, ST., Mrs. Charles
Walter and three children, Mrs. Bar
+ bon, Edward Webster and two sisters
Mrs. J. H. Harris, Mrs. Rebecca Har-
ris, Barney Kelly, Willie Kelly, Bessie
Quester. Joe Schwartzback, Mrs. w
Quester, son and daughter ]. r. Roll
wife and four children, Joe Hughes
Mrs. Kate Evans and two daughters
Charles Sherwood, ]. B. Palmer and
i baby, Mr.. and Mrs. Gary Burnett, Mrs
Mollie Parker, Miss Hattie Woodward
Harmon Pitt, Mrs. Peter Hamburg
and four children, Murray Roudaux
Lessie Davis, Mamie Quest Mrs. Cor
don, Mrs. Mamie Smith, Jos. Labbatt
Mrs. Dorm, Miss Jennie Dorain, Johl
Gernaud, wife and two children, Mar,
Ann Wilson and baby. John Lynch
Miss Bessie Cramer, Mrs. Charlie:
Schaler and four children, Mrs. Alb,
Gordon and five children, Miss Nor
don. Mr.. and Mrs. Jones and daughter
Mrs M. Burrows. Miss Annie Nc
Cauley, Mr.. and Mrs. Sharp, Miss An
ME Sharp, William O'Harow, Mr. ant
Mrs. Schultz. w. III. Lisbony.
The above list is only a partial on
and the names of all who perished il
Saturdays great storm will never b
! known. at the army barracks nea
San Antonio report is current tina
more than 100 United States soldier
lost their lives in Galveston.
Yesterday mass meeting was he'll
and liberal contributions We're mad
for the immediate relief OF the dest
tute
Governor Sayers appealed to Pres
dent Mckinley for aid. This appes
was met by prompt response froI
!, the president, who stated that 1000
tents and 10000 rations had been OF
dered to Galveston. Governor Sayer
also addressed an appeal to each mi
nicipality in the state, asking fo
prompt assistance in caring for tn
sufferers.
Telegrams of inquiry and sympath
have been pouring in throughout th
day and night from every state in tn
Union, and in almost every instane
substantial relief has been offered.
The stricken city is in imminent dal
ger Of water famine and strenuor
efforts are making here to supply tf
sufferers. Relief trains are being o
canized and will leave here at a
early hour tomorrow.
RSporrs from the interior confirm II
loss "a life and destruction Of pro-
ort,, ranortad In Yesterdays dispatche