The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-09-16
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did not sickness result. but the cyclonic
disturbance cut short the yellow fever
epidemic, and but few cases occurred there
after. In 1875 and 1885, when there were
severe storms and no overflow, no increase
in sickness occurred.
In some quarters Of the city to-day the
water works company was serving custom
ers on the second stories. This is taken as
indicating the rapid Roadway being made
in putting the plant again into operation.
The street railroad company suffered
loss of a quarter of a million dollars
and its entire system is torn to pieces
An effort is to be made temporarily to
operate the cars with mules.
Colonel w. j. Moody, one of the repre-
sentative citizens of Galveston, who was in
New York when he received the first news
of the disaster. has arrived here and joined
the movement to restore confidence. In an
interview Colonel Moody said: Galveston
will be rebuilt. 1t will be stronger and
better than before. On my way home
/ stated would restore my property what
ever the damage might be, as quickly as
money and men would do it, and l further
more said that / believed L knew and un-
derstood what the feeling of the business
community of Galveston was In this re-
spect, and that l had voiced it,.
The work of burning bodies is still going
on they being hurried to the fires as soon
as possible after being taken from the
water. All of last night and all of to-day
there were numerous fires along the shore,
and at every one of them there were from
three TO twenty bodies. There is no longer
the slightest attempt at identihcatlon NO
effort is made to ascertain whether the
body is that of a white or colored person.
All of them have been so long in the water
under blazing sun that II would be ex-
ceedingly difficult to determine the identity
of any body, unless by the clothing, and In
most cases the bodies are destitute of gar
ments. Pull them out of the water as soon
as seen and throw them into the flames as
soon as taken from the water Is the order
a & carried
The residents of Galveston are OF opinion
that there are more dead than the outsiders
coming in are generally willing TO admit.
1t is beyond all possibility that any actual
count will ever be had, but the best evil
dence obtainable, and allowing for those
bodies which have been cast UP by the
waters after being once thrown into the
gulf and twice counted, and for the num-
Der that were carried out to sea and Will
never be heard of, total list of the dead
cannot be far from three thousand, and
is under that figure rather than over 1t.
The people of Galveston say that they
know it will amount to anywhere between
five and ten thousand, and the estimates
are, for the most part, in the neighbor-
hood of the larger figure.
General McKibben gives the estimate of
1000 in the city of Galveston alone. All
up and down the coast there has been loss
of life that will not be learned of for
weeks and months, If ever. The total num-
Der of dead from the storm, in this State,
cannot be far from 1900.
General McKibben said before leaving
this morning for San Antonio: II am not
an alarmist and 1 DO not predict a pesti-
lence, but L think things are coming to
that point where pestilence may be possible
unless prompt measures are taken, and
there is nothing that will be so effective
fire. The water mains are working now
and there will be no trouble in controlling
the fiames.'
Provisions continue to come in from all
points, but there is need for it all. The
supplies are handled in an excellent man.
derS have been given that all people who
attempt to procure more than their right
full proportion of the supplies shall be pun
ished, and there have already been several
arrests for the offense. Several cars of
supplies came in this morning from points
in Texas, and two barges laden with gov
eminent stores came in this afternoon.