Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-09-15
On the Lower Beach Scores Are Ee-
covered in Small Area.
STENCIL is ALMOST
BEYOND ENDURANCE.
Every Precautlon l. Taken 10 Guard
Against Terrible Pestllence.
Supplies More Abundant,
bat Not Yet Sufficient.

Galveston. via Houston, Sept. IA
Galveston Is beginning slowly % recoy.
er from the stunning blow Of last week,
and though the city appears 10 be- pitt.
lessly desolated. the authorities and the
commercial and industrial interests are
setting their forces h work aud a start
has at least been made toward the re-.
sumption o. business on moderate
scale. The presence Of the troops has
had iemporizing effect upon the erin.
inal classes and the apprehension Of .
brief but desperate reign Of anarchy
now no longer exists.
The liquor saloons have NJ least tenn.
pomrily gone ont of business. and every
strong.limbcd man who has not his own
humble abode 10 Look after Is being
pressed into service ~ that first Of all
the water service may b. resumed. tho
CUTTERS flushed aud the street. lighted
The further the rcapsrs dig into tho
ruins The greater becomes tho increase
in the list of those who psrished as their
houses tumblcl about their beads ON
the lower beach searching party found
n scorc Of c1rpscs within a slight AREA.
going 20 show that the bulwark ~ dee.
hris that lies straight across the island
couceals many more bodies than have
already been accounted Cor.
There arr many bodies sill in the
ruins Of Galveston, and scattered along
the boach ~ the main land and in On,
marshes where they We're thrown by
tine water Some ~ these bodies hnv,
been sent 90 miles inland along small
water courses by the rush Of high water
Taking an these things into conddern
tion there sccms no longer any doub
that tho number Of dead will reach De-
yond the estimates Of 5000 which hay.
bccn made by Mayor Jones, Major X
G.. Lowe aud other reliable citizens o
/ Galveston.
r. l. Harper secured a map of th'
city and in company with friends her
they went over tae devastated distric
by the map. II was found that 85
blocks had been devastated entirely
They figured on an average Of ten house
to each block and a loss Of 2is pcople 3
each house. In this way they arrives
nj loss of life reaching the hoI
rible total Of $3.50. even II that be- r,
duoed 20 por cent the loss still remain
ing at 7i17.
Any one acquainted with the city h
fore the storm and who sees the deva,
tation now cannot help but conclud
that this Is conservative way to arriy
at an estimate.
Volunteer gangs continue their wor
Of hurried burial Of the corpses the
find ON the shores Of Galveston at th
many neigboring points where fatalitie
attended the storm. twill probably b
many days yet. however, before all III
floating bodies have found namele,
graves Along the beach they are COZ
stantly being washed up. Vheth'
those are those swept out into the ga
and drowned or are simply the retur
ashore Of some of those cast into the "a
90 guard against a terrible pestilonc
there is no means Of knowing. In an
event correspondent in trip aero
the hay "Wednesday counted sever
bodies tossing In the waves with scoi
of horses and cattle. the stencil fro
which was unbearable.
In various parts Of the city the SINE
OF decomposod flesh is still apparcu
Whenever such instances are found n
authorities are freely disinfecting.
babe lashed 20 n mattress was picked I
under a residence In the very heart
the city and IL was burned.
The city still presents the appeann
OF widespread wreck and ruin. Liti
has been done 10 clear the streets Of q
terrible tangle Of wires and tho mas :
Of wreck, mortar. slate, stone and glA
that bestrew them. Many Of the sid
walks are impossible. Some Of the
are Uttered with. debris Others =
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