The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-09-11

is something immense. the Huntington i'm
prove.nents being entirely swept away.
Ocean Liners Are Stranded.
I tried TO set out OF the town as quickly
as | could, and succeeded in securing pas
sage on the drst sloop which sailed. the
Annie X, Captain Wilinughby. We sailed
from the T@enty-seconu slip at IL o'clock
with seven people aboard. When We got out
side Of the harbor We found a terrible gale
Blowing ana the sea running very high.
nder three reefs and the peak down va
set cur course for North Galveston As we
Fassed Pelican Flats. we could see the Eng
!ish steamer stranded OF over toward where
the railroad bridge should be, and came To
The conclusion that she had evidently broken
the water mains and cut the supply Of wa
ter of from the city.
Another ocean liner could be seen OF III.
shore OF Texas City, in what would seem
to be about two feet OF water In a
normal tide. We passed within a few hun
dred yards of where the Half-Moon Light
house once stood, but could see no evil
dences of the lighthouse, 1t having been
completely washed away.
The waters OF the bay were etrewn with
hundreds of carcasses of dead animals We
had o very hazardous passage, running
against flye-mile tide. but managed 10
reach North Galveston at l:3S o'clock.
AT North Galveston We found that a
tidal wave had crossed the peninsula, car
fyins destruction in its path. The factory
buildings and opera-house were completely
blown down end other buildings DESTROYED
While there were no deaths reuorted ut
North Galveston. there were many hard
ships endured during the battle with the
clements"
DENVER RESCRvEY DESTROYED.
Houston, Tex. Sept 1o.-S w. Clinton,
who was washed a mile from shore into
the Gulf OF Mexico on a floating timber.
after narrowing experience was rioate1
ashore and finally reached train Coming
into Houston from point this side Of Gall
weston He arrived here about II S'cloclr
last night. His body was black and blue
with bruises and contusions.
He was hardly able to talk but told a
brief but sad story of the Denver Resurvey.
a western suburb of Galveston. Two hun
dred and fifty houses were leveled in the
suburb and 800 persons were congregated in
school building. The water was nile feet
deep on the island In the locality where
Clinton was washed into the Gulf.
He could ten nothing of the loss of nfs
in the Denver Resurvey. having been
dashed into the Gulf near the beginning OF
the storm
Mr. Jennings, a slater by trade. who re-
sides at Thirty-eighth stree. and Avenue
Mi1, Galveston, got to the mainland IN
about the same manner as Clinton. After
losing his wife. he set out and by SWIM
mng and drifting around reached the main
land.
William Smith, 1e years old. whose home Is
in Western Texas. had a narrow escape
Young Smith was blown of the docks and
came ashore in the driftwood. Despite the
difficulty he experienced In keeping afoaf,
he held out 70 the end and reached the
shore safe and sound
A England and his wife Ct Texas City
report that the whole town Of Texas City
was blown away and that a number Of lives
were lost. There were six women known
by Mr.. England who were drowned and he
is satisfied that many others lost their lives,