Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-09-20
BURYING The DEAD.
The Bodies Being Got Rid Of In tho
Swiftest Manner Possible.
GALVESTON HAS A DARK OUTLOOK.
Gk~etate Treasurer Workman Thinks tho
CITY IL Wrecked for All Time-state-
mont BY the Representation In
the Stricken City.

Galveston, Tex, Sept l3.--All az
lempts at burying the dead have been
utterly abandoned and bodies are now
being disposed Of in the swiftest man
ner possible. Scores Of them were
buried yesterday and hundreds were
taken out to sea and thrown over
board. The safety Of the living is
now the paramount question and
nothing that will tend to prevent the
outbreak of an awful pestlence is
being neglected. Yesterday morning
II was found that large numbers OF
bodies which had been previously
thrown in the bay were washed back
upon the shore and the situation was
thus rendered worse than before they
were first taken in the barges and
thrown into the water. 1t will now
never be known how many have lost
their lives in this awful catastrophe.
Estimates run all the way from 1000
to 10000. The former figure Is given
BY Lieut.. Perry His estimate is
laughed At by a number of men who
have been in Galveston and returned
earlier in the week, they claiming that
OF least $500 bodies were buried or
carried out to sea in barges before
Lieut.. Perry arrived. Mayor Jones, OF
Galveston, claims that the dead will
amount to 5000 and Others whose OPP
portuntes for judging are less than
that of the mayor place it as high
as 10000.
Galve.ton Has Dark Outlook.
Austin, Tex, Sept. 13.-Ex-State
Treasurer Workman, who went to
Galveston as the special aide to Adjt.
Gen. Scurry to investigate the true
conditions there, returned home yes
terNly and made his report. 1t fol-
lows: "'rhe situation at Galveston
beggars description. am convinced
that the city Is practically wrecked
for all time to come. Fully rs per
cent of the business of the town is
irreparably wrecked, and the same
per cent Of the damage is to be found
In the residence district Along the
wharf front great ocean steamers
have bodily bumped themselves on the
big piers and lie there, great masses
Of iron and wood that even fire can
not totally destroy. The great ware
houses along the water front are
smashed in on one side, unroofed and
Quilted throughout their length, their
contents either piled in heaps on the
wharves or along the streets. Small
tugs and sailboats have jammed them
selves half into buildings where they
were landed by the incoming waves
and left by the receding water.
Houses are packed and jammed in
great confusing masses in all of the
streets.
"SOme OF the most conservative men
on the island place the loss of human
beings at not less than 1880 and pos
sibly 10000, while Others say that it
will not exceed 5000. Certain it is
that 1t is most appalling. AS to the
livestock on the island, it has been
completely 0nnihiated and their de-
caying bodies but add to the foulness
OF the air The island, when left il |
yesterday, was surrounded by sick
enirg odor that bodies i'll for the fu-
ture."
kilograms continue to flow in from
oil ports of the country to Gov, Sayers
rendering relief to the Texas storm
sufferers. The Galveston Typograph-
zeal union has issued an appeal to sis
ter unions for aid.
Summary OF Conditions In Stricken CITY
Chicago, Sept. 13.-The following
abatement WINS roceived a, II n,o,nas
last night by the Associated press
from X. q. Lowe, manage" of the Gal
weston News; "A summary of the
conditions prevailing at Galveston is
master Briefly stated ths domaoo ~
oronertv 10 onv,yhora ho.,,aa, a.,
400 and 500 ooo Tho loss ~ ia ea, '
not No oonnn,oa W. ma, ",N va"
tert and on 10 s;n,,,l. s,,,as .., "
Those thrown ont 70 con and hnriod |
ON the ground wherever found viii
reach the horrible fatal of NJ ,oost
5000 souls. NV estimate Of tbo ,oss
on the island of tho ci,v ~ coMoston
~ ''' NV, v, '"e WY W u""es.oh
80 a Wv. y, ,n'ue''"e oeo surrounding ms
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