The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-10

, serving out soggy crackers and cheese to
| the hungry crowd. ON returning to the
fremont Hotel the Houston Post corre-
spondent round the death list to be swell
ing rapidly. accounts coming from every
portion OF the city.
Information from both the extreme
eastern and western portions of the city
were difficult to obtain. but the reports
received indicated that those two sections
had suffered fully as much as the rest of
the city.
Fifteen men, constituting all that re-
mained of company of regular soldiers
stationed at the Beach barracks, were
marched down Market street. The loss
OF life among the soldiers in the bar
racks, which were destroyed, must have
| been fully hundred
AT 1880 Sunday morning the water had
| receded from the higher portions OF the
city. but the streets near the bay front
still contained from 215 to feet OF water.
HIS SON "A VICTIM.
New Orleans, Sept. 1o.-A special from
Houston, Tex, says:
In the relief train which Conductor
Powers brought in from Virginia Point
last night was his own son, who lay I'm
the baggage ear corpse. Powers was
employed at Virginia Point, as baggage
watchman and was 20 years old. He had
distinguished himself as life saver at
Texas City. having rescued many people.
After saving the lives of others he him.
self was drowned by an accident. Con-
ductor Powers reports that the two
freight trains. one on the l.. and c., the
other on the N. X. and Il. which left
Houston, at 1880 Saturday morning ar
rived at Virginia Point safely but could
get no further.
In the storm Saturday they were both
overturned and the cars were washed
entirely off the right of way. the crews
escaping.
They set about the work of rescuing
people who lived there. Up to yesterday
afternoon they had recovered % bodies,
10 of them being men and work was still
going on.
EVERY BUILDING GONE.
George Roesing, contractor, who lives
in the Bruner district, came In from Gen.
GA, where he had been constructing a
school building and reported that every
building In the town was blown down
and made a total wreck. with but one or
two possible exceptions.
Mr.. Joyce, another refugee from Gall
weston, makes the following statement:
"The wind was blowing Saturday after
noon and night at about 75 miles an hour,
blowing the water In the gulf and COM
pletely covering the city. The people of
Galveston did not think II was much NJ
quently when the wind began blowing as
IL did and the water dasheu against the
houses completely demolishing them,
many lives were lost
|. II have no idea how many were killed.
but think there will be several thousand
deaths reported, besides many people
whom we will know nothing about. The
gulf and bay are full of wreckage of ev-
ery description and IN seems though
every frame house in the town must have
been blown down and knocked to pieces.
Judging from the amount OF driftwood
that there is floating about.
1900 PERSONS DROWNED.
Dallas. Tex. Sept. 1o--A special from
Houston says:
Additional particulars Of the storm at
Galveston show that about 1900 persons
were drowned and slooo0,000 worth of
property destroyed.
There is not building in the city that
was not damaged TO some extent. All
the bath houses on the beach were de-
stroyed and their attendants drowned.
The Sealy hospital was destroyed and
most OF the patients drowned. The grain
elevators were destroyed, one OF them
containing 100000 bushels OF wheat. The
Ball high school and the Rosenberg
school buildings were destroyed and
many persons who had taken refuge in
| them killed.
Eight big steamships in port were all
wrecked. The three railroad bridges and
| the county bridge across TO the main
| land at Virginia Point were swept away
| and the bridge tenders and their families
drowned. The loss of life and property
Is simply appalling.
WINDS FURY ABATED.
As soon as daylight came and the fury
OF the wind had abated the work OF rescue
and searching for the dead commenced
In one room the Post reports. were count
| ed seven dead bodies.
The fremont Hotel was made q rem
devious for teh living women and child
rem. who slept I'm the dining rooms and
parlors and the men lay on the floors In
the Railways.
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