The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1900-09-14

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rejected the proposal of trying TO pay
for work, letting the laOorers secure
their own rations. 1t was decided ID
go ahead impreSsing men into service,
IL necessary issuing orders for rat 'ons
only to those who worked or were IN
able TO work. All of the ward chair
men reported the imperative need of
disinfectants. A committee was ap-
pointed to squester all the disinfectants
IN the city, including the lime which
escaped wetting, and to obtain more.
Houston was called upon for barge
load of lime.
Captain Sinclair Taliaferro, of Hous-
ton who did such efficient work dur
ing the Brazos food arrived here This
morning. He was asked to assist
Chairman McVittie in his work. Dan
Henderson announced that Mr.. Van
Week, the general manager of :he
Southern Pacific authorized the COM
mittee to draw on that company for
81, 900.
At meeting of the general commit
tee with the city officials today the po-
licing of the city was discussed. May
or Jones announced that Adjutant
General Scurry would take charge of
the situation with the soldiers and
citizen soldiery. The city is patrolled
by about 1000 police officers, special
officers, soldiers and deputy sheriffs.
Orders were issued to the soldiers
and police to kill any person caught
in the act of robbing the dead. Up
to Tuesday morning, seven negro
vanGals had been discovered and had
paid the penalty of their crimes with
their lives. They were shot dead and
their bodies We're carted away with
dead victims of the storm.
No liquor is permitted TO be sold un-
der any circumstances unless ordered
by the chairman Of one of the commit
tees or by a physician who must state
it is to be used for medical purposes.
All persons not having business in the
streets after dark must be Unidentified
before they will be allowed TO pass.
Unless indentification is Forthcoming
they are arrested. No person is allow
ed to work in or about any building
unless he has a written permit signed
by the chief of police or deputy chief.
No person is permitted 10 carry furn.-
ture or other property through the
streets unless he has written permit
from the proper authorities.
The police department has issued
strict orders and these orders will be
enforced to the letter to clear the city
of all of the outside sporting element.
Detectives from Houston and Dallas
have arrived here. No gambling is
permitted and any violations of this
rule are prosecuted to the fullest eX-
tent.
HEROIC RESCUES AND PATHET-
&c INCIDENTS.
During the storm Saturday night the
young men of the Boddiker family
with the aid of a Skiff, rescued over
forty people and took them to the uni
versity building where they found
shelter.
People tell of getting out of their
houses just in the nick of time. They
| tell of seeing people struck by flying
| timbers and crushed to death Cefore
| their eyes. One man was cut off from
| his family just as he thought he had
| them rescued and saw them sink be-
| meath water on other Sinde of a bar
| rier. He turned in and helped to res
| cue others who were in peril. One wo
man carried her five months old babe
| in her arms from her house only to see
a beam strike the child on the head,
| killing it instantly. She suffered a
broken leg and brised body.
Eighteen people We're caught in the
| Grothger grocery store and it is pre-
| sumed that all were lost, they We're
swept away entirely. The firemen
| buried eight people south of Avenue,
| O., today. The graves were marked
| with pieces of garments worn by the
persons.
Mr.. Multi. a storekeeper, lost his life
| after a display of uncommon heroism.
| When the storm struck the city he
| hitched up a one horse cart and start
| ed out to rescue his neighiors. Cart
| load after CARLOAD he carried in safety
to fire company house. On these
occasions the CARLOAD of human beings
| some half dead. some crazed with
| fright, was carried for blocks by the
| raging currents, but he landed all of
| them safely, even to his last load,
when he met his death. AS he at
| tempted to pass into the building on
| his last trip the fire house succcumbed
| to the wind and collapsed. Multi was
| killed by being struck by some of the
| wreckage.
| REFUGEES IN THE LIGHT HOUSE.
In the Bolivar light house which
stands $50 feet high on Bolivar Point.
| across the bay from Galveston, about
125 people sought refuge from the
| storm Saturday evening. Among them
was County Road Superintendent Kel-
SO. Mr.. Kelso stated to a News re-
porter when he reached Galveston on
| Monday afternoon that the hundred or
| more refugees spent an awful night
| in the light house Saturday night. The
| supply of fresh water was soon ex-
| hausted and an effort was made to Sc
| cure water by catching the rain water
| in buckets suspended at the top of the
4 light house. The bucket was soon fill
| ed with water but it was salt and
| could not be used. The salt water
| spray was shot skyward over 80 feet
| and mingled with the rain water that
| fell in the buckets. a quantity of
fresh water was, however, finally OBJ
| tanned. Twelve dead bodies We're re
| covered near the light house.
OFFICIAL RECORD OF THE
| STORM.
The offieia, records ct the Unite
| States weather bureau which have
been made up and forwarded to Wash
| ingtons give valuable additional in
| formation about the storm. Unfortu-
nately the recording instruments were
destroyed or crippled beyond operation
about $40 o'clock on Sunday evening.
The wind gauge recorded a two min
| ute blow at the rate OF 100 miles an
hour and was then demolished by the
hurricane which continued TO increase
in violence. The weather bureau re-
ports estimate the maximum velocity OF
the wind at between Ito and 120 miles
an hour. It did not maintain this ter
r11c rate for any length Of time, per-
| hans for ar1y ho fn ht.f c