The Tucson citizen., 1901-12-31
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|.N MARTIN
10 Of the Galveston
storm.
ny CATHERINE D. sCHUREMAN.

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= Martins father was Of a rowing
os,,,on so after moving about half
.o, times or more In the northern
a. be decided to take his family
90 scg he expressed Il, ITO
bIs fortune" Jim was then
ohout eight or ten years OF age.
youugea Of six children.
rsady he could build a dog house.
nrecot and even help his father 10
ways, His talent pleased the
gentleman immensely. for he
,cbt 10 be q good carpenter was
md everything that one could de-
Al first they located In Louisiana.
,hen after accumulating and los
mnch Of this worlds goods" they
ed to Texas. All went well until
yellow fever broke out all over the
h In terrible epidemic. cutting
n thousands OF victims In Its aw-
march. when at last 1t had spent
|ury Jim Martin came back to life.
TO find that he was alone--father.
her brothers and sisters oil had
IN prey TO the yellow demon"
! ip bad n brave heart. but this SEEM
5iImos, more than he could bear. AS
NTH and strength came back TO him
spirits rose. and he set about his
4 trade. lie was considered one OF
8best carpenters In Galveston. And
90 Young n man he was marvel.
Sztpess. strength and beauty were all
E<biued In bis work-iD fact, Jim
more than be could do. Every
wanted his advice when they
Hi not get his work. 1t was COM
saying that Jim Martins fathers
es stood the storm OF 1875 without
thuch Us the loss of shingle. and
ban do better work than his father"
Z SO It happened that Jim made
hey and friends and became a ia
#jte with the Galveston people.
4 was Ia the spring of 1892 when 1t
&lrred 10 him be was getting along
bears and be who had built 80 many
Bpes for others ought 10 have one OF
own. He knew the woman he
hted to share 1t with him. so after
hing her consent be cast his eyes
put for the proper location. The
II OF Mexico had strange fascina-
b for him. He loved TO gaze on Its
dislike surface In calm. and be WAS
daily charmed when II rolled beyond
.&bore. SO with love In his heart
II this wonderful. beautiful but
kherous body OF water he selected
sot only two blocks from Its shore
home. al the end of the year the
kse was complete. and such a house.
substantially at least. had never
fore been built on the island. The
fmous chImnoys were started away
wD in the ground. and plenty Of shell
ID used In the mortar TO 'uake them
IAg enough TO stand the wind and
kkber. Jim married and took his
|e 20 the beautiful new home. There
" lived until Sept. u. 1910. when
Fm wherein a cyclone and hurri-
ke combined swept over the gulf and
bnded into the state of Texas more
PISS for nearly hundred miles.
&ednesday morning. Sept. 3. as Jim
] passing the signal station he saw
nung doctor looking at the map
10 was made for the Cotton Ex-
ege, He heard him remark. "The
kmeter Is low. the wind ls from the
thcast. and the whole map pretty
Paly shows cyclonic disturbances to
south or southeast OF Key West"
F"n the doctor passed on. Jim walk
(Ep to the man who was making the
h and asked. Are there any signs
cyclone|" There are" he answer
but our Office has received no no.
OF the kind" Jim thought OF the
I'm Of 1875 and shook his head
Fp't want 10 see another" he re-
fked TO himself. Had be known
, the coming storm was 10 make the
OF 1876 appear an nothing he might
re done differently. but aIl uncou-
busly he passed on to bis work. At
on he went TO his home and ate n
bsthntlaI meal. AS he passed out nt
front door be said to his wife. who
od by bis side: "Mollie. they say
He are some signs OF cyclone. !
fn't anything OF importance 10 do
afternoon no I'm going down to
! gulf to see how she looks. IN be
J 10 a little while"
TRer he reached the shore. be was
, lshed 10 see that. while the wind
I'm the north. the tide was running
t which was never the case with
rth winds. Thursday he again Wis
O the gulf and found much the same
hdition Of things. Friday the wind
II still from the north. and as night
me on il Increased Ia violence. the
'e was high nnd the gulf very rough.
'aih he went TO the beach. gnzed
ig on her turbulent surface. then
''Eeu hliekIy home. Noble" he
lied out. come. look ut our old