Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1904-09-30
THE GALVESTON FLOOD
And oother Meritorious Pike
Shows at the Fair.


ings that are attracting universal
attention at the Worlds Fair, St.
Louis, is the Battle Abbey, con
tanning relics of the Civil War,
showing the brother battle of the
worlds history. wonderful cpl
tome of the struggle of the blue and
the gray, story of brotherly hat
red, OF brotherly love, and it will
be the means OF bringing together
battle-scarred veterans from both
sides whose hearts are as young as
their hairs are gray.
Next is the New York to North
Pole Building, realistic trip from
the national metropolis TO the pole,
showing, above all other things, the
wonderful territory owned by the
United States, from the battery in
the Empire city of the Empire state,
to the ice clad northern region.
OF special interest to all is the
Galveston Flood structure, which
rises above surrounding buildings
in fawn color beauty and showing
inside the pathetic as well as tragic
side of the awful calamity, the
greatest of modern times, in which
e. 600 people out of q city Of 40 600
lost their lives,
The building in which the theme
is discussed is one of the imposing
temples that line a grand avenue
nearly two miles long, with front
OF $50 feet and 50 feet deep, called
The Pike.
The mutoramic description of the
food begins with a realistic picture
of the city Of Galveston at the sun
set OF summer day when the sun
is sinking behind bank OF clouds
which are seen floating lazily over
the gulf. Standing on the deck OF
an incoming vessel, one can see the
pedestrians move over the streets.
lights suddenly fash out of the
windows and doors OF the city as
the night comes on, the sound of
laughter or of song floats out over
the water, handsome equipages
dash along the shell beach drive,
perhaps the most beautiful in the
world. All these sights and sounds,
mingled with those of the nearby
shipping, make a scene as lifelike
as It is fascinating.
Another change ensues. Heavy
clouds gather IN the sky, and short
" terrific gale of wind sweeps out
OF the north and east, increasing
every minute, and accompanied by
a terrible downpour of rain. Mean
while the water. which has been
sobbiog itself to sleep, stung into
anger oy the whip of the gale, Is
aroused to storm fury. The waves
roll in toward the doomed city.
white.capped and threatening, as
seen by the cleaning rapid flashes
of lightning.
Then comes d gigantic roller
uplifting, increasing and towering. |
1t appears as if it is carrying in its
embrace all of the waters OF the |
seas. This saturnalia of the guilt
pours forward 10 meet death, which |
waits on the shore to claim its vic. |
Tins, that the willing waves
will bring 10 it. The storm
king, and death, these two, hand |
in hand, lighted by the heaven 5
faring electric flashes, hurry on to |
their work of destruction. There |
is a great upheaval of the sea to
the scream of the blast, and then
begins the tragic carnage. The
fairest city of the South is engulfed
in the embrace OF death.
Then follows the scene of a pale
moon weeping through clouds,
showing the terrible devastation,
This marks the end of the tragedy
With the sympathetic tears OF her
people there also poured into the
stricken city the most substantial
aid that generous hearts could con.
tribute, and Immediately began the
work of reconstruction. Like a
miracle Galveston rose from the
waves, more beautiful ard stately
than before. So beloved is this fair
daughter of the Southland that now
ample protection for life and prop
erty in the shape of great seawall
has been constructed, which in the
future insures safety to all, so that
the stranger who goes into the hos {
pitable city will know that both his