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Paul Lester. The Great Galveston Disaster
The Great Galveston Disaster
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. First News of the Great Calamity—Galveston Almost Totally Destroyed by Winds and Waves. Thousands Swept to Instant Death
WORST HURRICANE EVER KNOWN
BODIES FLOATING IN THE BAY
LOST WIFE AND SIX CHILDREN
MANY TOWNS DEMOLISHED
SANTA FE TRAIN BLOWN FROM THE TRACK
WATER BLOWN COMPLETELY OVER THE CITY
A BRIDGE TWO MILES LONG
VAST AMOUNT OF MONEY INVESTED
OMINOUS PROGRESS OF THE STORM
ALWAYS IN DANGER DURING A HURRICANE
THE FATEFUL WINDS GATHERING FORCE
CHAPTER II. The Tale of Destruction Grows—A Night of Horrors—Sufferings of the Survivors—Relief Measures by the National Government
WIND STORM OF GIANT FORCE
OVER SEVEN HUNDRED CORPSES FOUND
RELIEF WORK STARTED
THE CITY IN RUINS
CITY TURNED INTO A RAGING SEA
VERY FEW BUILDINGS ESCAPED
WRECKAGE SWEPT ACROSS THE BAY
EIGHT OCEAN STEAMERS STRANDED
MULTITUDES SWEPT OUT TO SEA
ARMY TENTS AND RATIONS FOR THE SUFFERERS
AN APPEAL FROM HOUSTON
CLARA BARTON READY FOR RELIEF WORK
THE DESTRUCTION INLAND
CHAPTER III. Incidents of the Awful Hurricane—Unparalleled Atrocities by Lawless Hordes—Earnest Appeals for Help
BODIES BEING BURIED IN TRENCHES
MILITARY FORCES AND SPECIAL POLICE
THE STENCH UNBEARABLE
WORK OF HEARTLESS CRIMINALS
THE FINANCIAL OUTCOME
TENTS AND RATIONS SENT
CONDITIONS THAT BEGGAR DESCRIPTION
MONEY BEGINNING TO POUR IN
A VOICE FROM JOHNSTOWN
BUILDINGS DESTROYED BY THE FLOOD
TWO GIGANTIC FORCES AT WORK
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
COMMUNICATIONS ALL CUT
IN THE BUSINESS DISTRICT
CARING FOR THE DEAD
RESISTLESS POWER OF THE HURRICANE
STIRRING APPEALS FOR HELP
TERRIBLE SUFFERING AND MISERY
CHAPTER IV. The Cry of Distress in the Wrecked City—Negro Vandals Shot Down—Progress of the Relief Work—Strict Military Rule
POCKET FULL OF HUMAN FINGERS
THE STORY INCREASES IN HORROR
ACTUAL LOSS WILL NEVER BE KNOWN
DISPOSING OF THE DEAD
PEOPLE DELAYED FLIGHT TOO LONG
REALIZED THEIR PERIL TOO LATE
MORE HORRORS DETAILED
NINETY NEGROES EXECUTED
THE CITY OFFICIALS IN A LIVELY QUARREL
WORK OF THE RELIEF COMMITTEE
WORK AT THE WATER WORKS
STRICT POLICE RULES
NURSES FROM A DISTANCE
GOVERNOR SAYRES ON THE SITUATION
THE TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM
ADJUTANT GENERAL SCURRY’S ESTIMATE
LOSS OF LIFE AND DAMAGE AT OTHER POINTS
BOATS FOR TRANSPORTATION
THE DEVASTATION APPALLING
VESSEL ORDERED TO GALVESTON
ATTEMPT TO SUM UP THE LOSSES
RELIEF PUSHED FORWARD NIGHT AND DAY
AN APPEAL TO THE FREE MASONS
SUBSCRIPTIONS UNDER WAY
PROTECTION OF GALVESTON A COSTLY PROBLEM
STORM TRAVELED OVER THREE THOUSAND MILES
NOT MEN ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE DEAD
RELIEF TRAIN FROM HOUSTON
ROBBERY AND MUTILATION OF THE DEAD
A REFUGEE’S STATEMENT
MONEY BADLY NEEDED
CARNEGIE’S PRINCELY GIFT
GREAT TIDAL WAVES IN THE WORLD’S HISTORY
OLD AND CHARMING TRADITION
STORY OF THE LOST ATLANTIS
BELIEVED THE SEA HAD CONCEALED A LAND
TIDAL WAVES ON ENGLISH COASTS
GREAT INUNDATION OF 1571
A REAL TRAGEDY AT GALVESTON
TIDES AND EARTHQUAKES
CHAPTER V. Vivid Pictures of Suffering in Every Street and House—The Gulf City a Ghastly Mass of Ruins—The Sea Giving Up Its Dead—Supplies Pouring in from Every Quarter
TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS OF THE SURVIVORS
BODIES PILED IN THE STREETS
ALL SUFFERED INJURY
BLESSINGS IN DISGUISE
BODIES CONSTANTLY COMING TO LIGHT
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
THE CITY STILL IN DARKNESS
ALARMING RUMORS FROM GALVESTON
AUTHORITIES AT ODDS
NO LIMIT TO HOUSTON’S HOSPITALITY
THRILLING EXPERIENCE OF TWO HOUSTON WOMEN
TRANSPORT TO CARRY PROVISIONS
MONEY AND SUPPLIES FOR THE SUFFERERS
CLARA BARTON GOES TO TEXAS
SYMPATHY FROM FRANCE
STORY OF DEATH AND RUIN
STORMS THAT BROUGHT DESOLATION
ATLANTIC COAST ALSO SWEPT
HARDEST STORM FOR MANY YEARS
TIMELY WARNINGS WERE GIVEN
TERRIBLE VELOCITY OF WIND
CHAPTER VI. Two Survivors Give Harrowing Details of the Awful Disaster—Hundreds Eager to Get Out of Galveston. Clearing up the Wreckage
THE STORM GROWS WORSE
HOUSES IN FRIGHTFUL COLLISION
TRYING TO SAVE THE CHILD’S LIFE
THREATENED WITH PESTILENCE
FIERCE HEAT ADDS TO THE HORROR
ROBBERS DRIVEN FROM THEIR WORK
THE LOSSES OUTSIDE OF GALVESTON
MILITARY RULE NEEDED
EXODUS FROM THE CITY
BUSINESS BEING RESUMED
SURGEON GENERAL WYMAN MAKES A STATEMENT
APPEAL TO DRUGGISTS IN HOUSTON
PLANS FOR A NEW BRIDGE
A CONFLICT OF AUTHORITY
A CAMP AT HOUSTON
OFFICIAL REPORTS TO THE WAR DEPARTMENT
CAPTAIN RICHE’S REPORT
BATTERIES UNDERMINED
URGED TO HURRY A TRAIN
NO RED TAPE TO STAND IN THE WAY
RELIEF FOR TEXAS SUFFERERS
CHAPTER VII. Not a House in Galveston Escaped Damage—Young and Old, Rich and Poor, Hurried to a Watery Grave—Citizens with Guns Guarding the Living and the Dead
SLOWLY RECOVERING FROM THE STUNNING BLOW
MANGLED CORPSES WASHED ASHORE
WONDERFUL COURAGE AND HOPE
BUSINESS HOUSES SUFFER GREAT LOSS
LARGEST ELEVATOR BADLY DAMAGED
CARING FOR HOMELESS REFUGEES
WASHED ACROSS THE BAY FROM GALVESTON
CAPITAL WILL BE SHY HEREAFTER
AUSTIN PREDICTS NO DESERTION OF THE CITY
GREAT NEED OF A SAFE HARBOR
BELIEVES CITY WILL BE REBUILT
A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER
PEOPLE HURRYING TO ESCAPE
FREE USE OF DEADLY WEAPONS
NEW SURVEY WILL BE MADE
MORTALITY LIST IS ENORMOUS
DANGER OF AN EPIDEMIC
CHAPTER VIII. Fears of Pestilence—Searching Parties Clearing Away the Ruins and Cremating the Dead—Distracted Crowds Waiting to Leave the City—Wonderful Escapes
MONEY CLINCHED IN DEATH GRIP
SOLID TRAINLOADS OF SUPPLIES
EXODUS SERIOUSLY HAMPERED
ANOTHER REPORT FROM GENERAL McKIBBEN
CAPTAIN RICHE’S REPORT
ESTIMATES OF THE DEAD ARE TOO LOW
AN OFFICER’S BRAVERY
WELL ORGANIZED
THE GULF FULL OF BODIES
A REFUGEE’S TALE OF HORROR
SOME WONDERFUL ESCAPES
INTENSE SUFFERING ON THE WATER
GALVESTON REFUGEES AT HOUSTON
MESSAGES FOR THE DEAD
WHOLE FAMILY KILLED BY STORM
CLEARING THE WATER FRONT
STRANGE BURIAL PLACES AND GRAVES
SEEKING FORMER RESIDENCES
SOUTHERN PACIFIC WILL REBUILD
AN EXCELLENT PORT
PLAN TO PROTECT GALVESTON
THE PROJECT WAS APPROVED
COST OF THE SEA WALL
EXTENSIVE HARBOR IMPROVEMENT
CHAPTER IX. Story of a Brave Hero—A Vast Army of Helpless Victims—Scenes that Shock the Beholders—Our Nation Rises to the Occasion
A VERY GRAVE PROBLEM
STRIPPED OF ALL THEIR POSSESSIONS
PICTURES IN SHARP CONTRAST
SIGNS OF RESTORATION EVERYWHERE
SAVING VAST GRAIN STORES
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCES OF A YOUNG GIRL
HOPING FOR THE BEST
EXTORTION A RARE EXCEPTION
SOUTHERN PACIFIC AT GALVESTON TO STAY
ENCROACHMENTS OF THE SEA
A MORE HOPEFUL FEELING
RAILROAD CAPITAL TO BE EMPLOYED
MEDICAL COLLEGE SHATTERED
GALVESTON’S DISTRESSING APPEAL RENEWED
GREAT ANXIETY FOR FRIENDS
DISTRESS AT ALVIN
OLD AND YOUNG CRUSHED TOGETHER
GREAT EXODUS OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN
BRIDGE AND TRAIN IN SIX DAYS
BANKS ASK MILLION DOLLAR LOAN
FACING THE FIERCE BLASTS OF THE STORM
RESTORATION OF PUBLIC WORKS
WHOLE FAMILIES LOST
VAST AMOUNT OF WORK TO BE DONE
CHAPTER X. Details of the Overwhelming Tragedy—The Whole City Caught in the Death-Trap—Personal Experiences of Those Who Escaped—First Reports More Than Confirmed
FRANTIC PEOPLE HUNTING RELATIVES
THE HOTEL FLOODED
STREET SIGHTS WERE APPALLING
FRIGHTFUL CONFUSION EVERYWHERE
LIVES SAVED BY FLIGHT
FOUND IT WAS THE FOOT OF HIS BABY
ONE LONE HOUSE STANDING
GATHERING UP THE DEAD
CLUNG TO THEIR PROPERTY
TREETOPS INTERRUPTED PROGRESS OF TRAINS
A TOWN IN RUINS
WHOLE FAMILY SAVED BY TRAINMEN
TERRIBLE TALES OF VANDALISM
FLOATING BODIES IN THE BAY
MAKING A HURRIED ESCAPE
ENTIRE FAMILIES LOST
THE CRIES OF THE DYING
WHITE MEN AND NEGROES PLUNDER TOGETHER
NAMES OF DEAD WILL NEVER BE KNOWN
MISSING ONES SWELL DEATH LIST
CHAPTER XI. Galveston Calamity One of the Greatest Known to History—Many Thousands Maimed and Wounded—Few Heeded the Threatening Hurricane—The Doomed City Turned to Chaos
WATERS CREPT HIGHER AND HIGHER
TREMENDOUS FURY OF THE GALE
TOO MANY ON THE COMMITTEE
SOLDIERS HAVE MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
SIGHT-SEERS BARRED OUT
BOYS RESCUE FORTY PEOPLE
TWISTED INTO ALL SORTS OF SHAPES
AWFUL NIGHT IN THE LIGHTHOUSE
GENEROUS OFFER OF HELP
VIVID DESCRIPTION OF THE CALAMITY
GHOSTLY SCENES OF NIGHT
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE CARRIED OUT TO SEA
HUMAN VULTURES PILFERING AND LOOTING
BURYING THE VICTIMS IN TRENCHES
VISITORS DO NOBLE WORK
DEAD ANIMALS CARRIED ACROSS THE BAY
SCHOOL BUILDING CARRIED A BLOCK AWAY
GREAT WRECK OF ST. MARY’S INFIRMARY
HOUSES PLACED BACK TO BACK
HORRIBLE BEYOND DESCRIPTION
CHAPTER XII. Thrilling Narratives by Eye-witnesses—Path of the Storm’s Fury Through Galveston—Massive Heaps of Rubbish—Huge Buildings Swept into the Gulf
THROWN TOGETHER IN UTTER CONFUSION
A ST. LOUIS MAN STORMBOUND
DRUNKEN REVELRY IN THE STREETS
CURSED FOR INTERFERENCE
STORM OF INDESCRIBABLE FURY
WINDOWS BROKEN AND ROOMS FLOODED
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE STREWN FOR MILES
ARRESTED FOR ROBBING THE DEAD
CHILDREN CRYING AND WOMEN PRAYING
STRONG MAN FAINTS
CAST UP BY THE HEAVY WAVES
WIND A HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR
NO VESTIGE LEFT OF BUILDINGS
TO HASTEN ONE BRIDGE
DAMAGE TO THE WHARVES
LOSSES REPORTED EVERYWHERE
STEAMERS TORN FROM THEIR MOORINGS
CALL FOR MILITARY GUARDS
HOW TO MEET THE EMERGENCY
MACHINERY A COMPLETE LOSS
TOO AWFUL FOR WORDS
TEXAS HAS IMMENSE TERRITORY
CHAPTER XIII. Refugees Continue the Terrible Story—Rigid Military Patrol—The City in Darkness at Night—Hungry and Ragged Throngs
BURYING THE DEAD
CITY WILL RECOVER FROM THE BLOW
GREAT GUSTS OF WIND
OLD GENTLEMAN WITH BAROMETER
ON THE BOAT ALL NIGHT
HON. MORRIS SHEPPARD’S ACCOUNT
APPEAL TO COLORED PEOPLE
NEVER WEARY OF GIVING
REFUSED TO BELIEVE THE TIDINGS
PEOPLE DAZED INTO CALM
TRIED TO ESCAPE WITH HER MONEY
A HEROIC LAD
HUNGRY AND HALF CLAD
CLOTHING AND PROVISIONS
THE YOUNGEST NURSE
CHAPTER XIV. Dead Babes Floating in the Waters—Sharp Crack of Soldiers’ Rifles—Tears Mingle With the Flood—Doctors and Nurses for the Sick and Dying
MISS PIXLEY’S GRAPHIC STORY
ALMOST DROWNED IN CELLAR
BLOOD-CHILLING SCENES
FLEES FROM HORRIBLE SIGHTS
HUMAN BODIES IN FIRE HEAP
TRAGIC INCIDENTS
HARROWING TALES TOLD BY SURVIVORS
A TRAGIC WEDDING CEREMONY
GIGANTIC DISINFECTION
THE SHERIFF’S WORK
GALVESTON IN DANGER FROM FIRE
“SEEMS LIKE AN AWFUL DREAM.”
WOMAN SHOT TO END HER SUFFERING
SAW FOUR MEN SHOT IN ONE DAY
NO DANGER OF PESTILENCE
DOCTORS CARING FOR THE SUFFERERS
FIRES ALL OVER THE CITY
WELL-KNOWN BUILDINGS DAMAGED
MAYOR SETS ALL AT WORK
HUGE TANK MOVED SIX BLOCKS
FEAR TO LOOK ON THE SEA
EVERY WAVE HAS ITS TRAGEDY
WALKING OVER CORPSES
REFUGEES CRAZED BY THEIR SUFFERINGS
CHAPTER XV. Family in a Tree-Top All Night—Rescue of the Perishing—Railroad Trains Hurrying Forward with Relief—Pathetic Scenes in the Desolate City
SUBSISTED ON RAW MEAT
ALL HAD LOST LOVED ONES
HAD TO BURN BODIES OF THOUSANDS
DEAD WASHED FROM THEIR GRAVES
OLD SOLDIER SHUDDERED AT THE SIGHTS
MAKING A FIGHT FOR LIFE
THE STENCH IS OVERPOWERING
DESOLATION ON EVERY SIDE
“THEY WERE ALL DROWNED.”
TOO BUSY TO TALK
LODGED HIS CHILD IN A TREE
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE FROM DEATH
NEW LIFE IN THE CITY
SWIFT TRAINS LOADED WITH SUPPLIES
“GALVESTON SHALL RISE AGAIN.”
SYSTEMATIC RELIEF
HOMES MUST BE REPAIRED
TIME FOR DAUNTLESS COURAGE
SERMONS ON GALVESTON
BLESSINGS IN DISGUISE
MAKES THE WHOLE WORLD KIN
MISFORTUNES MAKE US ONE
NO WEAK FIBRE IN GALVESTON PEOPLE
HOPE FOR THE RUINED CITY
CHAPTER XVI. Startling Havoc Made by the Angry Storm—Vessels Far Out on the Prairie—Urgent Call for Millions of Dollars—Tangled Wires and Mountains of Wreckage
GENTLE AS A COUNTRY POND
WRINGING THEIR HANDS IN AGONY
CLASPED HANDS AND ESCAPED
RESCUED TWO BABES FROM DEATH
“ALL GONE!—ALL GONE!”
NO TIME TO DIG GRAVES
DISINFECTING THE CITY
SOME ACCOUNT OF CLARA BARTON
FACES OVERSPREAD WITH SADNESS
ROOF BLOWN AWAY
NECESSARY BUREAUS
WORK PUSHED WITH VIGOR
WANTS A BREAKWATER
SOME MEANS TO HELP PEOPLE
“WE ARE BROKE.”
OPENING UP THE STREETS
CAPTAIN WOULD NOT RISK THE TRIP
GETTING OUT OF GALVESTON
ABOUT 17,000 PEOPLE RECEIVING RELIEF
NUMEROUS CASES OF INSANITY
ESCAPE OF REV. L. P. DAVIS AND FAMILY
CHAPTER XVII. Governor Sayres Revises His Estimate of Those Lost and Makes it 12,000—A Multitude of the Destitute—Abundant Supplies and Vast Work of Distribution
DISTRIBUTING $40,000 A DAY
ONLY THE DESTITUTE HELPED
SAYS MONEY IS MOST NEEDED
STOOD THE STORM WELL
ONLY ONE WHO ESCAPED
KAISER MOURNS FOR GALVESTON
PRESIDENT THANKS THE KAISER
EXHAUSTION THINS OUT THE WORKERS
SERIOUS CASES OF INJURY
DESTRUCTION IN OUTLYING DISTRICTS
HOUSES AND OTHER PROPERTY GONE
THE CRIES OF THE PEOPLE
MR. GRAY’S STORY
A GRUESOME SIGHT
DESTRUCTION OF CATHOLIC ORPHANS’ HOME
NEW FEATURES OF THE CALAMITY
THE ANGER OF THE SEA
IMPOSSIBLE TO NAVIGATE
CHAPTER XVIII. An Island of Desolation—Crumbling Walls—Faces White With Agony—Tales of Dismay and Death—Curious Sights
REVEALED A SCENE
A TERRIBLE FATE
HOUSES COMPLETELY CAPSIZED
BURNING 1000 HUMAN BODIES
IMPOSSIBLE TO DISPOSE OF THE DEAD
STORIES OF SORROW
MASSACRE OF THE LIVING
RESCUING DESTITUTE CHILDREN
SHATTERED LIVES
HAS REACHED A CRISIS
CHAPTER XIX. Thousands Died in their Efforts to Save Others—Houses and Human Beings Floating on the Tide—An Army of Orphans—Greatest Catastrophe in Our History
“I FELT THAT THE END HAD COME.”
NOBLE DEEDS IN TIME OF DISASTER
DIRECTION OF THE STORM
HAMMERED INTO SHAPELESS MASSES
A BULWARK OF DEAD PEOPLE
GALVESTON SAFE NOW
LIGHTNING FLASHES IN DARKNESS
A DAY OF ANGUISH
WORK RAPIDLY PUSHED
DAMAGE WILL BE REPAIRED
WILL BUILD BETTER THAN BEFORE
MOST MIRACULOUS ESCAPE
HE TOOK THE AWFUL RISK
THE BOAT CAPSIZED
DODGING TIMBERS IN THE WATER
FLOATED IN A TANK
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE OF A SURVIVOR
CAPTURED SOME BLANKETS
CHAPTER XX. The Storm’s Murderous Fury—People Stunned by the Staggering Blow—Heroic Measures to Avert Pestilence—Thrilling Story of the Ursuline Convent
HOUSE ROCKED LIKE A CRADLE
CLOTHES TORN TO SHREDS
CRUSHED BY A PIECE OF TIMBER
THE NUMBER GROWS LARGER
A GHASTLY SPECTACLE
FULL LIST CANNOT BE KNOWN
STORY OF URSULINE
A SOLEMN CEREMONY
LIVING TO TAKE PLACES OF THE DEAD
CLEARING THE STREETS
THE INDESCRIBABLE SUNDAY SERVICES
A GLORIOUS RECORD
A DOG’S DEVOTION
THE WORST EXPERIENCES
THE RESPONSE FOR RELIEF
THE AWFUL STORY
LABORERS’ HEROIC WORK
MORE VICTIMS EVERY HOUR
ADVISED TO LEAVE THE CITY
ANXIOUS ABOUT THE CITY’S HEALTH
RESTORATION OF GALVESTON
A MATTER OF HISTORY
MANY DESTRUCTIVE AGENCIES
CHAPTER XXI. Unparalleled Bombardment of Waves—Wonderful Courage Shown by the Survivors—Letter From Clara Barton
THE SAME BELL
GALVESTON SAFER THAN EVER
PREDICTIONS OF DISASTER
“FOUNDED ON A ROCK.”
EXTRAORDINARY PUBLIC CHARITY
RAIN ADDS TO THE SUFFERING
DISINFECTING THE CITY
CLARA BARTON’S LETTER
GUARDING AGAINST FUTURE DESTRUCTION
LODGED IN A LARGE OAK
FLOOD OF TELEGRAMS
A MARVEL OF BRIDGE BUILDING
GETTING THE TRACKS READY
SUPERIOR TO THE CALAMITY
ONSLAUGHTS OF THE STORM
THE MEN STUCK TO THEIR WORK
IMPRISONED IN THE WRECKAGE
CITY GOVERNMENT THE SAME
SALOONS CANNOT OPEN
PLACE AND ORDER OUT OF CHAOS
LAST TRAIN OVER THE BRIDGE
HOUSE WASHED TO FRAGMENTS
CHAPTER XXII. Galveston Storm Stories—Fierce Battles With Surging Waves—Vivid Accounts from Fortunate Survivors—A City of Sorrow
THE OLD FAMILY BIBLE
HARD WORKED CLERKS
REASONS FOR BURNING RUINS
A CHARITABLE PEOPLE
PREPARING TO LIGHT THE CITY
OVERCOMING DISASTERS
BOAT PASSING OVER TREE TOPS
GLARED AT THE THRONG
THE USUAL QUESTIONS
PIANO TOSSING IN THE WATER
ATTRACTED NO ATTENTION
HOUSE ROLLED MANY YARDS
WANTED PALACE CARS
JEWELS ON THE DEAD
MAJORITY KILLED OUTRIGHT
OCEAN GIVING UP ITS DEAD
ONE OF THE SADDEST CASES
IDENTIFIED BY LAUNDRY MARK
GALLANT WORK OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
MAN CARRIED THIRTY MILES
CHAPTER XXIII. Heroic Incidents—Arrival of Relief Trains—Hospitals for the Injured—Loud Call for Skilled Labor
HOSPITAL OVERCROWDED
SUFFERING UNTOLD AGONY
WOMAN DRIFTED NEARLY THREE DAYS
FIRST CITY TO GIVE ASSISTANCE
THE ARMY OF WORKERS
MILES OF WRECKAGE
FORTITUDE OF SURVIVORS
REBUILDING GALVESTON
RESUMING BUSINESS
GREAT DETERMINATION
QUICK WORK NEEDED
NEW CHART OF BAY NEEDED
CLOTHED ONE THOUSAND
FOR A MOTHER’S LOVE
CHAPTER XXIV. One Hero Rescues Over Two Hundred—Traveler Caught in the Rush of Water—Report of a Government Official—How the Great Storm Started
A MARVELLOUS ESCAPE
PERILS OF A RELIEF TRAIN
DIFFICULTIES OF A TRAIN
WANTED AT GALVESTON IMMEDIATELY
MAYOR JONES’ STATEMENT AND APPEAL
CONFRONTED BY A GREATER PROBLEM
REVIEWING THE SITUATION
A PECULIAR CONDITION
DR. YOUNG’S GRAPHIC STORY
KNEW CYCLONE WAS COMING
LARGE BUILDINGS FLOATED PAST
THE ROAR WAS AWFUL
POSTS BLOWN AWAY LIKE STRAWS
WIND AT 125 MILES AN HOUR
NEARLY FROZEN TO DEATH
TEARS IN MANY EYES
GRAND WORK OF RESCUE
STORY OF A PERILOUS TRIP
CHAPTER XXV. Storms of Great Violence Around Galveston—Wrecked Cities and Vast Destruction of Property—Appalling Sacrifice of Life
THE DYKES OF HOLLAND
A GREAT BREAKWATER
THE SWIRLING TIDES OF THE GULF
TRYING TO MAKE A HAVEN
THE CITY A PREY TO THE STORM
SPILES WRENCHED FROM THEIR PLACES
AROSE LIKE A PHOENIX
ASLEEP OVER A VOLCANO
MYRIAD LIVES LOST IN GREAT DISASTERS
CARELESS ABOUT ALL DANGER
LAWS REGULATING STORMS
FREAKS OF THE HURRICANE
GREAT DARING SHOWN
EIGHT CHILDREN THROWN OUT OF WINDOW
THE MOST REMARKABLE EXPERIENCE
IMPRISONED BY THE STORM. Thrilling Experience of Colonel Anderson, the Fort Point Lighthouse Keeper and His Wife—In the Face of Death the Light Was Put Up—Isolated for Days in the Wrecked House Without Supplies
WATERS OF BAY AND GULF MEET
RISES TO A HEIGHT OF SIXTY FEET
STORM HOWLS A DEATH WARNING
PREPARED FOR THE WORST
IN DANGER OF STARVATION
THE COLONEL A NOTED CHARACTER
NAMES OF THE VICTIMS. OF THE GREAT. GALVESTON HORROR
Templars of Honor and Temperance
