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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.