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    DEATH LIST MAy A
REACH 10,000,
Gal-Veston Horror the V&lorst
Calamity of Century,
Tho latest news from floodswept
Galveston Increases the horror of the
picture left by the terrible tidal wave.
At least ten thousand persons were
swept Into eternity by the wind and
wave that set In at 2 o’clock Saturday
morning, and continued for twenty
four hours. The following report is
from a correspondent at the scene of
the dreadful calamity.
Tho exodus of the people of Galves
ton, fleeing from hunger and pestilence
and thousand-fold suffering, has begun
in earnest.
At least 1,000 men and women had
taken advantage of the transporta
tion facilities furnished by pressing
into service all available small boats
and sailed to Texas City and Virginia
1’oint. Other thousands are ready to
leave as soon as they can secure pas
sage.
Blunt (let Tliont Awujr.
Mayor Jones says that there are at
least 1,000 women and children and In
jured men whom It Is Imperative to
take away at once to avoid great mor
tality among them.
Their going is a blessing to them,
and It will be an equal blessing to
those who remain behind. The citi
zens’ committee is using every effort
to encourage the departure of all who
will go, and especially of the women
and children. It le furnishing free
transportation to many, and in this it
Is assisted by the railroad companies
Hurvlvom Taken Nnrtli.
Word was received from General
Manager Trice of the International &
Great Northern Railroad that suffer
ers would be carried freo to Houston
from Texas City, where most of the
boats land, and that transportation to
points still further north would be
furnished to people unable to pay their
way. The Galveston, Houston & Hen
derson road will also operate relief
trains and carry refugees from Texas
City to Houston.
The establishment of this passenger
service out of the city and of a relief
freight service from Clinton to Gal
veston to bring In supplies, which Is
promised, will greatly relieve the sit
uation at Galveston, but it Is still bad
enough.4
May CoiiTfUA I.*kUl;*nirc.
There Is much talk of asking Gov.
Bayers to call a special session of the
legislature to come to the relief of
Galveston and appropriate a large sum
for It. District Judge William H.
Stewart has telegraphed the request to
him.
All of tho terrors of the previous
LOOKING TOWARD VIRGINIA POINT, SHOWING THE SOUTHERN PA
CIFIC'S NEW TERMINALS.
(Taken from Roof of Santa Fe Station.)
days arc still with the sufferers. The
lack of ico and medical supplies adds
to the tortures of the sick and injured
The stench from the mauy bodies un
burled up to Wednesday was almost
unendurable. The lack of dls!nfe< tacts
makes the peril of disease each day
greater.
Ilangtr of
The danger or pestilence at Galves
ton now is frightful. AH attempts to
bury the dead In an ordinary way
have been abandon'd. Hundreds of
corpses have been taken out to sea
and thrown overboard. Some of them
liave been washed bark upon the shore
In a frightful condition.
The safety of the living I* a para
mount consideration, and the work o'
disposing of the corpses of men and
the carcas-t s of animals must be dune
The work Is almost loo horrible to
endure, Mtrong non faint after half
an hour of It. Paces so discolored th»t
whites eauiiot Is* told from black and
swollen and distorted bodies are seen
everywhere
I'le fruiu Stflot
Many Injured persona, p-rhaos flfiy
In all. though there is no way of keep
Ins count, have died in the temporary
hospital* »in«e Monday Neglett
though unavoidable neglect, killed
most of them. That hundreds of
others will die In the same way Is
probable, even if no pestilence breaks
out. Several persons have already
gone Insane from their sufferings.
But in Immediate horror these
things are trifle* compared to the sav
agery of vandalism and the almost
equal savagery of the punishment that
must be meted out to offenders. Many
roughs and criminals succeeded In
reaching Galveston before the authori
ties awoke to the need of keeping them
TREMONT STREET, GALVESTON, AS THE WATER RECEDED AFTER THE GREAT TIDAL WAVE.
out, and they, added to great number*
of the lowest negroes and most dis
reputable whites In the city, have been
roaming at will, cutting off the fingers
and ears of corpses for the Jewelry
upon them, assaulting women, robbing
persons and bouses and causing terror
everywhere.
Nlnotjr Negroes Shot.
Tuesday night ninety negroes were
shot by the citizen soldiery while loot
ing and mutilating the bodies of the
dead for plunder. The ninety probab
ly do not represent a tenth of those
who were engaged in the ghoulish
practice. The situation had got be
I yonil the control of the authorities.
The powers in control had been quar
reling. Tuesday night at 7 o’clock
every citizen soldier under command
of MaJ, Kayllng was called In, dis
armed and mustered out of service.
Chief of Police Ketchum then took
charge and the major was relieved of
his command. During an hour and u
half the city was unguarded and the
looters held high carnival. As the
major's work was unusually brilliant
the citizens were furious. Tuesday
night the main thoroughfare was In
tensely dark and deserted, noC a lamp
In the city being lighted.
Life la I(rl<l Cheap.
Life Is held cheap in Galreston. The
awful presence of death of the great
and small has made men callous, and
a shooting or killing attracts little or
no attention. No one walks the streets
unarmed and no one Is permitted to be
about at all except on a pass first ob
tained from the mayor.
Gen. McKibben, U. S. A., commander |
of the department of the gulf, and Ad- |
Jutant-Oeneral Scurry of Texas, are on
the ground, and are advising with '
Mayor Jones and with Chief of Police
ICetchum.
In all other respects the city la
svorse off than on the morning after
the tragedy. A terrible stench perme
ates the atmosphere. It comes from
the bodies of a thousand unburled dead
festering in the debris that cannot be
removed for weeks on account of the
paucity of laborers.
The loss of life Thursday morning
wag estimated by conservative people
at 8,009. Besides the thousand or
more bodies yet pinned beneath the
wreckage hundreds of cadavers, all
putrid and bloated, float beneath
smashed-up piers. Hundreds of bodies
are floating in full view In the bay.
Every tide brings scores back to the
shore. During the early part of Wed
nesday trenches were dug and bodies
thrown into them, but It soon became
an Impossibility to bury all the dead,
and the health authorities decided
upon cremation as an expedient.
Funeral flres were built and torches
applied.
In one pile eighty-three bodies were
incinerated. Thursday morning the
charred remains of 1.009 victims lay
smoking on the shore.
Food Famine la On.
A food famine la now on, aa well as
that of water. The best hotel In town
served Thursday for breakfast to Its
400 patrons a small cup of black coffee
and one slice of bread. But one res
taurant Is open; unseasoned coffee Is
all that can be obtained here. Horses
and cattle stray through the streets
i untethered. The water Is so contami
nated with filth that eveu these dumb
beasts refuse to drink It. The commit
, tee on public safety has commandeered
j the food owned by merchants in the
H(MI*ITAI. \SI> MICDHM. COI.MC IK. QALVKriTON
city. None can now bo acid to any
body without consent of a special com
mittee. The need of the city is dire,
the destitution la awful. Not a busi
ness house is open. Warehouses are
ail wrecked with rare exceptions.
Nearly all bnsines is suspended. Peo
ple aro yet too busy mourning for the
dead. The city treasurer when asked
to estimate the loss to business proper
ty and real estate, said: “The assess
ed valuation aad property was $2,000,
000. The loss will exceed two-thirds
of that."
It was learned upon unquestionable
authority that the military under Ad
jutant-General Scurry had slain not
less than seventy-five men, mostly ne
groes, guilty of robbing the dead. Two
thirds of this number were shot down
in their acts of atrocity.
(Hve Tti<>a«nnf1« tor Cnlveston.
Liberal contributions are being made
by the banks at St. Louis, In addition
to the $10,000 secured by the Interstate
Merchants' association.
Milwaukee residents are determined
to raise $50,000 inside of forty-eight,
hours for the Galveston sufferers. The
Schlltx Brewing company wired $2,000
to the mayor of Galveston; the Pabst
Brewing company $1,000; First Na
tional bank, Edward P. Allis company
and Filer & Stowell Manufacturing
company, $500 each. Many Brnaller of
ferings swelled tne total to more than
$10,000.
J. C. Root, sovereign commander of
the Woodmen of the World at Omaha,
has issued a call to all camps In the
United States for immediate aid fer
Texas sufferers.
California la responding generously
to Galveston’s cry for aid. Already
$3,268 have been contributed. Includ
ing a check for $1,000 sent by the Ban
Francisco Theatrical Managers’ as
sociation. The Santa Fe railroad will
convey provisions free.
UiMourt'i Oofernor Call* for AW.
Gov. Stephens has issued a proc
tarnation calling upon the mayors of
all Missouri towns and cities, the ex
changes, commercial dubs, churches
and citizens generally to contribute
liberally to the storm sufferers of
Texas.
Thee hamber of commerce at Knox
ville, Teun., started a Galveston relief
fund with $300 and appointed a com
mittee to solicit funds.
The chamber of commerce at Knox
phis. Teun., more than $3,000 was sub
scribed for the immediate relief of
Texas' destitute.
Dallas, Texas, has subscribed nearly
315.COO In cash and six car loads of
clothing for the south Texas flood suf
ferers.
IikI■ litia Uheml In It* <slft*.
The people of Indiana are respond
ing liberally to Gov. Mount's procla
mation asking aid for Texas storm
victims.
A carload of provisions and clothing
for the storm-stricken people of Gal
veston left New York city over t.\o
New York Central. The car was sent
, by the New York World. The special
relief train sent by the New York
Journal and Advertiser left the sumo
night. In the sleepers were twenty
eight doctors and nurses. In the ex
press car were barrels und box* s of
medicines and luxuries. Public sub
scriptions to the city's relief fund now
| amount to $20,000.
Mayor Weaver of Doulsvllle, ex
: pressed to the mayor of Galveston a
Iraft for $lo,ooo, the donation of
' I.outsvilte to the sufferers.
The people of Nashville, Tenn, have
•o far contribute*! $i t*..» to the fund
for the relief of the sufferers in Texas,
Chicago, not forgetful of its own
greet disaster In 1X71, has attbacrlbexl
money high In the th >u.su*le and vent
a whole train load of provisions direct
to Galveston
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