Show IN WATCHES V Al C ES OF Predicted Storm Begun Began I a Wind to Over 10 Mies Miles Per Pcr Storm Engulfed tle the Helpless nes of Galveston Teu b by W I V DIp b to 10 Houston T ft ept terrific cyclone that pru ed cc such a distressing disaster 11 In and andall Al all Tea w los predicted by br U time I I U 8 5 bl C te strike Oa Uty ton Friday Frida alibi created II C apprehension aiU bi h he night p passed without te the pr being rne I Th wever 1 Oer Ir oll the de danger Was op thi Ih of mit S th buru whipping was w tl tf The lw eastern lt rn Ik sky wu was seNtry b Ih bt bet I blab Oi on the with Ith thunderous rr trots Is while the air Iad had thu tbt token tokens a storm torm F Plum out the n nIn north In the middle or of UI iii fl night ht the wind ban began to C come In Il increasing itt In ua 11 us I the hI Say dawned I AT WORK I Ily 10 urd I it WI Vii almOt almost a 1 1 alon noon I It ha had I 13 t creased In velocity RI naIl WI was driving te the rall rain whipping 11 time Ills ann tearing thin things up In a 11 lively manlier ye yet t Ito serious apprehension lon WOI was by r tesS dents remote rota Ile the In r or of the Gulf near the be bere beMI were re aroused to the bl dang Ih threat threatened fn ened their homes home Ul wV way began to 10 Ind send ther their waters for and the 1111 b a halt hasty exit to us curl cure places In the city Two gigantic forces sere 1 lt itt wo The drove the ayes with irresistible force high upon the b heath and nt the gale rale from the t the th waters Aa and r tM the hare choking the e sewers and OO fl In lug the city from t that t quarter WI DS hOWLED AND I IThe The streets rapidly began to ni till w with water becam difficult i anti nIl th the helpless people were caught b he t tween wen t two o powerful pp II the winds wlad howle howled and rapidly In velocity communication was cut cul 0 shortly after noon The Th truck non bl washed out wire Ir facilities failed at 3 and d Galveston wis from the world Th The ta momentarily in velocity the Waters rapidly laE rose and the ni lit drew on with dreaded a In the fat face or of eI every on one Already thousands wr vere struggling wIth lh their families th the mad waves 8 ant amid fer fleri ind for tor places of refuge The ICho school buildings cour court hoU house bt hotels I Iii ft fact kit tny place piece tat that oferd offered a safe Ce refuge from the element Me became crowded to lb utmost A HUNDRED HUNDRI AN not Two minutes of 11 10 p m m jut just b be lure the blew awl away It hiJ hI reached tb the frightful velocity of lii mites an hour tt that h had hitherto stood tod tumbled and crashed rubt marryIng death and destruction t to hWI matUred or of PeoPle Roofs sailed through the air Windows Window were driven 1 in witha a crash or shattered b by flying plate II I Telegraph telephone wIth theIr m mass of wires lk Wale IC snapped 01 off like and Waler pips pipes were broken What VI ye olo th wind attaIned aCer after the ane blew of off is II purely a matter ot of Ih the lowest lowet point touched b by th the thea a In the pr press correspondents w which was 1 filled b by frightened Ien n and women ws was 2904 this WI was about AnI p 0 ni I It then hogan to r rise slowly anc and by bv to 10 p m had bad reached Ihl the wind gradually subsiding laM by midnight the stoma torD had passed pad The it water ater hd had uhe ached a depth Pt elah eight tt feet in n th the Strand at 10 ii mO m begun tl to ebb and ran rab out very i bun and I c a m tb the crown o of the Street rt was 8 frt free Ir if water waler Thu p passed Ott out one of t tt e most frightful and Ind de des storie tor 1 which ever devastated tb the cot coast of Texas SCENES m YOND Te The city I is filled with destitute b be eft ft and nd hontIe homeless while bUe In the Im hor morgues ar are tb lb rigid forms form hundreds vM or of victims While f Ste J side IMe 1 by side Ide Te The city Ilah beach In the southeastern part r of te the tty WI was unde under te ten tet feet ot of otter ster ter and the barracks lole located there 1 destroyed the soldiers having a escape scap from drowning T Many substantial residences In the and southwestern part o of the antI tIre death list we were destroyed Ut m ther there will I ll be I large rp A heavy e v list I is expected mong on the residents down don the Island NIt adjacent to the coast on the min main nd u ap both wet were deeply flooded and andie ie be bo houses to 10 a great rt extent In lie The heaviest losers by the storm tor will 1 pp the Galveston Company the railway and lull amid unta fp e Railway Corn om Puy and tb T Texas xa Lone Star Flooring |