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Show LOSS OF LIFEAND PROPERTY APPALLING Most Disastrous Storm in History of AtwIc3 Spreads Dntii, Desolation and Distress In Galveston, Texas, i Loss of Life and Property Too Great to Bs Estimated Widespread Distress Follows the Storm. trr. HIM lllllit nnnlha llMtl, lr fnrli Hate nl,mrj. Ilia l.nllr tn7 , m lll Hi of 0 l IS lt, ttn.hliia Win l ll'.M-k.ot It.ill lln.i Inln Iti.dulf, li. .liojlnr 1l.nu,i,cl i.t llinir. an I tiln I ni uinl,arr I l)rlh. Uglll Uatrrtralt ! I Inlanil Trn Mllr. .,J I r. MU.rl.Hlf-ud.d llljliuiill,. Ilcll The alorm that awepl Oalrraton Sunday haa prorrn to be one of the moat awful tragedlre nf mnlerii tlmea While the death lint may not be aa large aaat llratAiitlalpateil.lllaalimmt certain to reach 1,000, while the financial finan-cial ruin la beyond cnmparlMiii !io atorui lu American hlttory haa rrcr wrought audi haioc, an I tlalrratnn la In rulna. I,argr ateainera nn I water crafta ara alrnndril oil the altra of former large bulhllnga which wire blown Hint aweptonl of rxlalence 1'ioplo of Urn alrlckrn city are In actual want, aa the aalt wetir utterly rulneil the water auply and grrallv ilamagrl tha fooil l.rery brldga to tha iiialulnn 1 la dtalroycd and mot all water crafta put out of ecrrlce, ao that tha trantporlatlon of auppllca, raaltr aecurrd lu nearby clllea, la a airloua queatlon 1 ha ccrelnry of war, by direction of tha prreldrnt, haa orderril 60,000 rn-tlona rn-tlona and 10,000 tenia for the relief of eulTVrera to lie forwarded from the lieiireet aupply iIihiL Ilia wreck of (InUeaton waalrought aluiul by a terapcat to terrible Hint no wordainu ndiiiualely dratrlbo lie In-tenally, In-tenally, nud by it Hood which turned the city Intiiarnglngaea. Iho weather burinu record ahowa that fie wind lit-tlilllrd lit-tlilllrd it Telocity of eighty-four lullea an hour whin Iho nienturlug liiatru-ment liiatru-ment blew away, ao It la linpoaelhlo to tell what waa Iho maximum Ilia aturm began nunit 3 o clock Hatiirdny morning I'retlout to thcln great alorm had bceu raging In tho gulf nud the tide waa very high Iho wind at drat cniua from tho north and rvna In dlrtcl nppmlllon lo Ihu force from tha gulf U Idle tha auirm In the gulf piled tho water upon tho-beach, .U-ot th.atty.nt.atrrtli'TlnTf'TnO tho water from the bay onto Ilia bay part nf tha cllr About noun It became evident that the city waa going to bo flailed with dlknater Hundred, of rraldencea along the biuch front wero hiirtlidly abandoned, aban-doned, the famlllratletlngtodwellliiga In higher orttoua of tho city Hnry homo waa open to the rcfugcia, bluck or while- lha win I waa rlalng con-atantly, con-atantly, and rain fell In torreuta lha wind waa ao flcrco tbul the rulu cut Ilka a knife lly loiloilc tha wntrra of the gulf and bay met, and by dark tho entire city waa aubmerged Iho Hooding of the clfclrlo light plant and tha gaa plant loft the city In dnrkucaa. 'lo go out Into Ihoatnels waa lo court death 'J ho wind waa then at lyclonta rclin.ll , roofa, ilatcrua, pnrllona of bulldlnga, tcltgrnph Hlca and wal,a wtro fulling, aud the nolaa of tho wind and Iho craahlng of lliu bulldlnga waa tirrlfr-lug tirrlfr-lug In the extreme. Ihu wlud aud wall re rote Mcadlly from dark until 1 (3 o'clock Hmiday morning During nil thla tlipo the propla af (laUtaton wcro like rata lua trap llin lilgluat portion of tho ilty waa four to fire feci undt r water, whllu lu the great majority of taaea tho atrtita wuru auh merged tu 11 depth of ten fieL lo leaf 0 a houta waa til drowti lo ro mulu waa to court death lu tho wreckage wreck-age Huih a night of agony haa aeldom becu equalled Ithout apparent rcu-ton rcu-ton tho watiralivgan toauhaldu at 1 IS a. 111. Within two mluutta they had guuedown two fett, nud before da), light the aire la wtro practically frcid of tho flood walcrn. In the meantime the wind had feared to lha wutbeatt Very fuw, If an) , bulldlnga racaptd Injury llieru la hardly it habitable kuuao In the city When tho pooplii who had cecnpid death tvtnt out at daylight lo flew the work of the tern-peal tern-peal aud the tlooda, the) aaw tho moat horrlblo alghta Imaginable. lha wholo of the butlncaa front for Hire blocka in from the gulf wero ttrlpped of every fcttlgo of habitation, the dwellings catabllahmrnta ,amJ crcry atriieturo hating been either car-rledoul car-rledoul tuaeaor Ita rulna pile 1 ( pyramid far Into the town, according to the tngarlra nf ihe tempeaL Hie f!rt hurried glanceorer tlie city ahoncd that tha largett atrncturea, auppoaed tube the moat aubttanllally built, aulTered inoaL The Orphan! home, I went) Ural nnd Avenue M, fell like a hoiine of oarda. How many drail children unit refugiea are In tho rulm coulil nut hi atcerlatned (If thoalik In HL Mary'a Infirmary, together with the alteiidaula, only eight arn uudcratuod to have been aartd lha Old Women'a home, on Iloaen-bergnteniie Iloaen-bergnteniie collapaed Ihaltnaeiiberf achool liouc la n maaa nf wreckage Iho Hall high achool la but an empty ahell, crutliiil and broken Kvcry ihurih lu the city, with poaalbly oncor two ocepllona, la In rulna. At the forla nearly all the aoldlcn are rrported dead, they baring been In temporary quarter which gare tUra no protection agatnat the tempcat or flood Iho hay front from end to end la In rulna .citlilng but pllng and Ilia wreck of the grtatwnrehoutearcmalo. The ilcratora loat nil their aupcrwoikt nud thilratiickanrailiimagcd by water 1 lie life taring alatlon at I'ort 1'i'lnt wna cirrteil an ny, tho creir being awept ncroaa the bay fourlcin inllca to Tom City The thore at Texaa City contain enough wreckage tu rebuild a city r.lghlperaona who wire awept nrrott Iho bay during tho alorm wiro picked up llicro alive I'lve corpaca wero aim picked up. There wero three faUIUlri ltiaxaaCUyjj:' -r In addition to tha living Aral drnd which tho atorui tatt up at Tixat City, tntketa and cnftlna from ooe of llio ciinetrrlra at (lalvcatnn are lulng llahed out of tho water there. j Of tho now Southern l'aclflo workl tlttlo remalua but the plllag Half a million fut of lumber waa carried away nnd Hnglneer lloailike nya that aa far aa tha company la concerned It might na well atari orer again 1 Ighl ocean ateauura tvrro torn front thilr liuxirlnga and atranded In the bay It will taken wick to takalate the dead and miming nnd logtt anything near nn approximate Idea of tha lota. It la aafo to naaiimo that one half of Ihe property of tho city la wiped out and Hint ona half of tho rethlenta will liato tu faro abaulute poverty Ihcru arc few bulldlnga at Teiaa City thai do not till of the atorui Tho hotel la a lompleto rulu 1 he ofilec of Die lexaa City company hat roma of the walla alnmllng with all of the uppir walla ttrlpped off itothlngn malm of tho plcra except tha plllrk 'flia wnckago from (lulreeton f tt ia thu ahore fur inllca an 1 la a hu J yanla or mora wide l'or tin inllen Inland from the thore It la a common tight to aeo email craft, auch na atcnin Inunihea, achooniraand otttiraloopv (loveruor Hayira In an Interview aaldi "I think It la the moat dc lor-able lor-able catattroplio In the hiatury of Amirlca, audi fiat thatircry HailUe lit 1 ahould bo lent to the aulTeri ra In the hour of great mwl 1 rout lnfur untlon renlved 1 n in led to think that liundrrda of famlllia have either lotl their dear onca or have bem Krcfl of their homra, and tho iato ia one that will certainly nppinl to every one I have taken aetlvo atcpa to ralae nilef for overt ono that tan poatlbly behxiked ultir I hava wired all the city Mayora and all the county Judgea imlilng them to aeuiro all funda and provlalona poMlhle, nnd their repllet are ver) grotlf)lng " soma citlmatia place the number o( livra lnat aa high aa 5000. and ver) few plaielllelow 1000 |