The Great Galveston Disaster. Paul Lester

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       Paul Lester

      The Great Galveston Disaster

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664141996

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.