The Great Galveston Disaster. Paul Lester

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       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.