The Great Galveston Disaster. Paul Lester

SOME WONDERFUL ESCAPES.

       INTENSE SUFFERING ON THE WATER.

       GALVESTON REFUGEES AT HOUSTON.

       MESSAGES FOR THE DEAD.

       WHOLE FAMILY KILLED BY STORM.

       CLEARING THE WATER FRONT.

       STRANGE BURIAL PLACES AND GRAVES.

       SEEKING FORMER RESIDENCES.

       SOUTHERN PACIFIC WILL REBUILD.

       AN EXCELLENT PORT.

       PLAN TO PROTECT GALVESTON.

       THE PROJECT WAS APPROVED.

       COST OF THE SEA WALL.

       EXTENSIVE HARBOR IMPROVEMENT.

       CHAPTER IX. Story of a Brave Hero—A Vast Army of Helpless Victims—Scenes that Shock the Beholders—Our Nation Rises to the Occasion.

       A VERY GRAVE PROBLEM.

       STRIPPED OF ALL THEIR POSSESSIONS.

       PICTURES IN SHARP CONTRAST.

       SIGNS OF RESTORATION EVERYWHERE.

       SAVING VAST GRAIN STORES.

       TERRIBLE EXPERIENCES OF A YOUNG GIRL.

       HOPING FOR THE BEST.

       EXTORTION A RARE EXCEPTION.

       SOUTHERN PACIFIC AT GALVESTON TO STAY.

       ENCROACHMENTS OF THE SEA.

       A MORE HOPEFUL FEELING.

       RAILROAD CAPITAL TO BE EMPLOYED.

       MEDICAL COLLEGE SHATTERED.

       GALVESTON’S DISTRESSING APPEAL RENEWED.

       GREAT ANXIETY FOR FRIENDS.

       DISTRESS AT ALVIN.

       OLD AND YOUNG CRUSHED TOGETHER.

       GREAT EXODUS OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN.

       BRIDGE AND TRAIN IN SIX DAYS.

       BANKS ASK MILLION DOLLAR LOAN.

       FACING THE FIERCE BLASTS OF THE STORM.

       RESTORATION OF PUBLIC WORKS.

       WHOLE FAMILIES LOST.

       VAST AMOUNT OF WORK TO BE DONE.

       CHAPTER X. Details of the Overwhelming Tragedy—The Whole City Caught in the Death-Trap—Personal Experiences of Those Who Escaped—First Reports More Than Confirmed.

       FRANTIC PEOPLE HUNTING RELATIVES.

       THE HOTEL FLOODED.

       STREET SIGHTS WERE APPALLING.

       FRIGHTFUL CONFUSION EVERYWHERE.

       LIVES SAVED BY FLIGHT.

       FOUND IT WAS THE FOOT OF HIS BABY.

       ONE LONE HOUSE STANDING.

       GATHERING UP THE DEAD.

       CLUNG TO THEIR PROPERTY.

       TREETOPS INTERRUPTED PROGRESS OF TRAINS.

       A TOWN IN RUINS.

       WHOLE FAMILY SAVED BY TRAINMEN.

       TERRIBLE TALES OF VANDALISM.

       FLOATING BODIES IN THE BAY.

       MAKING A HURRIED ESCAPE.