The Great Galveston Disaster. Paul Lester

THE BOAT ALL NIGHT.

       HON. MORRIS SHEPPARD’S ACCOUNT.

       APPEAL TO COLORED PEOPLE.

       NEVER WEARY OF GIVING.

       REFUSED TO BELIEVE THE TIDINGS.

       PEOPLE DAZED INTO CALM.

       TRIED TO ESCAPE WITH HER MONEY.

       A HEROIC LAD.

       HUNGRY AND HALF CLAD.

       CLOTHING AND PROVISIONS.

       THE YOUNGEST NURSE.

       CHAPTER XIV Dead Babes Floating in the Waters—Sharp Crack of Soldiers’ Rifles—Tears Mingle With the Flood—Doctors and Nurses for the Sick and Dying.

       MISS PIXLEY’S GRAPHIC STORY.

       ALMOST DROWNED IN CELLAR.

       BLOOD-CHILLING SCENES.

       FLEES FROM HORRIBLE SIGHTS.

       HUMAN BODIES IN FIRE HEAP.

       TRAGIC INCIDENTS.

       HARROWING TALES TOLD BY SURVIVORS.

       A TRAGIC WEDDING CEREMONY.

       GIGANTIC DISINFECTION.

       THE SHERIFF’S WORK.

       GALVESTON IN DANGER FROM FIRE.

       “SEEMS LIKE AN AWFUL DREAM.”

       WOMAN SHOT TO END HER SUFFERING.

       SAW FOUR MEN SHOT IN ONE DAY.

       NO DANGER OF PESTILENCE.

       DOCTORS CARING FOR THE SUFFERERS.

       FIRES ALL OVER THE CITY.

       WELL-KNOWN BUILDINGS DAMAGED.

       MAYOR SETS ALL AT WORK.

       HUGE TANK MOVED SIX BLOCKS.

       FEAR TO LOOK ON THE SEA.

       EVERY WAVE HAS ITS TRAGEDY.

       WALKING OVER CORPSES.

       REFUGEES CRAZED BY THEIR SUFFERINGS.

       CHAPTER XV. Family in a Tree-Top All Night—Rescue of the Perishing—Railroad Trains Hurrying Forward with Relief—Pathetic Scenes in the Desolate City.

       SUBSISTED ON RAW MEAT.

       ALL HAD LOST LOVED ONES.

       HAD TO BURN BODIES OF THOUSANDS.

       DEAD WASHED FROM THEIR GRAVES.

       OLD SOLDIER SHUDDERED AT THE SIGHTS.

       MAKING A FIGHT FOR LIFE.

       THE STENCH IS OVERPOWERING.

       DESOLATION ON EVERY SIDE.

       “THEY WERE ALL DROWNED.”

       TOO BUSY TO TALK.

       LODGED HIS CHILD IN A TREE.

       MIRACULOUS ESCAPE FROM DEATH.

       NEW LIFE IN THE CITY.

       SWIFT TRAINS LOADED WITH SUPPLIES.

       “GALVESTON SHALL RISE AGAIN.”

       SYSTEMATIC RELIEF.

       HOMES MUST BE REPAIRED.

       TIME FOR DAUNTLESS COURAGE.

       SERMONS ON GALVESTON.