The Great Galveston Disaster. Paul Lester

SHATTERED LIVES.

       HAS REACHED A CRISIS.

       CHAPTER XIX. Thousands Died in their Efforts to Save Others—Houses and Human Beings Floating on the Tide—An Army of Orphans—Greatest Catastrophe in Our History.

       “I FELT THAT THE END HAD COME.”

       NOBLE DEEDS IN TIME OF DISASTER.

       DIRECTION OF THE STORM.

       HAMMERED INTO SHAPELESS MASSES.

       A BULWARK OF DEAD PEOPLE.

       GALVESTON SAFE NOW.

       LIGHTNING FLASHES IN DARKNESS.

       A DAY OF ANGUISH.

       WORK RAPIDLY PUSHED.

       DAMAGE WILL BE REPAIRED.

       WILL BUILD BETTER THAN BEFORE.

       MOST MIRACULOUS ESCAPE.

       HE TOOK THE AWFUL RISK.

       THE BOAT CAPSIZED.

       DODGING TIMBERS IN THE WATER.

       FLOATED IN A TANK.

       TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE OF A SURVIVOR.

       CAPTURED SOME BLANKETS.

       CHAPTER XX. The Storm’s Murderous Fury—People Stunned by the Staggering Blow—Heroic Measures to Avert Pestilence—Thrilling Story of the Ursuline Convent.

       HOUSE ROCKED LIKE A CRADLE.

       CLOTHES TORN TO SHREDS.

       CRUSHED BY A PIECE OF TIMBER.

       THE NUMBER GROWS LARGER.

       A GHASTLY SPECTACLE.

       FULL LIST CANNOT BE KNOWN.

       STORY OF URSULINE.

       A SOLEMN CEREMONY.

       LIVING TO TAKE PLACES OF THE DEAD.

       CLEARING THE STREETS.

       THE INDESCRIBABLE SUNDAY SERVICES.

       A GLORIOUS RECORD.

       A DOG’S DEVOTION.

       THE WORST EXPERIENCES.

       THE RESPONSE FOR RELIEF.

       THE AWFUL STORY.

       LABORERS’ HEROIC WORK.

       MORE VICTIMS EVERY HOUR.

       ADVISED TO LEAVE THE CITY.

       ANXIOUS ABOUT THE CITY’S HEALTH.

       RESTORATION OF GALVESTON.

       A MATTER OF HISTORY.

       MANY DESTRUCTIVE AGENCIES.

       CHAPTER XXI. Unparalleled Bombardment of Waves—Wonderful Courage Shown by the Survivors—Letter From Clara Barton.

       THE SAME BELL.

       GALVESTON SAFER THAN EVER.

       PREDICTIONS OF DISASTER.

       “FOUNDED ON A ROCK.”

       EXTRAORDINARY PUBLIC CHARITY.

       RAIN ADDS TO THE SUFFERING.

       DISINFECTING THE CITY.

       CLARA BARTON’S LETTER.

       GUARDING AGAINST FUTURE DESTRUCTION.

       LODGED