The Great Galveston Disaster. Paul Lester

IN A LARGE OAK.

       FLOOD OF TELEGRAMS.

       A MARVEL OF BRIDGE BUILDING.

       GETTING THE TRACKS READY.

       SUPERIOR TO THE CALAMITY.

       ONSLAUGHTS OF THE STORM.

       THE MEN STUCK TO THEIR WORK.

       IMPRISONED IN THE WRECKAGE.

       CITY GOVERNMENT THE SAME.

       SALOONS CANNOT OPEN.

       PLACE AND ORDER OUT OF CHAOS.

       LAST TRAIN OVER THE BRIDGE.

       HOUSE WASHED TO FRAGMENTS.

       CHAPTER XXII. Galveston Storm Stories—Fierce Battles With Surging Waves—Vivid Accounts from Fortunate Survivors—A City of Sorrow.

       THE OLD FAMILY BIBLE.

       HARD WORKED CLERKS.

       REASONS FOR BURNING RUINS.

       A CHARITABLE PEOPLE.

       PREPARING TO LIGHT THE CITY.

       OVERCOMING DISASTERS.

       BOAT PASSING OVER TREE TOPS.

       GLARED AT THE THRONG.

       THE USUAL QUESTIONS.

       PIANO TOSSING IN THE WATER.

       ATTRACTED NO ATTENTION.

       HOUSE ROLLED MANY YARDS.

       WANTED PALACE CARS.

       JEWELS ON THE DEAD.

       MAJORITY KILLED OUTRIGHT.

       OCEAN GIVING UP ITS DEAD.

       ONE OF THE SADDEST CASES.

       IDENTIFIED BY LAUNDRY MARK.

       GALLANT WORK OF FIRE DEPARTMENT.

       MAN CARRIED THIRTY MILES.

       CHAPTER XXIII Heroic Incidents—Arrival of Relief Trains—Hospitals for the Injured—Loud Call for Skilled Labor.

       HOSPITAL OVERCROWDED.

       SUFFERING UNTOLD AGONY.

       WOMAN DRIFTED NEARLY THREE DAYS.

       FIRST CITY TO GIVE ASSISTANCE.

       THE ARMY OF WORKERS.

       MILES OF WRECKAGE.

       FORTITUDE OF SURVIVORS.

       REBUILDING GALVESTON.

       RESUMING BUSINESS.

       GREAT DETERMINATION.

       QUICK WORK NEEDED.

       NEW CHART OF BAY NEEDED.

       CLOTHED ONE THOUSAND.

       FOR A MOTHER’S LOVE.

       CHAPTER XXIV. One Hero Rescues Over Two Hundred—Traveler Caught in the Rush of Water—Report of a Government Official—How the Great Storm Started.

       A MARVELLOUS ESCAPE.

       PERILS OF A RELIEF TRAIN.

       DIFFICULTIES OF A TRAIN.

       WANTED AT GALVESTON IMMEDIATELY.

       MAYOR JONES’ STATEMENT AND APPEAL.

       CONFRONTED BY A GREATER PROBLEM.