Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 60105-h.htm or 60105-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/60105/60105-h/60105-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/60105/60105-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/greatgalvestondi00lestrich Transcriber’s note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). Text enclosed by equal signs is in bold face (=bold=). [Illustration: IN MEMORIAM OF GALVESTON’S DEAD SEPTEMBER 8TH 1900] [Illustration: RICHARD SPILLANE EDITOR OF THE “GALVESTON TRIBUNE” AND ASSOCIATED PRESS CORRESPONDENT, WHO WAS CHOSEN BY THE MAYOR AND CITIZENS’ COMMITTEE TO SEIZE ANY VESSEL IN THE HARBOR AND CONVEY TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD THE NEWS OF THE GREAT DISASTER] THE GREAT GALVESTON DISASTER CONTAINING A Full and Thrilling Account of the Most Appalling Calamity of Modern Times INCLUDING VIVID DESCRIPTIONS OF THE HURRICANE AND TERRIBLE RUSH OF WATERS; IMMENSE DESTRUCTION OF DWELLINGS, BUSINESS HOUSES, CHURCHES, AND LOSS OF THOUSANDS OF HUMAN LIVES THRILLING TALES OF HEROIC DEEDS; PANIC-STRICKEN MULTITUDES AND HEART-RENDING SCENES OF AGONY; FRANTIC EFFORTS TO ESCAPE A HORRIBLE FATE; SEPARATION OF LOVED ONES, ETC., ETC. Narrow Escapes from the Jaws of Death TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS OF THE SURVIVORS; VANDALS PLUNDERING BODIES OF THE DEAD; WONDERFUL EXHIBITIONS OF POPULAR SYMPATHY; MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SENT FOR THE RELIEF OF THE STRICKEN SUFFERERS BY PAUL LESTER Author of “Life in the Southwest,” Etc., Etc. With an Introduction by RICHARD SPILLANE Editor “Galveston Tribune” and Associated Press Correspondent PROFUSELY EMBELLISHED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE DISASTER Entered According to Act of Congress, in the Year 1900, by Horace C. Fry In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PREFACE. Thousands of men, women and children swept to sudden death. Millions of dollars worth of property destroyed. Scenes of suffering and desolation that beggar description. Heroic efforts to save human life. The world shocked by the appalling news. Such is the thrilling story of the Galveston flood, and in this volume it is told with wonderful power and effect.