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 De — John Stuart Mill — John Shaqi
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 De
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“We have got the grandest harbor here. Why, our channel instead of being
filled by the storm carrying sand into it was scoured two feet deeper
than it was before. We had then twenty-eight to twenty-nine feet of
water. We have now thirty feet.
“None of the danger of sickness that was feared has shown itself. We are
getting rid of the wreckage, and we are scattering car loads of lime and
other disinfectants everywhere. I believe all danger is passed. Talk
about Galveston giving up!” continued Mr. Robinson, “This great wharf
property is worth $18,000,000. It sustained a loss of less than
$500,000.
“The company has 1000 men at work on the repairs. It stared eternity in
the face Saturday night, and was ready to go. To-day I have got more
energy and ambition than I ever had. I don’t know where I got it. I
guess God gave it to me. Come back in sixty days, and you will not know
Galveston, remembering it as you see it to-day.”
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCES OF A YOUNG GIRL.
Miss Maud Hall, who was spending her school vacation in Galveston, and
who passed through the storm, has written of her experience to her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emory Hall, of Dallas. Miss Hall was in the house
where she was boarding at the time the storm came. She says:
“The wind and rain rose to a furious whirlwind, and all the time the
water crept higher and higher. We all crowded into the hall, and the
house, a big two-story one, rocked like a cradle. About 6 o’clock the
roof was gone, all the blinds torn off and all the windows blown in.
Glass was flying in all directions and the water had risen to a level
with the gallery. Then the men told us we would have to go to a house
across the street.
“It took two men to each woman to get her across the street and down to
the end of the block. Trees thicker than any in our yard were whirled
down the street and the water looked like a whirlpool. I came near
drowning with another girl. It was dark by this time, and the men put
their arms around us and down into, the water we went.
“I spent the night—such a horrible one!—wet from my shoulders to my
waist and from my knees down, and barefoot. Nobody had any shoes and
stockings. The house was packed with people just like us. The windows
were blown out, and it rocked from top to bottom, and the water came
into the first floor. About 3 o’clock in the morning the wind had
changed and blew the water back into the Gulf.
“As soon as we could we waded home. Such a home! The water had risen
three feet in the house, and the roof being gone the rain poured in. We
had not had anything to eat since noon the day before, and we lived on
whisky.