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NO SOLDIERS LOST,According to Captain Bafferty's Eeport. Galveston Advices, However, Say a Number of Men Were Hilled.Washington, September 11—Adjutant Gen-j oral Corbin has received a dispatch from j Captain Rafferty, commanding Battery O, j First Artillery, stationed at Galveston, Tex., i dated Sunday, September 9. j It reports no loss of life in his command, i but says that the records of the post have j been destroyed and asks for duplicate records ; from the War Department.j Galveston Advices Say That 20 Were ! Hilled at Fort Crockett.j Houston, September 11—Advices from Gai-: vesren say:i At Fort. Crockett, in the western portion j of the city. Battery O, First Artillery, suf-; fered greatly. Twenty of the men werej killed and a number injured. All the bar-| racks, the storehouse and Captain Rafferty's residence were demolished. Thirteen members of the battery were at Fort San Jacinto ! (Fort Point) and seven at the Bolivar Point fort ideations on duty. They have not been heard from.Now Orleans, September 11—A special from Galveston by Western Union dispatch boat to Houston says:The waves dashed over and flooded Fort San Jacinto, demolishing the barracks, officers’ quarters and drowning fourteen privates. two buglers and the first sergeant ofCompany O, First Artillery.
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Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Brooklyn, New York, US
Tue, Sep 11, 1900
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