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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1900
Page
3
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Galveston and Houston report heavy damage from the Saturday night storm. Utilities crews work through Sunday repairing poles wires and underground lines while streetcars and traffic slowly resume. Damages include roofs warehouses and plants with losses running in the thousands and several buildings partially destroyed.
Dr Massie and crew recover and bury storm victims along the bay shore opposite Galveston after a deadly hurricane. He notes many corpses, mostly women, found near a railroad line, with two rings recovered from a baby, preserved for possible parental identification.
In Galveston and Texas City relief leaders call for orderly aid and oppose sightseers amid wreckage. A brakeman finds a child and drags bodies of nine nude women to protection as rails and bridges wash away. Residents beg for food water and clothing while reporters relay anxious pleas from families hoping for news.
The pastor, authorized by Judge A C Allan, informed deacons a replacement window will be installed. The damaged Hoffmann memorial on the northeast side, depicting The Lord at Supper with apostles, was from his mother and him in memory of J L Allen. The temple scene with doctors, memorial to Mrs Cornelis Wilson, is a total wreck.
Rescue trains with medicine and 150 laborers reach the Galveston area after a cyclone wrecks the International and Great Northern line. Debris fills the countryside as survivors suffer injuries and hunger while volunteers bury countless victims and tally dozens of bodies in and around Virginia Point and Texas City.
A dredge crew on a half mile from Redfish light faced a violent storm. Six men escaped in a lifeboat while John Anderson, on a connected barge, remained unaccounted. They drifted for miles, capsized near Hooded Prairie, clung to a telegraph pole, then trekked to Dickinson and Houston, with food found in Dickinson.
The train from Seabrook carried the bodies of Mrs. Melihenny and Mrs. Vincent along with their children, recovered near Clearlake. Sam Mcilhenny found the Melihenny body. two others were found but not moved. A public shirt waist hop at Bryan Hall tonight was postponed out of respect for Seabrook residents.
Dispatches from Galveston report the Tremont hotel scene as the city faced flooding and mass casualties. Survivors were carried to safety as rescue teams recovered bodies, with officials warning of thousands more dead and urging immediate aid and supplies.
The Port New York reports a telegram from Louis Klepach proprietor offering aid from Christian Herald. The reply directs contributions be sent to Governor Savern at Austin for prompt proper use amid widespread Houston distress.
A severe storm battered North Houston, damaging most buildings. Many small houses were blown off foundations as trees and fences fell. Charles Kintzbeck’s store and creosote works suffered heavy losses. T. F. Sheehas’s house and Mr Paesmore’s residence were destroyed, with multiple outhouses ruined.
A crowded building and anxious readers gather as reporters rush to shape news of Galveston’s disaster for morning editions. Wariness and grief mingle as workers piece together partial details of missing relatives and casualties.
Civil engineer William Mackintosh and Alex Potter describe Galveston after the hurricane aboard the tug New Brunswick. They report extensive ruin with up to thousands dead, streets flooded with bodies, wrecked buildings, starving residents, and urgent calls for burial and relief.
Passersby donated to aid storm sufferers at 7 L Wolf & Brother's, reaching £31.47 in hours. A sign urged locals to “contribute to the storm sufferers” and promised another collection later today.
The Houston retail clerks approved a letter to J L Mitchell treasurer of the citizens relief committee dated September 11 inviting a 60 cent donation for storm sufferers. They also named F O Williams and R A Bond to join a Galveston relief committee.
The Orange Relief Committee members Dr J D Butler J H Labit B C Curry W G Addison and Obacies M Rein reached the city last night while en route to Galveston to aid the relief effort.
The notice cites H M Pease of New York as the subject of her mother Mrs EL J Fife. Marie Donahou returns from the East after a trip involving Jectoring a bond stock of waillb iury. Mrs Margaret Obermuaster joins a party arriving Sunday from Morgan Point after a perilous night with Mrs Wageaman. Dew Piooth returns after a four year tour of the Northern State Central and South America and Mexico. Max cases from Freiberg and Kahn. Cicctapati, injured in the Santa Fe wreck at Alvin, travels to Bellville for medical care and to be with family.
Local notices report a summer night concert canceled at Turner ball garden. Harris County events include a meeting of The Shacks' club at 6 PM to plan aid for a food gatherer. A Western Union work train with about 20 men will depart to repair lines between here and Galveston.
The piece notes a group event by the Order of Chosen Friends for Wednesday in September. It mentions Mr. Gerald of the Houston fire department aiding in relief efforts at Morgan Point and distributing provisions from a relief ship while observers mark the landing. The city faces widespread access issues as stores run low on supplies and people scramble for fuel and food amid ongoing distress.
Mine Amule Pearl Nobhinsen and Misa Acnie Pearl Robinson died yesterday morning at 4 o clock and were buried in Evergreen cemetery. Interment honored a large crowd of friends with pallbearers all young women who had been close to Miss Robinson.
The Post reports new musical works received including Un Galudo a Galveston by Thomas Gogwan and Bro and Our State Fair by L. F. Haaren. It notes Success to Bryan by C. Gragewald and Thirty third Regiment March by Mrs. William Streit Cunningham. The Old Farm House on the Hill by J. W. is advertised. Van Alatyune News changes ownership of the Sherman Weekly Register with J. Le Wilsen asserting full control. Jim Wilsen praised as a top Texas newspaper man.
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