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ICOC?U*r.OVER THREE HUNDRED ABANDON MEXICAN SOILParty of Twenty-Four Nuns Arrive at Galveston Aboard Oil Barge and Two Hundred Ninety-One Passengers Came on Steamship Texas.;ht,iy.)011-po-h'a-ha s but nih, ad-era uz. axled the vly ide tho ra-eet ib-t ho uot aat ie-nerreyiaftJn sr~ el-mt •tu :he ii d. •edOil)b-hc!h-tli.‘00h-otfItsasv-ii*ro,n-heiy,ontlsutreathiUilo,astiea-rba.-b-rsri-‘Ii-alr-;dtlt;3«1-toe.iu)0r:et.h!Cit*nI-■19«*ool-osCATHOLIC INSTELLREFUGEES IN NEED IE BEII CANED FOBpouchd to uxnrcviun i.\ni«xiTiEs,FIKHlt UI'OX OV flAXRIKTS» TIIF/Y A0AMJON I'HOPIflltTIES*TUB MAJORITV AROAr.U TEXAS ARB AMERICA* CITIZEXfi—H AVE HAD TRYTKG EXl EHHi*CEB.Leaving to the uncertain merqie* of * bancilt*rldden country, reft by civil strife. Hic property and sacred charges that have been gathered during seven years of struggle and labor of love, twenty-four Catholic nuns of the Order of the I near unto Word ana Blessed Sac-.raruvnt arrived in Galveston early Sun-day morning, refugee passengers on. board the oil barge HafYiiit from Tampico, Mexico. They occupied the quarters aboard the'barge regularly set aside for the crew.forced to flee In the dead of night from the protecting shelter of their academy located at Gomez Fn.lacio, near the city of Torreun, they report that they wore compelled to run the gauntlet of n. shower of bandit bulletc while carrying with Umm several of their number who were lifted from sick beds when they sought shelter under thy flag of the British consulate. For nearly ten weeks thr.y hfivc been subjected to hardships, threats of personal violence ^'id death, and have undergone terrors fTuit would have shaken men of strong spirit*The party that arrived on the Halnuut is in charge of Mother Mary Vincent, •superior of the Incarnate Word Acad* eniy. With Mother Vincent qg assistants in the conduct of the academy are Pisters Mary of the Sacred Heart and Mary Theresa, the three being the founders of the academy ontl of the work which haa now been of a necessity abandoned. Jn their flight they brought witn th'*m two orphan children, Carlos and Earncstina Sanchez. aged 1U and 0 yearn, respective 13', whose parents were killed during the early stage* of the fighting. Their destination in unknown. They say that they arc leaving the future to God.K is possible tliat they may go to Porto nico to establish a convent and academythere. l(Abundou Valuable Property. \Willi0 coming up Galveston channel * Sunday to the docks, after passing tho i quarantine Inspection, Mother Vincent, Sister Mary of tho Sacred Heart and Sister Mary Theresa gave a brief outline of the experiences through which they have passed.“Tin* Academy of the Incarnate Word,* stOil fehed by myself and associates at Gome* Pal ado/ a city of about 10,000 people, seven years ago, was out* lt;»f 11m brst equipped in Mexico for its size,’’ .said Mother Vincent. “We lind a property with, cultivated lands tliat was worth approximately §75,000 gold, Wo were doing a most excellent Work, having, three-day schools and two boarding schools and were rcr.nlvine the greatest encouragement from the people. Located as we were we had but little foot' of trouble by reason of the revolution and no Idea that the fighting would come to our Immediate neighborhood. Last May, however, it was learned that the revolutionists were headed our way, and we were warned by our American consul to , be prepared to seek protection of 1lut j consulate should anything happen. |“On the night of July ‘-’l', between midnight and 1 a. m.« we were notified that the revolutionists had prepared to attack the town and were then gathered for a rush behind a hill in the immediate rear of the academy. Bloody tales had reached us of Uie attaching party, and to be on tho safe side we decided to seek shelter at tho British consulate located about eight blocks from our institution. Taking with us our fifty-one boarders and twenty-five sisters, iucl u ding Hire a who were ytck in bed, wo started lo , leave.Flee Under Fire.Bringing 2D1 passengers, «i' whom 228 are classed as refugees, the Swedish steamer Texas, from Christiania via Tampico and Vera Cruz docked at 5 p. in. Sunday. Thu passengers on board wero for the greater pari from the city of Torre on. Mexico, and their arrival in. Galveston completed a journey toward' American soil which had been under way for over twenty-two days, two days of which were occupied by the steamer trip •from Tampico.The passenger* were in charge of Dr. Edward W. Kyan, formerly of the City of Mexico, where he was attached to the consular medical corps*, and who had been acting as special agent for tho American Bed Cross Society since tho movement of American refugees toward the United States was put under iv'ay, thin being his second trip lo Galveston.The arrivals for the most part wcr* American citizens, men, women and children, who have been making their homes in Mexico for years. According to their own statements, they were forced to get away because cV the condition of affairs that three yenrs of continued warfare has plunged the country Into.They wore started from Torrcon on a .r-coial tr»iti made up through the efforts of the American consul, and had proceeded to within thirty miles of Laredo, via Monterey, when they were forced fci turn hack because of burned bridges and the threatening attitude of* warring pnrtiep. From Monterey they were then turned toward the coaai, reaching Tam-prco in .safety and securing passage oboard the Texas for Galveston.The stories told hy the passdftg«r« agree as to main details of conditions. Many of them were living in Torreon during the twelve days of fighting, and ihey flueak of bloodshed, privation and looting In n manner that leaves but little room to questipn their statements.“Wi had no couner were discovered, and we re turn back, and to enforcestarted than we commended to the command tho party on the hi.il fired upon us. This command vi; Ignored. Fortunately tho :iini r-f thv bandits was bad. and none i f us wore struck by bullets, although they wore kicking up the dirt all aruuml \i9 from tho lime we left until we arrived at the door of the British consul’? hou*c.“The consul, II. A, Opnai d Gummy, was mil ni homo, being In Torreon, where he hod gone to seek aid a. short time before the attack was made, Tho people 'n tho house gave us protection, how over, ii lid we wcii: sheltered during the night nf t lift first all.Mck on I lie city id Ccumz V.-ilaelo. The .scene* of the all nek were terrible. Nothing was sacred lo tho ptl-lf.eerf. Over seventy-five hoiim's wore, burned, the ndobo buildings being pushed In nfter this roofs had been soaked in nil and set flic. Property of1 every lt;Ji»-Hcrlptlon was seized and destroyed. All the stores—and tberu were same that v.’cro fta good a;* to be found any where • wore gull ed of tho Ip centc n is. Pianos were dragged into tho streets* and burned. Snfe.t were blown upon and vcihiiible papers scattered in llm street s. It apparently bring money that the revo-1uluht*ta were after.“Tiioro appeared ti be bllh r fieieii/; againsi Hie ^paplai'da and mmieroiiK stuiicH were brought llt;» the coiisiihite as to it dignities offered Ihem unlt;l In sev-i-nil tintnneon of k I III tigs. Moo party of fie\cn t'hlnatnen were ae1 killed ftftcv they had offer,upon d Sulj|.a nlt;l ri*-I a IHd op Page U.): Circuitous Jnumey.! Leaving Torrcon for Monterey, a jo-ur-uey that is made under normal conditions iri a few Jiouro, they wore twrelve days lt;n the trip, and were ^rescued from privation l3’ means of « relief train that went to meet them. This train was In charge or Dr. Kyo.ii, who carried with him a. corps of physicians, supplies, etc., fur the needy.Th^y tell of almost continuous battle on this trip, of repeated demands made for money and for supplies. That theyi*irz '.T: rinngcr in related hy a number. Tbridges arc reported as being blown up in front of them, and on one occasion a careful engineer stopped the train within tldrty feet of where was found twenty-six pounds cf dynamite with tho necessary percussion caps to set it off. Tho passengers give great praise to the American and British consuls in Torrcon* Mon ter 03’ and Tampico. They were provided with steamer passage and mnny of them with funds Lo make immediate pur-j chases.Awaiting the arrival of ihe Tc.\';;a at ! Galveston ivas Dr. llenry Cohen, special rep resen tali vo of the department of stole. During to the I rite hour of arrival, but little could be done toward getting them away on evening trains. Tho head quarters of the .Jewish imml grants information bureau were thrown open by Dr. Cohen, and the men of the party given accommodations fur the nighL Others, those with families, and women traveling alone, were sunt to various hotels. Ancurding to Dr. Ryan, about two hundred of the two hundred and iw only-eight require financial assistance. This, too, In spiL: of the fact that many of them several months ago wore sated as being worth thousands of thl-lurs hi lands and property all of which has been swept from them by the revolution.Urmii-r Aid Today,Today Dr. Dohcu will meet the individual nu-mbern of tho parly. They will bu given tick el.? to their homes or to where they have friends and relatives* atul each will be furnished with sufficient funds fur temporary needs. In the party there are up exceptionally largo number of women and children and many of these, it woo plainly apparent on tin* arrival of the kUnmet', need clothing to protect them from the cooler L-nmovatuve of lhe season.In nudlthm lo refugees on the Toxh*i there were, a mmibuwhn paid their own passage. Ann mg tR*m were a party of furiy-onr gypsies, who aro coining to Galveston. H i.s umlrrsLood, with lln: in-icnllon of cuing into I'finnda. This parly preHcnUrd an unusuul uiid Interesting picture. Chid in garments that are *trnitftc lo vconlu of LU»h dinK*, iho women in long robe a lt;»f gaudy color*, bedecked with ornaments, tho men with great bushy whiskers, gay-colored oloth-hip;, hlgl'-UU' boots, mul with plnmrd linl* that r mid . n.^ily he mt:daken rlt;m.ni iiivasbm frnin tin* field of cq*min opera Thcjie prepic ate hvlt* to meetone whom they lermCil their ( hlef. whil jirrlvrd **n the r.li-amship Asian sevural weeks aye. They ore In I hi* |umd« of tho Imnilrnxtton nutImrities and iinpilry na in tlu’ii* rlghi io land will br looked Into before they are relcmu’d, Tiirtuigb nu 11 ii e rpt el e r 11 w mi learned that they hft Me.xii.o lliiouub fear of losing tin’ll-*
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Galveston Daily News
Galveston, Texas, US
Mon, Oct 20, 1913
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