The Great Galveston Disaster. Paul Lester

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ONE THOUSAND.

       FOR A MOTHER’S LOVE.

       CHAPTER XXIV. One Hero Rescues Over Two Hundred—Traveler Caught in the Rush of Water—Report of a Government Official—How the Great Storm Started.

       A MARVELLOUS ESCAPE.

       PERILS OF A RELIEF TRAIN.

       DIFFICULTIES OF A TRAIN.

       WANTED AT GALVESTON IMMEDIATELY.

       MAYOR JONES’ STATEMENT AND APPEAL.

       CONFRONTED BY A GREATER PROBLEM.

       REVIEWING THE SITUATION.

       A PECULIAR CONDITION.

       DR. YOUNG’S GRAPHIC STORY.

       KNEW CYCLONE WAS COMING.

       LARGE BUILDINGS FLOATED PAST.

       THE ROAR WAS AWFUL.

       POSTS BLOWN AWAY LIKE STRAWS.

       WIND AT 125 MILES AN HOUR.

       NEARLY FROZEN TO DEATH.

       TEARS IN MANY EYES.

       GRAND WORK OF RESCUE.

       STORY OF A PERILOUS TRIP.

       CHAPTER XXV Storms of Great Violence Around Galveston—Wrecked Cities and Vast Destruction of Property—Appalling Sacrifice of Life.

       THE DYKES OF HOLLAND.

       A GREAT BREAKWATER.

       THE SWIRLING TIDES OF THE GULF.

       TRYING TO MAKE A HAVEN.

       THE CITY A PREY TO THE STORM.

       SPILES WRENCHED FROM THEIR PLACES.

       AROSE LIKE A PHOENIX.

       ASLEEP OVER A VOLCANO.

       MYRIAD LIVES LOST IN GREAT DISASTERS.

       CARELESS ABOUT ALL DANGER.

       LAWS REGULATING STORMS.

       FREAKS OF THE HURRICANE.

       GREAT DARING SHOWN.

       EIGHT CHILDREN THROWN OUT OF WINDOW.

       THE MOST REMARKABLE EXPERIENCE.

       IMPRISONED BY THE STORM. Thrilling Experience of Colonel Anderson, the Fort Point Lighthouse Keeper and His Wife—In the Face of Death the Light Was Put Up—Isolated for Days in the Wrecked House Without Supplies.

       WATERS OF BAY AND GULF MEET.

       RISES TO A HEIGHT OF SIXTY FEET.

       STORM HOWLS A DEATH WARNING.

       PREPARED FOR THE WORST.

       IN DANGER OF STARVATION.

       THE COLONEL A NOTED CHARACTER.

       NAMES OF THE VICTIMS OF THE GREAT GALVESTON HORROR.

       Templars of Honor and Temperance.

CHAPTER I.

       First News of the Great Calamity—Galveston Almost Totally Destroyed by Winds and Waves. Thousands Swept to Instant Death.

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