The Great Galveston Disaster. Paul Lester

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CONSTANTLY COMING TO LIGHT.

       LOOKING TO THE FUTURE.

       THE CITY STILL IN DARKNESS.

       ALARMING RUMORS FROM GALVESTON.

       AUTHORITIES AT ODDS.

       NO LIMIT TO HOUSTON’S HOSPITALITY.

       THRILLING EXPERIENCE OF TWO HOUSTON WOMEN.

       TRANSPORT TO CARRY PROVISIONS.

       MONEY AND SUPPLIES FOR THE SUFFERERS.

       CLARA BARTON GOES TO TEXAS.

       SYMPATHY FROM FRANCE.

       STORY OF DEATH AND RUIN.

       STORMS THAT BROUGHT DESOLATION.

       ATLANTIC COAST ALSO SWEPT.

       HARDEST STORM FOR MANY YEARS.

       TIMELY WARNINGS WERE GIVEN.

       TERRIBLE VELOCITY OF WIND.

       CHAPTER VI. Two Survivors Give Harrowing Details of the Awful Disaster—Hundreds Eager to Get Out of Galveston. Clearing up the Wreckage.

       THE STORM GROWS WORSE.

       HOUSES IN FRIGHTFUL COLLISION.

       TRYING TO SAVE THE CHILD’S LIFE.

       THREATENED WITH PESTILENCE.

       FIERCE HEAT ADDS TO THE HORROR.

       ROBBERS DRIVEN FROM THEIR WORK.

       THE LOSSES OUTSIDE OF GALVESTON.

       MILITARY RULE NEEDED.

       EXODUS FROM THE CITY.

       BUSINESS BEING RESUMED.

       SURGEON GENERAL WYMAN MAKES A STATEMENT.

       APPEAL TO DRUGGISTS IN HOUSTON.

       PLANS FOR A NEW BRIDGE.

       A CONFLICT OF AUTHORITY.

       A CAMP AT HOUSTON.

       OFFICIAL REPORTS TO THE WAR DEPARTMENT.

       CAPTAIN RICHE’S REPORT.

       BATTERIES UNDERMINED.

       URGED TO HURRY A TRAIN.

       NO RED TAPE TO STAND IN THE WAY.

       RELIEF FOR TEXAS SUFFERERS.

       CHAPTER VII. Not a House in Galveston Escaped Damage—Young and Old, Rich and Poor, Hurried to a Watery Grave—Citizens with Guns Guarding the Living and the Dead.

       SLOWLY RECOVERING FROM THE STUNNING BLOW.

       MANGLED CORPSES WASHED ASHORE.

       WONDERFUL COURAGE AND HOPE.

       BUSINESS HOUSES SUFFER GREAT LOSS.

       LARGEST ELEVATOR BADLY DAMAGED.

       CARING FOR HOMELESS REFUGEES.

       WASHED ACROSS THE BAY FROM GALVESTON.

       CAPITAL WILL BE SHY HEREAFTER.

       AUSTIN PREDICTS NO DESERTION OF THE CITY.

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