The Great Galveston Disaster. Paul Lester

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GREAT NEED OF A SAFE HARBOR.

       BELIEVES CITY WILL BE REBUILT.

       A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER.

       PEOPLE HURRYING TO ESCAPE.

       FREE USE OF DEADLY WEAPONS.

       NEW SURVEY WILL BE MADE.

       MORTALITY LIST IS ENORMOUS.

       DANGER OF AN EPIDEMIC.

       CHAPTER VIII. Fears of Pestilence—Searching Parties Clearing Away the Ruins and Cremating the Dead—Distracted Crowds Waiting to Leave the City—Wonderful Escapes.

       MONEY CLINCHED IN DEATH GRIP.

       SOLID TRAINLOADS OF SUPPLIES.

       EXODUS SERIOUSLY HAMPERED.

       ANOTHER REPORT FROM GENERAL McKIBBEN.

       CAPTAIN RICHE’S REPORT.

       ESTIMATES OF THE DEAD ARE TOO LOW.

       AN OFFICER’S BRAVERY.

       WELL ORGANIZED.

       THE GULF FULL OF BODIES.

       A REFUGEE’S TALE OF HORROR.

       SOME WONDERFUL ESCAPES.

       INTENSE SUFFERING ON THE WATER.

       GALVESTON REFUGEES AT HOUSTON.

       MESSAGES FOR THE DEAD.

       WHOLE FAMILY KILLED BY STORM.

       CLEARING THE WATER FRONT.

       STRANGE BURIAL PLACES AND GRAVES.

       SEEKING FORMER RESIDENCES.

       SOUTHERN PACIFIC WILL REBUILD.

       AN EXCELLENT PORT.

       PLAN TO PROTECT GALVESTON.

       THE PROJECT WAS APPROVED.

       COST OF THE SEA WALL.

       EXTENSIVE HARBOR IMPROVEMENT.

       CHAPTER IX. Story of a Brave Hero—A Vast Army of Helpless Victims—Scenes that Shock the Beholders—Our Nation Rises to the Occasion.

       A VERY GRAVE PROBLEM.

       STRIPPED OF ALL THEIR POSSESSIONS.

       PICTURES IN SHARP CONTRAST.

       SIGNS OF RESTORATION EVERYWHERE.

       SAVING VAST GRAIN STORES.

       TERRIBLE EXPERIENCES OF A YOUNG GIRL.

       HOPING FOR THE BEST.

       EXTORTION A RARE EXCEPTION.

       SOUTHERN PACIFIC AT GALVESTON TO STAY.

       ENCROACHMENTS OF THE SEA.

       A MORE HOPEFUL FEELING.

       RAILROAD CAPITAL TO BE EMPLOYED.

       MEDICAL COLLEGE SHATTERED.

       GALVESTON’S DISTRESSING APPEAL RENEWED.

       GREAT

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