The Great Galveston Disaster. Paul Lester

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       GREAT WRECK OF ST. MARY’S INFIRMARY.

       HOUSES PLACED BACK TO BACK.

       HORRIBLE BEYOND DESCRIPTION.

       CHAPTER XII. Thrilling Narratives by Eye-witnesses—Path of the Storm’s Fury Through Galveston—Massive Heaps of Rubbish—Huge Buildings Swept into the Gulf.

       THROWN TOGETHER IN UTTER CONFUSION.

       A ST. LOUIS MAN STORMBOUND.

       DRUNKEN REVELRY IN THE STREETS.

       CURSED FOR INTERFERENCE.

       STORM OF INDESCRIBABLE FURY.

       WINDOWS BROKEN AND ROOMS FLOODED.

       HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE STREWN FOR MILES.

       ARRESTED FOR ROBBING THE DEAD.

       CHILDREN CRYING AND WOMEN PRAYING.

       STRONG MAN FAINTS.

       CAST UP BY THE HEAVY WAVES.

       WIND A HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR.

       NO VESTIGE LEFT OF BUILDINGS.

       TO HASTEN ONE BRIDGE.

       DAMAGE TO THE WHARVES.

       LOSSES REPORTED EVERYWHERE.

       STEAMERS TORN FROM THEIR MOORINGS.

       CALL FOR MILITARY GUARDS.

       HOW TO MEET THE EMERGENCY.

       MACHINERY A COMPLETE LOSS.

       TOO AWFUL FOR WORDS.

       TEXAS HAS IMMENSE TERRITORY.

       CHAPTER XIII. Refugees Continue the Terrible Story—Rigid Military Patrol—The City in Darkness at Night—Hungry and Ragged Throngs.

       BURYING THE DEAD.

       CITY WILL RECOVER FROM THE BLOW.

       GREAT GUSTS OF WIND.

       OLD GENTLEMAN WITH BAROMETER.

       ON THE BOAT ALL NIGHT.

       HON. MORRIS SHEPPARD’S ACCOUNT.

       APPEAL TO COLORED PEOPLE.

       NEVER WEARY OF GIVING.

       REFUSED TO BELIEVE THE TIDINGS.

       PEOPLE DAZED INTO CALM.

       TRIED TO ESCAPE WITH HER MONEY.

       A HEROIC LAD.

       HUNGRY AND HALF CLAD.

       CLOTHING AND PROVISIONS.

       THE YOUNGEST NURSE.

       CHAPTER XIV Dead Babes Floating in the Waters—Sharp Crack of Soldiers’ Rifles—Tears Mingle With the Flood—Doctors and Nurses for the Sick and Dying.

       MISS PIXLEY’S GRAPHIC STORY.

       ALMOST DROWNED IN CELLAR.

       BLOOD-CHILLING SCENES.

       FLEES FROM HORRIBLE SIGHTS.

       HUMAN BODIES IN FIRE HEAP.

      

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