The Great Galveston Disaster, Containing a Full and Thrilling Account of the Most Appalling Calamity of Modern Times Page: 229
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DOOMED CITY TURNED TO CHAOS. 229
as a man's head at any point and from that to the height of threestory
houses. This line extends as far along as there were houses
to wreck and consists of all kinds of buildings. A half of the
section mentioned was traversed by a "News" man this morning.
Names of fully 400 people were found who lived in that section.
The debris is so high above these bodies that it may be days
before all will be removed.
There were a great many injured by the storm, and these are
being cared for at the hospitals, both of which are located at the
east end of the St. Mary's University building at Fourteenth and
Sealy avenue. This is a building quite well suited to the purpose,
but of course it is lacking in conveniences. A large number
of people with broken bones and badly torn limbs are confined
there, and nearly every one of them has lost either whole families
or some member. Drs. Starley and Ruhl are in charge and have
been working night and day tending to those rescued from the
wrecks of their homes.
SCHOOL BUILDING CARRIED A BLOCK AWAY.
The tower of the Rosenberg school fell in and killed about
eleven people during the height of the storm. It was a place of
refuge for all the people driven from their homes by the high
water and terrific winds.
The parochial school situated on the corner of Eleventh and
Sealy avenue, was taken from its foundations and carried by wind
and water a full block to Twelfth street'and Sealy avenue, landing
on the north side of the street, whereas it was located on the south
side previously. This stands amidst a great pile of driftwood,
and having been carried to that location undoubtedly formed a
barrier for the collection of great piles of drift that were brought
in from gulfward. It shoved some smaller buildings out of their
former locations, but did not wreck many of them.
The drift is something terrible. It includes every kind of
house used by men, and represents all the city south of the line
described to the beach in which it is reported that large numbers
of dead bodies, which floated to sea yesterday, have been washed
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