The Great Galveston Disaster, Containing a Full and Thrilling Account of the Most Appalling Calamity of Modern Times Page: 4
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THE GREAT
GALVESTON DISASTER
CONTAINING A
Full and Thrilling Account of the Most Appalling
Calamity of Modern Times
INCLUDING
VIVID DESCRIPTIONS OF THE HURRICANE AND TERRIBLE
RUSH OF WATERS; IMMENSE DESTRUCTION OF DWELLINGS,
BUSINESS HOUSES, CHURCHES, AND LOSS
OF THOUSANDS OF HUMAN LIVES;
THRILLING TALES OF HEROIC DEEDS; PANIC-STRICKEN MULTITUDES
AND HEART-RENDING SCENES OF AGONY;
FRANTIC EFFORTS TO ESCAPE A HORRIBLE
FATE; SEPARATION OF LOVED ONES, ETC.
Narrow Escapes from the Jaws of Death
TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS OF THE SURVIVORS; VANDALS
PLUNDERING BODIES OF THE DEAD; WONDERFUL EXHIBITIONS
OF POPULAR SYMPATHY; MILLIONS
OF DOLLARS SENT FOR THE RELIEF OF
THE STRICKEN SUFFERERS
BY PAUL LESTER
Author of "Life in the Sout West, Etc., Etc.
With an Introduction by
RICHARD SPILLANE
Editor "Oalveston Tribune" and Associated Press Correspondent
PROFUSELY EMBELLISHED WITH PHOTOGRAPHS
TAKEN IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE DISASTER
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