  CHAPTER I. First News of the Great Calamity Galveston Almost CHAPTER II. The Tale of Destruction Grows A Night of CHAPTER III. Incidents of the Awful Hurricane Unparalleled CHAPTER IV. The Cry of Distress in the Wrecked City Negro CHAPTER V. Vivid Pictures of Suffering in Every Street and CHAPTER VI. Two Survivors Give Harrowing Details of the Awful CHAPTER VII. Not a House in Galveston Escaped Damage Young and CHAPTER VIII. Fears of Pestilence Searching Parties Clearing CHAPTER IX. Story of a Brave Hero A Vast Army of Helpless CHAPTER X. Details of the Overwhelming Tragedy The Whole City CHAPTER XI. Galveston Calamity One of the Greatest Known to CHAPTER XII. Thrilling Narratives by Eye-witnesses Path of the CHAPTER XIII. Refugees Continue the Terrible Story Rigid CHAPTER XIV Dead Babes Floating in the Waters Sharp Crack of CHAPTER XV. Family in a Tree-Top All Night Rescue of the CHAPTER XVI. Startling Havoc Made by the Angry Storm Vessels CHAPTER XVII. Governor Sayres Revises His Estimate of Those CHAPTER XVIII. An Island of Desolation Crumbling Walls Faces CHAPTER XIX. Thousands Died in their Efforts to Save CHAPTER XX. The Storm's Murderous Fury People Stunned by the CHAPTER XXI. Unparalleled Bombardment of Waves Wonderful CHAPTER XXII. Galveston Storm Stories Fierce Battles With CHAPTER XXIII Heroic Incidents Arrival of Relief CHAPTER XXIV. One Hero Rescues Over Two Hundred Traveler CHAPTER XXV Storms of Great Violence Around Galveston Wrecked IMPRISONED BY THE STORM. Thrilling Experience of Colonel NAMES OF THE VICTIMS OF THE GREAT GALVESTON HORROR. Title: 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., 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 Author: Paul Lester Language: English Character set encoding: UTF-8 E-text prepared by Richard Tonsing |
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RICHARD SPILLANE
EDITOR OF THE “GALVESTON TRIBUNE” AND ASSOCIATED PRESS CORRESPONDENT, WHO WAS CHOSEN BY THE MAYOR AND CITIZENS’ COMMITTEE TO SEIZE ANY VESSEL IN THE HARBOR AND CONVEY TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD THE NEWS OF THE GREAT DISASTER