The Great Galveston Disaster: Containing a Full and Thrilling Account of the Most Appalling Calamity of Modern TimesPelican Publishing Company, 2000 - 516 стор. The many personal tragedies and triumphs come to light in this full and thrilling account that is made even more evocative and jolting by its profusion of photographs taken immediately after the disaster. In the storm, S. W. Clinton lost his wife and six children, including two sons he could not save from drowning before his very eyes. Yet others survived. Long engaged, Ernest A. Mayo and Bessie Roberts decided it was better to face the daunting tasks ahead of them together, and were married a mere five days after the flood. Their stories, and the stories of all who survived the great Galveston Hurricane of 1900, attest to humanity's ability to overcome even the most horrific of disasters. |
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... reached an elevation equal to the bottom of the caps of the pile bents , or two feet below the level of the track . After crossing the bridge and reaching a point some two miles beyond we were stopped by reason of the washout of the ...
... reached an elevation equal to the bottom of the caps of the pile bents , or two feet below the level of the track . After crossing the bridge and reaching a point some two miles beyond we were stopped by reason of the washout of the ...
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... reached the two - story building a hundred yards away I do not know . We waded through the water and every few min- utes we were carried off our feet and dashed against the floating debris . ALMOST DROWNED IN CELLAR . " The building we ...
... reached the two - story building a hundred yards away I do not know . We waded through the water and every few min- utes we were carried off our feet and dashed against the floating debris . ALMOST DROWNED IN CELLAR . " The building we ...
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... reached . The passengers tried to wire from Key West to some one in Houston for information , but were greeted with the information that there were thousands ahead of them and no word could be received . THE RESPONSE FOR RELIEF . Thus ...
... reached . The passengers tried to wire from Key West to some one in Houston for information , but were greeted with the information that there were thousands ahead of them and no word could be received . THE RESPONSE FOR RELIEF . Thus ...
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First News of the Great CalamityGalveston Almost | 17 |
CHAPTER II | 29 |
CHAPTER III | 42 |
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