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TBE 14, 1000. MORE: PASSENGERS FROM GALVESTON Dewribe the TeniM Day and ffigat of 3-. th Storm, 3 And the Incidents TOuch Crowded ITltk Horror. Serenl VeU-Znowa Hew Orleans FamilieB Eetura Here. Jndre Lore Joj Built Bis Home to Stand and It Escaped, Bnt He Will Bemere.

On board. the passenger train which reached the city yesterday morning. from Houston -there wu among the passengers Mr. H. Bowman, who travel for Eberly Mecbanicsburg, Pa." He arrived in Galreatoa on Friday week, baring left this ctty for a tonr of tibe Texas town.

He -was one gpf the half -doaen drummers and other citizens who worked all night long at the Tremont Hotel and assisted in saving so many llTes of unfortunates driven from their 1 homes to place of Friday night everyone was talking of the expected storm, but no one had the least, idea that -wind con Id blow at such a terrific rate of During the evening. Just before dark, Mr. Bowman was Standing under ttie lee of the hotel with an old gentleman who bad tired in Gal-reston many years. Naturally the conversation drifted to storms, and the old gentleman told of the' great blow of 1875 and the storm of 1886, which he witnessed. He did not think It would he for another, such storm as the one which, swept the city In 1875.

At that time the wind was (whistling Jup the streets and seemed to be increasing every minute. That night Mr. Bowman went to his room about 11 o'clock, and was awakened at 4 o'clock In the morning by the blow-. ing away of the window emitter. After that he did not attempt to remain In the room, which faced the storm and received the great blow fully unprotected.

He walked down to the office of the hotel, where he found a number of other gentlemen. About 12 o'clock Saturday the wind was blowing so hard that peo-, pie walking in the street were checked and driven backward. From that time on the scenes and incidents of the most touching horror followed one another with marvelous rapidity. i Women struggled through the water in thestreets, with babies in their arms, wnldt had been nearly drowned by the sheets of rain. He was one of the men who stood on the lower floor and rushed nt to the sidewalks to Mist ladies and uareo xrom tne water.

durlngthe evening, drove to In and they stood to keeP out olt water. About 5) o'clock in the afternoon the water had reached such a heighth that It covered the flooring of the hotel office. Among the who served faithfully at the hotel was Dr. Dlillnger, a young physician of the city. 1 i- afternoon, when tt was the storm would amoont to a heavy blow and there would ther wer many 2 Suth night came.

Tl ll darkness, the comical wnS nHfn. iW to realise An woaJd Prove to e. that evening the men were keot busy rushing out ito the water, waftt teep. in search of tired women who were wlfP toro1 "torrn towards the xllme ter Ume men and women for tot and be by a heavy gust of wind and 0or 50 feet down the street 'LDf, 'd7, picked out of the water Dost. telegraph PfH-v wJd ws 9 strong, that she where she struck until some of the SethenhoteLr "8Utance nd carried her kTTAkTfJC tb water.

-J? 8 clock the water was several fij rescuing party on sidewalk. The wmd had increased to oangoM tS tore put of the house. The air i. ot ouse would pass by deadlT voyage. The water filled the engine room of the hotel bv 8 til and children Slid fn edrkne8S their missing parents it was one of th mnmt JTrld na Vnd the darknesS added a new dread to thiThn.ii..

i1-" one of the Hails. The Aim, YickerfnglLhJ winder-- Wllen the work of rescue ahead during thl evenTnc lnd 8tron that the clofhlSI ln tne torn wa5 tnheLtbelfre they be wi1; e1" occupants of the note, and the hundreds who bad fought the big building exacted rery moment to see the bulldine eo after 8 o'clock there was tlrl the k'ht over clerks office fell from the roof to the It-was like thunder, and the building" trembled from the blow A woman screamed, and the mumbling" of hundreds, as they prayed in the dark-, nes chilled the blood In the veins of the strongest Words are not strong -enough- to picture the situation that night--Eren imagination falls far short the true description. Sunday a great many volnnteered services. Mr. Bowman joined Dr i D.mnger, and they went oat to search lor the injured and render wnat assist-V- since they could.

They had gone but a square when a call for assistance came. As Italian was found, both arms broken and badly cut. His wounds were dressed by the physician-and his rolnnteer' aid. -During the morning Jack Frost, a St. Louis drummer, carried into the -v hotel by an old negro.

He was the travel- lng man mentioned yesterday who was r' 'the single living member of quite a little party. The doctor and his friend dressed, the wounds, and now the injured man is resting easily. They also dressed the saping wounds of two young ladies who had floated on the roof of a house all ry.Z-.ri., night. There had been another, and to-? wards morning she had been washed sway. A lady was brought into the hotel during the day, driven crazy from grief.

She had sat all night with her" baby In er lap, and towards morning a heavy ciece of timber struck the child In the head, killing instantly. The poor mother could not tell who she Is, and her frantic efforts to save her dead baby during her delirium were most touching All Sunday night and Monday during the day men were kept busy carrying the bodies to undertaking establishments for Identification. The city then secured the iliri'o of. a warehouse, and this was filled rf trim full. Then the authorities realized that It would be impossible to keep the i.v.

remains long enough for efforts to be made to identify them. All the bodies in the warehouse and undertaker establisn-" sncnts were then carted out to barges anj piled six tiers high and towed out to ea. Monday four vessels left the shore tor sea, and there were not less than 700 be dies on each barge. Mr. Bowman saw -fireman pick a child from -the ruins -l tl on the street.

Every piece of clothing v. bad been blown from the body of the i cuttle and she was wrapped In a and with; the others In ths t-v He saw a gentleman who had traveled dortt trom Bewmont i search ot nis s'-wwlfe and two children, and at once gave up all hope of seeing his dear ones aJive. iX: This saddened by the Wow and his supposed was walking down the Just in front of the doctor and Mr. little girls, ran out v- house with a cry of happiness. 'They -wer bis.

and. turning, saw their sweet-f seed mother In the. door-! -way. The reaction was too much for tie man. He fainted on the street and carried into the house which held bis Uttle During Sunda-r -Mr.

Bowman entered Us room for tos first since tae i CathoUe School. 3ttrlalL ipptiUU Court Brndhjg. flwtJ Ortaois, torn Htot, QALVtrroy acoxnaroETH). fiH ssBJsw 1 1 11 1 Eatosi ChapsL AMtyOawctw CKTX8SZ0TX01V TTIHJCnB AHD SSV STBZZSa. AlT5xQCt storm, and he found there a state of perfect ruin.

A large piece of glass, diamond in shape, was driven an men into the door, while the mosquito bar was cut to rags by flying glass, xne room was a wreck. The work of organising a patrol) was begun promptly, and soon put in the most magnificent condition. The gentleman at the head of the force, Mr. Kay. ling, proved an officer of the most efficient type.

He formed his guard promptly, and established protection In a most creditable manner. He was all ore tne island during the night and day, and as a result of his energy Galveston was protected, until the mayor very suddenly dismissed the force. It was late tn tne afternoon, and no warning was pre. viously given, and'as a result of this action Galveston remained all Tuesday night without police protection. The action of the negroes and some iew white people was even worse than the most horrible tales from central Africa.

These men ceased to be human beings and were veritable savages. During one afternoon thirty-three negroes were killed for robbing the dead, and by Wednesday' morning there were nfty-seven negroes officially reported as having been killed for robbery. The negroes on Tuesday positively refused. to work, and refused also to bury their own dead. These men were lined up by the ponce and forced Into service.

During one evening a guard halted a negro for robbing a body and the negro fired a shot. He was promptly killed, and four others who came to his rescue dropped dead, all being shot by the same brave guard. Another negro was seen robbing a lady of a ring. He had no knife to cut the fingers from the dead hand, and as a guard killed the beast he was chewing a finger off to secure a large diamond. A was seen to cut a lady's throat in the street, to secure money she held.

The guard. fired only a second too late, for the lady died of the wounds the shot failed to prevent. The negro murderer was lett where he fell. Mr. Bowman added that he was from the north, and until the horroTs of Galveston were experiencea by him, ne thought the negroes were fairly good people.

He classes them all beasts now. Tuesday the hundreds of bodies buried at sea drifted back in shore, and miry one-third of the number wiil have to cremated or burled. Mt. Bowman lett Galveston on Wednesday morntnsr. Korty-four people boarded a small aiboat and Teached Texas City, where thev took tne train for Houston.

Half of the number had no money and were taken across the hay for nothing. On the way to the Ing he passed the smoldering remains of three- bodies which had not bnrned to ashes. At the post office he was told or' an act of bravery which wn remarkable. A man fashioned a -raft- daring the storm and left his wrecked home with his wife, two children and As the raft floated throngb the streets that night he heard a frantic crv for help from a woman. It was so dark ne conld not see, but he at once jumped overboa-rd and swam to rtie -point wne-re to noise- was heard.

He bronrtt tne woman back to the, raft and next morning discovered that he was bis wlr and had been washed from the raft bv a heavy vave. That man was the happiest in Galveston, and his bravery had. been amply rewarded. Among the hardest workers In the city are two young ladies, trained nurses. They are row engage, working night and day with the wounded.

One of these ladles, ha-rdly than 19 years of age, had been attending a hidy. As the' water rose into the house she picked nn the lady and the child of an hour old and carried them five squads thra-jh the wnter to a place of safety. At Tremont Hotel there were roanv sad incidents. Among them was one which occurred on Mrs. Flash, a very charming woman, had been car-, rled into the hotel during the blow, and for a day she waited anxiously for-, news'-of her hnsband.

Tuesday a. cart drove up. and the body tt contained was that of the missing man. He had been Identi-' fled by a card in his pocket. There were two stores 1n the wholesale section of the' city which furnished, a One owner would not honotr-an order from the relief, committee unless accompanied by cash, while the other offered his entire stock, to iihe! mayor, to be paid for if agreeable, and free If -needed.

The "man who- showed bis character so plalniv has been marked by the public and will doubtless find Galveston a poor business place for Mum "Among the occupants of the hotel there' 1s a TTonrlnnt merchant who lost hesvf-ly, although he saved his -wife and family It hs required the careful watching 'of half a dozen peoule to prevent him from committing, suicide ever since the storm. He Is reported to have a life insurance of $100,000. which he wants to givo Ms wife in order that she mav make a new start. When the boat noon which Mr. Bowman crossed the bay reached Virginia beach he learned that 14V bodies bad been nried In one day.

A Chicago news-ripr man attempted to stop tb bnrvinr-of bodies which i bad been stripped of their clothing by the wind, and this Chicago man cam very near being killed TVT thei payor that no outsiders should 1e allowed to enter Galveston was done for the purpose- of checking the great flood of sight seers. Honston train load of goods to dry few davs mrri. snd 200 men sccOmnsnied the train. This food would been sufficient to feed a btmdred men for a few days, and th 200 rescue party who wished to see friends or see th1 sights could easily have disposed of not food enough In the city to feed the new-comers, and there is hardly more than enough to keep the destitute now In the city aHv. For this reason the order was Issued, and although the people of Houston objected and are denouncing the authorities, the pesnle of Galveston realize the wisdom of the move.

Mr. C. R. Cockle, who Is connected with the law firm of Farrar. Jonas A Kruttschnltt.

returned to the city yesterday with several members of his family who bad suffered the hardships of the terrible storm. Their home and all its contents was wracked, but every member of the family was saved. Mr. Cockle left. this city some days ago for Galveston fox the purpose of looking after the members of his family.

Upon his arrival at Houston was told that no outsiders would be allowed to enter Galveston. The authorities very correctly argued that the deid could not be aided by the visiting relatives, and the riving mere being cared for as best as possible. In neither case could assistance be Tendered, and as the food sunplv is running short and there Is not much more water than Is required, the people of Galveston are not looking for re-enforcements. Those who arrived at this iate date in earcb of the desd could hardly identify" them, sothorough has been the decomposition. The living are being carefully looked after by the relief committee.

Last Tuesday a train pulled out of Houston' and ran down to Texas City. There were 320 people on board. The soldiers of the army, on dory at Texas City refused to allow any one to leave the train Until after the small boat which crossed from the Island had pulled out. Eighteen of the number did leave the train. howeveT.

while the remaining 802 persons were kept penned up in the cars and run on the prairie, where they were kept ail day long wkbout the necessary water and no food. That night they returned to Houston. Mr. Cockle acted upon the advise of railroad friends, snd staid in Houston. He was told that thore was more chance of securing early Information of bis relatives there than by traveling to Galveston, and searching the city.

This proved to be true, for the following day after his arrival he met persons who. knew toe members of his family, and reported them, all saved. Since latt Monday the railroad offices, hotels and newspaper offices have, been crowded with refugees- from Galvesron. Many are barefooted and hungry. These are taken In Charge by friends and members of the relief committee, and are sup-piled with clothes and food, and the railroad men provide all the necessary transportation-required -to the destitute to' any part of the country where there may be relatives.

Fortunately the water pipes from Alta Loma" "have stood the Btorm; and the water -tower in Galveston Is also in god condition. There Is still some little salt In the drinking, water, but not enough to make the liquid too bad for use. The-relatives whom Mr. Cockle went to Texas to rescue were Mr. F.

J. Fox, mother and two sisters and a brother. They bad lived on IJ streeit between Twenty-third and Twfntj--fooli streets, and their home was washed to the level of the beach. Not a slcn of the foundation remains. Between 2 and 3 o'clock on Saturday evening, as.

the water was getting rather high. Mr. Cox took his mother and sisters to the residence of Mr. Frost, a friend, who lived on and Twentieth streeta, two squares away. There they remained until a two-story house across the street gave way and went down Uke a crash.

Mr. Frost, with his wife and family, and Cox and the children and bis mother decided to make a rush for the school building. The water was nearly to the necks of the largest children, while It was necessary to carry the smaller ones. Along the sidewalks they had considerable difficulty in making progress, owing to the hanging wires. Many of these were under the water, and the members of the Uttfe-party wepe compelled to duck their beadsbelew-'the surface of the flood to make their -way.

Flnslly they reached the school In safety, and there they remained until Sunday. When the wa ter had gone down- they walked back over htho 'muddy streets to where the home stood. There was not a piank lert. The residence of Mr. Frost, however, stood the-blower and there the members of the, Cox family remained until they, for They knew of thirty-three person who -had been drowned or killed in the square upon -v Along street there war a pile ef debris from2 80 to 40 feet high.

This will -b burned, The Ore department was to hare been brought out yesterday and stand ready to check the flames If they proceed too rapidly, and all that remains of the hundreds of houses and tno bodies buried In the wreckage will be Ob Wednesday morning, when the first cripr of tha gorernment boat Lawrence was made, Mr. Cox brought his mother and sisters and brother -to Texas City. They presented a vory sorry sight upon their arrival la- Houston, bnt kind friends at once came to their Both these gentlemen. Mr. Cockle and Mr.

that there could not be praise too high for the people of Houston. Every possible care was taken of the poor creatures who arrived on every train half-dressed and hungry. There was hardly a single person who left Galveston folly Clld. Many stories of suffering were related to Mr. Cockle, and ths pitiful tales were too sad to repeat.

No one can picture the sorrowing and destitution and ruin, which the great storm created. Mr, A. Marks was a passengez yesterday passengez yesterday morning, with his wife and two little children. They were barefooted and had lost all they possessed In the storm. Mr.

Marks comes from Baton Rouge, and only moved to Galveston a few months ago. Ihey are returning now to begin life over again, for they do not care to live in Texas any longer. The members of the family were in Houston when the storm occurred, but taey returned to Galveston to look for their home, only to find that every trace of the house and Its contents had been swept away. Mr. Marks beard that Mr.

Sam B. Allkton, of this city, was among the lost. A gray-haired gentleman and a little girl, whose head was bandaged, occupied a seat in the day coach. This little girl, Ethel Wark, had been with her mother and father and little brother, 1 year old, and a sister of 4 yesrs. Her father, Mr.

W. J. Johnson, wss a telegraph operator in the employ of the Postal Teiegraph Company. Mm. Holland, a alster-iu-law, also lived in the same happy home, at East avenue between Tenth and Eleventh streets.

On the night of the terrible storm the entire family climbed out on to a piece of floating roof, where they huddled together forours. Some time during the night an entire upturned house drifted against the little piece of roof, and every member of the family, except Lthls little girl of 9 years, was washed overboard and drowned, a piece oi ny-lng timber struck her In -the bead, and the bandage she wore yesterday covered the ugly wound. The same piece of timber killed Mrs. Holland. About 4 o'clock In the morning, when the moon was whining bright over the wrecked city, the little girl was taken off the roof by Mr.

John Carter, a friend of the family, and taken to the Rosen burg Suboolbouse. There she remained for some little time, when some kind-hearted people took tier to Texas City, where her grandfather met her. Mr. A. F.

Wark Is connected with the Western I'nlou Telegraph Company as an electrician. The old gentleman was greatly saddened by the terrible blow, and his friends here have offered their sincere sympathy. When the evening train of the Southern Pacific line pulled Into the depot there was a very happy little party ot travelers Who dtoenibarked. In this arty were Mrs. George H.

Lee and children and Cora Monroe, a little girl. Mrs. Lee is the wife of a leading physician of Galveston, and was Miss 1ownend, of this city. During the storm she "and her children were cloely guarded at their home, corner of Winnie and Nineteenth streets. Thts is nearly the center of the island, and the' land Is high and.

as a result, there was but little damage. Outside of a few broken windows and a shattered roof the home sustained no damage, and there was absolutely nothing lost. Eeu the horses in the stable were waved. Dr. Lee, as fsr as possible, kept his.

wife and children trom seeing the horrible developments during the' last few days of their stay in Galveston, and Wednesday morning they were taken to a sailboat and brought to Texas City, where they met a train and traveled to Houston. In Houston Dr. Lee and hie wire met Mr. Louis H. Stanton, and after turning his family over to ttxe care of Mr.

Stanton Dr. Lee returned to the llaul. Yesterday morning the little party -ot refugee boarded a train for New Orleans, glad to get free from the terrible scenes of the island. On board the train were sev-. eral gentlemen who left the train at Lake Charles, their home.

All during the storm there was some 4 feet of water in the yard of the Lee Tsldce, wbteh means that the entire island was submerged. Among the passengers leaving the city yestrdy morning for Galveston was Judge Lovejoy, one of the leadtng lawyers of the ill-fated c4ty. He had been In New York, and was hUTry.in.g home to tods family. Judge Lovejoy has been a resident of Galveston for years, and was present during the great storm ot 1875. Speaking to Mr.

Harry Abbott, passenger agent of the Southern Pacific, Cne Judge explained the reason for the safety of his family. When he built his be used -ttnAers which were twice tne Jze of those -used In the construction of all other birtldlngs on the Island. He had taken these steps simply because he feared that some day there would come a storm which would surpass any previous blow, and the houoe should oe made extra heavy. As a result, the nonse is stlD standing, and Ills family is. safe.

Reading over the list of the dead and cntestng. Judge Lovejoy called off one name after another. Some were neighbors, some vers clients, and others warm personal The strong man's eyes filled wWh tears as the extent of the. hor-vttjQe wreck was realized. He, for -one, does not intend to make Galveston bis home tn the future.

He will move to Houston and there begin all over again. On tibe fatal 'Saturday evening atue messenger boy from the Western struggled through the.otorm. to the Tire-ensnt Hotel. He arnd to a gentieman. smd asked If the storm would prove serious.

He had tried several times to make, his way home, but the water was too deep, and tie sad sought safety In the Ug hotel. Tired out and shivering wltsi cold, ths brave Qttle fefllow lay down to sleep on -the floor of the seoend and he made the man promise that it anything happened ne would te awix- ened. An hour later skyMnt foil and the Mttle follow Jumped up and remem-. berexl tus poor snotaer -s mo, wootn he aided In gathering sufficient food for a living. On Tuesday and Wednesday the little messenger boy was stUl searching for the missing mother.

During the last, night of rho storm tne Pullman coaches in the railroad yards werw crowded with people. Just after rtavUfirht haJf a dozen half -chad and xoea left tha cars. and they only bad the car blankets for covering. A kind-hearted railroad man broke open the lmffet and gave them whatever. food could be found.

Every passenger tolld stories whtch he and she witnessed, and each passenger had different Incidents to relate. So sweeping and so terrible had been cne wreck and ruin tnat mere seemeo no tun csmw imim almost beyond belief, but they were true, ORLEAXIANS SAFE. Dispatches announcing safety are now beginning to come steadily In from people who were in Galveston and who were saved from death In the storm. Among those heard from yesterday were Mr. end Mrs.

Geo. Dequoy and Miss Emma Leiand. Mtes Letand was oasWer of the Bon Ton Restaurant, on the bea-rn. Mr. and Mrs.

Rlvaux and two sons, Mr; and Mrs. Bean and five chtdren, and James Oliver Webb, wife and two children. During the storm these three families, numbering sixteen In all, were In the garret of the rtdvaux residence, which was saved, and saw the destruction ot many houses and the dead drifting past fbe house whtch they were protected from the fury of the ctorm. The Bean and Webb families lost everything, saving only what they stood in. Mr.

vveob Is a son of Ctfptain Webb, marine editor of the Times-Demojrat. Mrs. Henry Dure! and Mr. B. C.

Durel. who 4s employed ait the dry goods oouse of GaTbade. E-ibard Mr. J. U.

Durel. of I). H. Holmes, In this dry, received a message staolng that both are well, but the message came rather late, as Mr. F.

E. Dure-l. a brother of Mr. B. C.

Durel. had left the night before on a train to see If he couldn't get Into Galveston by some means of other. Mr. Paul Sbeehsn and family, of 104 avenue N. are safe.

Mrs. Sheenan is a daughter of Assistant Eire Chief Lynch, of tlnis city. Mr. Fred W. Gras, and family, of 1403 Nineteenth street, are safe and well.

Mr. Gras Ritys that the city is ruined, and his estimate is that there are 3UOU dend. Stanton and A. Theak-ston sent a telegram -to Messrs. 'Hard of Magazine and Gravier.

streets, of which nroi they, are -the -representatives in Galveston; both are well. Among the joyful messages received in the city yesterday from Galveston ty anxious friends snd relatives was one to John ll ighes. employed at Doyle from his brother. stating that and bis wife audi his brother, James, who lived at. the corner of avenne nd JElzhteenth street, escaped the ravages of the storm, and- saved all of their effects.

The Mesjrs. Hughes are nephews of Captain -John-. A. Colter, supervising -n-spector of steam vessels-for this-district, who was a- resident of Galveston jfor many years. John nnd his two s1srs are at present Teslding wtth Captain Colter.

Mrs. Dave Fahey. who lived at the corner of Thirty-seventh street and avenue with a sister and her mother, her sister here. Mrs. Alerney: "All well and In our own home." Mrs.

Oeorce Johnson, of Ninth and Church streets, in a message to her sister. Mrs. Geouh, said: "All well; don't worrj." A LETTER FROM GALVESTOJT. The Ursnltne Convent Writes to the Sisters Here. The mother superior of the Ursuline convent of this city yesterday received an Interesting letter from the Ursurme Sisters of Galveston, describing the storm which devastated the Texas city.

The letter is as follows: GALVESTON. Sept. 10. 1W. Cev, Mother Superior and Sisters, ursuline convent; New Orleans, My Loved Mother and Sisters I know you are air anxiety- about' our fate.

Thank uTe.an safe forty children and all the -sisters, but our convent home is, hopelessly damaged. Our -beautiful chapel- la jl. wreck. The day school has its north wall torn off, making even 'our monastery- painfully unsafe. The academy is comparatively preserved: its apartments are all ailed with crowds ot wounded and painfully bereaved nood tthe dormitories wnere we are lodging and feeding our dear children, wlio.

are behaving beautifully, i The with Its Inmates, fourteen sisters about ninety-five has been, swept- Into -he raging gulL Hardly a family that la not mourning the loss of some lored one. Eyery few i minutes, our hearts are wrung by some t- mother looking for her children, husbands asking for their wives, children for parents. So you hee we have much to be grateful for, as not a 'single life -was' lost in our-dear convent. I find it Impossible to hold my pen steadily enough to. enter into the harrowing details to-day; hope to write more zuiiy as soon as possible.

We have no kitchen, laundry, -or any. of the apartments of the lower floor. Into which tne waves rushed with terrific force, lesv-Ing' barely time to save the blessed sacrament- and our roost books. dry goods, etc. The water must have HngV bare-.

fceen; fearfully damaged and risen, at least or xi reet, ror the cell dangerously cracked, y. Tet dare not complain, tor tnousanos. nave suffered far more thau we. -i. The Sacred Heart chorea of the Jesuits 1s a heap of ruins: so Is St.

Joseph's St. Patrick's In Tact, au tne churches of the city, except the cathedra which- Is standing, but badly dam-agdV' Indeed.1 I 'doubt there ts a single perfectly -safe house In the city. God help nsl' The city has kindly pent oa provisions for ourselves and our poor homeless refugees; but we have no kitchen or stove so we are feasting on coffee and crackers, breakfast, dinner and supper, and as our refectory tables, tame service and all have been washed away, God knows where, we are living In rather primitive style, using the few dishes we were aoie to pics up we morning ter the storm. Our brick wall Is entirely demolished, and the debris has floated I II VUl uiciuiccat UU1 15 feet high. We are told that at least 3000 dead have been picked np, and God only knows how many more are burled under the great piles of debris.

Pray much for us. Tour devoted but distressed sisters. THE URSULIXES OF GALVESTON. TOE FIRE BOARD HAS MORE CHARGES Growing Out of the Tire on Canal Street, And Will Hare Sereral Inrestlga. tions in Consequence, The Main Inquiry to be Continued To-Night, With a Large Knmber of New lTlt.

esses Summoned to Discuss the Incidents. The board of Are commissioners met last- night. Chairman Barker and Com missioners Fitzpatrlck. Bishop. Meister.

Fischer, Cooney, Sullivan, McShane and Peterson present. Chief O'Connor was also in attendance. Chairman Fltxpatrick. of the supply the receipt of bids for anthracite coal and for gasoline. The coal bid was asked until the first of January, bnt was offered for one year.

He asked that the bids for these supplies be referred back to the commHCee, aud they were so referred with full power to act. Charges were preferred against Che following members of. the fire force: Captain M. J. Byrnes, engine No.

17. conduct unbecoming and insubordination; Assistant Chief A. J. Lynch, breach of discipline; 1'nillD Welngurter, plpeman of engine So. 4.

Intoxication; M. J. Drady. Jlpeman of engine 14, Intoxication; no. Doyle, ladderman truck So.

0, intoxication. The application of Ben Hansell. pipe-man of engine No. 10. asking to be promoted to driver, was referred to the civil service committee.

Several applications for Are badges were granted. The petition of Dr. Jas. I. Richard, for payment of damages to his buggy, was received and the claim ordered paid.

The petition of the board of commissioners of Carrollton avenue, for permission to build a shed for a sprinkler in the rear of the house of chemical engine No. 10. corner Fern and Jeannette streets, was referred to the committee on engine-houses with full power to act. The apparatus committee ordered having made the transfers: Engine Not 2, to engine-house No. 14; engine No.

14. to engine-house No, 20. snd engine No. 20. to the warehouse.

They also reported having transferred the hose reel of engine No- 27 to the house of engine No. 12. They further recommended the chief to rig up the arelal truck as a water tower at a cost not to exceed S7.V A communication was received from Mr. Wm. Faust, proprietor, of the New Orleans Transfer, in which he asked the board to take cognisance of the action of Assistant Chief D.

Donovan st the -fire at Canal and 'Camp streets, when the Fairbanks, and buildings were Mr. Faust charges that Assistant Chief Donovan -abused his son. W. C. Faust, in a shaniefnl manner while his son was: endeavoring to bring In wagons to move the trunks from the depot of the company at No.

611 Common street, between Camp and St. Charles. There were fully .100 trunks on the premises, many of them very valuable. Mr. Donovan, he claimed that the hose would be cut.

After the -intercession of friends, Jlr. Oonovan permitted the trunks to be no hose were -cut. Faust. furnishes the names of the following witnesses who will say that he was abused by Assistant Chief ttene fiarcla. Chas.

Barrelle. Lea hey. Edw. Darrelle. Chas.

Bouriy no. Kelly, Peter Sarpas and John Lsrti. The ehief was directed to make charges upon Information received against Assistant Donovan. As Mr. Donovan Is on a leave of absence for thirty days, the case will not be called, up at the, next trial meeting.

Chief O'Connor toada the following re-port for August: Tne department responded to 23 actus fires, 5 unnecessary alarms of firs and I false alarms during the month, I First Fire District Bell alarms 4. tej ephone alarm 3. automatic alarm total --I ice ta 7. stll o. ciamiiea ions, 90x1; uuuuct voivea, siou.

Second Firs District Bell alarms 2. teleDhone 2. automatic general 1 repeated general total, 14. istlmate loss. Insurance Involved, 43lJ -J Third Fire District Bell alarms 2, tef ephone total, 7.

Estimated loss, S63SO insurance Involved, 130,100. Fourth. Fire District Bell alarm. 3, tele phone 1, still total, 4. Estimated loss 2ttO: Insurance involved, 12300.

Fifth Fire District Still alarm total 1. Estimated loss, iu; insurance 'J volved. 1360. The total estimated loss for month 1151.062. with amount of insurance -in.

rolvxed 1472,835. Relative to the Are at the Fairbanks afaJ Morris buildings, on the night of Aag SL the details of operation are fully set forth in reports of ths captains of ta various companlea In service 00 that oc; caslon; these hare been submitted to ttxt president. Bv direction of the civil service com mittee. I have made the following trans lers and assignments, -Driver D. Doyle, from engine company no.

21 to engine company jxo. z. Storekeeper R. Burke, from departmen warehouse to engine company No. 10.

btoaer ueorge orovn, ironj engine com. pany No. 2 to department warebonse. Pipe man D. Coleman, from engine com pany No.

6 to engine company So. 2. Pipeman P. W. Lynch, from engro company No.

10 to engine company Ho 21. Supernumerary Jerry Godfrey, to tx pipeman of engine companyNo. 6d Supernumerary Adam VYlebelt, to pipeman of engine company-No. 18. As per Instructions, the "self -propeller' engine was placed in active com miss lot on the 5th Inst.

On the matter of supplying a set trussed ladders for hook and ladder com panv No. 8, I beg to report that since made the recommendation I have. considered that changes and alterations will bare to be made involving a large outlay of money: therefore. I would suggest that the chief engineer be allowed to prepare Mpecidcatlons and estimate -for the alter) lug of this truck with a view of ascerl taming ti it wouia not oe more economy leal to purchase an entire new outfit lot this -company. 1 The reoort was received, -the latter oar being referred to the apparatus eommlti tee.

Adjourned. tT THE MORRIS FIRE The Investigation Into the charges of mismanagement of the Are In the Fairj banks and Morris, at Canal and Camp streets, win be resumed this eren-j ing in the office of the Are board, by the special committee appointed to make this investigation. Yesterday ths committee summoned following witnesses: Jaa. Walsh, Hiber-I nla Insurance Company; B. Stroud-! backt C.

W. Grandean, inspector of the Son Insurance Company; X. J. Kohl, Ijk favette Insurance Company; Jack Keav4 eny. Inspector of the Liverpool and Lon-f don and uiooe insurance company- ueo, Bensel, inspector of the German! a Insnr a nee Company: Theodore L.

Valx. In spector Teutonla Insurance Company; Charles E. Rice, president Morris Land and Improvement Association; T. Lu Securtrv Brewing Company; B. F.

Parkinson. Home Insurance Com- pany; Scott McGehee. Southern Insurance Company; T. B. Norton, insurance agent; as.

rev os 1, insurance agent; A. Noil. Teutonla Insurance Company; E. Underwood. -Chief O'Connor has summoned' the to lowi-ng witnesses: Julius snd -Leonard ttJ Colonel W.

H. Byrnes, H. H. Hodj-son. M.

Weldlg, A. Loewengardt, K. Kron, D. A. Rose, P.

Gaffney, P. T. Burke. J. Killalea, E.

Ryan and A. Jj Lynch. BISHOP'S MONTH LT BUDGET. Commissioner Bishop, of the departnwrt of police and public balldlnga, has rsJ celved reports from departments tmdei bis control for the month of August mt Superintendent of the Folic' Jail-dieceired: White males 113, femalet S3, total 14: colored-'males HI. female 132.

total 243: grand total S89; dally average 12.17. Maintained at he Jail: White males 1210, females tot at 1901; col-X5red males 1471. females 1928, total S3G3; grand total 5300r average dally 170.30 Bread consumed. 5338 pounds; pounds. Men- employed: during the month: In markets.

889: tn eity hall, courts, 1140; squares, 292; streeta, 84; total, 2355: Women employed during the month: Ir 839: In city halt courts. 684; total. 1608; grand total. 4053; dally average 130.23. Indigent Insane from last report on July 6: Received during August 21, released by coroner 4.

sent to hospita: on band Kept. 2L: Indigent sick and dead calls: Necessary 150, unnecessary 8. total IRS: average dally 6.03; coffins furnished 17. From the Superintendent of the Parish Prison Total white males during the month of August 2880. females 45, total 2SS5: colored males 6828.

colored female 1084: total 6012; grand total 8837. Bread consumed 11,637 pounds: meat the same. 1 From the. Superintendent of the Fire Alarm Office Actual alarms. .15: unnecessary alarms.

2: general alarms. 2: estimated loss, 1522.765: estimated amount insurance involved. 1580.350: cause fire, unknown 1L defective" flue explosion of oil stove 1. carelessness heated fteamplpa 1..