The Houston Post from Houston, Texas • 7

i i I 1 ti i rS vc roN 9 The total area of destruction is about 1900 acres The estimated number of dwellings hotels churches about 7000 Property losses are estimated to reach about 25000000 Amount of storm insurance is only about 40000 Si i fc IS fV qp lj pr tffi SHOWINQ UCTIONj uPDODDDD CpQ DbDDDDDiiio napsp nnnnnnnnDg ntid nnnDDiiinciSiimsDC MIIDDDDDDDDiDDDnODQDiDBL lliDDDDQpDDDDDnDDI nffb 1 i rrs i i rLiLFmr rmorm 1 Tf I I 1 Id a ad an ftp sann dqdd jmiDEnDnnnnGDflqniinHiiiDnmi DDDDDDDn aojfa nfti ffllpft jj I rnTHHIfenn gai rf gfr Hx 1 ftj ft SJ i DO HI HIl MM R11H nnngii liiiiffliimirailWiHHiH pnannnnnnqptfnnnl HtW FJ VJ vT mm Lim ioimi dmi in wnj i rt fe Ji rBVC PTS71 if 1 PARTIAL CESTRUCTJOH PRESENT WATER ENCROACHNieNT The map shown herewith has beea complied br two member of The Po3ts staff during the past week and has ben made from actual observation It will be found an accurate portrayal of the results of the treat storm that swept OTer Galveston Island on the night September Nothing perhaps eould give a clearer idea of the destruetiveaess tha hurricane The situation has net beea exas serated or added to in any way It may be that In some Instances tha artist ha3 draws a lire extending a little too far or not quite far enough but on the other hand many damaged blocks In the heart of the city are cot Indicated It would bo almo impossible to show It all Just as It Is for there Is hardly a block in the city that has not sustained some damage from the wind and none bat that suffered from the water The Idea Is only to show tho wrecktd portions of the city That which Is completely demolished is indicated by the heavy line commencing at Eighth street and aTenue A and extending around tho gulf side of tho city to avenue and about Fortyfourth street where it takes a northward coarse baci up to avenue A again All on the east south and west of that lme Is a complete wreck most of It swept a3 clean ea the great ejert and piled up along this line Is a great mass of every conceivable article reaching In height from tea to thirty feet maklns a complete barricade around the city Behind this wreckage Is all that Is left of Galveston end that la many places Is torn and demolished not one bcose In twenty escaped uninjured but few of the buildings In that portion of tho city are completely wrecked On the outer portion of the line la and around Twentyfirst or Tremont streets and up about Twentyfifth to Thirtyfifth etreels there are about twelve houses standing though badly damafred All the rest axe torn Into a thousand yes a million pieces Some are there but either on their tops or flat on the ground None except these twelve however are In any shape to be rebuilt yf vivii iy BY THE STORM convents and business houses totally destroyed will reach Explanation of Numbers 1 Elevator A partly destroyed 2 Medical College slightly damaged 3 Sealy Hospital partly destroyed 4 City Gas Works almost totally 5 Tremont Hotel badly damaged 6 Custom House slightly damaged 7 Harmony Hall badly damaged 8 City Hall almost totally 9 City Water Works almost completely ruined 10 Ball High School badly damaged 11 Court House very small if any damage 12 Rosenberg School badly wrecked 1 13 Episcopal Cemetery almost ruined 14 St Patrick Churdiacomplete week 15 First Baptist Church colored demolished 16 German Catholic Church small damage 17 City Street Railway power house ruined 18 Walter Greshams residence no damage 19 St Marys University for Boys badly damaged Church of the Sacred Heart completely destroyed 20 Lucas Terrace a complete wreck 21 Grace Episcopal Church very little if any damage 22 Garten Verein small damage 23 Ursuline Convent badly damaged 24 Rosenberg Womans Home badly damaged 25 Bath Avenue Public School almost wrecked 26 Beach Hotel burned two years ago 27 Grand Opera House totally destroyed 28 Artillery Hall some damage 29 Synagogue small damage 30 Baptist Church small damage 31 Cathedral small damage 32 George Sealys residence small damage On the other sldo of thl3 line lies the business portion of tha city ao3 tho los e3 there were mostly from water thueh many handsome buildings were totally wrecked tha ternnc winds Among thorn was the city hall which was almost demolished The city street railway power house with Its massive djnamos and electrical apparatus was torn to pieces The church of the Sacred Heart aa Broadway and Thirteenth was wrecked bgyoad any hope of repair only oa wall left andlns an that only In part Then jurt across the street stands the beautiful home of Jlr Walter Grcsham which sustained only the slightest Injuries This was filled with rocro than ICO souls who eoaght the massive stooe dwelling for safety All were given every attention and suffered only the slightest Inconvenience Go rg farther out Broadway to Eighth street cccs prccress Is stopped by thte waH of debris and can only reach the other sldeby cllmblns then a wide stretch of Tjarre shores meet the eye Nothing Is left as far as co can seo but a pile of brick and stooe where once stood the weJl kxown liGras Terrace oao of tho most fashionable apartment houses In the efty All remalnlar Is a few bricks some stone and Iroa work to mark the nlace where once stood the handsooM structure filled with bappyheartcd yoeng people This place was amose the first to ro sTtuated as It was only a few hundred feet froa the gulf shore As shown by the map the entire Dearer Besurvey was destroyed It should be mentioned however that this section did not have a fair show as a terse number of piece of Umbor cam from the fortificattpns like btterinR rams They were I2sl2 and a2SI feet long which were fomyjrly used on the railroad track of th Jettte aad brosefit sat to Tort Crockett for foundation for tho Iort3 Those were stored there sad ia eses of those rtCiulrod for tha fonndaUons falsi iz Ifr 1.