HISTORICAL GAZETTE: Read about Galveston hurricane of 1900, which killed 6,000 to 12,000 people

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FROM THE EVENING GAZETTE - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1900:

DEATH RIDES ON WIND AND WAVE.Austin, Tex.. Sept. 10 - Information has just reached me that about 3,000 lives been lost at Galveston, with enormous destruction of property. No information from other points.JOSEPH D. SAYERS, Governor.HAVOC BEYOND WORDS.First Reports Give Dim Idea of the DisasterHouston, Tex., Sept. 10 - The West Indian storm, which reached the gulf coast Saturday morning, wrought awful havoc In Texas. Reports are conflicting, but it is known that an appalling disaster has befallen the city of Galveston. where, it is reported, a thousand or more lives have been blotted out and a tremendous property damage incurred. Meager reports from Sabine Pass and Port Arthur also indicate a heavy loss of life, but these reports cannot be confirmed at this hour. ...[

Galveston, Texas, Swept by Furious Storm From the Gulf - Loss of Life Variously Estimated From One to Three Thousand - Waves Drive Inland For Miles Carrying Death and Destruction - Other Towns Isolated and Worst Feared - Relief Trains Pass Hundreds of Bodies Thrown up by the Sea.

Austin, Tex.. Sept. 10 - Information has just reached me that about 3,000 lives been lost at Galveston, with enormous destruction of property. No information from other points.

JOSEPH D. SAYERS, Governor.

HAVOC BEYOND WORDS.

First Reports Give Dim Idea of the Disaster

Houston, Tex., Sept. 10 - The West Indian storm, which reached the gulf coast Saturday morning, wrought awful havoc In Texas. Reports are conflicting, but it is known that an appalling disaster has befallen the city of Galveston. where, it is reported, a thousand or more lives have been blotted out and a tremendous property damage incurred. Meager reports from Sabine Pass and Port Arthur also indicate a heavy loss of life, but these reports cannot be confirmed at this hour. ...

Submerged by the Sea ... Asylums and Hospitals Wrecked ... Scenes of Awful Panic ... Bodies Counted by Hundreds ... Sea Runs Mountain High ... Many Texas Towns Probably Blotted Out by the Disaster ... Sabine Pass Isolated ... Galveston Without Water, In Darkness and Despair ... Dawn Reveals Horrors ...

[Much more from this Gazette front page]

Also, a New York Times story here: Great Disaster at Galveston

'Galveston Hurricane of 1900' at Wikipedia

Related IMDB trivia about Sean Astin, who starred in the recent, Iowa-filmed 'Final Season':

[Sean Astin] Announced at the Texas Film Festival on 22 February 2003 that he has optioned the book "Isaac's Storm" [by Erik Larson] and is planning on shooting an epic film centered around the Galveston Hurricane of 1900. ...

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