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'The
Galveston Tragedy"
Article from 'The Cosmopolitan' November, 1900 |
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THE GALVESTON TRAGEDY
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| alarm was felt. The wind took on new strength, and the waters were carried four blocks through the business section into Market Street. Ocean freighters dragged anchors in the channel, and were sent crashing against the wharves. The wind soon reached the hurricane stage, and buildings began to crumble. First the copings would go, then sections of roofs and walls. By this time the bay water | had reached the highest point on Tremont Street. The gulf was yet quiescent. Then a remarkable thing happened. The wind suddenly shifted from the north to the southeast. There was no lull, no breathing-spell, during this movement. The hurricane increased in fury, and picking up the waters of the gulf hurled them with crushing force against the four miles of residences along the beach. There was |
 AT EIGHTEENTH AND N STREETS |
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