The Great Galveston Disaster / Containing a Full and Thrilling Account of the Most Appalling Calamity of Modern Times Including Vivid Descriptions of the Hurricane and Terrible Rush of Waters; Immense Destruction of Dwellings, Business Houses, Churches, and Loss of Thousands of Human Lives; Thrilling Tales of Heroic Deeds; Panic-Stricken Multitudes and Heart-Rending Scenes of Agony; Frantic Efforts to Escape a Horrible Fate; Separation of Loved Ones, etc., etc.; Narrow Escapes from the Jaws of Death; Terrible Sufferings of the Survivors; Vandals Plundering Bodies of the Dead; Wonderful Exhibitions of Popular Sympathy; Millions of Dollars Sent for the Relief of the Stricken Sufferers

by Paul Lester

CREMATING DEAD BODIES TAKEN FROM GALVESTON WRECK.

EXTERIOR VIEW OF ST. PATRICK’S CHURCH, WHICH WAS DEMOLISHED

WRECKAGE AT CENTRE STREET, LOOKING NORTH FROM AVENUE O ½

RUINS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL, TWENTY-FIFTH STREET AND AVENUE P

REMAINS OF RAILROAD POWER HOUSE, TWENTIETH STREET AND AVENUE I