The relief work, now under full sway at Houston, is along two lines—to succor those who cannot leave Galveston and to bring out of the city all those who can and are willing to leave.
Mayor Jones and the citizens’ committee of the island city are urging that only those shall be permitted to enter Galveston whose presence is imperative, and transportation lines are straining every nerve in order that they may accord the privilege to those who are pleading to get away from the scenes of horror and desolation around them.
Hundreds of people have come to Houston from the four points of the compass, anxious to get into the stricken town, but since the exodus of islanders has begun many of these have concluded to remain here rather than run the risk of missing on the way those for whom they are in search.
ATTEMPT TO SUM UP THE LOSSES.
News has gradually been reaching here of the immense losses along the coast beyond Galveston. Damage difficult to estimate in dollars and cents has been done in a wide stretch of territory, and many human lives have been lost besides those which were wiped out in Galveston and its immediate vicinity. Based on reports believed to be accurate, the following statement is probably as near correct as can be arrived at at this time:
| Place. | Lives lost. | Property loss. |
|---|---|---|
| Galveston | 8000 | $10,000,000 |
| Houston | 2 | 300,000 |
| Alvin | 9 | 100,000 |
| Hitchcock | 2 | 75,000 |
| Richmond | 3 | 75,000 |
| Fort Bend county | 19 | 300,000 |
| Wharton | 40,000 | |
| Wharton county | 8 | 100,000 |
| Colorado county | 250,000 | |
| Angleton | 3 | 75,000 |
| Velasco | 50,000 | |
| Other points in Brazoria county | 4 | 30,000 |
| Sabine | 40,000 | |
| Patton | 10,000 | |
| Rollover | 10,000 | |
| Wennie | 10,000 | |
| Belleville | 1 | 50,000 |
| Hempstead | 1 | 15,000 |
| Brookshire | 2 | 35,000 |
| Waller county | 3 | 100,000 |
| Arcola | 2 | 5,000 |
| Saratatia | 5,000 | |
| Other points | 100,000 | |
| Dickinson | 7 | 30,000 |
| Texas City | 5 | 150,000 |
| Columbia | 8 | 15,000 |
| Sandy Point | 8 | 10,000 |
| Near Brazoria (convicts) | 15 | 1,000 |
| Damage to railroads outside of Galveston | 200,000 | |
| Damage to telegraph and telephone wires outside of Galveston | 30,000 |
Damage to cotton crop, estimated on average crop of counties affected, 50,000 bales at $60 per bale; total, $3,000,000. Losses to live stock cannot be estimated, but thousands of horses and cattle have been killed all over the storm district.
RELIEF PUSHED FORWARD NIGHT AND DAY.
Relief for those stricken in the awful calamity is now beginning to pour in from all over the country. Relief committees are being organized, and food, clothing and money raised to be sent here as rapidly as the special trains can carry the supplies to the people so sorely in need of them.
The Relief Committee here announces that the subscriptions in cash are in excess of $15,000, and that in addition to the provisions which have been forwarded from here the Federal Government has ordered 50,000 rations, which are now on their way from San Antonio. Lieutenant Ferguson, of General McKibben’s staff, expects to take two car loads of food to Galveston to-day. A telegram from New Orleans says that the exchanges there have raised $6,000 for the sufferers.