![]() Hundreds are busy day and night clearing away the debris and recovering the dead. There is not a building in town that is uninjured. Broncasiel, our printer, lives in another part of the town that suffered as badly is still missing and we have given him up as lost. They were all badly bruised from falling and drifting timber and one of the children was very badly hurt and they have some fears as to her recovery. When I got to the office I found a note from the younger Cline telling me of the safety of all except the Drs. I soon got sick of the sights out there and returned to the office to put things in order as best I could. I at once gave up the family with whom I stayed as lost which has proved true as their bodies have all been found, but the Clines I had more confidence in in regard to their ability to come out of it. I could not help seeing many bodies though I was not desirous of seeing them. One that did not know would hardly believe that that had been a part of the city twenty-four hours before. I could not even find the place where I had been staying. I had to go through the wreckage of buildings nearly the entire distance (one mile) and when I got there I found everything swept clean. As soon as possible the next morning after the waters went down I went out to the south end to see how they fared out there. Cline) lost his wife but after being nearly drowned themselves they saved the three children. Their house went with the rest and were out in the wreckage nearly all night. Cline, lives in the same part of the City and his brother (one of the observers here) boarded with him. ![]() I lost everything I brought with me from Memphis and a little money, but I think eighty Dollars will cover my entire loss: I am among the fortunate ones. The family with whom I roomed were all lost. In the quarter of the city where I lodged (south part) everything was swept and nearly all drowned. ![]() It was in a building that stood the storm better than any other in the town, though it was badly damaged and rocked frightfully in some of the blasts. I have seen many severe storms but never one like this. Of course you have heard of the storm that passed over this place last Friday night, but you cannot realize what it really was. I have been here two weeks, to take the place of a man who is on a three months leave, after which I go back to Memphis. That is what few can say in this storm swept City. Very probably you little expect to get a letter from me from here but here I am alive and without a scratch. Weather Bureau Galveston Tex Sept 10, 1900 Blagden to his family in Duluth, Minnesota, while serving a temporary assignment at the Galveston Weather Bureau office away from his permanent station in Memphis, Tennessee. Galveston Hurricane: A Letter from a Survivor
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