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Hlbum of <3alveston 





Cbe 1Da\> JScfoue anb tbe E)a\> Hfter tbc Great Storm. 



The Only Book Published Showing Galveston Before and After the Storm. 

The Only Book Published by Galvestonians and Absolutely Reliable. 

The Only High Class Meritorious Album of Gralveston and the Storm on the Market. 




flbubltsbeb b? M. M. IDexter anb tbe Galveston Crtbune. 


VIEWS PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT. 

















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GALVESTON COUNTY COURT HOUSE. STOOD THE STORM. PRACTICALLY UNINJURED. 


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BANKING HOUSE OF HUTCHINGS, SEALY & CO. NOT DAMAGED. 


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THE DASHING, FOAMING, DELIGHTFUL SURF AT GALVESTON. THE FINEST IN THE WORLD. 


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MURDOCH'S FAMOUS BATH HOUSE. SWEPT FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH. 


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HARBOR VEIW, SHOWING GRAIN AND COAL ELEVATORS, WAREHOUSES, ETC. ALL TAMAGED BY THE STORM BUT NOW RESTORED. SEE P. 49. 























HOGrAN ? S ALLEY CROWDED WITH BIG STEAMERS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. 


AS MUCH CROWDED NOW AS EVER. 


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WHARF SCENE AT GALVESTON. MATERIALLY DAMAGED BUT RESTORED. 























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COTTON JAMMERS AT WORK IN HOLD OF VESSEL. 










































CITY PARK, SHOWING BALL HIGH SCHOOL AND TREMONT HOTEL, BOTH SLIGHTLY DAMAGED. 


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INTERIOR OF TOUJOUSE PALATIAL CAFE. (ONE OF THE HANDSOMEST IN AMERICA.) 


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COAL ELEVATOR, PRACTICALLY UNINJURED. 


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WEST YARD, 


MERCHANTS AND PLANTERS COMPRESS, 


BADLY DAMAGED BUT READY FOR BUSINESS. 


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TEXAS STAR FLOUR MILLS. UNINJURED. 


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GALVESTON BREWING COMPANY. UNINJURED. 


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ENTRANCE. 



RECEPTION HALL AND OFFICE. 


he Y. M. C. A. Building. 

ralveston, Texas. 

ost nearly S100.000. 



The gift of one of 
Galveston’s Benefactors, 
The late Henry Rosenberg- 


DAMAGE TO BUILDING EASILY REPAIRED. THE REFUGE OF HUNDREDS, WHO, IN IT, SURVIVED THE GREAT STORM. 


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URSULINE ACADEMY. THE REFUGE OF OVER 2000 PEOPLE. MAIN BUILDING UNINJURED AND SCHOOLS OPENED. 
MOTHER SUPERIOR, OF THE URSULINE, THE HEROINE OF THE GREAT STORM. 


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HARMONY HALL. 


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INTERIOR SACRED HEART CHURCH. COMPLETELY DEMOLISHED. SEE PAGE 42, 



ST. MARY’S CATHEDRAL. UNINJURED. 

The Priest of this Cathedral, Rev. Father Kerwin, one of the heroes of the storm. Of many it 
was he only that the Attorney General paid signal tribute in recognition 

of his chivalric work. 


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FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, (SCIENTIST), BALL AVE. AND 22D ST., UNINJURED BY STORM. 



UNION DEPOT, GALVESTON, WHERE 2000 PEOPLE WERE SAVED DURING THE STORM. 







































TOUJOUSE BUILDING, OK STAG HOTEL. UNINJURED 









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IMPROVEMENT LOAN AND TRUST CO. BUILDING. NOT INJURED 












































































WHARF SCENE AT ELEVATOR A. DAMAGED BUT REPAIRED. 











































































FIGURE OF PEACE ON SIDE OF TEXAS 
HEROES’ MONUMENT AT GALVESTON. 
Monument Cost $50,000, Bequeathed by the late 
Henry Rosenberg, the Philanthropist. 
Uninjured by storm. 


THE JETTIES AT LONG RANGE. NOT INJURED. 


DRINKING FOUNTAINS ERECTED BY DECREE OF THE LAMENTED 
HENRY ROSENBERG. NOT INJURED. 


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ARTILLERY CLUB HOUSE. NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED. 


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BEAUTIFUL GALVESTON HOMES ARE MORE OR LESS INJURED BY STORM. 



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This noted hostelry wears the laurel 
ci'ovvn of the storm. It was the 
refuge of over 2000 panic stricken 
souls. The proprietor, Mr. George 



Korst, was untiring in his efforts to 
soothe the grief of the terrified, 
comfort the distressed and render 
hospitality to all. 



TREMONT HOTEL LOBBY. Main Entrance to Office 


TREMONT HOTEL BILLIARD ROOM. 

Eight New Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. Billiard Tables. 















































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LEVY OFFICE J3UILDING. UNINJURED. 

























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BRACKENRIDGE HALL—STATE MEDICAL COLLEGE—SLIGHTLY DAMAGED. SEE PAGE 46 . 




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STATE MEDICAL COLLEGE. BADLY DAMAGED. SEE PAGE 46 . 












































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ROSflNBERG SCHOOL, BADLY INJURED BUT WILL BE REPAIRED. 
















































































































































































































































































































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GALVESTON RESIDENCES. 

All sustained some damage. Residence of Mr. Culium completely demolished. In it were many persons and 
18 U. Sr soldiers, one being- killed, all others miraculously escaped including the sister of 

the publisher, Mr. Dexter. 















































































































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RESIDENCE OF MR. CHAS. FOWLER. NOT DAMAGED MATERIALLY. 













































RESIDENCE OF MR. GEO. 


SEALY. 

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RESIDENCE OF MR. J. C. LEAGUE. UNINJURED MATERIALLY. 


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RESIDENCE OF MR. CHAS. CLARKE 


UNINJURED. 


























RESIDENCE OF MR. JOHN W. HARRIS 


BARELY INJURED, 


















BOWER OF OLE ANDERS 2IN FRONT OF THE RESIDENCE OF MRS. I. DYER. 



GLIMPSE OF THE RESIDENCE OF MRS. I. DYER, 24th AND SEALY AVENUE, SHOWING 
THE GROWTH OF TROPICAL PLANTS IN THIS SUNNY ISLE OF THE SEA. 











BLUM BUILDING. DEMOLISHED. STOOD ON CORNER MECHANIC AND 24th STS. IN 
CENTER OF BUSINESS PORTION. SEE PAGE 50. 











































































THE OLD COLONIAL HOME OF MRS. KOPPERL WITH ITS LUXURIANT GROWTH OF TROPICAL PALMS. 
THE HOUSE DISMANTLED BY THE STORM, YET BEARING ITS FORMER BEAUTY. 


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JBcaut^ IRutn an&IRestoration 



Galveston as it was the day before and the day after the hurricane of September 8th, 1900, is pictured 
in these pages. There was no more beautiful city in the South on Saturday morning. There was no 
more desolate city in the world on Sunday morning. 

The wreckage is disappearing like ghosts of the night before a rising sun. When the new year 
dawns little will be left to tell the story of the greatest tragedy of the passing century, and the twentieth 
century will smile upon the busiest and most promising city of the continent. 

Already it is assured that the site of the city will be raised 8 to 10 feet, and that a substantial sea 
wall will be constructed to defy the madness of the ocean. This has restored public confidence and 
Galveston investments are firm. 

With these measures of protection, nothing will remain but a memory of the sorrowful tragedy 
which cost 6,000 lives in the city, 1,000 more on the island and 1,000 more on the adjacent mainland, 
and destroyed public and private property to the value of $30,000,000.00. 

The pictures herein presented cannot be found in any other publication. The views before the 
storm were prepared for “Picturesque Galveston,” a handsome souvenir which was in press when the 
hurricane came; then the publishers had views of the wreckage made. Thus the purchaser of this 
volume has literally a view of Galveston the day before and the day after the storm. 













ALL THAT IS LEFT OF THE COUNTY BRIDGE ACROSS THE BAY 2 1-7 Miles Long, Cost $185, 

IN THE MORGUE SUNDAY AFTER THE STORM. 





















































DEAD BODIES ON RAILROAD BARGE 
DAY AFTER THE STORM. 



CARRYING BODIES TO 
THE FUNERAL PYRE 




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of Lucas Terrace where Eighteen Escaped out of Two Hundi’ed. This was 
a splendid modern brick flat on the Beach and Broadway. 



RUINS OF SACRED HEART CHURCH, A GRAND EDIFICE ON BROADWAY. 


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Lucas Terrace. The only room left out of eighty; only eighteen lives were saved 
out of two hundred; these escaped by being in the room shown. 



CORPSES CARTED TO THE WHARF. 


















CAPSIZED YA WL FOOT OF TREMONT STREET. 



RUINS OF GRAND OPERA HOUSE ADJOINING THE HOTEL GRAND. 



LOADED WITH CORPSES ON TREMONT STREET. 



, PARTIAL DESTRUCTION OF HOTEL GRAND ADJOINING GRAND OPERA HOUSE. 

See page 26. 
































STATUE OF ST. JOSEPH'S CHURCH. EDIFICE DEMOLISHED. 


TOTAL RUINS OF ST. PATRICK S CHURCH, 




A GHASTLY PICTURE. 19th and O LOOKING NORTHWEST. 

























BATH AVENUE SCHOOL WRECK. 


WRECKAGE ON THE WHARF. 


WRECK OF THE GAS PLANT. 


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IN THE EAST END. 



DENVER RESURVEY SCHOOL. TOTAL WRECK. 18 U. S. SOLDIERS LOST THEIR 

LIVES HERE. 



BRACKENRIDGE HALL. BADLY DAMAGED. ( See page 27. ) 



MEDICAL COLLEGE. BADLY DAMAGED. 
(See page 27.) 


































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RUINS OF ST. JOHN S METHODIST CHURCH. 25th AND BROADWAY. 














RUINS OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, 22n(l AND I. 


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WRECK OF TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 22nd AND WINNIE. 



ST MARY'S INFIRMARY. BADLY DAMAGED AT EAST END. 





























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EIGHTEENTH STREET BETWEEN Ujt AND O. 


NINETEENTH AND N LOOKING SOUTHEAST. 



ON THE BEACH NEAR AVENUE L 






















WRECK AND RUINS OF ORPHAN’S HOME. 



WRECKAGE ON THE BAY FRONTS. 























































TOTAL WRECK OF THE BLUM BUILDING, CORNER MECHANIC 
AND 24th STS. SEE PAGE 38. 




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WRECK OF AN ENGLISH SHIP. 



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BARGE LOAD OF CORPSES GOING TO SEA. 


A CLEAN SWEEP: FIFTEEN BLOCKS LONG BY SIX DEEP. 
































































































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