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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 196, 13 September 1900, Page 3

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EIGHT STEAMERS WRECKED. 5000 LIVES LOST. DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT FIFTEEN "MILLION DOLLARS.

(PER PBESS ASSOCIATION.J Received 12, 10.5 a.tn. New Yoke, September 11. Eight steamships were wresked in Galveston harbour. The wind reached a velocity of 84 miles an hour. The loss of life in Texas is estimated at 5000. The houses of Galveston are roofless. Mr. Elihu Boot, Secretary for War, has sent ten thousand army tents and fifty thousand rations in aid of the sufferers. The damage, including that to the cotton crops which are spoilt by the rain, is 15 million dollars. VESSELS CARRIED MILES INLAND. Received 12, 10.50 p.m. New Yoke, Saptember 12. Steam launches and schooners were carried ten miles inland at Galveston by the tidal wave, while the dead in the cemeteries were washed out to sea. 3ALVERSTON FIVE FEET UNDER WATER.

TERRIBLE SUFFERINGS OF THE INHABITANTS.

A COTTON FAMINE PREDICTED. (Received 13, 1.5 a,m.) New Yobk, September 12. The tempest came from opposite directions, and the waters of the bay and the gulf meeting succeeded in covering the highest parts of Galveston to the height of five feet. Many of the inhabitants died of hunger and thirst. An epidemic of disease is new threatened.

All bodies are being conveyed to sea for burial, and criminals are looting valuables.

The cotton crop is damaged to the extent of a'quarter of a million bales, which intensifies the prospect of a crisis in Lancashire cotton manufactures,