Presented in digital format on one DATA CD is this ultimate collection of THREE full-length, profusely-illustrated books and a MASSIVE COLLECTION of newspaper clippings covering the events of the 1900 Galveston Hurricane.

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THE NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS COLLECTION:

We have assembled and indexed 92-pages of historic newspaper clippings published in the month of September 1900 which describe the immediate horror of the Galveston storm and its terrible aftermath.

The pages in this collection feature hundreds of contemporary newspaper reports describing the horror of the hurricane; the immense destruction; tales of heroic deeds; sseparation of loved ones; vandals plundering bodies; panic-stricken multitudes and narrow escapes from the jaws of death. Articles were published September 9, 1900 through to September 27, 1900.

The Complete Story of the Galveston Horror
Written by the Survivors,
Edited by John Coulter
© 1900

Incidents of the awful tornado, flood and cyclone disaster; personal experiences of survivors, horrible looting of dead bodies and the robbing of empty houses; pestilence from so many decaying bodies unburied; barge captains compelled by armed men to tow dead bodies to sea; millions of dollars raised to aid the suffering survivors; president McKinley orders army rations and army tents issued to survivors and orders US troops to protect the people and property; tales of the survivors from Galveston; adrift all night on rafts; acts of valor; Soldiers drowned; great heroism; great vandalism; great horror; a second Johnstown flood, but worse; hundreds of men, women and children drowned; no way of escape, only Death! Death! Everywhere!

GALVESTON The Horrors of a Stricken City
by Murat Halstead
© 1900

Portraying by pen and picture the awful calamity that befell the Queen City on the gulf and the terrible scenes that followed the disaster.
Including the coming of the storm, its force and havoc, people killed and property destroyed, heroism of the rescuers, stories of the survivors, the rifle the fate of the ghouls, storms scientifically considered, the track of the storm, world's sympathy and aid, stories of other storms catastrophes that are memorable, cities that have been wrecked, story of the city on the gulf, historical sketch of the state, lesson of the storm, and the future of Galveston.
Splendidly illustrated with views of the city before, during and after the disaster.

The Great Galveston Disaster
by Paul Lester,
with introduction by Richard Spillane
© 1900

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.

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.

Profusely embellished with photographs taken immediately after the disaster.