1900 Storm - America's Deadliest Natural Disaster


	1900 Storm - America's Deadliest Natural Disaster
Rustee
3-12-2008 12:42 AM
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history, hurricanes, disaster, texas
Rustee says:
How many perished can only be estimated at around 10,000, or 1 out of every 6 residents.
This was Galveston, Texas btw.
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The Category 4 hurricane struck September 8, 1900.
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Before dawn September 8, the water crept ashore and kept rising, despite strengthening north winds that should have repelled the storm.
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As people fled to higher ground, waves raged inward from both the gulf and the bay. Homes disintegrated and rushing waters swept people away.
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St. Mary's Orphanage, home to 93 children and 10 Catholic nuns, stood near the beach and was one of the first buildings to succumb to the storm. The only survivors were three boys who managed to cling to an uprooted tree as it was tossed around by the rising waters.
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There were too many dead to bury, so the remains were initially weighted down and dropped into the Gulf of Mexico. But the bodies floated back to shore and were eventually burned in funeral pyres.
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Human remains were found as late as February of 1901.
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