There were between 6000 and 10,000 killed in the Galveston storm of 1900. They first gathered up bodies and took them out to sea and dumped them. When the tide brought them back to the beach, they piled them up and burned them. My grandfather, a 21 year old carpenter, was part of the crew who had to do the dirty work.
Yes, living in Texas all my life, I have read about the Galveston destruction. The fact that they, with the tools they had then, raised that island, raised all those houses, was a human miracle. And, there was an orphanage there with Catholic nuns running it, and they all drown. The stories coming out of that disaster were terrible.
There were between 6000 and 10,000 killed in the Galveston storm of 1900. They first gathered up bodies and took them out to sea and dumped them. When the tide brought them back to the beach, they piled them up and burned them. My grandfather, a 21 year old carpenter, was part of the crew who had to do the dirty work.
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I’m sure I lost some German ancestors in that storm, as well, as they immigrated into Galveston in the 1800s. Had a large dairy farm there and I know there was a road with their surname that went to the airport a few decades ago (don’t know if that’s still the name). Name: Schaper.