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29 Αυγ 2017 · On September 8, 1900, in Galveston, 10 sisters of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charitylost their lives along with 90 children aged 2 to 13 in their care at St. Mary’s Orphans Asylum. They...
On Sept. 8, Galveston became the victim of a powerful hurricane of such destructive force that whole blocks of homes were completely swept away and one sixth of population was killed. Beginning early on the morning of Saturday, Sept. 8, 1900, the winds began coming in strongly from the north.
The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 was one of the most destructive hurricanes ever to hit the United States. [8] More than 6,000 people died, one-sixth the population of Galveston, Texas. St. Mary's Infirmary in Galveston, Texas after the Cyclone, ca. 1900. The Saint Mary's Orphan Asylum housed at that time 93 children (ages 2 to 13) and 10 sisters.
On Saturday, September 8, 1900, an intense, rapidly evolving storm of brief duration wiped out entire neighborhoods, claiming many who could have reported others as victims. In the aftermath, few bodies were recognizable. Most bodies were burned; few were buried.
31 Δεκ 2012 · On September 7, 1900, a hurricane quietly entered the Gulf. By the next day, however, the storm had gained power. The nuns at St. Mary’s, in a desperate attempt to save their young charges, relocated the children from the boys’ dormitory to the new girls’ dormitory.
12 Ιαν 2014 · When the sun rose on Sept. 9, 1900, the island city of Galveston, Texas, lay in ruins. What would come to be called The Great Storm, a hurricane of massive proportions, had roared ashore from the Gulf of Mexico overnight, sweeping “the Wall Street of the Southwest” from the face of the Earth.
“On September 8, 1900, a catastrophic hurricane assaulted Galveston and her nearly 38,000 citizens, with winds greater than 120 miles per hour, and flood waters covering the entire island. The Great Storm took between 6,000 and 8,000, and permanently scarred Galveston — but Galveston lived.“
