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29 Αυγ 2017 · On September 8, 1900, in Galveston, 10 sisters of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity lost their lives along with 90 children aged 2 to 13 in their care at St. Mary’s Orphans Asylum.
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.
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.
24 Απρ 2018 · A statue honoring victims of Galveston's deadly 1900 hurricane has been missing for nearly 100 years and the search is on to learn its whereabouts.
1 Ιουν 1995 · Mary's Orphanage, an institution of the Catholic Diocese of Galveston (now the Catholic Diocese of Galveston-Houston), was operated by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word from 1867 until 1968, when its functions were absorbed by the Family Life Services office of the diocese.
The Great Galveston hurricane made landfall on September 8, 1900, near Galveston, Texas. It had estimated winds of 140 mph (225 km/h) at landfall, making the cyclone a Category 4 storm on the modern day Saffir–Simpson scale. [5]
