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"A scene from the wreck of Galveston"

Identifier: reviewofreviewsw22newy (find matches)
Title: Review of reviews and world's work
Year: 1890 (1890s)
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Publisher: New York Review of Reviews Corp
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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Hon. C. N. Bliss. Hon. M. Hanna. Hon N. 15. Scott. Hon. F. S. Gibbs. Hon. J. H. Manlcy. THE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE IN ITS NEW VOKK HEADQUARTERS.
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From a photo for the New York yoiirnal. A SCENE FROM THE WRECK OF GALVESTON. The Southern coast of the United^Caiamftu^ States was visited by a tropical hur-ricane on September 6-9, the fury ofwhich reached its climax at and near Galveston,Texas, 1:45 a. m., on Sunday, the 9th. Galves-ton is built upon the east end of a beautiful butlow-lying island some thirty miles long and six orseven miles wide at the point of greatest extent,though only a mile or two wide where the cityis built. The pressure of the wind upon thewaters of t)ie Gulf was so powerful and so con-tinuous that it lifted the waves on the northcoast many feet above the ordinary high-tidelevel, and for a short time the entire city wassubmerged. The demolition caused by the windalone, apart from the invasion of the sea, wouldhave resulted in a great loss of property and con-siderable loss of life. But the combined attackof hurricane and tidal-wave produced indescrib-able horrors—the destruction of property sink-ing into i

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  • bookyear:1890
  • bookdecade:1890
  • bookcentury:1800
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  • bookleafnumber:409
  • bookcollection:robarts
  • bookcollection:toronto
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