File talk:Lucas Terrace, 50 deaths, Galveston hurricane, 1900.jpg

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Sources vary on the number of deaths at this building (50-80).

1. Story of the Galveston Flood, 1900; "One man from Lucas Terrace reported the loss of fifty lives in the building from which he escaped."

http://books.googleusercontent.com/books/content?req=AKW5QafUI4S2WU3wTnzilqsXiMJ7JtVIr_s4j1PwOUATntPKupZhVWL6vaqJHRehjSwuoZhWx6h4o-IQ23INlNmH8u46_oio4G3LcwCGOkq9i8ZvNCHrvj1cBrrC68jd5bm4tgaogqbIyP9GBo2TZyKLAo5kA18PnAWszBpeVslsW_7ZLAXIQdZWzhKJDYdZ-bOhotd0PxjgvdyLLVTBndMjEWj4JspV8DN0dOL5WQPOc7cvCAvgWRV2TUTZ7cBBZ4Y0zkSAPfJTXZ-qjBNKFpyJ5-3StFIhfw

2. Blog posting by oldsaltbooks showing Library of Congress Photos, has 2 photos of the remains of the building with notes. "Lucas Terrace under which 51 people lie buried" and "Lucas Terrace where fifty lives were lost".

https://galvestonartist.wordpress.com/tag/galveston/page/2/

3. RY Young Photo by American Stereoscope Company, 1900. "St. Lucas Terrace--Galveston Disaster--where 80 Bodies were found." Reverse of photo reads "Stereograph shows a ruined building in which 88 persons took refuge. Out of that number 8 only were saved."

http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/jtx/id/1535 — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 137.161.255.51 (talk) 19:35, 29 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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