Bodies

Bodies

• G-1771FF1.1-1 700 buried at sea
• G-1771FF1.1-2 Near the Bay Bridge
• G-1771FF1.1-3 Down the island. This sad sight may be seen in hundreds of places on our Island.
• G-1771FF1.1-4 Floating body
• G-1771FF1.1-5 Skeleton lying in grass down Galveston Island
• G-1771FF1.1-6 Arm of victim
• G-1771FF1.1-7 Skeleton of victim
• G-1771FF1.1-8 Floating body
• G-1771FF1.1-9 Body lying in water
• G-1771FF1.1-10 Skeletal remains floating in pool of water
• G-1771FF1.1-11 Skeletal remains floating in pool of water
• G-1771FF1.1-12 Body partially covered by debris
• G-1771FF1.1-13 Strand Bet 20 & 2. Searching out the dead Sunday morning Sept 9 - 1900.
• G-1771FF1.1-14 Skeletal remains floating in pool of water
• G-1771FF1.1-15 Casket resting on shelves; casket lid leaning against shelves
• G-1771FF1.2-1 Body and wrecked houses
• G-1771FF1.2-2 Bodies in make-shift morgue
• G-1771FF1.2-3 Body in grassy area
• G-1771FF1.2-4 Workers carrying body amid debris; one worker wearing mask.
• G-1771FF1.2-5 Barge loaded with bodies which were taken into Gulf of Mexico and dropped overboard
• G-1771FF1.2-6 Eighteenth & N - Looking N. E.
• G-1771FF1.2-8 Makeshift grave covered with rocks
• G-1771FF1.2-10 Workers carrying body aboard barge
• G-1771FF1.2-11 Body lying amid debris and wrecked houses
• G-1771FF1.2-12 21st and Avenue O. A frequent sight September 9, 1900. 8,000 lives lost.
• G-1771FF1.2-13 Burning bodies on the beach
• G-1771FF1.2-14 Barge in Gulf, Casting DEAD in to the SEA. 700 dead were buried at sea the 2nd day after the storm.
• G-1771FF1.2-15 Creamating [sic] the dead. The ashes of over 100 storm victims who perished in the tidal wave.
• G-1771FF1.3-1 Funeral Procession
• G-1771FF1.3-2 Man identifying his wife by rings
• G-1771FF1.3-3 Seventh and M
• G-1771FF1.3-4 Workers placing bodies in pile
• G-1771FF1.3-5 Loading bodies on barge to carry to sea
• G-1771FF1.3-6 Temporary Graves along the barren shores, once adorned with beautiful homes
• G-1771FF1.3-7 Identifying the dead, Location 23rd Beach
• G-1771FF1.3-8 Loaded with dead and 700 to bury at sea
• G-1771FF1.3-9 Dray carrying dead to ...on barge. 22nd & wharf
• G-1771FF1.3-11 22nd & wharf. Hauling dead to barge.
• G-1771FF1.3-12 Taking jewelry of[f] the dead bodies. East Beach
• G-1771FF1.3-13 Centre St. Carrying the dead while water was on.
• G-1771FF1.3-15 Church St. Loading drays at morgue.
• G-1771FF1.4-1 Horse hitched to cart for carrying bodies
• G-1771FF1.4-2 Skeletal remains lying in water
• G-1771FF1.4-3 Skeletal remains lying in water
• G-1771FF1.4-4 Body floating in water
• G-1771FF1.4-5 Skeletal remains lying among brush
• G-1771FF1.4-6 Skeletal remains lying amid brush
• G-1771FF1.4-7 Down Island. 30 days after the storm burying a body piece by piece.
• G-1771FF1.4-10 Church and 23rd, loading the dead into wagons
• G-1771FF1.4-11 On the wharf. Hauling the dead to be loaded onto barges.
• G-1771FF1.4-13 E[a]rly the next morning. The work of disposing of the dead and to rescue the living com[m]enced.
• G-1771FF1.4-14 ["Carrying away the] dead, on way to barge.
• G-1771FF1.4-15 At wharf, One of 72 wagon loads of dead hauled to barge, and buried At SEA
• G-1771FF1.5-1 Body lying face down in debris.