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DAY 7 | PART 1
TELEGRAM
Washington, D.C.
Sept. 9, 1900
To: Manager, Western Union
Houston, Texas
Do you hear anything about Galveston?
Willis L. Moore,
Chief, U.S. Weather Bureau
DAY 7 | PART 2
TELEGRAM
Houston, Texas
7:37 p.m.
Sept. 9, 1900
To: Willis Moore,
Chief, U.S. Weather Bureau Washington, D.C.
We have been absolutely unable to hear a word from Galveston since 4 p.m. yesterday...
G. L. Vaughan,
Manager
Western Union, Houston
DAY 7 | PART 3
TELEGRAM
Houston, Texas
11:25 p.m.
Sept. 9, 1900
To: Willis Moore,
Chief, U.S. Weather Bureau
First news from Galveston just received by train which could get no closer to the bay shore than six miles, where Prairie was strewn with debris and dead bodies. About two hundred corpses counted from train. Large Steamship stranded two miles inland. Nothing could be seen of Galveston. Loss of life and property undoubtedly most appalling. Weather clear and bright here with gentle southeast wind.
G. L. Vaughan
Manager,
Western Union, Houston
Excerpted from ISAAC'S STORM. Copyright © 1999 by Erik Larson.