Galveston Hurricane of 1900

newsreport

Sep 9, 1891

Isaac Monroe Cline writes in the Galveston News that the island city is in no danger of being devastated by a severe hurricane

Hit

Sep 8, 1900

A hurricane now believed to have a Category Four storm makes landfall in Galveston, Texas killing 6,000 islanders and some 4,000 more people on the Texas mainland

Mayor Issues

Sep 9, 1900

Galveston mayor Walter C. Jones declares martial law

bodies

Sep 11, 1900

Approcimately 700 bodies buried at sea in Gulf of Mexico return to shore,necessitating mass cremations of the dead

Boat

Sep 12, 1900

Mail serive restored to Galveston by boat

Telegraph line

Sep 13, 1900

Single telegraph line restored to island

Clara Barton

Sep 20, 1900

Clara Barton and American National Red Cross operate a relief station at 25th and the Strand

School

Oct 22, 1900

The First schools reopem in Galveston

Commisson

Sep 18, 1901

Galveston installs new city commission form of goverment

Construction

Oct 27, 1902

Construction begins on Galveston seawall

Comparable

Aug 17, 1915

Hurricane of comparable severity to 1900 storm hits Galveston, killing eight on the island

Landfall

Sep 13, 1961

Hurricane Carla does not make landfall in Galveston but tornadoes resulting from Carla kill seven and damage buildings on the island

Surivors and victims

Sep 9, 2000

Bronze sculpture by. David W. Moore dedicated to victims and survivors of 1900 storm in Galveston