On Saturday, September 8, 1900, a hurricane of almost unimaginable force smashed into the Texas coast at Galveston. Winds reached as high as 120 miles per hour. The storm surge inundated the city to a depth of 15 feet, and the great amount of debris in the water acted as a battering ram against the city as the waves rose and fell. Two-thirds of the buildings of the city were destroyed, and between 6000 and 8000 people killed in the city (the total death toll along the coast was 10,000 to 12,000). It was the worst natural disaster in United States history. Scenes of unbelievable horror and suffering followed for weeks after the disaster.J.H.W. Stele to Sayers, September 11-12, 1900 | TSLAC - ow.ly/Befs7
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