City of Galveston Directory.

             1875/76 - First directory.  No Drewa

             1876/77 -  No Drewa

1877/78 -   No Drewa 

1878     -   No Drewa 

1880/81 -   No Drewa 

1881/82 -  Henry Drewe, screwman, r. 616 Winnie bet.  12 & 13 

1882/83 -  Harry Drewa , screwman, r. 616  E. Church 

1888/89 -  Edward Drewa plasterer, bds:  Louis Muller Sr.           

       Louis Muller Sr.  616 E. Church bet. 12 & 13.             

                               Herman A. Drewa  (H. A. Drewa & Co.) bds.  Louis Muller Sr. 

               H. A. Drewa & Co.   (Herman A. Drewa & Jacob Richter)

               fruit, vegetable & ice dealers, 205 E. Market bet. 20 & 21. 

1896/97 -  Charles Drewa  printfeeder, Knapp Bros.  h. H. A. Drewa                       

                              Edward F. Drewa cont. plasterer r. 1703 27^th               

                              Harry A. Drewa screwman r. 1028 Ave. M.        

 January 2000: Located from the Galveston, Texas 1900 Storm Records, List of Victims. Drewa, H. A.   (Herman Adolph Drewa)  

          Herman Adolph 'Franz' Drewa and Georgine Wilhelmina Roselle Scheiber had the following children:  

 +             2         i. Edward Frederick² Drewa was born June 14, 1870.

                 3        ii. Wilhelmina Roselle Drewa was born in Galveston, Galveston County, Texas,  May 28, 1873.  Wilhelmina died October 10, 1959 in Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, at 86 years of age.  married Hans B. Musaus in Houston, Harris County, Texas, January 17, 1894.  was born in Kristiansund, Norway June 26, 1857.  Hans died April 10, 1938 in Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, at 80 years of age.  body was interred April 11, 1938 in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Galveston, Texas.  Hans married Wilhelmina Drewa, and as far as is known, no children were conceived from this union.  Hans was an ex-Norwegian sailor. He worked for his room and board before his marriage, at the Rosenberg Library in Galveston as a custodian.  He did other work in bars and later at a couple of mechanic jobs. In 1930, he was a lab attendant at the Texas Medical Center.  He and his wife Minnie first show up in a Galveston directory in 1921.  No other information has been obtained at this writing. He was interred at the Galveston Odd Fellows Cemetery adjacent the Oleander Cemetery on Broadway Ave., in Galveston, Texas. Researcher has written to the Galveston Odd Fellows Lodge and to the State for death certificate, but to date no answer.   His wife, Wilhelmina passed away October 10, 1959. 

                                Wilhelmina Roselle Drewa Masaus Wilhelmina was known in Galveston as "Minnie".  She married a Norwegian sailor by the name of Hans B. Masaus. It is known that he worked at the Rosenberg library for his room and board prior to his marriage to Minnie. They did not have any known children. (However;  a Masaus was attended the funeral of Sedonia Drewa Carder. Harry, William, Menny and Hans were saved in the 1900 storm by a horse pulling them to a house.  They cut holes in a floor. The house floated 12-14 blocks.) William and Harry were her brothers. She was born on May 28, 1873 and died October 30, 1959.  She was 86 years of age.  Her cause of death was Cerebrovascular Thrombosis due to Hypertensive and Arteriosclerotic Vascular Disease.  She was buried Nov. 1, 1959 at the Evergreen Cemetery, but her brother William had her re-interred at his family plot at Hitchcock Cemetery in Hitchcock, Texas. She died at the University of Texas Medical Hospital after being in the Hospital one day. August 8, 1997. I never heard my parents or any other member of the family mention her. Since my grandfather, Ed. F. Drewa and grandmother, Sophia Steffens Drewa died in the 30's and 40's respectively, one might think my Aunt Sedonia (Donnie) Drewa Carder and she would have got together or been close. Minnie  resided at 3215 Ave. P (Rear) at her death.  This is only five blocks from the Steffens-Drewa home place at 2701 Ave. O. Her husband, Hans, was 16 older than she.

    +          4       iii. Charles Louis Drewa was born September 6, 1879.

                 5       iv. Harry Lewis Drewa was born in Galveston, Galveston Co., Texas September 25, 1888.  died January 23, 1969 in Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas, at 80 years of age.  His body was interred January 25, 1969 in Sparkman/Hillcrest, Northwest Highway, Dallas, Texas..  He married in Galveston, Galveston County, Texas.  Rose was born in Galveston, Galveston County, Texas.  died in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.  Harrys occupation: Retired Jeweler, Dallas, Texas.

                 6        v. William Herman Drewa was born in Galveston, Galveston County, Texas September 25, 1891.  William died March 9, 1951 in Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, at 59 years of age.  married Lenora E. Hunter in Galveston, Galveston County, Texas.  Lenora was born in Galveston, Galveston County, Texas December 3, 1895.  Lenora died August 1969 in Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, at 73 years of age.  body was interred August 1969 in Galveston Memorial Park, Hitchcock, Texas.  Lenora E. Hunter Drewa last known address of Lenora before her death was 1923 Ave Q and a  ½ . As annotated in  William Herman Drewa documentation, they had no children. She is interred at the Galveston Memorial Park in Hitchcock, Texas with her husband. .

                        Williams occupation: Retired Santa Fe Railroad in Santa Fe Railroad, Galveston, Texas.

                        William was Chief Claim Clerk for 39 years of the Galveston Office of the Santa Fe Railroad.  He belonged to the El Mina Shrine, Galveston Scottish Rite and Masonic Lodge

                       #297.  He and his wife   Lenora Hunter had no children.  Both are interned at Galveston Memorial Park in Hitchcock, Texas.

                       The following is from the obituary section of 03-09-1951 Galveston news-paper:  

                                Funeral services  will be held at 3:30 p.m.  Sunday at J. Levy & Bro.. funeral home for William Henry Drewa 59, Chief Claim Clerk for the Santa Fe Railroad in Galveston who  died Friday at his residence,   4923 Ave. Q and a half. Mr. Drewa, a lifelong resident of Galveston, was born here Sept.  25, l891, and   was an employee of the railroad for 39 years. The Rev. Edward V. Long, pastor of First Lutheran  Church, will officiate at services.  Graveside rites will be conducted at Galveston Memorial Park by  Tucker Lodge 297 of which, Mr. Drewa was a member.  He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lenora  Hunter Drewa, two brothers, Charles Drewa of Galveston and Harry Drewa of Dallas; and a sister, Mrs. Minnie Masaus of Galveston."       He and his brother Harry, sister Minny and her husband were saved  from floating to sea during the Galveston 1900 storm by a horse pulling them near a floating house. They cut holes in the floor enabling it to fill with water and slow the floating down.  It continued to  float 12-14 blocks.                                                                            

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           2.  Edward Frederick² Drewa (Herman Adolph 'Franz'¹) was born in Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, June 14, 1870.  died at his home June 15, 1935 in Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, at 65 years of age.  body was interred June 1935 in Hitchcock, Texas, Hitchcock, Texas.  married Sophie Marie Adolphine Steffens in Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, February 11, 1891.  was born in Galveston, Galveston County, Texas August 30, 1872.  Sophie was the daughter of Ferdinand Christoph Steffens and Henrietta Luedeuke .  died June 4, 1948 in Galveston, Galveston County, Texas, at 75 years of age.  body was interred in Hitchcock, Texas.  

Edward died of a heart attack in his daughter’s ( Sedonia Carder) arms. She was tending to him and had just raised his shoulders ( he was laying in bed), when he died.  He is interred at the Galveston Memorial Park in the Ed. F Drewa family plot.  Edward was one of five children of Herman and Wilhelmina Roselle Drewa.  He had three brothers; Harry L., Charles Louis, and William H., and a sister Wilhelmina “Minnie”.  Ed began working at his father’s produce and ice store in l886.  He lived with his parents who rented from Louis Muller Sr. In l888 he met Louis Muller, Sr’s son, Alfred Muller, a Galveston architect, and was able to get construction work through him.  Edward found he enjoyed working with plaster and began training as a plasterer on some of Alfred Muller’s building projects. (Alfred Muller was, after Nicholas J. Clayton, Galveston’s best known architect. He was educated at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin and arrived in Galveston in 1886.  He designed the Galveston  City Hall and Market House. Among his buildings still in existence are the Galveston Orphans Home, the Letitia Rosenberg Home, and the J. C.  Trube House.  He died in 1896 in a typhoid fever epidemic.)  Ed Drewa and Sophie Steffens were married in 1891. Their first child, Sedonia Drewa, was born that same year. (marriage records: Book K, p.47.)  In l893, Edward began a concrete, plaster and cement business at 1703 27^th Street, the address of the house before it was turned to face Avenue O. In April of l896 he contracted with Edward Schulz and Ernst Ditze to demolish Dr. Steffens’ office and the rent property on Ave. O and to build two frame houses exactly alike.  They were to be built for $2000.00 and to have five rooms and a hall, slate-roofs, and be eight feet above the ground.  

            After the hurricane of September 8, 1900,  Drewa worked on repairs to buildings damaged by the storm.  In 1903, he was given the contract by the Galveston County Commissioners to build the sidewalks along the first stretch of Galveston Sea wall.  On the sea wall extension from 26^th to 29^th streets he built the sidewalks as subcontractor to Kelso-Vautrin.       

My father, Vernon H. Drewa was led to believe, that most Drewa were lost in the 1900 storm with the exception of his Aunt Minnie, Harry Drewa of Dallas, and Louis Drewa of Sequin, Texas. I believe this is what Dad had been brought up knowing.  From my graduation until he passed away, he always wanted me to delve into his Ancestry.  I first started collecting information in 1948 after my grandmother’s death and got a great many notes when I was receiving my Top Secret  Clearance from the Navy Department. Also some information while on duty with Navy Intelligence and Atomic Energy Commission. It was only after my youngest daughter (Kristi L. Drewa Lucas) volunteered to go to Galveston to help me clear up some loose ends that I have been able to put this together.  For her help, I’ll be forever grateful. My most fervent wish would be that Dad were alive to know the true Drewa history and the many wonderful relatives I have met that descended from his grandfather and grand-mother; Herman “Franz” Drewa and Roselle Schneider.       

            (Galveston County Commissioners’ Court Minutes, February 16, 1906.  Edward F. Drewa for concrete sidewalk, curbing and drain.). In anticipation of the grade raising, (Of the entire city. Galveston Island was raised an average of eight feet.), Drewa demolished the south rental property and built a small house for himself on the alley at the rear of his property (Family and business records found in the house by the present owners:  Mr. and Mrs. Ray Reesby, who were the driving force  for the 2701 Ave. O. homestead as well as the two adjacent homes ( which grandpa built ) being placed on the National Historical Register.)           

In 1905, before filling for the grade raising was pumped onto the lot, Drewa turned the house to face Ave. O instead of 27^th street (Galveston  City Directories, 1894-96, Sanborn  Fire Map 1912, Galveston Texas History Center, Rosenberg Library).           

He used the ceilings of his house to train his sons in the art of plastering and to demonstrate their skill with potential plaster patterns to his clients.  As a room would become filled with various patterns,  Drewa would select a favorite and the remainder would be removed;  then the ceiling of the room would be completed to match the chosen design.            

In 1921,  Edward Drewa, after many years in business in Galveston as E. F Drewa, Plasterer, changed the name of the firm to Edward F. Drewa and Son;  taking his son Edwin as a partner.  He was active in civic affairs in the city.  He ran for alderman in 1926 (on Democratic ticket).  He was secretary and president of the Builder’s Exchange of Galveston and a director of the Peoples Loan and Homestead Co. ( Family business records).  The ledgers for the meetings of the Galveston Builder’s Exchange, Galveston Texas History Center.  Rosenberg Library.  Political broadsides and Circulars Collection,  1898-1927. 

                 Grandpa (Ed. F.) and Grandma (Sophie) Drewa on day of Edwin William Drewa, Jr. Funeral.  November 9, 1921. Galveston, Texas.           

All of the family had married and left to homes of their own by 1927.  In 1935,  Edward Drewa died leaving his estate for the upkeep of the family home (Courthouse Probate Minutes, Book 102, p. 401). His will stated, as Ferdinand and Henrietta Steffen’s had, that as long as any member of the immediate family needed to live in the home, they would be permitted to do so. (Probate Minutes, Book 153, Page 307., and Probate minutes, Book 187, page 163).  As mentioned perhaps in other write-ups, the property that the 2701 Ave. O and the adjacent two plats originally belonged to Ferdinand.           

Obituary Notice from the Galveston Newspaper, dated 6-15-35: 

                                                                                                           EDWARD F. DREWA

                                                                                                          CLAIMED BY DEATH                                      

                                                                                              Retired  Contractor Dies in 65^th Year               

Edward F. Drewa, 65, retired contractor for the past ten years and first vice president of the Galveston Building and Loan Co.  and Second vice president of the Peoples Loan and Homestead Co., died at his residence, 2703 Ave. O, at 9 o’clock Saturday  morning.            

Mr. Drewa was a native Galvestonian,  having been born on the island on June 14, 1870.  He had resided in Galveston all his life and celebrated his 65^th birthday  yesterday.  Until his retirement about ten years ago, Mr. Drewa was a cement and plastering contractor.            

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Sophie Drewa; a daughter, Mrs. Paul E. Carder,  both of Galveston; four sons, E. W. Drewa of Galveston; M. C.  Drewa of Houston, S. A. Drewa of Kilgore and V. H. Drewa of Fort Worth; a sister, Mrs. H. B Masaus of Galveston; three brothers, William H. Drewa and Charles Louis Drewa, both of Galveston; Harry Drewa of Dallas; eight grandchildren and other relatives.  Funeral arrangements will be announced later by J. Levy and Brothers. “

                                                                           Edward Frederick Drewa, Circa 1918, Galveston, Texas 

Sept. 10, 1997: 

            The following is information researched in Galveston Daily News, Wednesday, August 18, 1915. 

            I have heard, as many of the Drewa descendants must have heard, about the 1900 devastating Hurricane.  I also got dad to tell me in detail of the 1915 Storm as he recalled it.    

            Though dad was 9, and what he saw, was through a child's eyes, he spoke with a great deal of accuracy as depicted  in the following news articles.   He spoke of Grandpa, Ed. F. Drewa and his brother Edwin putting the horse, cow and chickens on the stage of the Garten Verein (German for Garden Association).  Dad said his father wasn’t taking any chances since he knew what had happened in the 1900 storm.  Though it was later learned that the water at the 2701 address just did get into the basement.   When Grandpa had the house turned from facing 27th Street after the 1900 storm and facing Avenue O., he raised the house and put a “cistern” in the basement area.   

            After taking care of animals, Grandpa loaded his family into a 1914 Buick touring car and took them to a Hotel on Strand Street in downtown Galveston.  This wound up being a bad choice, because he took the brunt of the storms fury.   

            Dad said; Grandpa and Edwin jacked up the Buick on large wooden blocks in front of the Hotel.  Some 2 - 3 feet.  However, that did little good, because the water from the storm eventually rose to the second story of the Hotel.   Dad spoke of seeing some “Blacks” riding debris in the streets and seeing them cut rings from drowned women’s fingers and gold from their mouth if they could get to them easily.   Police were shooting from the downtown rooftops attempting to stop the looting.  Apparently, it did little good. 

            Dad never said what happened to the Buick.  But he did say that Grandpa used the buggy and horse to get to and from work.  He didn’t say for how long. He did mention that Uncle Paul (Carder) and Aunt Donie (Drewa) came with them.  They had just been married in January of 1915.

                                                  Headlines from “The Galveston Daily News”, dated August 18, 1915 reads:

            NO MORE LOSS OF LIFE IS DISCOVERED;  STORM RENDERS CAUSEWAY IMPASSABLE; MUST CONSERVE FRESH WATER SUPPLY 

            The great Galveston causeway, constructed at a cost in excess of $2,000,000, which since the spring of 1912 has served as the island’s gateway to the mainland is impassable.  Not only that but damage to the work is believed to be so severe that a virtual rebuilding will be necessary before trains can pass. 

            The only authentic news brought so far from the causeway vicinity was received late yesterday evening.   A party of telegraph and telephone men and representatives of  The News, in an effort to reach Virginia Point by boat in order to establish communication with the outside world , succeeded in attaining to a position about one mile east of the causeway before being forced to put about and return in order to save the launch from destruction by wind and wave. 

            As well as could be observed by those in the party, long stretches of the solid concrete construction at both ends of the causeway had been carried away completely.  The central structure, composed of concrete arches, together with the lift bridge appeared to be intact. 

            Apparently Galveston’s only hope for communication with the mainland until piling can be driven for the laying of railroad trestles will be by boat.  As man of the harbor craft are in commission, however, and as boats from other points on the coast will be summoned, it is expected that efficient service soon will be established. 

            For the first time in sixty hours the sun shown over storm-swept Galveston this morning, and nothing more than a brisk breeze from out of the southwest remained of the great winds which, for two days, screamed across the island. 

            Bright skies brought a revival of spirits to tired thousands, although revealing more clearly the ugliness of the havoc wrought by wind and water in all parts of the city, and the attention of all was turned at once to the  many problems of remedying the damage and relieving the more pressing necessities of life created through new problems brought about by the hurricane. 

            The cleaning out and righting of residences turned topsy turvey by the elements and the provision of food and water for the city became the matters of first importance and the energy of a large portion of the population was turned in this direction.  Siege was laid, and is now being laid to all sources of food supply.  Most of the grocery stores opened from business and endeavored to supply the demand with such goods as remained undamaged by water.  While there is an abundance of canned and preserved food of all kinds on the shelves and in the warehouses of grocers, the chief demand at the present time is for fresh meats, eggs and bread.  No milk, of course, is to be had, except from privately owned dairies, and it probably will be several days before the need is met.   

            Wholesale grocers have assured the retail merchants that they have an abundance of undamaged goods on hand, thus relieving any fear of food famine in the city, and these stores will be gotten out for distribution as rapidly as possible. Cash, however, is so far the only medium of exchange recognized, credit systems having been for the time being discarded. 

            Although food undoubtedly will be plentiful for all emergencies, the water supply is a matter of more grave concern and citizens are urged to conserve all private supplies to the utmost of their ability as it is impossible to predict when the city water mains will be restored as the extent of damage to the submarine mains is as yet unknown.

            Cut off completely from communication with the mainland and the outside world since the full fury of the storm swooped down upon the city an destroyed telephone and telegraph wires Monday night the city is now bending every effort toward getting messengers across the bay.  The first effort, made yesterday afternoon by telephone and telegraph men, proved futile, the bay still being too rough for safe navigation, but two more boats put out for Virginia Point this morning, as well as a boat bound for Houston, all of which, it is believed, will reach their destination. 

            As soon as messages can be gotten to Houston, relief expeditions will be organized, and it is thought that it will be a matter of comparatively few hours until boats will be on hand with large supplies of fresh food, water and milk, as well as to transport any passengers inland who may desire to go. 

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                                                                                                           Death Roll Not Increased 

            The list of known dead as result of the storm had not increased this morning over that of yesterday afternoon, totaling six persons, although there is a report of the finding of the bodies of two women near Fort Crockett.  Of the six, two are positively identified. 

            Mrs. Wilmina Hern, aged 52, was found drowned on Tenth street between Avenues H and I yesterday morning.  Her home was at 1702 Winnie, and during the height of the storm she and several relatives sought to go to the Rosenberg school from the home of her son-in-law, William Lawson.  She was with her small son, and when caught in the deep water told him to go ahead.  When the party reached the school, Mrs. Hern was missed and the body was found early the next morning. She is survived by   five sons and three daughters, all living in Galveston. 

            The other body positively identified is that of Ernest Roehl, who lived at 728 Ave. H.  He also was drowned Monday night, attempting to reach his home and take his family to safety, after having left his small son at the Rosenberg Library. 

            A man thought to be named Brown, and known to be a Southern Pacific dock worker, was found drowned at Fortieth and Ave. Ho yesterday morning.  His body and that of Mr. Roehl are held at the Malloy Undertaking Company, which also is holding the body of an unidentified negro found at Twenty-seventh and Post Office Streets. 

            The body of Mrs. Hern and those of two unidentified white men found at Fortieth and Strand are being held at the morgue of J. Levy & Bro. 

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            Investigations made this morning reveal the fact that the city waterworks system is badly damaged and it is not know when sufficient repairs will have been made to again supply water through the mains.  Further investigation revealed that only a small supply remains on hand at the city standpipe, which, together with any private supplies from cisterns and tanks, virtually constitutes the fresh water now to be had on the island.  

            In view of this situation citizens are urged, and warned by city officials to conserve whatever water they may be able to obtain to the utmost of their ability.  As long as the supply lasts at the city standpipe water will be given to those who apply with vessels in which to remove it.  

            Every effort of the city force will be bent upon repairing damage to the water mains and relieving the situation as early as possible.  The big mains which spanned the bay as a part of the causeway have been broken beyond hope of immediate repair and the only hope left for re-establishing service from the mainland is the submarine mains, which have not been used for some time.  

            Efforts to bring water from this source this morning proved futile and it is feared that the mains may have been broken at some point under the bay, although city officials express hopes of locating the trouble where it may be quickly remedied.  

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                                                                                                       PUBLIC MASS MEETING TODAY 

            Mayor Fisher has called a meeting of the city commission, the advisory committee and all interested citizens to assemble at 3 o’clock at the Cotton Exchange today to discuss conditions necessary to be met in the present emergency.  He is particularly anxious that a large representation of laboring interests be present.  The meeting will be brief and everyone who has the welfare of Galveston at heart is urged to be present.                

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                                                                                                             Fire Again Menaces City

            Shortly before 6 o’clock this morning, fire was discovered in the building occupied by the Fred C. Pabst Real Estate Company, at 2304 Strand and before it was controlled it had destroyed four building.  They were the ones in which it originated, the Blum Notion Company adjoining it on the west; the building occupied by J. F. Scinsheimer & Co., and the warehouse of the Armour Packing Company, facing on Ave. I.  At 10 o’clock this morning no estimate on the loss could be obtained, but it will doubtless run above $100,000. 

            The building in which the fire started and that of the Blum Notion Company were each two-stories in height.  The other two buildings were three stories in height.  In the corner building, occupied by the Seinsheimer Company, were also the office of the United States Cotton Company and the Knights of Columbus hall. 

            The fire was beyond control when discovered and swept through the building occupied by the Pabst Company, destroying the Armour building before the first was gutted.  It then spread to the building on either side and destroyed them within about two hours.   All four were completely wrecked. 

            The building occupied by the Galveston Dry Goods Company, adjoining the Blum Notion Company, on the west, withstood the flames.  Fortunately several windows in the east wall of the building had been bricked in, and at 10 o’clock Fire Chief Gernand did not think there is further danger from the fire.

            The fire department fought the flames to the vest of its ability, although severely handicapped.  The engines pumped the water from the street, which was about eighteen inches deep.  This was partly sea water, which prevented the engines developing much power.  The fireboat, which was in slip 23, was powerless on account of not having steam.  Its steam had been drawn in preparation for inspection by the state fire department.  The flames for a time threatened the Mallory Pier. 

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            Yesterday’s issue of The Galveston News, appearing on the streets about 7 o’ clock in the evening, was eagerly awaited by citizens and visitors, who congregated about those places where lights gleamed beacons of hospitality. 

            Detailed accounts of the storm, with an estimated damage report, together with other interesting facts connected with the hurricane of Monday night, were contained in the paper.  

            Methods strongly resembling those of ancient days to the print shop were brought into play to get out the paper in order that the unwritten law of daily newspapers, “never miss a day,” would not be broken.  It wasn’t.  Every bit of the work done by power machinery under ordinary conditions was done by hand. 

            The news has missed but two days in its existence in getting out a paper of some kind---those being during the catastrophe of  1900. 

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            A big demand for skilled labor of all kinds will be growing in Galveston for the next few months, according to representatives of the different crafts here, as all moving of wreckage, repairing of electric wires and transportation facilities, building and excavating, automobile and machinery repair work which will be necessary before conditions again approach normal will amount to several million dollars. 

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            The city hall assumed this proportions of a combined dairy and stock farm during the height of the storm, and yesterday afternoon visitors to the building were amazed to see on the first floor two calm eyed representatives of the species bovine, contentedly chewing away as they gazed innocently at the throngs of people who passed.  Several horses also found shelter on the steps of the building. 

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                                                                                                             Other Fires

            The fire this morning was the third since the breaking of the fire alarm system and high water.  Monday night the O. K. Laundry at twentieth and Post Office streets was burned.  The laundry building was completely destroyed.  The office of the Direct Navigation Company was completely destroyed. 

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                                                                                             Losses On Water Front Heavy                                                 

             Damage to the water front of Galveston, to ships and craft in port and to stocks of cotton and other exports will run into the hundreds of thousands.  It is impossible, at this hour, to ascertain the extent of this damage, but it is possible to deduce, from a casual survey of the water front, that the damage will heavy. 

            Every steamship in the harbor, with the exception of two or three vessels of foreign register have been more or less damaged.   Four ocean liners are around on Pelican Spit, two of them, the names unknown, having been blown aground from the Texas City side.  Probably the greatest damage has been to small boats, hundreds of them are either at the bottom of the channel, or blown high and dry, hundreds of yards ashore. 

            There is great apprehension for the crews of three dredges, that were at work in the bay when the storm broke, and that have not been reported. 

            Wooden sheds of the Galveston Wharf Company, from Twentieth street to Pier 40, have been more or less damaged.  The shed at Pier 21 was demolished.  Further west, every shed has lost a roof or part of its sides.  Much cotton, in concentration sheds, is exposed, but is believed that this damage will not be heavy. 

            Stocks of wheat concentrated here are reported undamaged.  No attempt to bring ships that arrive within the next two or three days to the docks will be made, until the extent of the fill in the channel and the location of the wrecks in the channel, has been made.  It is probably that no traffic, with the exception of small boat traffic, will move until the entire bay and channel has been sounded and surveyed.