 ... that try men's souls and sicken their hearts. The storm at sea is terrible, but there are no such dreadful consequences as those which have followed the storm on the sea coast and it is men who passed through the terrors of the storm, who faced death...  "Story of the Galveston Flood." - Page 47edited by - 1900 - 366 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Paul Lester - Floods - 1900 - 606 pages
...through the terrors of the storm, who faced death for hours, men ruined in property and bereft of j families, who took up the herculean and well-nigh...terrific rate from the north. Still men went to their business and about their work while hundreds went to the beach to witness the grand spectacle which... | |
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