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Searching Ruins on Broadway, Galveston, for Dead Bodies is a 1900 black-and-white silent film depicting the destruction caused by the Galveston hurricane on September 8, 1900. The film was produced by Edison Studios. It depicts laborers clearing debris searching for dead bodies. A body was found during the search.
The Galveston Historical Foundation maintains the Texas Seaport Museum at Pier 21 in the port of Galveston. Included in the museum is a documentary titled The Great Storm, that gives a recounting of the 1900 hurricane. [154] [155]
English: On September 8, 1900, the deadliest hurricane in US history made landfall at Galveston, Texas. Winds reached a speed of 145 miles per hour, killing between 6,000 and 12,000 individuals out of Galveston's population of 37,000.
Galveston Hurricane of 1900 (Category 4): Death toll between 8,000 and 12,000, named the deadliest hurricane in U.S. history Hurricane Audrey (1957, Category 4 ): 416 Galveston Hurricane of 1915 ...
GALVESTON, TEXAS - JANUARY 21: People take photos of the 1900 Storm memorial sculpture on Seawall Blvd. during an icy winter storm on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025 in Galveston.
Storm surge peaks at 16.2 ft (4.9 m) with wave heights exceeding 20 ft (6.1 m). [22] [1] Galveston's newly built seawall mitigates a repeat of the 1900 hurricane, [23] though unprotected areas of the city and Galveston Island suffer the complete destruction of many homes. [24] Coastal cities along Galveston Bay are destroyed by the storm surge ...
The house survived the 1900 Galveston Hurricane, which devastated the island. After the storm, it was the second-oldest surviving house on the island. [16] [Notes 1] During the reconstruction of the city, the grade of the populated portion of the island was raised. Four feet (1.2 m) of sand was pumped under the house, giving it the appearance ...
The number of fatalities places this storm on the level with Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and some researchers believe this storm was of equal intensity to the 1900 Galveston, Texas, hurricane ...