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    • Galveston Hurricane 1900 Orphans

    posted by admin on Jul 7

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    Panorama video of an orphans home struck during the 1900 Galveston Hurricane. Filmed by an istant of Thomas Edison.

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    This entry was posted on Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 at 7:44 pm and is filed under Galveston. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

    5 Comments to “Galveston Hurricane 1900 Orphans”

    1. iamthecoolest6thgrad Says:
      July 7th, 2009 at 7:44 pm

      My Great …
      My Great Grandparents survived the 1900 Storm, My grandparents survived Huricane Carla, My parents survived Huricane Alicia, and I Survived Ike.

    2. harwetopa Says:
      July 7th, 2009 at 7:44 pm

      This is a very sad …
      This is a very sad moment in history…out of approximately 10 Sisters of Charity and some 90 orphans, only three boys survived because they were swept out from under the collapsed building and were able to hang on to a tree until rescued.

    3. al224741 Says:
      July 7th, 2009 at 7:44 pm

      thats sad
      thats sad

    4. ya0ish3lly Says:
      July 7th, 2009 at 7:44 pm

      I need to do some …
      I need to do some more research on where these placese are at since I’m new to the island

    5. clarkswife06 Says:
      July 7th, 2009 at 7:44 pm

      Was this the …
      Was this the orphanage that is where Wal Mart stands today?

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