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2 Simmons pulled out: Weems, 20–21.
3 He did note, however: Ibid., 21.
4 At 9:35 A.M. Galveston time: Daily Journal.
5 “Well, young man”: The New York Times, Sept. 23, 1900.
6 “Menard,” Simmons said: The New York Times, Sept. 13, 1900.
7 “It looked as if”: Ibid.
8 There would be no: Cartwright, Galveston, 167.
9 “Thursday afternoon”: Young, 1.
10 “For my own satisfaction”: Ibid., 1.
11.“The error I made”: Ibid., 1.
12 That evening, at precisely: Observations.
Cuba: “Who Is Right?”
1 Dunwoody had written: National Archives: General Correspondence. Letter, Sept. 5, 1900, H. H. C. Dunwoody to William Stockman. Box 1475.
2 “No dangerous winds”: National Archives: General Correspondence. Letter, William Stockman to H. H. C. Dunwoody, Sept. 7, 1900, this page. Box 1475.
3 Any comparison of: Ibid., 15.
4 “At day-break”: National Archives: General Correspondence. See Father Gangoite’s dispatch in clipping from La Lucha, Sept. 10, 1900. Box 1475.
PART III: SPECTACLE
Observation
1 “The sky seemed”: Mason, 78–79.
Gulf of Mexico: The Pensacola
1 At 10:30 that morning: Galveston News, Sept. 13, 1900.
The Beach: Delight
1 The other was: Young, 1.
2 “I was certain”: Ibid., 1–2.
3 Later Isaac took: Cline, Storms, 93.
4 If not for him: Letter, E. M. Vernon, chief, Forecasts and Synoptic Reports Division, to M. S. Douglas, Nov. 9, 1956. Rosenberg Library. 95-00020. Box 1, File 7.
5 Bornkessell replied: Weems, 45.
6 “The storm was”: Personal Accounts: Blagden, 6.
7 He advised them: Cline, “Special Report,” 373.
8 One resident, Sarah: Personal Accounts: Hawley, Sarah, 1.
9 The car was crowded: Personal Accounts: Goodman, 2.
10 On Sunday, September 2: Galveston News, Sept. 2, 1900.
11 They found: Galveston News, Sept. 8, 1900.
12 “There have been”: Rosser, Angie.
13 Many decades later: Ibid.
14 “Even so”: Personal Accounts: Cortes, 2.
15 That morning Mrs. Charles Vidor: Weems, 37–38.
16 “I remember now”: Ibid.
17 “I left home”: Personal Accounts: Hopkins, “The Day,” 1. See also other Hopkins accounts.
18 One witness reported: Mason, 81.
19 “The sight was grand”: Personal Accounts: Davis, 2.
20 “My family pleaded”: Personal Accounts: Wolfram, 1.
21 “We have had storms before”: Mason, 79.
22 Judson Palmer, secretary: First Baptist Church, 1.
23 “For a while”: Rollfing, 3: 1.
Ritter’s Café: “You Can’t Frighten Me”
1 Rabbi Henry Cohen: Nathan and Cohen, 132–45. See also Cartwright, Galveston, 145–46, 165–66, and “Blow,” 114.
2 Saturday morning: Mason, 108–9; see also Personal Accounts: Focke, 4. A friend of Stanley Spencers encountered Mrs. Spencer on Monday, Sept. 10, and learned from her that Mr. Spencer’s face seemed wholly unmarked even though the back of his head had been crushed. Personal Accounts: Hawley, J. H., 3–4.
Bolivar Point: The Lost Train
1 “When we crossed”: Coulter, 95–99; First Baptist, 3; Mason, 84–85.
2 Another passenger: Personal Accounts: Benjamin.
3 Poe lived in Lake Charles: Coulter, 89–90; Mason, 85–86, 162.
4 Marie Berryman Lang: Personal Accounts: Lang. See also Weems, 42.
25th and Q: A Gathering of Toads
1 “The storm swells”: Cline, Storms, 93.
2 By 2:30 P.M., Galveston time: Ibid., 94.
3 Isaac reported: Ibid., 94.
4 Joseph gave himself: Cline, Joseph, 51.
5 Along the way: Tapp, 8.
6 Stay put, Isaac said.: First Baptist Church, 2. Weems, 74.
7 “Those who lived”: Cline, “Special Report,” 373.
8 “Many went to his house”: Personal Accounts: Blagden, 6.
9 “Every little board”: Personal Accounts: Bettencourt, 16.
10 The water was: Cline, Joseph, 53.
11 Neck deep: Cline, “Special Report,” 373.
12 “He knew better”: Cline, Joseph, 53.
13 Evacuate: Ibid., 53; Cline, “Special Report,” 373.
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