The Great Storm of 1900 slammed into Galveston on Sept. 8, 1900 without warning, killing at least 6,000 people and changing the island forever.

GALVESTON, Texas — It was called the grandest city in Texas at the dawn of the 20th century. But with the arrival of the hurricane on Sept. 8, 1900, the city would struggle to ever regain its ...

GALVESTON, Texas — Galveston was known as the grandest city in Texas at the dawn of the 20th century. But with the arrival of the hurricane on Sept. 8, 1900, the city would struggle to ever ...

GALVESTON, Texas — Schoolkids learn about the 1900 storm, but they rarely hear about the bodies draped from trees. Or the smoke from funeral pyres, so thick it choked sailors 50 miles offshore ...

The 1900 Galveston Hurricane; The 1900 Galveston Hurricane. 3 minute read. Amanda Ripley. September 15, 2008 12:00 AM EDT. ... rescuers found the bodies of some of the 93 children who had never left.

The 1900 Galveston hurricane killed between 6,000 to 12,000 ... Men are pictured using ropes to pull away the debris of houses in order to look for bodies, after the Galveston Hurricane of 1900.

Waves crash into the Galveston seawall during Hurricane Ike in 2008 by the memorial to the 8,000-plus who died in Galveston's 1900 Hurricane. Johnny Hanson/Houston Chronicle ...

GALVESTON, Texas — It was called the grandest city in Texas at the dawn of the 20th century. But with the arrival of the hurricane on Sept. 8, 1900, the city would struggle to ever regain its ...