The Galveston Hurricane bulldozed portions of the city up to 15 blocks from the beach. Some 3,600 structures were smashed into a chaotic mix of splintered wood, broken glass, smashed furniture and ...

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 ...

Hurricane Harvey is similar in many ways to the Galveston Hurricane of 1900. ... There were too many bodies to bury so the corpses were weighted, shipped out into the Gulf of Mexico on barges, ...

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 ...

On Sept. 8, 1900, the Galveston Hurricane struck Texas, putting the entire city at risk. Thousands lost their lives as a result of the storm. Of those who survived, many were left without a home.

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.

A hurricane that hit Galveston on Sept. 8, 1900, is still considered the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history. Hurricanes were not named during that time, but the deadly weather event was ...

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 ...