Category: Galveston Hurricane 1900
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One of the Deadliest Hurricanes in American History Hits Galveston, Texas, Killing Between 6,000-12,000 people. September 8, 1900.
Image: Many who died had their corpses piled onto carts for burial at sea. (Wikimedia Commons.) On this day in history, September 8, 1900, one of the deadliest hurricanes in American history hits Galveston, Texas, killing between 6,000-12,000 people. The storm caused so much destruction on the Texas coast that reliable estimates of the number of…
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