February 23rd, 2012
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/23/2012
Newspaper, The Augusta Chronicle, September 10, 1900, 8pp. Front page headline, TEXAS SWEPT BY DESTRUCTIVE STORM, GALVESTON DEATH LIST 1,000 TO 2,000,” with the entire front page devoted to this storm. VG., pulp. The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 is to date the deadliest natural disaster ever to strike the United States, causing great loss of life with the estimated death toll between 6,000 and 12,000 individuals.
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