BEST OF 1001 HEROES #3 OF 447 THE 1900 GALVESTON HURRICANE (PT 1) WITH NEW INTRO

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

Jon Hagadorn

Society & Culture, History

4.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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In 1900 the port city of Galveston, Texas was the 3rd largest city in Texas, boasting a population of 38,000 people, and they were doing so well with business that they had earned the nickname "the Wall Street of the South". Located as they were on a 25 mile strip of sand with Galveston Bay to the north and The Gulf of Mexico to the south, and being mostly at sea level- they were a prime target for a big storm. Some had hit but scored little damage- and the leaders of the city became over confident, refusing to invest tax dollars in a seawall to protect against the worst. When the worst hit them on September 8th, in the form of a Cat 4 hurricane with winds estimated at 140mph, 1900, between 6,000 and 12,000 people died. The storm has its stories, and we share them here in parts one and two, the most famous being the nuns in the orphanage who tried to protect the children in their care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back everyone to the best of 1001 heroes. This is your host John Hagadorn.
0:05.9	Our number three listener favorite out of 449 stories we've done here at 1001 heroes
0:11.8	is the two-part story we did called the 1900 Galveston Storm which
0:17.0	still remains the deadliest natural disaster in American history.
0:21.8	It caused an estimated 8,000 plus deaths and left 10,000 people homeless,
0:27.1	ending forever Galveston a surge to economic prominence, which had taken place in the decades
0:32.0	just prior to the storm.
0:34.0	The most moving part of this story is the story of the orphanage outside of the city
0:39.0	which was run by nuns.
0:41.0	As the water surged up, the nuns led the children to the second floor,
0:45.0	singing Psalms to calm them, and finally tying themselves to the kids to keep them safe and close,
0:51.0	until the storm surge washed them off the second floor, along with the safe and
0:54.0	the storm surge washed them off the second floor,
0:55.0	along with those children who managed to escape to the roof of the building,
0:58.0	some of whom survived.
1:00.0	This was one of the most dramatic and heart-rending stories I've ever covered,
1:04.1	and our Listers must have been moved as well, as this was our number three most listened to episode.
1:09.6	Here is part one, with part two to follow. Oh, Welcome back everyone to
1:46.3	to one thousand heroes legends histories and mysteries podcast this is your host
1:50.8	John Haggadorn today's, the 1900 Galveston Hurricane,
1:55.0	the deadliest natural disaster in American history.
1:58.0	Part 1, is a story of a storm,
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