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Lady of the Waves – Jessica Karbowiak

Tuesday, October 4, 2011 14:26 — 2 Comments

On September 8, 1900 a fierce hurricane ripped through Galveston, Texas and killed more than 6,000 men, women and children.  Among the dead were 90 children and 10 Catholic Sisters at the St. Mary’s Orphanage, despite the nuns’ efforts to save the children by securing them to their own bodies with clothesline. Only three boys and a hymn called “Queen of the Waves” survived from the orphan’s home. September 8, 1900 Early Morning/ St. Mary’s Orphan Asylum Lost children, orphans in walking quiet line, bookended by black-cloaked women of faith, up and into the dormitory.  Single file as is the […]