The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-09-16

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Galveston News,
Tho Tom Green Times contains ihS
horriffing details Of the late storm
and flood ID that region, among them
the following:
II rained in torrents all night. By
the early light the middle Concho was
seen TO be thirty feet above its level,
and rising with great raliditv. Anxious
parties were out all the morning watch
ing the river, which quickly rose above
the banks aud made immcnse currents
on the plains two and three hundred
yards beyond. It was tilled with drift
and every conceivable species Of prop
crty. Chairs, goods, trunks, boxes,
and furniture ef all kinds, made their
appearance, Hundreds of sheep float
ed down the torrent, and roofs Of
houses, quantities Of planks, siils and
doors dashed against the very tops Of
the tnllest trees which skirt the bnlks
of tho stream. II was certain, that not
only immense loss Of property was eu-
tailed, but that life itself was endangeF-
cd by so terrific a rise, and what made
the situation more distressing was the
absolute inability to rescne property
or extend aid to any sufferers. There
was no boat at hand, and it is doubts
full If any boat could have lived in SO.
headlong a current. The largest trees,
measuring from two to four feet in
diameter, were torn up BY the roots,
and hurried along as if mere toys, The
river reached its highest point it about
4 o'clock Thursday evening, and By
the estimate of experienced men il
measured height Of at least forty
five feet above its ordinary bed,
AT the old stage station, between
this town aud Ben Ficklin, MRS. NJ j,
Metcalfe aud her family Of five, Mrs.
Kate Arden and two children, Mr. y.
Taylor and daughter, and Mr.. s. e.
Robertson and wife, Of San Angela,
early in the morning discovered that
their houses were surrounded and the
water was making rapidly toward
them MIR. G. d. Foote, appreciating
the danger, drove from Ben Ficklip to
the station and brought off Mrs. Arden
and her two children, Miss Taylor,
Misses Fannie and Amelia Metealfe,
and the Two sons Of Sheriff Spears, Mrs.
Metcalfe, thinking that the water had
reached its highest point, declined 10
leave, aud her daughter, Miss Ienula,
resolved to remain with her, saying
" My place is with motheEn But the
waters rising, induced Mfr. Robertson
to dive his wife to a place of safety,
which he did with some difficulty. lie
then returned to aid Mrs. Metcalfe and
others al the station, whom lie induced
to enter the hack. They started, bnt
the horses balkad, and noprogress was
possible AT Mrs. Metealfe's sugges-
lion they returned, and by means Of 4
ladder climbed upon the roof Of her
dwelling. In this position Mr.. Terrell |
Harris and Kerby Smith, a colored |
man, who had noblY resolved to rescue
.he unfortunate party, aud had left
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