Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-07-07
Additional Particulars Of Flood in
sSazos Valley.
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EVERYTHING SWEPT AWAY
Reports of tho Appalling Disnstcr
Have Not Bccm Exaggerated No
Improvement ia tho situation In
tho SonIcy seciion of tho Flood
District-Grent Loss OF E.iTe Ncnr
Isichmoud-ncd River Valley,
fBy Telegraph to vlrginlan-Pllot.)

(By Telegraph to Virginian-P ilot.)
St. Louis, Mo, July CA special to
the Post Dispatch from Dallas says:
AT IL O'Clock to-day 4 short dispatch
was received from a lineman at Dewey,
Just across the Brazos river from Sea-
ley. II read:
"River falling slowly since o'clock
yesterday afternoon. Conditions here
terrible. Everything in country swept
away. Large number lives iost in but
TOMS Looks like starvation for those
left. Situation not been exaggerated
Several days before line repairs be
made with anything like system"
This telegram was received over the
first wire that has been working into
Sealey and Dewey for three days.
NO IMPROVEMENT AT SEALEY.
Deputy Sheriff Swearnger, at Sealey
telephoned at noon:
''There is no Improvement in this
section of the flood district If any
thing, the situation is growing worse
No relief boats have yet reached here
from Houston or Galveston. Sealey and
, neighhoring towns have about exhaust
ed their resources.
Auolucr NEGRO llTnlly was drowned
near here to-day. Several other lives
have been lost since last night, es-
pecially among the refugees on the
mound near old San PHILIPPE. a number
of negroes have fallen exhausted from
tree tops. after hanging there three
days and nights, and were drowned.
ADDITIONAL CASUALTIES
"a rumor is current here of great
loss of life near Richmond. Fort Bend
county. AS we are cut off from all that
southern section, definite information
is unobtanable. but the situation ma
turaliy must be as bad as here"
IN RED RIVER VALLEY.
st. Paul, Mimi, July G.-Eight lives
are reported lost Mt Crookston and
much damage done all through the Red
River Valley by last nights storm.
The only report thus far has been re-
ceived from ST. Cloud. having reached
that point by train. The railroads have
no details OF the storm damage and
the same is true OF the telegram com
panles. The storm swept district is
thinly settled and details are meager.
LIFE-sAvING BOATS.
Washington. d. c.. July G.-In re-
Spouse to an urgent request from the
district superintendent of the Life
Saving Service at Galveston Tex.
General Superintendent Kimball to-day
gave authority to have life-saving boats
sent on fiat cars UP the country TO the
flooded districts, where. -Testa,t
ed' many lives were in danger. The
authority was promptly acted on. and
the SUPERINTENDENT with Keeper Haines.
OIL the Galveston station, and Keeper
White. of the Arkansas station. with n
crew started with boats late this after
noon.
PROVISIONS FOR THE DESTITUTE.
Galveston, Texas, July 6.-James Col
llson. superintendent OF machinery for
the Santa Fe Railroad, arrived in Gal
weston on the last through train the
road has been able to run. The Brazos
river at Rosenberg Is running wild. Mr..
Collison says, but with regard to the
ultimate damage he is very optimistic.
He thinks the damages are greatly
over-estimated and that the loss of
crops In the bottoms will be counter
balanced by the increased yields on the
uplands. He left ut noon on a special
train for the flooded district, CARRYING
provisions for the destitute.
NINETEEN PERSONS RESCUED.
At Sunnyside, 10 miles from Brook
shire. the BraZos river is ordinarily
two hundred yards wide. About mar
allel with this and two and n half
miles away Is ELM Creek, which Is
seldom over thirty feet wide and In
midsummer often dry. The two streams
are separated by low bottom lands and
ire now united, making n river between
f1ve and six miles wide and from sixtv
to 70 feet deep. Along the currents
ID people were rescued yesterday in n
skin sent from Houston. The people
were demolishng their sheds and ont
houses and making boxes that they
used for boats
HOUSES CARRIED AWAY.
Cattle were found resting their heads
In the boughs of trees making pitia-
Die struggle for existence. AT one
point two houses We're seen coming
down the stream On one of them was
man and two women and on the other
a woman and five children were cling
ing for life and calling for help. One
OF these was a fine two story affair and
the other was smaller dwelling They
passed on with the foaming current and
may have struck an obstruction and
been smashed 10 pieces or found their
way into the Gulf
twenty-five rowboats, fully manned
and provsioned left here to-day for
the section overlooked, to assist in saw
ing life and property.
MORE BRIDGES GO.
Governor Sayers has been asked by
Representative VIII. Ellis to call n sna-