The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-17

ia IN the wake Vi
~ $50, near spofford are slowly
y uo,.top. Not until yesterday
,.,r,ul disaster be realized in
~. aestructiveness. Even yet the
[aI,sl.r. can not be fully obtained as
are only partially repaired and
.,,.,,on between this and the
.sction is still very imperfect.
,,ssrams received last night however
show that the rainstorm was ex-
,tx..lly terrific that at least half of
=, Bracketsville has been swept
n,, for nearly twenty miles be-
!, cline and Del Rio the country was
ruary inundated, and that hosts of
.,,ls residing within that area have lost
\ mir belongings and are now both
.aituts and homeless.
ne storm was the most disastrous ever
ovn in that section, and from its raw
., houses railroad bridges, telegraph
.,x and fences-all, all went down.
m. southern Pacific sustained 4 loss
A, least 100000. Fully ten miles of its
nah was washed away. and in many
stances the roadbed and its appurte-
,,nes Including ties and rails, were
[,,,pt long distances outside the railroad
Reservation.
ID numerous places the railroad was
E,ubmergei by more than four feet of
Ev.ter. and the section houses and other
buildings in the path of the foods were
I'D inundated
A The lov-lyng lands presented the ap-
'yssrince Of an inland sea, and the creeks
E,rd rivers surged and roared with all the
.srensss Of tornedo. The growing
Ercps in the bottom sections were ell de-
Eiroyed and numbers Of cattle persisted
ID The avalanche of waters.
How many people lost their lives can
Mo- yet be definitely ascertained. but
several are missing
4 The Eagle Pass branch OF the Southern
Pacific which runs from Spofford a dis
anre Of thirty miles, suffered more dam
ise even than the main line. and the
many ruined bridges and washouts tell
he tale OF havoc the cloudburst wrought.
As already stated the catastrophe has
MI large number of people both destl-
'a's and homeless, with scarcely any food
OF shelter and an appeal has been sent
II OE 10 the generous and benevolent to re-
l''s their pressing wants.
h Manager Van Week of the Southern Pa
h enc who is now at Spofford. issued tele-
graphic Instructions to his agents at San
An'ono and Uvalde yesterday evening,
au'h'flzng them to carry to the stricken
district free Of charge all donations and
I supplies Of food and clothing that the
public might offer and through this
means 1t is hoped the horrors of the sit
uation may be speedily relieved.
biackett, Texas, June 16.-Kinney coun'
mas Just experienced the heaviest down
pouf that has probably ever fallen in an!
otailon. From II 80 Tuesday night unit
o'clock next morning there was a con
Hah' and increasing rainfall that was sim
Wy phenomenal. The rain gauge at For
LARK registered eighteen inches. TIL
"uuv is Hooded. Bracket was entirel.
SUBMERGED The water in the main stree
20 running in torrent twelve feet dee
-4 WIN such velocity as to show a per
"Uuole elevation in the center OF the cur
vat Down the street hoated Household
--''uTe' carts, wagons, horses, COWS
N4''' and houses. in one seething mas
- VOlluslon, Above the roar of tn
-,''s and the crash of the wreckage coul
4'dFd the screams of women and chill
Just about daylight a light fran
rapidly going to pieces, floate
.,n, MAIN street with a woman and tw
:. '4ien' Fortunately, it lodged in DRIFT
br ~ ae women and children were rescue
W. Woodson.
lon daylight began to dawn every house
vim standing was seen TO be covere
snS ,si n, women and children, wet, col
ribls ellhg and suffering from the ter
TbsroH perlence they had endured.
AID me, we're many hairbreadth escape
JOSEF acts OF personal heroism.
n,,ror Veltman and his family had
risa y, escape; after the water began I
tablas ~ got on the tables; from tn
ay sc sue! We're forced up to a plank tha
,h,onss the ioists; then all escau
% Nv ~ 'ne doors and windows was CT
nan ne rapidly rising waters. Mr.. Welt
raba is 10 pound on the planks OF tn
pouna,r ms efforts TO make a hole Nh
camn dttracted the attention of Joh
"a Az VINO divining the cause. secure
sster anu forcing his horse into m
hs swan toward the building mt
rhen Ne became entangled in fenc
lie no" ieit him and swan to tho hons
hcana ulhg on the inside of the gab
ssl more rapid; Clamp. with a fe
sOle aersea blows with the ak. cut
he tsmu,a az was hastily constructed an
NJ Wb was saved. '-1 ."
b bis oo miism Holmes saved his moth,
bad lie olness and nerve after the wal,
tsck a. IN the house until thew wei
through on the piano. He dived DON
Aooseto, anu out the window ana onto -
Win hls Nnere he tore off the shingl,
lister an, sanas and pushed his mother AZ
zane vs y'ner families were saved in II
q skit o ., from Fort Clark was o,
e,iug ehor,. daylight and through his vi
sros a Tor the ouiek snS lives.
asslrS oy Captain Cornish IF tbe Mn VIM
caE vh now Commanding officer a. 70
sss bssr families would have undoub
YOU'D Drowned Great loss M il