The Forrest City times., 1899-07-07
DAMAGE INCALCULABIE.
Havoc Wrought and Continually In creasing by the Floods
 in Texas.
DESCRIPTION IS HARDLY POSSIBLE.
Many Human Lives Have Been swai- lowed up by the Relentless Wa. tcrs. and the Property Lo-se, win Reach Many Millions of Dol lars.

Houston, Tex. July GA corresp ,r. ient has just returned from a voy a.ys through the flood districts. The hal, has not been told of the havo, wrought. The disaster is so appal.in: that description is not possible After fhis food will como sickness, undoubt. edly, and what week ago was ihe fairest part of Texas. is now almost ] God-forsal<en wilderness.
 Braxos Valley Inundated.
 The waters of the Brazos have. foI six days, covered its valley to a depth of from six to thirty feet. wherc a week ago there were on every hanl fields of cotton and corn and thou. sands of acres of watermelons and cantaloupes, to-day there is slmy mud cscr all the vegetation. the carcass. of cows, mules, pigs, dogs and cats. mayhap humans, for many arc miss ing. Cur party left Bryan at sunrise Tuesday morning, going to the Sa. 7asoto bottoms, and to a point about three miles from Millican. Here we en. eountered, everywhere, an overfl w from the Navasota, which spread oat fully two miles on either side of tho Houston & Texas Central track.
 Everything Under Water.
 Everything is under water from two fo seventeen feet. It looked on all sides like great lake. and the water was so high that for vast area it con, pletely submerged the telegraph and telephone poles along the line In truth, portions of the Navasota bot. fcms are even now a perfect sea. ev. tending four miles wide at cer;.in points. l saw hundreds of houses th ..a totally submerged, and as many n,ore were swept from their foundation. and destroyed. The planters of the bot. tcms are still moving their help and whatever is left of their stock 10 places where they can be cared for. They are nobly helping each other, snd taking refuge wherever they ca.. some of them seeking safety on house tops.
 Outsiders Can't Realize Conditions.
 All the planters stated that tn, out. side world has no conceptions of the floods or losses incurred by the de ktruction of crops, stock ard bui.,i- irgs. Nearly every planter has bnilt beats and sent them through the no,c. ed districts to render assistance to the people. and, if possible, save scmc oi tbeir drowning stocl1 The feal dis. irict has length of over 30 miles. a breadth of probably 50 miles and ii, a!l this vast space, damage i';c -Icrla. blc has been done.
 The Losses of Human Life.
 The loss of life will never ..c fully known, perhaps; the bot.om- were shickls settled, mostly with negro ten. rnt farmers. Among these has been Inc greatest loss of life. ID show .Lc famage done the following estimat tes ai ve been made by men who are in |. position to know. Lives lost, from lt.9 tn 300; loss to farmers, includi ly crols as well as live stock, from .s5,Joo, ,oc0 10 <l5,00o,000; damage to railroads and to country bridges, B, ,000, ,OOO to S4,0Oo,- Eco. These estimates are taken in th.' whole area. It is known that more than sixty people have mc1. their death, that many bodies have been re- covered; it is not believed that all of Mem will ever be recovered.