The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-05
TEXASFLOODSGROW WORSE
SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE IN DAN
GER ON THE BRAzOS
When Last Heard from They Were Caught
on an Island and the Water Was Rising
Appeals for Aid-Tho Damage to tho
Cotton Crop Alone Put Mt NJ, 900, 900.

on an Island and the Water Was Rising
Appeals for Aid-Tho Damage to tho
Cotton Crop Alone Put at $4,000. 900.
DALLAS. Tex. July 4.-Another flood disaster
happened this afternoon in the Brazos Valley.
about 100 miles from Calvert The large steel
bridge Of the Missouri. Kansas and Texas Rail
way ut Dewey Station. over the BraZos River.
is gone. The river began rising suddenly yes
terday. and tonight is six feet higher than
ever before. Houses. trees. fences. &c.. are
floating past Sealey and Dewey.
Reports are coming in from Lagrange
and Sealey OF loss OF life In the vicinity
OF Brookshire. Houston has been appealed to
for help. and Mayor Brashear. OF that city, has
issued proclamation calling for men and
boats to rescue those In peril The Missouri.
Kansas and Texas Railway is sending out re-
lief trains from Houston. Lagrange and other
points.
Chief Lneman Lowery OF the Postal Tele
graph system made the following statement
over the long distance telephone from Sealy,
25O miles south OF Dallas. to- nj ght: The Brazos
River here is more than Ave miles wide and
the waters are lashing furiousy All character
OF foatable property is rushing along with the
currents. On this side OF the river at Sealy
there is as yet little danger. but on the other
side at Dewey and Brooks the conditions
are alarming. AS our wires are all gone on that
side. we cannot tell the extent OF the disaster
at Brook shire.
-Four miles OF the Missouri. Kansas and
Texas track Is gone on the Dewey side and
about mile on the Sealy side. II boats and
special trains from Houston or other points
have not yet reached Brookshire they are too
late The people. hear, will be drowned be-
were from 300 to 400 persons on a small island
neal, Brookshire. and the water was rising
as they had not the slightest means of escare.
The river here tonight is six feet higher
present The damage to property is enormous
have never seen as bad flood as this one"
,housToN, Tex. July 4,,Thousands OF acres
| OF cotton lands are under water q result OF
| the Unprecedented rains that have prevailed
throughout the state the pas. four days.
greater, or less extent, ana the loss Of cot
ton To- oog yield IL estimated at from 5000 to
with the district say that not less than 100000
| prospective bales have been lost. entaiing
Mcclellan county alone the loss Is placed at
In Harris county thousands Of acres Of to-
bacco land 10 under water and the crop de-
stroyed. Dispatches from sealy say that there
has been torty-two inches Of rainfall there In
| 1t Is estimated that the damage to other prop
ery ne ND n loss Of I've st2ck o VII aprr3hTi
| more than fifty persons are believed to have
| AUSTIN. Tex. July 4.-tTOH. HayerS received a
telegram to-day from citizens Of Brookshire.
| Waller county. stating that hundreds OF people
there had lost everything by the food and that
| The telegram closes with an appeal for i'm
| mediate aid and food. The Governor sent the
| following despatch to the Mayors Of San
| Antonio Houston and Galveston:
| Am Just advised that hundreds OF people
are suffering Mt Brookshire for want Of food.
| have no public funds at my disposal Please
| call upon the people Of your city TO assist"
| GALVESTON. July 4.-The region which has
| suffered most thus far from the flood is the
| famous Brazos bottom land between the Little
| and Big Brazos rivers.
The rivers run parallel for distance OF
| thirty or forty miles. the strip OF land between
| them being from two to five miles wide
| The waters OF the two rivers covered this
| strip a depth OF from sixteen to thirty feet md
| drowned seventy-one colored farm labOrers
| before they could be rescued so sudden was
It is estimated that 100000 acres OF land ia
| submerged between these two streams near
| Calvert.
Hundreds Of negroes who have been driven
| out OF the bottom lands by the flood are home
less and destitute along the edge Of the water r.
They were compelled TO leave their homes in
| the dead Of night in wild fight 10 escape the
| rush Of water.
| Some tried to save their hogs. poultry and
| household effects and persisted in the attempt.
| Those that escaped are now without food or
| shelter.
| Hundreds Of white families who were in com
| Portable circumstances before the food are in
| no better condition.
Hearne reports thirty-fve lives lost in the
flood in its vicinity.