The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-08

to render valuable assistance"
The local employees of the Southwestern
company started subscription yesterda
among the telephone employees and raise
between $50 and $50
Mr. G. E. oliver, representing the Texa
Quartette club. has offered to the mayor
TO present concert and entertainment n
the Auditorium on next Tuesday night 70
the benefit of the food sufferers The
mayor, in response, stated that he woult
assist in every possible way that he coult
and he asks that the citizens patronize the
effort as literally as they can The enter
tainment, besides being an aid to good
cause, will furnish a rare musical treat &c
all who may attend
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Messrs. Mcdonald g. Waldron, managers
of Forest Park. have suggested to the may
or that grand picnic be given at the park
next Sunday, the proceeds to be used for
the relief of the sufferers in the Brazos
river floods, The mayor has Endorsed the
movement and asks the merchants to con-
tribute to the undertaking. EySry cent OF
money taken in at tho gates Will go to the
sufferers. and 1t is distinctly understood
fair by any one. a large attendance Is ex-
pocted.
D. A. Turner planter from Sartartia,
came In to Houston on the rescuing train
last night. He says his experience yes
terday morning from about o'clock was
S. mething terrible and has to be expert
enced by one to appreciate his feelings
before daylight came. About the hour of
g after a short nap, he found the water
surrounding his house, which is on "A
high point for that section and supposed
by all past knowledge of the country to
be above danger of overflow. By the as
sstance of two good friends a Sair of
large mules, he and guard from his
convict camp made their way through
water from ten to fifteen feet deep TO the
track of the Southern Pacific road, where
the mules were unbridled and were made
to swim back to the barn. BY a very
dangerous undertaking Mr.. Turner and
he guard, Mr.. Wooster, made their way
along the track, which was undergoing u
terrible strain by reason of the water
being about two feet higher on one side
than the other MIR. Turner says he was
warmly congratulated by the roadmaster
and others who stood helpless watching
and awaiting his efforts of only means OF
escape. His crop over the entire planta-
ton OF 1000 acres cultivated land with the
years work is entirely swept away by the
overflow. Mr.. Turner saved his mules by
sending boats with hands to his barn.
when the mules were male to swim out
and were driven to the prairie Mr.. TuE
ner's family is at Seabrook, where he goes
today.
Mr.. Turner states that tho people at
will be able to take care of
and no assistance Is asked at
this time.
Mr. S. j. Adams, who lives near Hearne.
between the Big and Little Brazos. came
in on the International and Great North
ern yesterday morning He reports that
only about eight or ten lives We're lost in
the bottoms around Hearne. On and near
his plantation over 300 negroes were taken
out. Mr. Adams plantation was on of
the highest on the river and regardless OF
this fact he will lose about 250 acres of
cotton a,ld SA.rnt 800 acres of corn.
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A story comes from Richmond that Dud-
ley Bell, Ed Bell, Basselt Blakely and
D hers started out to find the Randle boys,
who had not been heard from since the
water began to rise. The boat containing
ID was thought all were drowned for
line, hut they were afterward found in
rec tops and on telegraph poles
Another thrilling incident of the food
has more of II local bearing. Some weeks
100 the little daughter OF Mrs. b. Il,
stockherry, who resides on Center street.
n this city, went to visit relatives who
i've near Claudine. which is in the food
district. AS no tidings could be heard
" the child the mother became very ap-
as to it's safety. On Wednesday
morning Mr.. Horace G. Alexander of 2504
Washington street started out on rescu-
ing mission. On reaching the flooded
erritory no boat could be had and with
he assistance OF some citizens raft was
on which they made their
way TO the house where the little girl was
listing. The family was in the upper
itory with water several inches over the
ioor. The raft that had been impr>vised
vas barely able to hold the men, so the
,hild was placed in tin wash tub and
owed several miles through the water to
4 safe landing and has been safely restored
10 Its mother.
Mayor Brashear received a telephone
message yesterday from Chief of Police
of Galveston, who has charge OF
the life saving crew and boats which went
rom Galveston Thursday night 10 Sartartia
or Sugarland, He reported that the men |
were doing good work and had brought a
great number OF water bound refugees out |
Of the bottom in that locality He sent
back one of his crew who had been taken !
suddenly sick. and asked that he be looked /
after. City Health Physician Massie met |
he sick man at the depot and, finding that |
no was well able 10 travel he recommend |
ed that he proceed directly TO his home at |
Galveston, which he did
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Relief trains went out yesterday over |
The Katy to Brookshire, over the Southern |
Pacific to Sartartia or Sugarland over tire |
Arkansas Pass TO Irulshear and over the In |
ternational and Great Northern TO Sandy |
'oint. This last train was secured by |
Mayor Brashoar and was the one that car |
ried the supplies to Juliff, Missouri City |
and Sandy Point.
brookshire and Sartartia appear now to |
be pretty we'll supplied. II appeals from
40 new points come in tomorrow. the !
money still on hand will be distributed |
among those localities which appear 10 be |
most In need
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