The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-05
AID FOR BROOKSHlRE.
The People Of Houston Asked for Boats TO
Help Rescue Sufferers.
A SPECIAL RELIEF TRAIN VIA THE KATY
Hundreds Arc Hom cIess and Hungry
and Provisions Are Badly Needed.
The Mayors Appeal.

Several kilograms were received II
Houston yesterday announcing that tn
floods in the Brazos bottoms had caused
great distress and disaster in that section
Hundreds of people were reported to b,
homeless and without food.
The first appeal to Houston was for boat
to help rescue the people from drowning
and was as follows.
T. w. House, Houston.
Brookshire, Texas, July 4,-See the
mayor and have him send boats to res
cue the many drowning people in tho
Brazos bottom near here. Act quick.
William Cooper,
j. II. Ferguson,
M. Donigan,
Committee.
In response to this appeal Mayor Bra
shear issued the following call:
AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC.
LAM INFORMED ny A TELTiGRAN
FROM RELIABLE CTrIA.Ns Ot
IBROo<SHIHE, WALLER COUNTY
THAT ThE RECENT FLOODS ARil
DEVASTATING THAT ENTI0E SEC
TIoN AND ENDANGERiNG THE LIVES
OF HUNDREDS AND THAT MANY
PEOPLE ARE DROWNING IN THr;
BRAZOS BOTTOMS NEAR THAI
POINT. 4 AM APPEALED no no
SEND BOATS no THE RESCUE AND
URGED TO RENDER SuCn OTHER
ASSISTANCE AS CAN DE QuICKLN
bad. L HEREBY MtI>E m AP-
PEAL TO THE GENEROUS AND
CHARITABLE PEOPLE or HousroN.
AND ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO
HAVE BOATS, TO COME QUICKLY
TO THE RESCUE OF OUR SUFFER-
ING NEIGHBOHS. THE MISSOURI.
glANsaS AND TEXAS RAILROAD
COMPANY HAS GENEROUSLY TO-
MATED THE USE OF CARS AND WILL
TRANSPORT FREE on CHARGE AND
RETURN ALL BOAFS GR OTHER Ar
TICLEs SENT FoR wiIE RELIEF or
THE sUFFERERs.
Captain William Christian was delegated
by the mayor to secure boats and other
assistance. and worked for several hours
at this task All stores were closed in
celebration of the National holiday. how
ever, and the city was practically deserted,
rendering the work of securing aid very
difficult. For while it seemed. so Cap
tain Christian reported. that boats could
not be secured anywhere. Night had ar
rived before any definite arrangements
had Nen made. Through the mayors in
iiuepce Two large boats were obtained from
other sources,
The relief train finally left about 10 p.
m. with four boats and lhirty-ave men
on board.
DGeng the afternoon Mayor Brashear,
who is confined to his room by sickness.
received the following telegram from Gov
ernor sayers:
Hon. S. II. Brashear. Mayor, Houston,
Texas.
Austin, Texas, July Am Just ad-
vised that hundreds OF poor people are
suffering at Brookshire for want of
food. Have no public fund at my
disposal, Please call upon people OF
Houston To assist Communicate
with John II. Ferguson. u. j Parker
and w. NJ. Cooper. Brookshire.
Jos. ID. Sayers, Governor.
Another urgent message came to the
mayor from committee OF Brookshire
citizens, as follows:
Brookshire.--Please appeal to the
people for aid. Five hundred persons
hungry. No bacon or meat in this
place.
j. II. Ferguson,
J. w. Edmondson,
Committee.
In response to these later kilograms
Mayor Brashear communicated with sew
erai merchants of Houston and hopes to
have supplies ready for the second relief
train that will leave the Katy depot at 8
o'clock this morning. He could reach only |
a few persons. however, and requests The |
Post to urge upon the business men to |
respond TO this call for food.
The mayor wired the governor and the |
citizens of Brookshire that the people of
Houston would give all help possible.
II is very urgent that food BIO sent the
sufferers promptly, and IT is believed that
large contributions VIII be made for that
purpose this morning.
Epworth League Conference.
owing TO Mr. Gus w. rhomasson's in
ability 20 arrive yesterday. and also the
failure of Rev. 9. A. Hooper OF Navasota
and Rev. u, W. Solomon. presiding elder
4 Brennan, the afternoon session of the
conference was dispensed with.
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