The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-07-08
THE RRAzos RIVER RIsIae.

DALLAS, TEXAS July "A bulletin from Dewey
station, the Missouri Kansas & Texas Railroad.
midway between calvert AMI Housiou. sent IS
noon. is as follows
There has been great destruction 81 general
property in this vicinity. some lives have becn
lost a the country. The Rrazos r1ycr has hee1
rising RAPIDLY since yesterday Thr water Is naw
up 70 the sJriugeFs Of tae Missouri Kansas & TcS-
as bridge large and cslssly steel structure THREE
miles Of nlilruad track have gone since last ll.a
night
shortly afief noon all communication wi,h lseu-
cy was cut Il Is believed the railroad tgs4-c
there went out. Carrying wlth e telegraph lines.
DALLAS. Tx. Jnly S-To.iay Deputy sheriff
swcaringen Of Austin county made the f1Iiou ine
statement a. scAly:
Relief has not reached tEe flooded victims o.
this section. Thirteen dead bodies have tsru -e-
covered near the town % Brookshlrr. Forty .dre
persons above SeAIy are reported missing ana given
up FOR dead seven werc drowned in a boat seven
miles below sealy.
'Abou. 100 persons are ISOLATED 90 SMALL pierg
Of land tn the BfaEus bottoms thrue miles from
Brookshire several hundred more arr similarly
surrounded st PHILIPPE, three miles from Ssaiy
Unless relief can soon reach these two places ihe
so9 lives VIII probably te lost Many Viii die Il
is from hunger. exposure AMI exhaustion
The water today is running through the town
OF BrOokshire something never before known.
The zixty-Hve lives lost here today 10 radlu,
Of twenty miles north aud south q Sealy. We arr
completely isolated 81 ssaiy, but this town not
in danger. We cannot estimate the situation be
yond the limits mention The whole face o. TIE
country here Is sea The channel Of the BrAEo-
River has SHIFTED about thrce miles and the wate'
here is aneen miles wide Logs. houses. lumber
and railroad material merchandise livestock and
other floating objects. make it worth the uie Of
resources to 60 the relief o; the endangered PEG
pie. most Of whom are negrnes
The railroads are destroyed for miles Az I'M
mense washout occurred on the santa Re. south 81
sealy, this morning This cuts on our last strand
OF railroad communication The Missouri Kansa,
and Texas, the Gulf Coloyado and santa Fc and
the Southern Pacific are all completely stopped
The weather is cloudy this afternoon, aud NOR,
rain is feared
The citizens Of BroOkshire appealed 20 Governor
sAyers for help Governor saysFs appealed 10 III.
citizens of Houston, Galveston ami san Antonio
The first carioad Of provisions was sent from Hous
ton this morning. Two carloads o. provisions
were sent from Galveston. Many contribution
were sent freely. Congressman Hawley had wiret
! Governor sayers to ask the Secretary Of War 10
/ authority TO send boats from Galveston up thl
| Bnzos River 10 rescue people caught IN the hood
| Boats have already been sent from Houston
| Others have been made on the scene OF the hood
One fact which tends to discredu heavy loss o
life in the Lower Brazos Valley Is that the planter
l knew the food was coming, and had time 70 war;
/ their hands. Outside Of the disasters al Cslyer
/ and Brookshire. there have been about six drown
ings during the past week at different points ii
/ central and southern Texas, due TO the floods
Crops outside the flooded districts are ia fine con
L
viii not be a total loss in the flooded districts
Many localities viii replant cotton and have tim
TO make crop. The railroads heavy sufferers
as many miles Of track have been washed out an,
numerous bridges either demolished or badly dam
aged. Not single big iron railway bridge is down