Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-22
THE BRAZOS FLOOD.
CURIOUS Incidents Occurring Mt ths
Time of the High Water.

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat
Rain is descending as If the heavens were
olssoiVfng. The Brazos, though II is flow
ing over the roofs of buildings that were
supposed to stand upon ground never
reached by the greatest foods, is still ris
ihs' ana Its shores are lined with thou
sahos Oh wet, hungry and naked negroes.
VINO nave recently been rescued from tree
tops gin houses and floating cabins.
Inc latest news from every section along
the river Is distressing All of the domes-
tic animals, thousands of fine mules. the
cows and all Of the hogs and fowls in the
bottoms have certainly persisted No rail-
road trains have passed for a whole wool
me wires are all down and we have not
seen newspaper for six or nine DAVIS
ROOD and clothing have been collected at
CaIdweIl today, to be forwarded to the
suffering people on the shores of the Bra
aos ton1gnt IL IT is possible to get there
of rain.
Some very remarkable incidents have oe-
CURED IN connection with the food A
Whoie family was rescued from a substan-
tial frame structure that had ffoated at
least fifteen miles. The family was arous-
ed just before daylight by the noise of the
waters and the motion of the building.
Ihey Were, of course, terribly frightened
but 1t was pitch dark" as the man said.
and they could do nothing more than
stick to the ship" When it grew light
enough Tor them to see they were frighten-
ed almost out of their senses to discover
that their house was floating down a wide
river. The father of the family made
every effort to effect q landing, without
success He finally attracted the atten-
tton OF some young men on the shore, near
Old Washington, and the whole family was
rescued and their house lodged against a
body of heavy timber They had made a
narrow escape, and when the father in
transport of joy, was moving around and
thanking the people for their assistance
he was very much surprised to meet a
brother whom he had not seen for several
years. His brother was wealthy planter
who lived in a big, roonay house only a
short distance away. 1t is presumed that
the unfortunate people were made COM
Portable in short time.
A cradle was noticed floating ranid}y
down the river, and when it was over
hauled by party of rescuers they were
surprised to find that 1t contained a per-
fectly contented little negro baby. The be-
reaved mother came after her child later
In the day, and from her the boys learned
that the cradle had fioated about six miles.
One house passed that was covered with
chickens, while calf and young colt
anxiously gazed from one of the windows.
A young girl was rescued from large tree
which she had been clinging to for several
hours. She said that the house occunied
by her people had floated for some distance
in the darkness and that 1t had turned over
and she supposed that her father and
mother and two children persisted. a eour
ageous father carried his wife and two lit
tie girls UP into large elm tree and tied
them securely to the branches with a, rome.
where they remained until daylight. He
then descended and swan to his house and
made raft and took his little family and
some or his household effects safely ashore
One man by the name of Sartsfn. who
certainly must be good swimmer, carried
his wife and baby on his back and travel
Cd no less than five miles Of the SUBJ