The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-07-07
IEEAS H0OaS

sanas PIsiahls sso-ies TOlI - the
Dtstress ana SuGering of the Peo-
ple-FrOperIy Lass EnaRloous-
GALVESTON. Teas. July e--Iaraes
ccllinsoa. superiateRaent Of uachtHesT
FOR the santa Fe FaElTpad arrived n
Gaveston 0e the l1ss thFoaEh traiR he
rad has oeen ahla % run. The BSazos
rtvar at R5senharE Is running vild. NJ.
collfnaon says. but With regard 20 the
ultimate damage be IS yeEy optimistic
lie thinks The damage has hesn greatly
overeasinale1 and that The loss % eToPs
tn the bottom VIII Be co9aseFoalaaced
By the Increased yield OE The uplAnei-
He lset at n0ou On . special tram LOT
che flooded district, Carrying pFoFlSllEs
for the destitute
At SuBnyside. twelve miles trcm
Bruokshire. The BRACES riVVsF Is oHdkRar-
Eiy two hundred yards Wffe. About par
alEei With this and tVD and 3 half rntbes
away L Elm creek. which Is seldom oNeE
thirty feet wide. ana N midsummer
ofren dry. The two streams are separ-
ated BY Low bottom Ands and are noNf
united. making q rtysr between ave and
stx miles wide ard fsOgn sixty % sev-
enty feet deep Along the current pso-
pie were rescued yesterday "a : skin
sent frum Houston The people were
dzmolEshIng thsgr sheds and opthouses
and rsAktng boats that they used Cat
lie were resting their heads In the
boughs OF traes and making a pitiahle
struggle for existencs. At one point TWO
houses were seen coming down the
stream. In one Of them was ; man and
tWo women. and 90 the other woman
and i've children were clinlgtng for life
ard calling for hels. oae oe the houses
was a fae two-Story a6alr and the other
was smaller dwelling. They PASSED
on with the foaming current and may
have struck an obstruction and been
smashed to pieces or found their way
into the gulf
Twenty-Five row boats. manned and
pruvfsionsd. IsfC here to-day for the Sec
tion overf.oWed to assist IN saving lie
and property,
Governor Sayres has been asked by
Representative ". H, Ellis 70 call \
special session OF the legislature 70 re-
lleve the distress.
The Santa Fe main line trains have
been abandoned between Galveston and
the BRACES river. Trains west OF the
river are running on schedule time. The
Southern Pacific and the Missouri. kan
sas & Texas railroad bridges across the
BraZoS river are reported TO have been
swept away this morning.
Reports from a special correspondent
OF the News indicates that while the
property loss by the recent foods have
been enormous. the loss Of life has been
greatly exaggerated. According to the
News only two lives have been lost In
the lower BrazOS food Every year the
Brazos and Colorado valleys suffer frOm
lnundations. The BrGEos Is falling rap
Idly In the central part OF the state, the
scene OF last weeks food. The war de-
partment has authorized Governor
Sayers to distribute 1000 army ratiOns
among the flood sufferers, the ratioRs %
be furnished the governor from San
Antonio These rations viii be dlstrib
uted at Wallis. Sealey. Richmond, Ro-
senberE. Thompson. Dunke. Arcola.
FnuEshear. Chenango. Columbia. Velasco,
NavaSota, Calvert. Hearne. Bryan and
Brennan. In addition to the war de-
partment rations. Houston and Calves
ton have sent several carloads OF FRO
cerles into the flooded district. It Is be-
-lIaved there Is now food enough IN tran
sit to feed the negroes until the waters
receded and they can return TO planta-
tion work