Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-07-13
a DEADLY DElUGE.
Scores of Lives Lost by Floods I'm
Texas-The Loss 10 Property il Fully
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Austin, Tex, July 4.-Rcports from
up and down the Brazos river valley
indicate that the flood is holding its
own. 1t is now figured out that there
are over 400 county bridges and about
$50 railroad bridges swept away in the
flood.
News from Eagle Lake, Harris coun-
ty, directly in the path of the flood,
is that thousands of acres of growing
tobacco which escaped the flood until
Sunday are now covered and that it
will prove a total loss. There are nine
lives reported lost at Eagle Lake and
the surrounding country. No names
can be ascertained. In Mcclellan
county alone the loss will be 81 100000.
Reports from southwestern Texas are
to the effect that heavy rains there
have swollen the Guadalupe and Low
er Colorado and they are spreading
all over the country again. by means
of building much temporary trestle-
work and operating trains slowly some
of the trunk lines are moving a few
through trains, but most of the rail-
road business in Texas is still tied up.
For seven days Texas throughout
its central and. western portions has
. been visited by daily rainfalls. The
rain continued yesterday and reports
from as far south as Nueces county re-
port that everything is being flooded
afresh. That section of the state,
however will not suffer nearly as much
loss as the BraZos bottoms, for the
reason that the water can spread out
over the low country much more rap
idly than in the BraZOs country, and
it is not so generally cultivated.
The reports from all along the Bra
zos bottom show that the water is stu
very high and the fact that every sec
ton of the state continues 20 be visit
ed by rain makes the situation look
extremely gloomy, The reports of the
total damage to county. railroad and
personal property as well as to crops,
continue to come in and it is figured
out that it Will amount to $5,O00.OOG
Alarming reports are roming in from
La Grange and Sealey of loss of life
in the vicinity of Brookshire. Hous-
ton has been appealed to for help and
the mayor of that city has issued 1t
proclamation calling for men and
boats to rescue those in danger. The
Missouri, Kansas q Texas railroad is
sending out relief trains from Hous-
ton, La Grange and other points.
Austin, Tex, July 5.-Gov Savers
has received the following telegram
from a number of residents of Brook,
shire. small town in Waller county,
on the Brazos river, about so miles
from Houston: "Iiundreds of people
here, with everything swept way by
flood, have not II mouthful to eat and
no shelter. Unless food is sent at
once starvation is inevitable and to
you, as governor of Texas, we appeal
for immediate aid and food"
Gov. Saycrs replied by wiring the
mayors of Houston, Galveston and San
Antonio as follows: Am just advised
that hundreds of people are suffering
at Brooliside for want of food. Have
10 public funds at my disposal. Please
call on the people Of your city to as-
Sist."
A report from Brookshire says that
Is persons have been drowned already
and many more may soon be. A re-
lief train was sent out from Houston
last night with boats and physicians,
but not nearly enough. The people
were not warned and had no time 20
escape. This afternoon it was report
ed that between 100 and $50 farmers
and their families were on small hill
near where Dewey was situated and
which has since become an island. with
the water slowly rising. II is feared
that many of them have been lost.
The total number of dead accurately
reported at all points now reaches SO.