The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-07
PROPERTY DAMAGE IMMENSE.
o,zoS FLOOD THIS YEAR HAS
BROKEN THE RECORD.

osTife Has Probably Been Ex-
,eroted-PeOpIe Seen Floating
Along on the Tops of Their Houses.
w,nv saved by Climbing Trees.
4 ,;to Boats Sent Out to Hunt the
4 sueorors-River at One Point Was
4 six Miles Wide.
i c.,veston. July 6-James Collision, SUI
sr,s~dent of machinery for the Santa
Il, p,aroad arrived in Galveston on the
Il :. ,,ronsb train the road has been able
#o run.
Tho Brazos river at Rosenberg is run
i mo uld Mr.. COLLISION says, but with re-
4 ,r5 ia The ultimate damage he is very
&pums.c
4 49,. thinks the damages are greatly over
/ .tm,tsd aud that the loss of crops in
4 ts bouoms wiu be counterbalanced by
i ne increased yields on the upiands. He
i =. af noon on a special train for the
#,o5.3 district. carrying provisions for
he destitute.
a A. sinnvside. twelve miles from Brook
i ,rs the Brazos river is ordinarily 200
4 ,r5s wide. About parallel with this and
r, and half miles away is Elm creek.
rsieb is seldom over thirty feet wide, and
midsummer often dry. The two streams
4 70 ssparsied by low bottom lands, but
q 70 now united. making a river between
We and six miles wide and from sixty to
eyeny feet deep.
i Along the currents nineteen peop,e were
4sc5ei Yesterday in a skiff sent from
ioast5n. The people were demoishing
ier sheds and outhouses and making
ozes that they used Dor boats.
81 Caule were found resting their heads in
81 e boushs of trees, making a pitiable
#mgge for existence.
On Floating Houses.
81 At one point two houses were seen COM
81 x down the stream. In one of them
as mln and two women, and on the
q her a woman and five children were
q lgns for life and calling for help. one
these was a fine tWo-story affair, and
ohar was @ smaller dwelling. They
81 sssi on with the fOaming current, and
~ have struck an obstruction and
mashed to pieces or found their way into
Gulf
Twenty-Five rowboRs, fully manned and
r0yisllei. left here to-day for the sec
on overlooked TO assist in saving life and
qelW
Gov Savers has been asked by Repre-
NATIVE W. H. Ellis to call a special
ss3a Of the legislature to relieve the
Stress
The Santa Fe main line trains have
en- abandoned between Galveston and
B.azos river The Southern Pacific
W Missouri, Kansas and Texas bridges
ross the Brazos river are reported to
We been swept away this morning.
reports from special correspondent
Ae News Indicate that while the
o9e'y loss tn the recent floods has been
oImous the loss of life has been greatly
assarated
Rise Beats the Record.
Every wear the Brazos and Colorado val
"a s11r from foundations. Up to the
II HOOD the greatest destruction from
annual inundauons was in 1885. This
81 Vie AlsA water mark of 1885 has been
8 passed In Washington, Austin, Fort
II ~ Waller and Brazos counties in
81 '".'a Texas The Brazos is falling
t"| III the central part of the state.
scene OF last weeks flood
9 Aood reached the southern part of
81 ."'e elnd ay night aud Monday. The
ar.5.s mad received ample warning, but
s' oes remained in the Brazos val
As The water would not reach
1'. "ah IN 1885. From 1900 TO 1000 col
NoDe Were caught in the valley in
p
use tops ~
Wv. savers, a he suggestion of Con-
SsAan Hawloy. appealed 10 the war de-
.'' 70 send life saving boats from
"elen. Permission was granted and
G ram 'efl this afternoon for the
ont G.SincL carrying several govern
lsr1 'Iu number Of private boats. II is
l,,. '-o. nearly al the people lodged
Id qua on house tops have been res
j,,.r. lAe boats sent from Galveston
aks WI. Pilfrl the flooded districts and
-'i'dsh search fer stragglers.
government Rations.
war department. has authorized
on, le's TO distribute 10000 army ra-
'S the flood sufferers, the RAJ
#ar t,, furnished the Governor from
1uts1 mise IdllOllS VIII be dis
5ss7,'. richmond. Thompson. Wallis,
ango " T. NQnke, Arcola, Fulshear, Che
er H.. o."Hlola, Neiasco, Navasota. Cal
l,i1 'ie+rNe Bryan and BRENNAN. In
ous.go w. me war department rations,
ro,5. ana Galveston have sent several
yct ''e'les INTO the flooded dis
t-s 10 crops. cotton is not lost. II is
The WA, #@ssae1 out IN some places, but
d,r more good than harm has
y d. bo r.-, TO crops by the floods. Cotton
s au.J rSpaoted in most cases. Corn has
ct an c en- ,roSt localities, but the crop is
,5rs u.s. Is plenty Of time to raise cotton
q On n. '"'..rv 1900. The noxt trouble
a azo. ~, ,lasco, the mouth of the
N dan .''oh point the floods reached
umgr, .e town may ne cut off from
q Two ''t. .'. with the world for a day
10 loss of life is anticipeted
'0'NIRY SWEET At DEWEY