Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-07
Another Sad Contribution to the Tale
of Texas Woe.
RECOVERING BODIES OF DROWNED
Thousands in Need of Food and
Millions of Property Lost
D I S NJ A l. d E T ALL S

CALVERT, Texas, July THE following
is complete list. as far be obtained,
of the drowned in this (Robertson) county;
T. S. Dawson, white; body not recovered
Joe White, white: body not recovered.
Joe Whites two sons; bodies not recovered.
Matt Turner.
Two unknown men, white; bodies not re-
covered.
Dave White, colored: body recovered.
Tom Tyson. colored; body recovered.
Rosanna Brown, colored; body recovered.
Luoa Chop, Chinese; body recovered
Two children of Tom Dallas, colored;
bodies recovered.
Four men on Tom Anderson's farm, col
ored; bodies not recovered.
Five men below Hearn, colored; bodies
not recovered.
Illely Normcross, colored; body recovered.
Total -.
$3.O00.GO0 Damage to Railroads.
ST LOUIS, July IA special to the Re
public from Dallas, Texas says: The rail-
road situation in Texas, because of floods
Is so much worse than it has been hereto
| fore that the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe
has had TO abandon its through trains from
st. Louis and Kansas City at Dallas and
Fort Worth, respectively.
The Santa Fe had, until last night by
running on a roundabout way, managed to
get through to Galveston but the new
washout in the lower Brazos country
stopped even this traffic. The abandon
ment of the Santa Fe trains sewers the last
link of anything like direct connection be-
tween northern and southern Texas. To
reach these points now it is necessary to
travel via Shreveport, La.
Ihe HOOD damage to railroad property IN
Texas is now conServatiyely estimated at
$3,G0O,Oo0.
DrOwnings and Disasters
RICHMOND, Texas, July 7.-Never in the
| history of Richmond were such scenes wit
messed as are depicted today. Business is
practically suspended. Many plantations
are under water. All trains save those on
| the Southern Pacific west have been aban-
| doned. Provisions are running low, and
unless something is done quickly there will
| be great suffering here within a few days.
| 1t is believed there will be at the very
| least from 5000 TO 5000 persons to feed
| from this place within a week. Stories of
| drownings and disasters are coming in CON
stantly, but they cannot be verified, al
| though 1t is probable that many of them
are correct. The water has reached the
river bridge, and is dashing between the
| iron guy rods under it, and for the first
| time the railroad company has stopped all
traffic over it
One Favorable Report.
| GALVESTON, Tex, July IA special
Thompson, Durkee and Arcola returned
late last night with the officials of the road
aboard They had left the rescuers to do
| their work, which progressing excep-
tionally well. General Superintendent Bes-
| segue made very favorable report the
situation and seemed to believe that the
people were not suffering
Il am of the opinion that there have been
no casualties. 1t appears the people had
time to get to high ground. On the ap-
proaches to our bridges there are at least
hundred people, who are comforta BILE
and propose to stay there until they either
have to move or the flood subsidies They
have tent and provisions enough to last
for ninety days. There is enough food for
those who were rescued from the town of
Thomasville. l do not believe anybody is
starving, but they have not supplies enough
| to run them for any.length of time.
Good Work of Life-Savfng Men,
The crew of the live-saving stations are
doing excellent work. These boats were
just what was needed. They took up two
lifeboats, cedar boat and skiff and we
secured four boats from our picnic grounds
All these were manned by men from the
cutter Galveston. From about 5 o'clock
until $50 they had reached sixty-eight
people.
Our roadbed for four miles each side of
Thompson is covered with water from .
inches to feet deep. From what l could
learn [ am of the opinion that there is not
to exceed mile that is in really bad con-
dtion, and when the water goes down so
we can get at the track it will be but the
work of a short time to put it in condition
again. Our bridges seem to be all right,
and the bridges that have been washed
away all small affairs There is possi-
bly, a mile of track that has been washed
from the roadbed. -