The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-07
RESUME FROM cALv5
$4,000 CULTIVATED ACREs :,
OvERFLOWED.
Some of the Incidents or ~. n
Freshet-5OoO to 5000 4.
groes Destitute,

Calvert, Texas, July s.-The jnb~.
citement has about subsidized and q.
pie are now in an attitude 10 take
dispassionate view of their loss ~
practical business-like way calcuh,
cost OF the flood which has hrourhtn 4,
and its tributary country SO proui
before the general public. One wei
the farmers throughout Robertson !.
wore satisfied smiles. joyful in TIA \
contemplation of the bountjful N
soon to be garnered. In one night b
fondest hopes OF many of them werAu
headlong with the turhid waters \
Brazos into the Gulf OF Meyico
wealthy planted with his thoun,
acres of fertile bottom land and ~
cornfield darkey with his N
acres and mule are both confrcxs
the stubborn fact that as FAR as I'll,
crop is concerned they are prrs
ruined. Thirly-four thousand acre,
tiyated lands, raising "a per cent n
cotton in the BraZos bottom darsrth
utary 10 Calvert were under water
of from two to twenty feet, all il y
ertson county, as follows: Robert h
son, 1000 acres, Upton, 500 acres; q
Hammond & Gilbert, 1000 acres:
Peters, Box Quarter. 1900 acrss,
$50 acres; Briggs Salter, $500 acres
nut Creek farms, 1000 acres; Tlka
acres; Dunn-Holt. 500 acres: Geofn
Lean, 1900 acres; =. j. Garrett
acres; Adoue, 1900 acres; smaller
5000 acres; Burnet, 300 acres; Bfon
acres; Tom Garrett, 600 acres; Sol
Harry Field, 500 acres; E. S. Pe!s1
acres; Brennan, 1900 acres; Baftm
acres; William Anderson, 1000
brennan, 600 acres; Knapp, SOC
Wilcox, 500 acres; Harlan, E. ~
acres; Wayland. 1000. Total, 3ssN
Cotton. 10 per cent total ruin; y
per cent. 100000 bushels lost; nq
alfalfa, oats and gardens complh
wherever under water; poultry slna
tirely swept away; hogs, so per cer
tie, % per cent; horses and mules
cent lost.
On the brennan Henderson, I'm
Saturday very thrilling incident
food tragedy occurred. The wife u
Daniels, colored, and her -four y
were passengers in boat load Of u
crossing to place OF safety. Just
landing an occupant Of the boat srs 4
projecting limb of tree. which ma y
caused the boat TO capsize. The y
seized one child in her left arm y 4
other by the clothing with her teei
her remaining arm she chung 10
while the other two children were
In the cruel waters.
Among the many stories OF bravo
heroism incident TO the flood the ~
absolutely true narrative reads llh
nance: A negro man with his fanI
the women and children OF w
were huddled together ins
cabin on Senator Wayland's plantts
raging water were beating "
against the house and threatens p
to sweep 1t away. The ~
pelled by the most urgent ne,esslc
, hole in the roof and drew inc
children upon top of the little y
through this opening. He then ins
I fireplace with bricks from the =
furnace, using shingles for rue
cooked their scanty supply Of Ply
.hus they lived for two days and ns,
Mr.. Joe White. a we'll known inr'
yrandsons and a young man waos i
S unknown. all residing on Pona \,
Milan county, were out fishing y.
ne in the forks OF Duck creek op y
liver. In the eastern part OF tne
Their friends feared they ~
drowned. MIR. Dun Darlington, N =
business In that section. found ~ Z
md sound and brought them oae'
'ert tonight. i,
Mr.. White reports very remN
'erience. When the water pesss
he little party cut large tres IL ~
efuge in its topmost branches IN
emained four days, eating IVA
aw bacon and mush. The fapsr
water forced them to climb anv
where they remained two days n
heir bacon and mush gave ou'
rst day in this tree.
A few OF the farmers enters's "a
ope that a part OF the cotton ~
ut from the roots. Some Of y.
rs are preparing to repian' =
orn. y
From 1000 to 5000 negroes havs
bsolutely destitute by the noou I.
ence absolutely dependant on