Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-07-06
MANY LIVES. LOST :
IN TEXAS FLOODS
sixty-Three Persons Are Reported
Drowned in Robertson
County Alone.
BRAzos VALLEY A VAST LAKE

BRAZOS VALLEY A VAST LAKE
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Sudden Elise in the River Floods
an Immense Section OF Coun-
Experimentation
Cut ON. -
Houston, Tex, July Ga CORE.
spondent has just returned from q
voyage through. the flooded districts.
The half has not been told of the
havoc wrought. The disaster is SO
appalling that description is not pos
sible. After this food will come sick
ness undoubtedly, and what week
ago was the fairest part of Texas is
now almost q Godforsaken Wilderness
The waters of the Brazos have for six,
days covered its valley to depth of
from six to thirty feet. Where week.
ago there We're on every hand fields of
cotton and corn and thousands of
acres of watermelons and cantaloupes.
today there is Shiny mud
over all vegetation, carcasses of COWS.
mules, pigs, dogs and cats, mayhap
humans, for many are missing. Our
party 4C1U Dlydu az ouAIiSC yCSlCIuuy
morning, going to the Navasota bot
toms and to point about three miles
from Millcan. Here we encountered
everywhere the overflow FROM. the
Navasota, which spread out fully tveo
miles on either side of-the Houston
and Texas Central track. Everything
is under water from two to seventeen
feet. 1t looked on all sides like,
great lake and the water was SO high
that for a vast area it completely sub
merged the telegraph and telephone
poles along the line. In truth, portions
of the Navasota bottoms are even now
perfect sea, extending four or five
miles wide at certain points. j saw
hundreds of houses there totally sub
merged and as many more were swept
from their foundations and destroyed.
Planters in the bottoms are still NOV
ing their help, and whatever is left of
their stock to places of safety, where
they can be cared for. They are all no
bly, helping each other and taking ref
uge wherever they can, some OF them
seeking safety on house tops.
st. Louis, July Ga special to the
Republic from Dallas, Tex, says:
Another flood disaster which, from
the first bulletin received here, APP
IN Tr;Jan ond sa+nrdav last occurred.
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