The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-07-07

The eight boats from Houston were IN
loaded and some use was found for ali Of
them.
The train could rot stop long At SaTtar-
tia. as the roadbed vas TO. considered
safe, and 1; backed into Houston When
Stafford was reached the train stopped and
the party diseznharked A mos. pltiAble
sight greeted their eyes
In the cotton gin 81 this place. owned
BY Dr.. Cochran. and in several other out
houses on his place there were about 200
cry and Lester places, ia the Bsazos bot
toms In these small buildings these poor
negroes who had lost their ali. with the
exception o. few bed clothes. were hud-
died together. They we're in sorrowfai
condition, most Of them having had food
only once that day and some nothlng at
ali. Dr. Cochran killed three hugs aad
be and the xsle- citizens Of Stafford dld
all in their power 70 help the unfortunate
negroes. ~, they did bu, i.c,le to alleviate
their suffering. Many Of them we're very
hungry and most Of the children we're cry
Ing piteously. when the train arrived al
Stafford tie refugees believed that the peo-
pie had come 70 warn them Of still further
r:se in the river sni thinking tina; they
were ia danger. all Of them titled 10 crowd
in the second story Of the gin. room
about % By 30. With all theaT effects. they /
were advised tia, there WAS 70 possible |
danger ana they returned TO their repee
tive quarters
AS II is nov they are elosely crowded |
At place called Blue Ridge there are |
also about $50 negroes from The Cart,
wright and Mrs. J c. Hutchinson pi2nt2- |
tons ~ Hickory Grove. about Two miles |
sou;h OF Stafford there ere about 2oc raore |
negroes fran the Burnett, Cartwright and !
Palmer piaaiAtiops All Of the plantations
rame3 are under waieF and the negroes
have fed from tie bottoms TO places OF |
safety They are all In destitute con
di;son ana are sadly in need of provisions |
There are also quite a number q refugees
u Missouri. City, who are in no better /
condition than the others. Supplies tor /
these sufferers may be sent 10 ,dr wy,nan !
Robinsoa. The Post correspondent At stat !
ford. who will see that they are properly /
distributed.
AS 10 the loss Of life in the flooded dis |
trict. there are OF course all kinds o
run,ors concerning the number OF persons |
drowned Five persons. however, are
known positively to have lost their lives
By drowning Isham Brown. who was
drowned in front OF the Chambers store
on the Sugsrland railway, the current at
that place being something terrible; sa-
vannah Brown. VIII Reese Susan King
and child Of Emanuel jackson were tbs
others the latter named were living on
tie Chambers and Lovely places. All
OF the parties are colored. n sugariand
there has been no loss OF life nor al Sar-
tartia thus far MIR. w 7. Ridd!ek sent
a message 10 the agent at Sartartia by a
negro that he needed help. as did Mr. |
Bertrand Nothing has been heard Of the |
Widow Parks. who lives with her aged I
father and three children on oyster creek. |
nor OF The occupants OF the Fields place |
are considered out OF danger. though the |
situation at the Parks place is thought to 4
be dangerous. other families who are yet
to be heard from are the SCOTS or John
sons, who live TWO and half miles from
the Sartartia depot. Every person is on
the lookout and watching everything close
ly and no further drownlngs are expected |
Mr. Ed B. Cunningham, OF the Arm OF
Ed II. Cunningham q Co. states that on
the Cunningham plantation there are fully
1000 acres OF corn and cotton and 200 acres
OF cane under water, The Riddick planta-
tlpn consists OF 1000 acres and all OF II
is planted in cotton and corn. and the
whole plantation IS under water.
Mr.. ]. C. Locke, The Post correspondent |
at sartartia. estimates that there are about |
5000 acres on the Ellis plantation covered |
with the overflow. This is in cotton, corn |
and cane.
The Bertrand plantation Is all under |
water. and there are about 1900 acres eul- !
tivated in corn and cotton. with very |
little cane
The State farm at Harlem is covered |
with the overtiowing waters. There is |
a considerable quantity OF corn. cotton and |
cane in cultivation at this place. though |
1t was impossible TO ascertain the exac,
number OF acres yesterday.
Mr.. Turner has another loss besides |
having his plantation inundated. Abou,
dark yesterday just before the train lett !
for Sartartia the commissary and convict
quarters on his place We're burned to The
ground. The FIRE was caused by the water |
coming in contact with a number OF bar
rcs OF lime stored in the building. Be
sides having months rations for forty
seven men and five guards in the building,
eleven bloodhounds. valued at 500 each.
vera burned.
No live stock was lost on any OF theee
places. except on Ellis. where a few
horses and cattle were drowned. The rail-
way track between sugarland and Rich
mond is under water and some OF 1t be- |
tween ssrtartia and Richmond has been
washed away. Mr. r. W. DeLane, road
master OF the Glidden division OF the
Southern Pacific. stated that in his opin-
lon the damage to the track would be
much lees than appearances ind,cared