Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-09-14
DURING THE BRAzos FLOOD.

Rain is descending us if the heavens
were dissolyiug The Brazos, though
IL is flowing over the roofs OF build
ings that were supposed 10 stand upon
ground never reached by the greatest
floods, is still rising, ana its shores are
Ancd With thousands of wet, hungry
and naked negroes who have recently
been rescued from reetops, ginhouses
and floating cabins
The latest news from every section
along the river is distressing. An Of
The domestic animals, thousands of
fine mules the cows ana an OF the hogs
and fowls in the bottoms have certain
ly persisted No railroad trains have
passed for a whole week, the wires are
all down and we have not seen a news
paper for six or nine days. Food
and clothing have been collected at
Caldwell today to be forwarded TO .he
suffering people on the shores Of the
Blazos tonight IL it is possible TO get
there through Tie mud and the awful
downpour of rain.
Some very remarkable incidents
have occurred in connection with the
food A whole family was rescued
from a substantial frame structure
that had tioated at least fifteen miles.
4 The family was aroused just before
daylight by the noise OF the waters
and the motion Of the building. They
were, of course, terribly frightened,
but it was pitch dark" as the man
said, and they could do nothing more
than stick to the ship When Il
grew light enough for them to see they
were frightened almost out of thef
senses to discover that their house
was floating down a wide river, The
father of the family made every eff
! fort to effect a landing, without sue
cess. He finally attracted the atton-
ton OF some young men on the shore
near Old Washington, and the whole
family was rescued and their house
lodged against a body of heavy timber
| They had 4ade a narrow escape and
1 when the father, In a transport OF 10y
was moving around and thanking the
| people for their assistance, he was
very much surprised to meet brother
! whom he had not seen for severa
years His brother was wealthy
! planter, who lived in n big, roomS
house, only a short distance away. L
is presumed that the unfortunate PEG
| pie were made comfortable In a shor
time.
A cradle was found floating rapidly
! down the river, and when il was over
hauled by party Of rescuers they
were surprised to find that 1t con
tanned a perfectly contented little ne
gro baby, TIE bereaved mother cam,
after her child later in the day, ant
from her the boys learned that tn,
cradle had fioated about six miles
| one house passed that was covered
with chickens while a calf and a youni
colt anXiously gazed from one of th'
windows A young girl was rescued
from a large tree which she had beer
clinging to for several hours. She salt
that the house occupied by her peop
had floated for some distance in tn
darkness and that It had turned owe
and she supposed that her father an
mother and two children persisted !
courageous father carried his wife an,
two little girls up into a large elm tree
and tied them securely 20 the branche
with a rope, where they remained IN
til daylight. He then descended an,
swan TO his house and made a raj
and took his little family and som,
Of HIS household effects safely ashore
One man by the name Of Sartain
who certainly must be a good swim
mer, carried his wife and baby on hi
back and Travelled no less than nv,
miles OF the submerged district wad
ing in water above his waist part o
the time and forced 20 swim wide bay
/ GUS where The water was very deep
u was easy 20 see that the woman
was neryy ana very proud Of her hus
harl Rescuing parties are still
bringing PEOPLE from The ovcraowel
bottoms II Is now known that q groa
number OF people have been drowned
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.