The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-04-29

or Blum In addition 70 the reports sent gu,
| iiSt hisht No new deaths are known It;
| nave resulted from the Blum cyclone. Par
tles al that piar" state by telephone that
| nuch farming property suffered. hut that
| 10 one WAS Injured as far Ls ie1rne! In
the country districts
| Neither was there any cosualtiee a, .ba
village of Woodbury.. which was repor, ed
| destroyed last night. a uu,nler of ho,.ges
| suffered :
,. The dead from the storms. as far as
iearned at Dallas. are seven at Waco. two
! az houston 'nesroes drowned to-day work
| los; IN Galveston Bay
| Estimates made at Dallas by railroad men
ana Others place the damage to all chas,c-
, 'srrup'.ols to traffic. loss 70 crops fan,
ana town property. at from So goo.Go 10 s.
sW'e". /: will require more than a week
,ay ., mIy weather to restore railroad lines u
BHAzoS ALREADY SPREADING.
EEfjBLIC SPECIAL.
ross Vac. h,rs Tex, April 2s-The. Brazes River
rose mere only twelve feet last night ard
iost three or four feet of that to-day, Pc
low ihis city, however. the reports Indicate
an al. overflow similar to the July flood last
year The river Is already flooding tho low
s Illds Zen miles south OF this city and as
the tributaries further down were ali ont
o. yt tfir ri, banks last night 1t is certain that
@ .ie river VIII be swollen To lis high water
the valley s"'"'
.h, he n.t'Is Plantation. twelve miles below
this city. is reported under water and
.nW"r down on the Warner. Steiner and
Mii!et :h farms the overflow has roachaJ
EYER sn in h, aGres a6it OF the finest corn crops
piah!e9 IN the low ground will have TO be-
planted planted ever. The most serious loss To the
,n e; ~" i!s To the fact that the season 4. |
20 iar advanced 10 plant corn with any
,a".o, mop. OF satisfactory yield The weather
~ shs IS clear and cool.
ne awful scenes of Yesterday In tha |
nooaea district of this city cast a gloom
Soetes Soet dns , CT city. and thousands OF persons
lhs scenes of destruction. There was a rl,- |
NOR tnis morning of the drowning of an |
9ihef rhm WI white woman. hut 1t proved untrue
Inc on y victims. six in number. were re- |
ported In these dispatches last night.
,.an ne ne i,n tnss of pr.perty is great and will
ns, aith =, % %sip;"" to private property. and s50-
"" 10 pubic property. such as bridges and
streets inside the city
me county has lost many bridges. but !
tirs ire itck oil communication prevents an es- |
tlnlate a, this time. The damage to crops |
aad fences in The county will reach many |
thousands ,e, OF dollars. and the railroads have
Aransas Pass. which traverse; the Brazns
Naiey a distance of twenty-five miles and
cpmsSes c',,,,S tnree or four large tributaries
IN many places. small bridges have been
wrecked and there are no trains run
ning south from here.
ne Missouri. Kansas and Texas suffered
shsht damages iii number of places. but
mas succeeded in keeping the line OPEN and
uallS are running several hours behind |
unie. ihe other railroads have not been
atected enough to interfere with the run
nlhg of trains except some insignificant |
,washouls on the Stamford extension of the
ieNas Central, which We're repaired to-
day.
The damage to corn by washing out is
enormous. In some instances entire crops !
being destroyed Where this is the case
me land Will be replanted in cotton because |
It Is too late 10 plant corn. These cond- |
tons extended over a large territory, and
the cotton acreage will doubtless be ma |
teriaily increased thereby.
The suffering in this city on account OF
I he Hood will be great. 1t Is estimated that
$50 persons are affected and many of
Them are left without home. money or
clothing. save that their backs when
they escaped the waters. The charity or
have been active to-day, and
much good has been accomplished, but they
found the task entirely too great for their
resources and all have united in n call for
a mass meeting tomorrow night in the in |
terest of the flood sufferers.
This meeting will organize a relief COM
mittee. which will take charge of the work.
OVERFLOW AT BRYAN
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Brysn. Tex, April 2S.-Yesterdays and !
last nights unprecedented rain leaves the |
,reeks all swollen. The Brazns River is |
,verfowing the low lands and still rising |
The situation Is serious