The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-11
Eight LIVES ARE LOST
TEXAS FLOODS EVEN MORE DIS
ASTROUS THAN FIRST RE-
PORTS INDICATED
NAMES OF VICTIMS KNOWN
SEVEN MEMBERS OF ONE FAMILY
WE'RE AMONG THE NUMBER
DROWNED
BRAZOs RIVER THREATENING
Every PrecautiOn Taken to Prevent
Loss of Life and stock-CoIoradO
River Is Receding-TornadO
at Lebanon.

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, April 10-The
waters are receding in the swollen riv-
ers and streams of Texas, and 1t Is be-
lieved that the worst is over
The property damage by reason of
the sudden rush Of water will be very
large, while many lives have been lost
1t is learned tonight that eight people
out of travelling party of fifteen, COM
posed of two families, were drowned at
the junction of the middle Chonco river
and the Kiowa creek, in Iron county The
names of the families are Queen and Will
son, and they were from Voca, McCul-
loch county, Texas. OF the eleven mem
bers Of the Queen family seven were
drowned, the father, mother and five
children, among the latter being an eight
months-old baby. A boy of the Wilson
family was also swept away The bodies
of the unfortunate victims of the flood
were found after a search of thirty hours.
WATCHING THE BRAzos.
HOUSTON, Tex, April 10.-The food in
the BraZos river now is the point Of In
terest. There was heavy rain tonight.
The crest of the flood is approaching, and
@AA0 VIII dOO dISIIdlIy TO In6 OIL
water at Richmond and the mouth of the
river.
Every precaution has been taken to
prevent loss of life and stock, although
loss In crops will be heavy, as the newly
planted ground was swept away in the
bottoms. The farmers, however, will
have time to repair the damage, provid-
ed they can secure help. Reports are that
many tenants have become dissatisfied,
and are preparing to leave that portion
Of the prairies.
The Guadalupe Is still booming its way
toward the Gulf, devastating the crops
and destroying bridges. No loss of life
Is reported from this section. Train serv-
Ice remains badly crippled.
COLORADO RECEDING.
AUSTIN, Tex, April 1O.-The waters of
the Colorado river are rapidly receding
at this point, and while additional rises
are reported from the north, it is not be-
lieved they will be of sufficient volume
to do much damage.
Information from every section of the
flooded section tonight indicates that in
formation given out by the Associated
Press Sunday and Monday fully covers
the situation. Property loss has been
large, and loss of life as originally plac-
a Outside of the list of drowned at
Austin, and some negro families In the
bottoms to the south of the city, the ia
talities have been few. One or two ne
groes are reported drowned in Fayette
county.
Every section tributary to the river was
warned of the coming of the flood, and
this is why the loss of life was not great
The waters swept the counties of Travis,
Bastrop, Fayette and Guadaloupe, and
points north of here, washing farms In
Wharton county. as 1t nears the gulf.
The flood is six or eight miles wide in
places. The inhabitants were, warned in
time to remove their effects to higher
ground.
TORNADO AT LEBANON.
BEEVILLE, Tex, April 1O-A lively
tornado passed through the village of
Lebanon today, completely demolishing
the residence Of L. D. Atkins. Several
small buildings were destroyed, but for
tunately no lives were lost