The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-27

terms belonging to the more forum
ate. Street sprinkling being. of course
out OF the question, the wagons or
dtnarily employed for that purpose
are now being used by the city to
convey supplies of the liquid free of
charge to those who desire it. They
are kept busy.
Additional Relief Needed.
so great was the demand made
upon the committee that about noon
it issued an appeal to the citizens
urging the immediate necessity of
additional and substantial contribu-
tions and subcommittee were dele
gated to make the canvass. These
last were rewarded with liberal con-
tributions at practically every place
they called. The club women also
took up the work of relieving the
suffering and have formed an organ
ization which is proving a valuable
auxiliary to the main body.
Reports received during the day
indicate that not even the earliest
advices, eolored as they were by the
excitement of the hour, were extreme
in their description of the conditions
prevailing in the flooded districts. In
fact, strange as it may seem. they
may be said to have been rather too
conservative. That fully four thous-
and people were left homeless can
not be questioned by any one who
has made a careful investigation,
Identity Undisclosed.
Also it is certain that five lives
were lost, but on yesterday as on
the day before it was impossible to
obtain the names of three of these.
nor to discover if the bodies of
these three-who were the ones who
were drowned by the collapse of the
Texas and Pacific trestle-had been
recovered. 1t is generally agreed,
however, that it will be impossible
to make a search for these until the
water subsidies
AS for the property loss. the es-
tin ate stands at 81 ,000,0 900, with
advIces from some quarters seeming
to justify the belief that perhaps this
will be too conservative. The loss to
the railroads alone is estimated at
from $125 900 to S150,000
Train. telegraph and telephone
service is still demoralized to a large
extent
Efforts are being made to repair
the damage as quickly as possible.
This is notably true of the railroads.
Bright and early yesterday morning,
in spite of the risk, the Texas and
Pacific had a pile driver and crew at
work on new trestle across the
bottoms Perhaps it is needless to
add that the structure which is be-
ing erected this time is even more
substantial than the one which was
swept away,
Information from the country dis
tricts,. particularly to the north of
here, is that there have been heavy
losses there also. At Carrollton the
public square is reported to be four
feet under water. At Farmers
Branch, it is said, the river is four
miles wide.
In West Dallas.
In addition to the relief work by
the city, the county also played an
active part in relieving the suffering
confining it's efforts. however, to dis
tricts outside of the city. A large
qhantity of provisions was sent to
West Dallas during the morning,
and those who returned from that
place declared that there were fully
1000 homeless and destitute per-
sons there. West Dallas has organ
lied a relief committee which is
working hard. Communication with
points west of the city will perhaps
be cut off, except by boat, for week
or ten days.
An effort was made yesterday to
Iobtain detailed statements of losses
in the city This proved out of the
question, however. for so many said
they would have to wait until the
water had entirely subsided before
making a computation, that the list
obtained was valueless. Two instan-
ces will illustrate the general situa-
ttion, however At the plant of the
Waters-Pierce Oil company, it was
said that the loss would be fully 81
500 The Farmers and Merchants
Lumber company, which had yard
on Commerce street, just west of
the bridge, will lose from $4,000
to $4,000.