Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-12-10
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 50, 1913
TWENTY TEXANS MEET DMATn.
MiliOn-DOllHT Loss from Turbulent
Rivers in Central Texas.

Dallas. Texas. Doc. i.--Rain con
tinurd 10 fall to-day over Central
T~Nas Hood districts, adding menace
10 nigh waters. which already have
cost 20 lives and about 81 900, 900
property damage. The area Of over
Blowing rivers spread rapidly over
IiEht, the most important new point
~ be ovcrnOwcd being San Antonio.
'PhC san Antonio river went out Of
banks and has flooded large sections
OF the city. Many persons are being
carried from their homes by rescuing
parties. Much damage was done
rhrye, but no fatalities are reported.
fhe water this forenoon began to
reccdc almost as rapidly as it had
come up, saving San Antonio from
imminent danger of having it's water
supply shut off by flooding Of the
pumping plant.
List of Dead.
The death list caused by the food
was:
At Belton, five members OF the
Polk family.
Al BrOwnwOOd, ID. Lyton.
At Dallas, b. +. Lacy.
At Grand Prairie, -. -. Manly.
At Highbank, near Martin, two
negroes.
NJ Austin, three unidentified men
HcNorted drowned
The floods to-day covered portions
of nearly every county in line
drawn northward from San Antonio
SlLnoSt to the Panhandle and eX.Gnd-
ing eastward from this line to include
all the important cities of North and
Central Texas. Houston, Beaumont
and Galveston alone were not threat
Gned.
The territory affected was so wide
spread that, although the homeless
numbered thousands, there were
comparatively few Of them in each
district, so that no serious relief
problems were presented. Trees
standing in swift water presented a
serious problem to the resc lers. and
at least one person has lost his life
Nfrpm being swept against their
tTanks. No fatalities have been re-
ported from among the hundreds
whO took to the trees
The death list was pushed up to
20 to-day when seven negroes were
drowned at Hearne, when the Brazos
river rise reached that city. Boats
ware out this afternoon at Hearne
aTsxming many persons caught in
thGls' homes. Hearne is about sixty
miles south Of Waco.
RI4lzos River Floods Waco.
Waco, Texas, Dec. 3.--The BrazOs
Ylver Hood passed all previous rec
RyHS here to-day when it touched SO
Eep&, q inches, and still was rising
Eas& Waco, the old portion of the
city, with about 10000 inhabitants.
had / 0 feet Of water in its principal
streets. This section began flooding
IRsr' night when a lcvee broke. Am
pic warning to coNe out was given
before there was any danger OF loss
elf life.
Floods Sweep Antonio.
san Antonio. Texas, Dec. l.
TGS.udS which have driven thousands
~ YnarSons from their homes in other
paris Of Texas reached San Antonio
tS-iay when the river here went out
al its banks and inundated several
sections of the city. RoSCuing par
ties, hastily organized, began carry
iRK the marOOncd to safety. The
damage to property was considerable
.>1N life loss has been reported here.
BIosS Of Life Reaches 40.
DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 5.-Five hun
dTcd persons are reported Clinging tC
IuF,es in the vicinity Of Hearnc, the
scenter OF the food district. to-day
Hundreds are said to have taken ref
uEG in cotton ginning buildings
which are the most substantial
hOUses on many plantations. Man!
,s@G:SGS are washed away.
The death list is now known to b,
about 40, perhaps much larger, a!
many bodies are reported noatins
down the BraZO5 river.
The situation in North Texas i
.&BnprOvimg.