Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-04
TAlRrEgN PgRsoss pNoW VI
AND DAMAGE or otell lE 81
ALREADY DOME. ~
INUNDATED DISTINCT e
COVERS VAST TgRRsrogGe'
Theussnds Homeless 0ut In ooa1o
{, Distrists and Feed Pysblem O. eo0e
Yet orsat-aA7lltary cssnpaNiss o..
dersd on outy q Dallas -. e
Rssehss San AnAsnls.

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central Tsras. adding to the msnaco - I
high waters which already have cooe
thirteen lives and about St.Ooo ~
property damage. Tho most impoe4aat
new point ansctsd today was San 49,
tonic. Tho Hood covered portions e
nearly every county from San Antoa)o
northwestw1rd and eastward.
The homeaess numbered thousan6D
today. but a. they were DIVIDED snso
ANAL groups In the Hood territory ~
serious relief problems were presentod. 4
At Bolton baskets OF provisions syugo
propelled on telephone wires to ao1a
victims. s. y 81 . Ssss 4 4 slss (
South BoSQue reported that the g1oo
which had reached there yesterday
came In wall OF water ten fest high.
The residents had been warned. M
River Ten Miles Wide.
Houston 4 Central train were xn0.a,
rooneti all night. The Hood wafae r0oo
over tho rails until 1t reached the low
or steps Of the coaches. The 0larlin
overflow is from tho Brasos rivsr As1,
The Brazos II ten miles wide a& opsDo
pointA Marlin u Ave miles from the
river.
Inundadon Of the cenaeteFleo Oeoppo1
burials thruout the city. Planning mills
turned out scores OF boats to salvaG6
property and rescue the maroone0. 1T
The food death list IL: M
At Bolton. i've members Of The Ioth
family.
At Bruwnwood, d. Lyton,
At Dallas. B. F. Lacy.
At Grand Prairie, Manly s
At Highbank. near Martin. twofAA1
groAs. q
AT Austin. three unidentinS0 ~ =; Y
Al Fort Worth yesterdays apoogIo
srslief from hood .eoAdltanla U = ~
this morning. when = da1a9seono esg'
rise set In. 4SSs sssss.S
Vast Territory undsr vtAe1 Ss \,
Within a territory 200 miles Ia
and 100 miles In width. almoaes M 90
the lowlnnds are under water: appeSEs
imately $4,000 persons have been drtSoA
from their homes: scores havs hoa0
RESCUED from tree tops and foatu1
wreckage: several railroads have booN
forced to suspend operations and mVcA
damage has been done to propegty.
Rumors OF loss Of life have not been
NeTmeO eNCepI u betIOUs WuGTO1 ave u
persons were drowned.
Waco. on the Brazos river, and Ia.
the center OF tho flooded area, repoetea
the most serious situation. Sections 0e
the city are under water. and Il. 10
estimated that more than 10000 reoa.
dents are homelesA In that city pru0s
erty damage Is estimated in sxoeoo, az
S75.O0O.
The military companies stationed
there have been ordered on duty by
Governor Colquitt and ball cartridIes
have been issued to the guardaa1aen
for use In the event OF Iooting.
Train service out OF Waco was o.
moralized by washouts Officials of
tho Texas Midland. operating between
Ennis and Paris. reported the entire
system tied up. Near Eigin tho soft
roadbed caused the engine and bag
gage car OF Houston & Texas Cen.
tral passenger train to overturn. No!
one was seriously hurt.
In the Leon river bottoms, near.
Temple. a number OF men. women and ]
children still were marooned late yes,
terday after spending twenty.four
hours in the trees. \
Marlin. the training site Of several
major league baseball teams, 10 pracf
tically surrounded by water, and the
railroad. Is inundated to a depth OF
from ono to three feet. most oe t;iS
inhabitants having moved with such oe
their effects as they could hurr1edly
gather to Terrell.