The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1913-12-12
MORE THAN $50 PERSONS HAVE
persisted IN BRAZos-coLo.
RADIO RIVERS FLOOD.
PROPERTY Loss NEAR $1o,OOO,0OO
Many Homes Being Devastated Daily,
and incidents Marked With Hero
ism Make Records as Texas
Worst Flood Grows.

through BRYAN, where more imam
| 800 suffering country folks are be-
ing succored, to Victoria, where 8oo
men are toiling to save the canal
leyee, the Brazos-C Colorado floods are
now exerting their final utmost to
heighten the misery they have al
ready inflicted upon thousands.
The property loss will be well over
100000
Where a few days ago the only con-
sideration was for live stock and
feed stuff, now the clutching fear OF
hunger and freezing and the dread
of disease occupy the frantic minds
of people who are hemmed on knobs,
lodged in trees and huddled in GIN
houses.
Monday night brought the known
death list up to $50 with rumors and
reports of far greater numbers OF
fatalities. The 30-mile stretch OF
levee country in the neighborhood is
the center of the greatest losses, both
to life and property. There the great
est need for supplies, tents, blankets,
shoes and clothing appears. And in
view of this want the cities and towns
of Texas are pouring, as from a horn
of plenty, carloads of the things that
are precious now.
Following is a list of the known
dead brought down to the present:
Bryan-Eleven unidentified negroes
and two Mexican children; R. H. Cav
lit, A. J. Robbins, Clifton Elsea, Al
bert Worley, Henry Berger and 20 ne
groes.
Bastrop-Tom Haden.
La Grange-Two unidentified Next
cans, three unidentified negroes. T
Hearne-Thirteen dead, including
four children Of Enoch Alexandra.
Giles Junction-Six unidentified ne.
groes, two Mexican children and one
negro with wife and there children.
Hungerford-Jack Battle, Haywood
Cooper, Ella Digs, Harrison Montgom
cry.
San Felipe-One unidentified negro
Bloomington--Felic SalaZar.
Hempstead-Fred Long and family
| two men named Oerchman and fami
lies, George Burton and family
! George Glover and Emile Glover, Lee
Bates and two daughters, Sam ant
| Jim Williams, Archie Manning ant
family, baby of John McCordy, small
son of John Toney and George Wat
/ kins.
/ Bolton. Mrs. w. c. Polk and foul
/ children.
San Antonio, John Gohnso.
/ Valley Junction, H. Martin, genera
manager |. and G. N.
| Brentwood, Hearne Layton.
/ Grand Prairie, one unidentifie'
white man.
| Highbank, Anderson Stewart, wifi
and four children.
4 Dallas, j. P. Manley, b. f. Lacey
Jake Wood, R. Burke.
| Merkle, L. L. Burns, Western Unio
| lineman.
Calvert, three unidentified negroes
Caldwell, one unidentified negro.
C. Mcdonald, ]. w. Baker Pedr
Hernandez.
Marlin, Anderson Stewart, wife an
four children; Joe Cooper, Ere
Cooper.
Waco, A. N. Beirman, ]. w. Ra.
Columbus, one unidentified negro.
Lockhart, Nanny Bright, Haywoo
Cooper, Ella Biggs.
San Felipe, one unidentified negr
and two white men.
The list of the reported dead fo
lows:
Observation-Disclosures negro, wife an
four children.
Austin-Three unidentified men.
Highbank-Wilson Maxwell.
Waco Unidentified Mexican woms
,, and child; Elgio Comacho.
Caldwell Seven negroes, three Me
leans reported drowned.
Millican-Five negroes, one Me-
= can.
Bryan-No estimate.
Observation-Disclosures white ma
wife and two children.
:. Hearne-Two persons, DIR. Matter.
Temple-One unidentified man.
Richmond-Three unidentified ps
: SONS.
La Grange-One unidentified pt
J. son.
+ yictoria-Two unidentified person
q Wharton-Six unidentified person
8 Brookshire = Twenty-Five report
drowned, unconfirmed.
Hempstead-Twenty persons repo
ed to have drowned.
q Sunnyside- Ed Green, DR.. Marsha
ls Harris Bailey, DR.. Johnson, Be
!. Ward, three unidentified white men
= Estimate total dead, twenty-five.
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