Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-12-06
death LIST Of 50
IN TEXAS Floods
IR\IOS RIVER FOR 80 MILES IL
10 > MILES WIDE WITH
TERRIFIC CURRENT
THOUSANDS ARE MAROONED
General Manager of Texas Railroad
Mas Drowned Mile Leading
the Rescue Work


h"'N'\' i'N''' '''
list Of more than 90, win scores VI
flood refugees spending the night IN
i,,,,,irent neril and possibly n thous-
ard others morooued and suffering
fran, nroInnped hunger. cold and wa
t.r scaling was indicated by to-
,I.hrs renorts from the flooded
pr,yos river bottoms i'm this section Of
so,,thorr centrol Texas. For over so
r,iIos the Rrazos was three to five
,,il.s v.ido and running with mill race
.nood
,rbo l,novn dead list I'm Texas floods
y.ag % haforo reports from the mum
dotod ,orritnty- I'm this district began
,,,.,i,. in Iata todav hrought bv men
an bnreohack which was about the
.,.,. ,,f,,l,l.. mode ~ communication
Tr.,, courier rcports indicated at
I.,e, ,u..rtv more lives lost About
,u.a.uirds of the drowned were ne
-,
ma ,idors renorts indicated that
r.. ,.rono,.t,. losses yould run $4,000
Gao ,r az 0oo OOO when the Brazos
i......... ara oddad to the already heavy
,.,,, II, otbor nortions Of the state.
railroad Man Drowned
,rto dootb at Valley Junction near
,... ~ t,,o o,cIock this afternoon Of
i,,,,,,, ,tartir Woo nresident and gen
araI n,aroror of the International and
rroo, Nortberp railroad was confirm
"a ,n,,iobt IIe lost his life when his
~, ,,,go, no no vyas trying to rescue
a,,,.,, -, tho ,,orooned flood victims
-, VaIl.v Junction No details were
att,tn,1Ia II is e.id however that
h., NOS h,ndlirg bis hoat alone Mar
a., h,rriod to tho Junction where the
confluence ~ tho Little and Big Bra
,,a. ,,,ao = sn,;rIirg la,e civ miles
- a. tal,a commend of his roads
,.,li,s so,oos
c,v ,non,hors of tho Galveston life
so,,,,o orou and a trainload Of motor
hoata snr uoustor which were TO
ho,,a COMA 10 Rr,,on were stopned bv
bicb u.ater at Novasota The boats
,,'ar, launched ar that noint shortlv
h.r,ra dor[ and toniqht beean the
ma yo,.L of na,igating mn stream
a,,n,. thn fIoodod hotton,s ~ raecua
,,.,,.oon,d nogroos opd whites wbo
ar, r,nor,od c,;rging In trees on
l.,,,o tons or occasioralIv standing
Il, sb,lIon, yotor ont orr IRON, shore
rr,.o,, has hod On hoats ont an dav
u.,inh h,,.a hrorgbt soveral bundrea
,,or,,rs ,ho n,aiorit, terrified and
haIf aI,d noooos to tho nearest avair-
AKA M 20 ,ro,rd trainload Of
san, ,ror, nora torIgbt 70 I,osorel, a
,ou,,, -, ,ha odoo 90 tho ho,.or,s
,,.ho,.o ',,o hu,,drod 81 ,ho,o .,,f,,oaos
t1 ,, ,,1Ia,dal h.. ha,a,uIa an
da,,
;r,,,.,.,olo,,t tho ho,.oa ,,o,,
,ho.a no. u,a,ar ala ,,ot ondan,ar ,ifa
!, rni,od mos, of tha ,ro,,i,'or. q,
,',,.,.o,.,, a,or.s iaa,.iro, ,ho faod a,,,,
,,I, ,.e,,, .hort
The or.at,st anxietv toriobt y,s
,.tt fo, sooros of royroa, ,,,hor, tha
1.,,t,,,,,t rano,,oa o,i,,oi,,o o. TO-, a.,
,,ra..rio,. nosi,iors Th,so noaroas
,,Iro,d,. "A sno,,t "a ho,,ra mot ehul
"a a,S h,,or,, in ,ha troas a,,5 haa,
49,, dooIorod so,,o 80 ,bo,, In,i,.a a..
~ no. co,,ld not stand orotbo, rirh,
Whole I,,n,u,. Mo-,
ra., niah, o,,,bt ,oiies From, pr,.ar
loo rortn,aIio an T,aIiar ,yas hoard
o,iiina fo, hot,, fror, his s,,h,,o,.,od
.,hin ,rhis n,or,,in. tho cahi, bad
di,,rnoorod ard Ioa u,,tb his ,,,i,o
a,,d so,.a,.oI ,l,ud,o,, ua,.o dro,,a,
M o,e ,yo. ,ila +o ,o,l ,ho oo,,,ior
ho,, ,,,r,. ohiidron ,,or,,,,oii, has
pron,iro,, nlortors IN ,ho ho,,o,,,e
han, rofused offors ~ raso,,o so,,dir,,
am, th,i, u.;,,a. ord cb;ld,or - pr,.,n
h,t tho,osaI,ns ro,,,oinin, hahi,S i'
~. rat.r tearing down rortions -,
thei, buildipys to iunrovisa nIa,sorr,.
rn, tb.ir stocIs
several n,on,ira,t prvar man u,ho
o,,, such nIant,tiors ho,,o ro, haon
haar, fro,, onoof thon, co,h M
,,,a ,.os ,os, saor ,h,s o,,a,,,a, ~.
ton -, his bous. near tho rivar do
oIa,i,, ho v,o,,id mot como a,ya,, fro,,,
hi. stocl, yhich bad hao, s,an5trv
in ,hroe to four foot - wator all dav
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