The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-12-04
$1,000 PEOPLE
ARE HOMELESS
Three Large Rivers and Many
Streams in Texas Overflow
Their Banks
SCORES RESCUED
FROM THE TREE TOPS
City of Waco Observation-Disclosures
Companies Have Been Ordered Out
by Gov. Colquitt-Train Service De
moralized


AUSTIN, Texas, Dee. with three
rivers, the Trinity, Brazos and Color
ado, and innumerabIe small streams
out of their banks as the result of the
torrential rains which began Monday +
night and still continue the flood Sit
uation in central Texas has assumed .
1 serious proportions. Within a territory
200 miles in length and 100 miles in
width, almost all OF the lowlands arc
under water; approximately 10000
persons have been driven from their
homes; scores have been rescued from
tree tops and floating wreckage; sew
cral railroads have been forced TO sus
pend operations and much damage has
been done to property.
Late reports last night from all
flooded districts of central Texas
brought the death list up to Is and
added new stories of suffering and
hardship in the stricken sections. \
still greater number was reported miss
ing. IN addition to the five members
Of the family OF w. c. Polk drowned
at Bolton Tuesday, B. f. Lacy and
man named Manley were drowned near
Dallas yesterday; Hearne Legion per
, ished near Brentwood; three unidenti-
. fled men lost their lives at Austin and
two Negroes were drowned at Marlin.
Vernon Hayes, a rural mail carrier
p of IHlIsboro. has not been heard from
, since lac left on his route yesterday
p morning Five miles south of Marlin
an International and Great Northern
passenger train was marooned last
night by high water, which swept the
car steps One hundred and fifty pas
= 45.4L.
late last night had been unable to
I reach them with boats.
Waco, on the Brazos river, and in
j. the center of the flooded area, reported
a the most serious situation yesterday.
4 Sections of that city known as South
O and East Waco are under water. and
e it is estimated that more than 10000
Il residents were made homeless. In Waco
Is property damage is estimated in excess
@ OF 80. 600 The military companies
e stationed there have been ordered on
T duty by Gov. Colquitt and ball cart
o ridges have been issued to the guards
n men for use in the event of looting
Y So far there has been no disorder.
/ Train service out of Waco was de
D. moralized by washouts. Officials OF
- the Texas Midland, operating between
Ennis and Paris, reported the entire
system tied up. Near Elgin the soft
roadbed caused the engine and bag
gage car of Il Houston and Texas Cen
trail passenger train to overturn. NJ
one was seriously hurt
In the Leon river bottoms ncH
Temple a number of men, women an,
children were marooned late yesterday
after spending 2+ hours in the trees
and last night it was uncertain wheth
or improvised boats could be navigate,
through the swift-tlowing water. Nea
Dallas yesterday afternoon boatmel
rescued a dozen persons from trees i
the Trinity river bottoms and Garlic
in the day boats took refugees fror
trees near Waxahachie and at Othe
points.
In Waco and other large town
in the flooded district, charitable OIL
carnations are caring for those mad
m homeless while in the smaller village
50 more fortunate neighbors are proviC
80 inc shelter for those driven frol
% their homes. As a result, except
Is isolated cases, there has been br
80 little suffering from hunger and expo
- ure.
20 The Colorado river at Austin, aft
falling during Tuesday night ro'
mo again Yesterday, coming up nj the RAJ
CT of six feet an hour for time la
- night. Three unidentified men ndir
. on a log' floated down the river
dusk, one getting into a tree far o.
from shore and the other two on t
of the partly submerged grandstar
of the baseball park. Boats were SCI
ont to rescue the men, but were unab
TO find them i'm the darkness.