The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1913-12-10
xMany Lose Lives in The
Swirling Waters.
FLOODS HIGHEST EVER KNOWN
Vast Areas Submerged and
Hundreds of People
Driven From Homes.
UHE PROPERTY LOSS IMMENSE

Welborn, Tex, Dec. 6.-The flood
in the Brazos river now is concen-
frating at Navasota at the junction
of that stream and its tributary, the
Little Brazos. On the Allen plan
tation, near Navasota, twelve ne
groes and one Mexican are said to
have been drowned to-day. Twenty
five negroes are reported to have
lost their lives on the John Parker
plantation on the main stream near
iWelborn.
r. Several prominent planters are
missing in this vicinity.
The Parker plantation housed 10o
families, and their homes for
stretch of a mile have been swept
. away. How many persons were res
cued is in doubt, but it is believed
that twenty-five lost their lives.
Parker himself was last seen yester-
. day with John Gordon, another well
known planter, on the roof OF
barn floating down the stream.
They frantically signaled for aid,
but no boats were at hand to res
x>cue them.
y Tonight fifty persons, both whites
and negroes, were marooned in a
gin house on an island at Horseshoe
Bend, the most dangerous part of
the river. Kobbe Bridge, hamlet,
held 300 refugees. mostly negroes,
also in gin house. High winds
and waves prevented rescuers APP
preaching them.
No further reports have been re-
ceived at late hour tonight from
the Allen farm where it was said
the flood had taken thirteen lives.
Fifty-Three Known Dead.
Bryan, Tex, Dec. 6.-Fifty-three
2 persons are known to be dead and
scores of others are reported to
have lost their lives in the floods
which have been sweeping the val
1eys of the Brazos and Trinity riv-
ers in Central and South Central
Texas since early in the week. Three
thousand persons have been driven
to the upper floors of their homes
by the rising waters. or have been
compelled to seek refuge in trees,
where they remained for hours, in
come cases for two days. before be-
ing rescued. Estimates of the dam
age generally center around $4.-
100000.
One of the deepest ioyerfiows was
in the Brazos bottoms of this sec
ton. where hoatmen reported NO
houses visible when they made their
final trips before dark this evening.
The floods In both rivers Tonight
were beginning to enter the last
hundred miles of their journey to
= the gulf. In the remaining terri
\ tory there were few importan.
towns. but additional drownings in
remote settlements are feared.
Several towns which. had been
cut of for two days reported to-day,
each telling of property loss over
wide areas, but of few deaths.
At Alleyton. a email place on the
lower Colorado, the water was three
feet deep over the highest elevation.
A few miles north of there at CO.
1umbus. one negro was drowned and
lime house was burned.
The Colorado river, third Texas
Htream ON rampage. also is adding
it's meed>of trouble to the food sit |
uation. Bay City. twenty-five miles
from the mouth of the stream, re-
ported the water within eighteen
inches of the top Of the levee. A
break. It was said. would overflow
a considerable portion of the town.
Columbia. about fifteen miles from
the Brazos mouth. was surrounded
by water, but reported no. great
damage was feared
Railroad losses in the Trinity and
Praxos foods are heavy. President
w B. Scott. Of the Sunset Central
lines. said they were the most Sc
rious his north and south lines have
had to contend with in many years.
The worst single situation was
caused by the breaking of the levee.
thirty miles In length. on the Bra
EOS. opposite Bryan. More than L.
900 persons had refused to believe
VI would give way and remained in