The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-06
Scores of R fu g e es
Spend Night in I'm
minent Peril.
RIVER RUNS WITH
MILL RACE SPEED
Thousands in Inundated Terri
tory Marooned and Suffering
From Hunger and Cold-Fears
for Safety of Many Plant
ers-Property Loss May
Exceed S5,OOO,OOO.

list OF more than fifty. with scores Of
food refugees spending tonight In
Imminent peril. and possibiy q thou
sand others rnarooned and suffering
from hunger and cold was indicated
by tc-inghts reports from the hooded
Ijrazos River bottom in this section OF
South Central Texas For over nf,y
miles the Draxos ,vas three to Ave miles
wide. aud running with mill race
speed,
Thc kuown dead in Teyas Aods
numbered thirty three before reports
from the inundated territory in this
distrc, began coming in late to-day.
brousht Icy men on horseback. which
is about the only reliable means OF
communication. These couricrs' re-
ports Indicated al least twenty more
lives lost. About thirds OF the
drowned we're negroes
'rne riders reports indicated that the
property loss would total s4,p0O.000 or
$5.oo",o0o when the damage along the
braIos IL added TO that III o,hc. por-
tions of the state.
Hmiiroad Man Drowned
Iienry Martin. vice president ana
genera al manager OF the lnternationa |
and Great Northern Railroad. was
0rO"nc0 at valley Junction, near here.
Tate TO-DAY. Wnile attempting TO rescue
'narooncd food victims. Mr. Martin
Went TO valley Junction personally to
direct the roads relief forces. and was
attempting to navigate = boat alone
when the frail craft was upset Ills
body has not beer recovered
six members of the Galveston ali.e
? "A IN a.. 4
boats from Houston, which were to
nave come 10 Bryan. We're stopped b..
hish watel at NavaSota The boat;
we're launched at that point shortly.
refora dark. ana Tonight started up-
stream over the flooded bottoms TO
rescue persons reported clingimg to
trees aad housetops
A tralnioad Of provisions. with dr,-
thnkcts. was sent from here tonight
e Nosarek. town on The edge OF ine
"ott9ins: Wher" 100 refugees we're TO-
Gated. Throughout the bottoms even
where the water did not endame,,. Iifc
~ wiped out most food supply.
Last night. eight miles from, Eryan.
rairimE d,., i"r help from his hnlr-sub-
merged cabin. This morning the cabin
ana ITS :scmp,mts had disappeared.
Fears ar. felt for inau!- planters in
the bottoms, who have sent their wives
and children 10. Bryan. but themselves
oi their buildings To Improvisc plat-
forms .or their stock
MudNilic, q hamlet near VALLEY June
non: was reported Hooded to q depth
of from iv. To twenty-five feet. No
fatalities We're reported there.
sam Antonio to-day reported it's first
food death John Gonsho. a farmer.
tired TO wade the Leon River and was
owned AZ llighbank il was learned
that six negroes lost their lives instcad
OF TWO. as reported. when the rise
struck there Wednesday night
~ Hearnc seven boats only were
available all day To cover the miles of
Hooded BraZos. These boats rescued
many. To-nigh, il was reported one
on TWO OF these rescue boats had oeen
swamped, but the fate Of their occu-
pants was not known.
Reports from the Colorado River
were meagrc. Elsewhere throughout
Texas immediate danger seemed past
one drowning was reported to-uight
at bastrop, in South Texas.
The death list Tonight stood: t3ryan
and vicinity. including Hearne, about
20: Belton. .: Brownwood /; Dallas 3
Grand Prairie. |: High Bank i tnc-
Eroesl; Austin 3: Waco. 3; Temple. / ::
Marlin. |: San Antonio, /: Bastrop, | ::
Valley Junction. l.