New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-11

iHxs thSt were later swept away. In
scores Of cases soldiers. unhesitatingly
risked their lives to save others.
Early tomorrow an organized search
Of the wreckage tn the district swept
by the worst food in the city's history
will be started, and by tomorrow night
an accurate toll Of the dead is expected
to be known.
Relief Work Well Organized
Relief work has been organized by
various charitable and commercial or
CARNATIONS, and practically all Of the
flood refugees arc housed in tents in
the city's outskirts tonight.
In the Gunther Hotel the water rose
to fifteen feet. The flood forced the
doors of store buildings and destroyed
goods upon the shelves. All the
theaters aid moving picture houses
were flooded.
The waters came suddenly and rose
so rapidly that many pedestrians upon
the business streets, even in the early
refuge in the higher floors of Office
buildings. For several hours all tele-
graph and telephone communication
was cut off. The water reached a
height of seven feet in the local tele-
phone exchange building.
Although all of the rivers and
smaller streams of this part of the
state are on rampage, most of the peo-
pie living in the valleys along their
courses are believed to have reached
places of safety before the foods came.
Colorado River Threatening
The Guadalupe, San Marcos, Frio,
e
their banks. The Colorado River is
rising rapidly and threatens to food
ali Of the rich valley along its lower
course 1t is already overlooking the
lowlands at number of places.
At Austin the torrential downpour
was accompanied by two cyclones, one
striking the southern suburbs and the
other passing just north of the city.
Several houses were blown down and
few persons slightly injured. At
Creedmorc. ten miles south of Austin.
q cyclone destroyed number of build
ings.
All unpicked cotton in the storm ter
ritory was beaten out of the bolls ard
into the ground. The loss from this
source alone will aggregate many mil
lions Of dollars. 1t is said the pick
ing was about three-fourths over. how
ever, and the loss will not be as great
1t is asserted by local municipal au-
thorities that food and medical help
from the outside for the sufferers here
are not needed at present. 1t would be
almost impossible for relief parties to
reach the city because of the disabled
railroads and wagon roads.
Many citizens volunteered their help
and the homeless and helpless victims
of the food are being taken care of in
a satisfactory way.
Rain is still falling in some parts of
the afflicted area, but unless there is
repetition of the torrential downpour of
last night, flood conditions are not eX-
pected to again occur The waters of the
streams that caused the food here have
subsidized to a great degree.
Driftwood May Hide Dead
SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 10 (By The
Associated Press).- Great piles Of
driftwood which have lodged in trees
and against bridges, when removed, 1t
is feared, will reveal additional dead
here from the food. Many bodies also
are believed to have fioated down
stream and may never be accounted
for.
Such structures as the Brady Build
ing, Wolff & Marx Department Store,
Showers, st. Mary's Church and school
buildings, the St. Anthony and Gunther
hotels, the Eiks Club, formerly the
Travis Club; several hospitals, the
central telephone exchange, the City
Hall and police and fire headquarters
and countless other structures along
the low-lying river valley were in the
pathway of the flood. The food
reached to the Alamo Plaza on the east,
five blocks from the river.
Swept Down by Current
the storm was the most vivid ever seen
here, as lightning flashed almost con-
tinuously, and the residents, unable to
get out because of the downpour, went
early to bed. A roar was heard, sub
dued, but ominous, as the flood waters
broke upon the town.
at was impossible to stand on your
feet against tn. swift current" said
one man who escaped from his home
before the force of the food struck.
81 got away early IS the first waters
rose, and even then I was compelled to
cling to buildings. trees, fences and
wreckage to get out. | could not stand
upright against the water. When the
crest came few minutes later l do
not believe any human being could
have withstood it,"
II seized hold of a picket fence, -
said one youth, "just as the food
struck. The fence was torn away, and
when got out / still had one of the
pickets in my hand. ! don't know how
/ got out"
The Identified Dead
The identified dead are:
Mrs. Vasbinder, initials and residence
unknown.
James Ellis West, Boy Scout, sos
Tampico Street.
Alice Dreager, eight months old, 2425
South Flores Street.
Mrs. Emma CORN, Ala Furnish Ave
nue..
CORN baby, seventeen months old.
The bodies Of six women and thir-
teen children. all Mexican, are among
those recovered.
Eight Injured in Great