The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-09-10

Before the waters DeSan 10 re-
cede this morning an area esti-
mated at two miles wide and six
miles long, including the larger
part of the business district of San
Antonio had been swept. Among
the finest in the city. The Gunter
hotel at Houston and st. Mary S
streets at one time had water
standing almost to the mezzanine
floor, The St. Anthony hotel on
! TRAVIS street also suffered as well
as several smaller hotels in the
Idowntown district.
Alamo Escapes Damage.
The Alamo, the cradle of Texas
! liberty" escaped damage by wat
ters, due to it's elevation.
| San Antonio is a city Of abou
Us, 900 population. 1t is also the
military headquarters for Texa!
/ and New Mexico and has division
stationed here.
Troops under Colonel Porter
opened headquarters in the fedora
/ building and are patrolling the city
and aiding in rescue work.
The city has not been placed
under martial law, but the military
forces at Fort Sam Houston and
Camp Travis are cooperating in re
lief and policing with the city and
county Offices.
With the army and Red Cross re-
sources it is probable that the re-
lief work can be handled without
outside help. a relief fund sub
scription has been opened in the
city and generous contributions
have already come in.
Establish MGrgue.
A temporary morgue has been
established to which the soldiers
and police have been directed 10
convey all bodies for Identification
The water supply is cut of as is
the electric light and telephone
power
Both banks of the San Antonio
| river are strewn with the wreckage
of houses.
Throughout the night the easI
and west sides of the city were cut
off from each other and it was only
at daylight that the waters had re
/ ceded sufficiently to permit crossing
by one bridge in the northern part
! Death List "yery High.7
At s a. m, Phil Wright, com
missioner of fire and police. stated
he believed the loss OF life to b.
very high" He had just completed
a tour OF the flooded district. Onl!
six bodies have been recovered s.
far
Newspaper plants were floodet
but the San Antonio Light succeed
ed in issuing an extra on a han
press at a. N.
Alarming reports of loss of If
in the valley of the San Antoni
river south of the city are coming i
but the Light is unable to confIrI
them
Water stood Is feet in the lobb
of the Gunter hotel which is
block from the river. The foo
, reached TO the Alamo Plaza on tn
east, which is five blocks from tn
river.
The power house will be out O
/ commission for at least two @
three days. There is a partial tele
phone service. Water service Wi
be cut off for at least "A hours
Street car service is cut off in
definitely.
Heavy Rain Causes DeInge.
An unprecedented rainfall whic
began at midnight Wednesday an
continued throughout Friday an
Friday night caused the food a
least eight inches of rain fell Cur
ing this period Early last nigh
there was a heavy rainfall in th
valley of the Olmos creek north O
the city. Water from the cree
rushed into the San Antonio rive
and Joined the surface water. whic
was pouring into the river fror
the heavy rain throughout the da
III the city proper. TIE river wen
out of its banks within few hours
The water and electric light plant
are located along the banks OF td
river and they were put out O
business quickly.
Street car traffic was stoppe'
and hundreds of people were un
able TO reach their homes. Man.
of them spent the night WANDERING
about the business district.
Try TO Warn People.