The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-09-11
BODY OF SECOND VICTIM OF CHICAGO MURDER IS FOUNI
PROPERTY DAMAGE WILL RUN
UP IN TO THE MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS; FORTY KNOWN DEAD
Flood rs the Worst in the His
tory Of City, Whole Streets
Being Swept Clean.


(By The Associated PrsssO
SAN ANTONIO, Sept. 10--With the
known list OF dead standing at forty
this afternoon, police officials still be-
liove an estimate Of two hundred ana
nifty lives lost as q result Of the dis
astroua flood which struck this city
early Saturday morning. to be a con-
servative one. No attempt has been
made to estimate the property damage
but II ia certain TO run into millions
OF dollars
Because OF tho continued swollen
condition Of the three streams which
caused the food, the work OF recover
ing the bodies is progressing slowly.
Great piles OF driftwood which have
lodged IN trees and against bridges,
when removed, It is feared will reveal
additional dead. Many bodies also are
believed to have noated down stream
and may never be accounted for.
Relief work and sanitary precau-
lions are well under way. A thor
oughiy organized relief committee has
begun caring FOR hood victims and
health officers are engaged in a rigid
clean up Of the CITY,
Reports coming from outlying Sec
tiona confirm the fear that the flood
IS the worst IL the city's history.
streets IN some instances have been
swept clean,--almost their entire
length. houses IN the southern por-
ton 0f tho city were lifted from their,
foundations and piled one upon an
other or in some cases, driven en-
tirely through adjoining buildings.
Dead animals line the banks OF the
streams
The iood waters from the San An
tonic river from Alazan creek and
small tributaries inundated an area
approximately two miles long by one
half mile wide including the heart OF
the business section and a portion of
the residence section along River ave-
nue. and adjacent streets as well as
the thiclgly populated west side where
today thousands OF Mexicans are
homeless and the dead not yet
counted.
There were the things visible to the
eye when day dawned, cloudy and
gloomy and threatening But what
occurred IN the blackness Of the night
when scores OF women. men, and chill
dren met death IN the oil coated wa
tiers OF the Hood. as houses collapsed.
bridges were swept out, trees and cleo
trio light and telephone poles crashed,
Is something that win never be known
in detail. Countless acts OF heroism
are current as civilians and soldiers
braved the current and floating debris
20 carry women and children to places
OF safety
Thousands Of families along the
river were rescued before daybreak
by men who worked the long. hours
Of ton neck deep in water, risking
their lives almost every minute OF that
time 20 save others
And IN keeping with such heroic acts
were the tragedies. Babies were swept
from mothers arms and lost mothers
were carried away and the children
rescued Fathers were lost saving
little ones and today there are widows
and orphans IN San Antonio who
shudder az the thought Of last nirht. |
San Antonio was caught without
warning The rain which caused the
mood fell after three o'clock Friday
evening in the hills along the olmos
creek.
The electric display ACCOMPANYING
the storm was the most vivid ever
seen here as iightuing flashed almost
continuously and thunder hoomed and
reverbated through the heavens. while
torrents Of rain were sim falling IN
the streets Of San Antonio and thel
residents. unable to get out because
OF the downpour went early to he'd. n /
roar was heard. subdued bnt ominlonsj
az the mood waters broke upon the
town.
1T was Impossible TO stand on your
feet against the swift current" said
one man who escaped from his ho~re
before the force OF the flood struck I
II got away early as the first watees
rose and even then was compelled
70 cling to buildings trees. fences ana
wreckaEe to get out. could not
stand up right AGAINST the water.
When tho crest came a few minutes
later, I do not believe any human be-
ing could have withstood IT,"
Large houses were swept about on
the foods crest as though they were
paper boxes.
Some OF the bodies taken from the
flooded waters and awaiting identihca
ton IN the morgues were crushed and
bruised as though beaten with
mighty fail
Throughout the darkness Of the
night the terrified screams of women
and children echoed now and then
across the flood waters. Men and
women sank 70 their knees in the mud
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