Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-09-10
PROPERTY DAMAGE
REACHES MILLIONS:
1000 Are HOMELESS
San Antonio, Tex Sept. 10.-With thirty bo-
dies mostly those of Mexican women and children
recovered out of an estimated death list of 500 and

property loss estimated
at from ST, 100000 to
900, 900, San Antonio
this morning suffered the worst flood
in its history. A cloud burst sent a
flood of water down the San Antonio
river which joined the Alazon and
San Pedro creeks, inundated a large
part of the business district and a
large residential section 1000 peo-
pie are homeless, most of them Mexi-
cans living in the district under
water.
Flood Downtown Stores.
The San Antonio river and Alazan
creek overflowed into the downtown
business district. spreading over an
area of about twenty-four blocks and
inudating ground floors of many Of
the prominent buildings OF the city.
At the Office of the San Antonio Ex-
press the water reached to the first
floor at 12:45 a. m. and a few hours
later telephone and telegraph connec-
tiOns were severed The embank-
ments protecting St Mary's street
broke shortly after midnight and the
water swept down St Mary's street.
through Houston and Navarro streets,
into the heart of the city
Five persons were reported miss
ing early today, Charles Grant and
wife and Mrs. Anna Elan and two
children.
By midnight scores of families liv-
ing along the river in the northern
part of the city and long the banks
of Alazan creek has been taken from
their homes by police, fremen and
volunteer rescue workers.
All available soldiers from Fort
Sam Houston were sent into the city
to aid in rescue work along River ave-
nue., where the water is reported eight
feet deep.
Merchants were busy all. night re.
moving their stocks and goods into
places of safety when the water rose
into the ground floors of the prin-
cipal downtown buildings The Gun
ter hotel and office building and the
Bready building were among those
where the water had reached the first
floor before daylight
Outside telephone communication
with San Antonio was cut off early
this morning.
At Austin, Texas, the heavy rain
storm was preceded by a tornado
which struck South Austin and near
by villages late yesterday morning,
causing injury to dozen persons AMI
causing heavy property damage.
Officials at Austin were watching
| closely the rise OF the Colorado river
on account of the Austin dam.
Over ten inches of rain was report
ed at Austin early this morning. with
the storm unabated. The rainfall at
San Antonio was reported as seven
| inches in the, last two days
The flood is the result of the heavy
rains in the headwaters of Olmus
creek, ordinarily a dry water course
which lies northwest CT Breckenridge
Park The San Antonio river, rising
at the north end of the park, could
not carry off the accumulated flow or
the creek and as result the water
broke across Breckenridge Park into
River avenue.
Storm Hits Austin.
Austin, Texas, Sept. 10-Approxl-
mately $4,000 damage to property
and eight persons injured, one Sc
riously, was the result of terrific
downpOur Of rain and the tornado
which swept Austin and vicinity late
yesterday. The wind struck South
Austin and Creedmoor, small town
fifteen miles to the southeast Most
of the injured were from Creedmoor
and vicinity.
Two Dead at Sioux Falls.
Sioux Falls, S, D., Sept 10.-Two
men were killed at West Sioux Falls
and many small farm buildings were
| destroyed in a cyclone which struck
| just outside of the Sioux Falls city
! limits early last night The town;
| of Ellis, Hartford and East Sioux
| Falls are reported hard hit. but tele-
phone and telepgraphic communica-
ton is demoralized, telephone poles
and trees obstructing the roads and
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