The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-09-12
TOLL
IS IS NOW
TEXAS IS HARD HIT
FOrty-Five Bodies Are Recov.
cred at San Antonio.
Piles of Debris TOmbs for Many
Victims.
MANY PERSONS ARE MISSING
Rivers of State Are Still on the
Rampage.
Are $4,000 Square Miles of State
Affected.
PERSONS ARE MISSING
Rivers of State Are Still on the
Rampage.
Are $4,000 Square Miles of State
Affected.

Dallas, Tex, Sept. 12.-As. wire
communication is again slowly being
established after Saturday nights
tornado and cloudburst in south, CEN
trail and southwest Texas, the loss of
life and property damage grow.
. Seventy eight, bodies have been re-
covered. Many have probably been
swept away in the. flood. s
An area of fully $4,000 square miles
has suffered great damage. Mil
lions" is the onlysword used to ex-
press the total figure of which it will
be many days before any definite idea
can be obtained.
The death list at San Antonio is
now estimated at close to 100 and
forty-five bodies have been recovered.
Thirty Mexicans were drowned near
Taylor and nearly 2s1k inches of rain
fell in that vicinity.
Two are dead at Georgetown and
four missing.
One is dead at Glenf1ora, near
Wharton.
Austin reports no deaths. but a
downpour of 1925 inches. Eight were
reported missing.
While many points where flood con-
ditions ragged have not yet reported
loss of life, it is almost certain tfa.
some must have been drowned be-
cause of the suddenness of the rising
Hoods. -
Railroad traffic is badly interrupted
on account OF washed out bridges and
water-soaked road beds.
Fifty Dead at San Antonio.
San Antonio, Tex, Sept. 12-Fifty
dead. thirty-six injured and twenty
missing-together with eight million
dollars property Ioss-is the toll of
the flood which early Saturday. morn
ing swept parts of San Antonio, as
revised and officially given out at 2
o'clock this afternoon.
At the same time, it is estimated
that the number of dead may ulti-
mately reach 100 when piles of debris
along the banks of the San Antonio
river, Alazan and San Pedro creeks
are searched. .---.-.-t
The official figures of eight million
dollars property loss from the flood
are given out by the San Antonio
Chamber of Commerce. following a
careful survey of the entire scope of
flood damage.
Many Bodies Buried.
The total of known dead is expected
to be materially increased this after
noon when a force of $50 men mar
shalled together by the city at noon
today. tear away a huge pile of debris
at the junction of Alazan creek and
the I. & G. n. railroad tracks.
The huge pyramid of debris, fifty
feet high and 800 yards across, it is
believed will give up from twenty to
fifty more bodies.
Other piles of untouched debris also
exist along Alazan creek for a dis
tance of two miles, and more bodies
are expected to be found in them when
they are cleared away.
A force of eighty-five men sent out
by Commissioner of Streets Rieden,
also are digging into a huge pile of
wreckage at the NJ. K. & T. railroad
bridge over Alazan creek, where three
bodies were found yesterday and more
corpses may be found today.
Rivers Are on Rampage.
Houston. Texas. Sept. 12-Rivers
and streams are on a wild rampage in
a, score or more of south central Texas
counties following the heavy rains OF
last Friday night. Damage already
done is estimated at approximately
$40, 100000.
Thousands of head of cattle have