Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-09-12
Colorado RiUer Is RiSinu
Rapidly; Residents Flee
List of Dead Mounts az
Reports Are Received
From Other Districts.
Weather Bureau Says
More Damage Will
Be Done by Water.

Be Done by Water
Houston. Tex. Sept. 11.-with
communication into the central Texa.
flood district being established, loss
OF life and property damage as a re-
suit of Friday nights great deluge
mounts steadily.
>, Sunday night it had been established
Inat an area extending north as far as
| georgetown. south to San Antonio and
| oeioW. west to San Marcos. east to
| Ialvert and Bryan. or approxim ateIv
| 10000 square miles, had already felt
the effects Of the flood waters. About
eight more persons. mostly tenants in
the iowlands. are known to be dead.
with a possibility Of this being in
creased when more accurate reports
are established. The list of known
| dead totals Al.
Heavy Property Loss.
Property loss is almost beyond esa.
mate. 1t is believed that the lose ~
growing crops which have been horne
upon the crest of the water as thev
Fushed steadily toward the gulf. might
run ;. INTO the millions of dollars. Loss
OF livestock also will amount To hnn-
dreds OF thousands of dollars.
1aklng all previous reports into
CONSIDERATION. it is safe to say that
hundreds of square miles Of central
Iexas has sustained irreparable losses
from floods and that more southern
sectlons are now menaced by the on
rushing waters.
Inc San Marcos river is on a RAM
page, according to message from
Lullng, which stated that Saturday tir
waters were already higher than for
many years and still rising. The mes
sage added that much baled cotton
nad been washed away and that fences.
outposts and several dwellings, On The
banks OF the river went down with the
current.
Water Risfng.
The Little river and Big and Iitt,.
Brazos are on the rampage near Cal
vert and Bryan, where loss of life Of
five is reported aud property and crops
damaged to the extent of about ST.
0O0. 900.
Bryan reported Sunday that the
flood waters of the Little river have
overrun the levees all through Milan
county and still were rising. The
Brazos is also out of banks and the
whole lowland for distance of 30
miles. extending up into Milan coun-
ty, is flooded The farmers. were en-
tlrely unprepared for the flood. as the
river was normal Saturday evening.
At daybreak the flood waters from
the Little river came rushing down
through the Brazos bottoms and over
Sunday afternoon had exceeded all
previous known stages. The rivers
still were rising and are now higher
than for 40 years.
Crop Washed Away.
At Bastrop in Brazos county. while
40 lives are known to have been lost.
the Colorado river went over her
banks Saturday night and did great
cannot yet be made as reports have
lot come in from all the affected
areas.
The Brazos is rising at Hampstead,
out has not yet reached flood stage.
The Colorado is rising at Wharton and
'esidents of the lowlands have fled to
he high spots. The river has not yet
eft its banks but is expected to over
low tonight.
Reports to the Houston weather bu-
eau showed Sunday afternoon that the
est Of the waters were gradually NOV
ng southward with likelihood that dam
ge would be steadily increased for the i
lext three or four days.
= BODIES RECOVERED
IN SAN ANTONIO
San Antonio, Tex, Sept. 1.-THE
st of known dead from the flood early
saturday was Al Sunday night. The
cad and missing are estimated 1t sp-