Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-27
DEATH LIST GROWS;
FEAR 63 VICTIMS IN
FORT WORTH FLOOD
Only Three Bodies Recov-
cred. as Rescue Work
Is Difficult.
NINE IN ONE FAMILY
BELIEVED DROWNED
List of Injured in the Hos
pitfalls Remains at
Twenty-Five.
MILLION IN PROPERTY Loss
10 inFe"siEa~. Reported Dynamiting
OF Embnnkmcnts In Several
NINE IN ONE FAMILY
BELIEVED DROWNED
MILLION IN PROPERTY Loss
10 ih'e"''En". Reported Dynamitine
OF Embnnkmcnts In Several
P1nces.
tBy Associated Press.l

FORT WORTH. TEN. April 20
With but three bodies recovered tn.
night check on the list OF victims
OF the food waters which have cov-
cred this city for two DAYS. was i'm.
possible, but the estimated number
OF dead and missing was placed by
the authorities at sixty-thrce.
One of the bodies had not been
Identified. although 1t was thought
TO be that of Mrs. Fersuson. The
other two were identified as Mrs. G.
W. Pettis. so. and w. c. Gantry. e5.
Mr.. Gantry was drowned while aid
ing in rescue work.
There was little rescue work 10
be done today, but boats continued
to ply through the waters. Groceries
sold at premium at stores along
Camp Bowie boulevard during the
isolation of Arlington Heights. it
was said today. Residents of this
district reaching Fort Worth today
for the first time since the food,
made detour. Residents of tho
North Side probably suffered less
than those in other pa-:s Of the
city. although the property loss
there propapIy was greater. The
back water receded rapidly soon af
ter the Samuels Avenue levee was
out. and refugees from North OF
the Frisco tracks started to take
over their houses and began digging
out the mud
Declines Offer of Aid.
The first floor OF all business
houses between the Paddock viaduct
and the tracks were still under
water. The Frisco lost "A quarter
of mile of track between the end
of the trestle that leads to the North
Main Street crossing and Camp Bowie
Boulevard
Mayor Cockrcll declined an offer
from Governor Nen Of aid in caring
for the food sufferers. The Mayor
said that the local chapter of the
Red Cross had the situation well in
hand.
The list of injured remained at
twenty-nine, according to reports
from the hospitals. The property
loss is estimated at s1,ooO.OOO
The levec board plans to invcsti-
gate the reported dynamiting of the
cmbankments in several places late
Monday night as soon as the food
waters recede. according to NJ. l..
Mccain hnu rl y "a
bcrs, he said. did not believe that
the water could have torn the holes
in the levees, which were pro-
nounced in excellent condition re-
Gently.
$4,000 for Relief.
More than $1,000 has been raised
for the relief of the refugees, and
food and clothing are being dis
tributcd.
Action looking to the prevention Of
future flooding of the city's utilities
plants probably will be taken after
the flood recedcs. Mayor T.. r. Cock
resl stated tonight Water service
was made available today when tho
flood water which put the plant out
of commission yesterday was
pumped out ny the hre department..
Tho latest report of the river.
stage vas thlrty-six feet. but recess
sion since this afternoon was ex-
pected to bring II down rapidly.
All railroads reported improved
conditions today, and operation on
schedules Is expected by tomorrow
night.
Water west of the Van Zandt via
duct had receded sufficiently this
afternoon to permit motor trucks
carrying food supplies to tho homes
Of food sufferers In Arlington
Heights and the Van Zandt addition,
which had been marooned since ear
ly yesterday when the food broke.
Don't Think.