Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-06-25

boat at n slow pace in water where
t.err was 10 current. hut a large part
"t the way was against current. and dur
ing this time il was necessary for the
men Ia row. taking turn about. There
were four in the boat besides the two
children when il left RrynoSa. but two
of the crew did not go far, getting out
o.. the American side near their farms.
The water was So deep. said Mrs.
I'pes that the boat passed over the
tops of large trees and only touched
the small toi, branches. lluIscs were
submerged nr partly covered hy the wa
ter. and everything was in stag" uf
general confusion on account e the rub
hiSh. animals. trees and everything else
Ia The water.
llidDlgn opposite RcynoSa. is under
about four 90 five feet Of water. Much
uf l;cynosa il under water. but the busi
ness section is high and dry. she said
Ia llidalgc the lcvec broke at o'clock
Friday morning AMI III a few hours the
town was flooded. Iy daylight there
was water d. the streets Two or three
feet dccp and still rising. No telephone
!i'.c Is IN operation ~ lIidllgO. accord
iug Ia Mrs. Pipes. and ia, pump lines
are gone
The greatest danger was experienced
hy III" part! IL crossing the river. as
the current was swift and the pilots eX-
n"ritnrei much difficulty IN dodgng
trees. houses and rubbish in the river
Aftcr crossing the river the boat wa
driven down the pharr canal and then
III a <
Hnd dropped iato the flood waters of the
SARDINIA rcsaca. From there on to Me
Alien there were nc well defined lines
of .Iavel, the whoi. country being flood
ii. The party reached McAllen nj abom
I o'clock in she afternoon.
Great credit il due ~ tho people ~
pharr. San Juan. and other points near
there" said Mrs. Pipes They are
VEL King ell the time and giving their
monry a. keep boats running AMI are
doing the work free"
sIr. Snmmons and Mr. Ingram placed
Mrs. Pipes in car and saw 10 il thar
she WAS taken to the place she wanted
to 20. In crossing from the I.laro
Grandc plantation 10 Mercedes the wa
ter was 50 deep that barely the tops
az the telephone poles were protruding
and the passengers in the boat had to
duck to pass under telephone and tclr-
graph lircS.
Refugee boats are being operated all
over the flood section uf the country. u
committee of lharr and san Juan huSi-
nr,S men conducting most 81 the work
Many calls are srLts in for assistance.
according tn Mrs Pipes. and the refugee
workers are doing excellent work. and
charging nothing for their time and
trouble.
Mrs. Pipes ard her children left Mon
trrrrv on the last train which went over
the National Lines Of Mexico on that
rnutc. she could rot come down rha
linef rom Revnosa after getting there on
account "f ~" waSh"ut. and could not
cross She had been there for several
days.
The business men 0f McAllen and
Mission &c also doing relief work ~
the best of their ability and II II plan
ned to install free relief boat service
from I.lnno Grande 10 Mercedes
Srecial prai~r il given ~ Mrs Pipes
10 Deputy Port Collector l.. & Clark
Wit Las stuck to his post in lIidalgo
anil j. doing relief work all the time.
The custcmS office there II two
stories high al Clark and several other
families are STAYING in the top nf IT,
Mrs Pipes got through with one wa
ter soaked suit ease the other two hav-
ing been loat in the water