Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-27
FISHERS BACK
FROM MEXICO;
tell OF Mud
Party Missing Since
Saturday Mired In
Heavy Roads; Wei
Ter Spins a Yarn

The party Of Brownsville fisher
men reported marooned along d des-
olate stretch Of Mexican coast line
about 20 miles below Washington
Beach have returned safely to this
city, after n four-day hattie with
rain, tide and winds.
They arrived In Brownsville about
$3.50 p. M. Tuesday worn out from
The fight they had waged with the
elements from tn etime the first
coastal squat struck them at 10
o'clock Friday morning until they
struck the gravelled streets Of Mat
amoros late Tuesday afternoon.
Those i'll the party were Roy We'll
Ter. fire chief. Harold Jeefferds.
deputy United tSates marshal; Ralph
Tucker, Nick Cavazos and W. j.
Beasley.
In telling Of the happenings as
they occurred from the time the
first squGll struck along the Mcxi-
can coast line. Roy Weller. Browns
Vile fire chief. corroborated by Har-
old Jefferds. deputy United States
marshall. said:
we were IA fishing in the Eoca
tiego. about 10 miles below Wash
ington Beach when the first storm
struck. Rain began falling In sheets
about 10 o'clock Friday morning ard
we cult our fishing to seek shelter
IN the tents we had pitched when
suddenly the wind began blowing
with such force that our entire
camp was blown away.
The tide had begun rising By this
time and we knew that our only
chance lay in getting back to Wash
ington Beach before the beach,
which we had travelled coming
down. was inundated.
We managed 10 get as far as the
old wrecked steel barges by Friday
night and sought shelter there in
AZ abandoned fishing smack. We
had only made 80 miles and were
still 40 miles from Washington
Beach but the storm had subsidized
and We were not worried.
"A second storm, however. struck
US carly Saturday morning and at
day break we began the long grind
70 the Beach. arriving there al ?
o'clock Saturday afternoon with
Only about a gallon and a half W
3d. - "a AWV 4AAOtlUWAlE&.
Going up to the old abandoned
hotel, We found three men and per
suaded one Of them TO walk to me
nearest ranch house about z miles
away and try 40 get some gas. Not
having any there. the mar went "a
another ranch and ten gallons were
brought TO US by horseback Monday
morning.
as aoor . me- .-~
we started the hardest part Of the
trip, the grind from the beach Il
I.Dtamoros.
rs many men as we could hold 70.
sther. the number getting as high
as 25 at times. to make it through
that mud to the Longorieno Ranch
where we spent Monday nigh. ar.
irving there az 10 N. m.. after lcav-
ing the beach Monday noon, a dis
lance OF approximately - miles.
The final nine miles from this
ranch 10 Matamoros was the longest
grind Of all. il takirg lis from 5:45
o'clock Tuesday morning until 4:3g
o'clock Tuesday afternoon 10 make
the run.
AT times our cars-there were
two Of them-would bog so deep ina,
the gasoline tanks were half bur
led In the mud and we ~ctually had
~ dig to find the d~ifferentials. The
running gears Of the cars were bur
led half the time"
Weller also declared that the Rio
Grarde had broken out on the Mexi-
can side from a few miles below
Matamoros 10 its mouth and that the
ranchmcn and farmers along its low.
er course were working night and
day IN an effort 10 throw up tempo
rary protecting levees that might
prevent i from spreading over the
entire section.
ircludod IN the marty besides Vel
ier and Jefferds were WI j. Beasley.
Nick Cavazos and Ralph Tucker.