The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-06
Martial Law in
 Devastated Town
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believed to have taken refuge in the church. Some were said to have been ct prayer when the historic structure fell. .
 Twenty others were reported dead in other sections of the Mex. ican border city where many adobe houses were melted by the rain and rising water:
 Ten were reported dead without confirmation. on the Brownsviiie side Of She river.
 Three were reported dead et San Benito, famous as . citrus shipping
 Two hundred were reported in. ''Sa Forty V were s'isni: hurt at wsslaso and
 Many of tho Injured were 50 bad. Iy hurt by coilapsing houses that they were expected to die.
 Tn, Hariingen the known death toll was two, with 6S injured.
 The causeway connecting Corpus Christi with iowlands across tho bay was washed out but damage m that area was comparatively light.
 McAllen was without water or lights last night. Water also was cut off in Hariinsen, San Dsnito and Brownsville.
 Highways, railroads and airporta were flooded in . wide area.
 Pat Nolan, Pan American air. WAYS flyer, flew Oh to San Antonio when lie arrived over tho flooded area from Mexico City and found tho Brownsville airport under wa " Nolan estimated that five per cent of the buildings in Browns. vile had been destroyed but said the destruction appeared much greater in flooded Harlingen.
 High waters isolated several trains. The Southern Pacific Hou1- tons Brownsville passenger train was stopped here. Another train was marooned near Corpus Christi.
 Two special trains rushed south. ward from San Antonio. one bore the Fort Sam Houston troops un. der command of eight officers 70 join the soldiers already on duty from Fort Brown at Brownsville. It carried Pullmans for the trans- portation of injured back to sen
 Rep Richard Kiebsrg at Corpus Christi predicted q death toll great. CT than 100 upon tho basis or re- ports of army aviators. who new over parts of the district.
 Major General Edwin F. Winans of Fort Sam Houston ordered !eo soldiers into the flood area at the request of Governor Miriam Fer guson.
 They penetrated the region on . .~nnIaT tsaIn aanana m niad tyy dOos tors and nurses to set up an em. at Harlingen.
 tive of the year. Some houses a!! Harlingen were tossed a quarter oi n mile by the wind, According to Deputy Sheriff J. D. Boren who made his way here.
 T saw houses explode as the the wind struck them," Boren saio: Tn a few cases the wind whipped the four walls up, leaving the Fur niture and floor intact. Many rooie were blown off with four walls collapsing and pinniug occupants:
 "In Weslaco, houses were pitched like cards. One was lifted from its foundations and pitched end over end for a quarter of @ mile. II fell in a tourist camp crushing sew eral small cottages"
 Boren said damage was great as San Juan, Alamo. Donna and San Benito, as well as Harlingen and Weslaco.
 A message relayed to a railroad dispatcher from Harlingen appeal ed for food and drinking water.
 Mayor c. K. Quinn of San An tinio organised the second tram at the request of Congressman KIeberg. It carried 200 doctors and nurses. Another was dispatchea from Houston with "clear track. orders to the stricken area. A relief train arrived here from Kingsviile last night bearing drinking water and milk donated by the owners of the famous King ranch.
 Governor Miriam Ferguson ora cred all available rangers to the
 The American Red Cross ordered 10 relief workers to the area and federal relief director Harry HOP, kins authorized the use of federai