Evening star., 1936-09-20
EIGHT ATOP HOUSE
|NF[0OD RESCUED
Colorado River Reaches r.
Foot Stage, 2 Miles Wide
at One Point.
ky the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
COLEMAN, Tex, September 19.-
Eight members of family marooned
atop their farm home by the treach-
erous flood waters Of the Colorado
River were rescued late today after
fears we're expressed they had
drowned.
Ross White, his wife and six chill
dren were rescued by boatmen after
clinging precariously to the roof Of the
house.
The river, slashing through the
State on the worst flood in its history.
took the lives of two men attempting
to save their livestock. The victims
were Gaynor McBee, 60, a ranch hand,
and Ganum Maxcey, so. farmer.
Two miles wide at Indian Creek in
Brown County, the flood waters washed
away homes, farm buildings and in
undated fertile farm land. The food
stage climbed to 72 feet. IA feet higher
than ever before recorded.
Thousands Of Acres Covered.
Hundreds of farm families in the
inundated river bottoms fed their
homes and only the rescue work of
boatmen saved some from death in the
muddy current, which spread over
thousands OF acres. r.
After spending the night on top Of
barn and in trees, Mr.. and Mrs. Bob
Mauldin and their three sons, Robert,
Thad and ]. B., were rescued today
by a party In motor boat. The boat
men also carried to safety Rev. J. A.
Mcdowell, Church of Christ minister.
stranded in windmill tower on the
Mauldin farm near Winchell COM
munity.
Chester Bouldin, trapped on top OF
his isolated home in the vicinity of
Stacy, reached safety in a boat.
A plea for aid came from two ma
fooned families in the Indian Creek
section of Brown County. Boatmen
set out from Brentwood to help them.
16 to 20 Inches Of Rain.
Upstream the Concho River, which
caused millions of dollars damage to
San Angelo, dumped flood waters into
the Colorado. Virtually the entire
area drained by the Colorado and its
tributaries had been drenched by tor
rental rain, reaching from 16 to 20
inches.
Loss Of crops, live stock, homes.
bridges and highways was expected to
total many millions Of dollars along
the Colorado. Thousands of acres Of
cotton and corn land were under wa
ter, communications to dozens of little
towns in the river valley were dis
rupted and highways were blocked.
The force Of the flood extended
downstream several hundred miles to
Columbus, washing out two spans of
the bridge at Garwood, where a levee
threatened to break.
Houston Harte, publisher Of the
San Angelo Standard Times, checked
over damage in his City today and
expressed belief It might reach
$5,oO0.00o. Other estimates said
S1,5oo,ooo to 100000.
Rehabilitation Work Begun.
Rehabilitation Of the debris-strewn
city was begun by w. P. A. laborers
and special details Of men hired by
the city. Hundreds of homes were
washed away, others badly damaged
and public services hampered.
The $4,000 railroad bridge on the
Frisco line at Winchel washed away
early today. The river was up 62
feet there-the highest stage ever re-
corded. A nearby highway bridge
was still standing, although waves
Tapped its flooring.
A gradual fall in the river at Win
chell since morning indicated the crest
was past that point
lockwood. in Coleman County, 20
miles west Of Winchell, reported the
river slowly falling.