The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. XVTH YEAR, No. 94, Ed. 1, Friday, July 7, 1899 Page: 2 of 10
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way through water which wax epos the
track the driver dipping iho water
at rrerr tors The train got as far as the
ths depet at Sktiarita and no further aa
It was dangerous T > i that plac and the
wafer was almost covering the ash pan
The water at Sartartta wu found to be
much higher tbao when the train left
there In the morning having risen flro
inches and still rising
since soon was
To eight boats from Houston were
loaded and tome tose was found for alt ot
them
The train could cot stop long at Sartar
tla aa the roadbed was rot considered
safe and It hacked Into Houston When
Stafford was reached the train stopped and
the party disembarked A most pitiable
sight greeted their eyes
In the cotton gin at this place owned
br Dr Cochran and In several other out-
houses on his place there were about 200
nezroes from the Adams Chambers Low
err and Lester places In the Braios bot-
toms In these eaatll buildings these poor
negroes who had lost their all with the
exception of a few bed clothes were hud-
dled together They were In a sorrowful
condition most of them havlnt had food
only once that day and same nothing at
all Dr Cochran killed three bogs aad
he and the cCser citliens of Stafford did
all In their power to help the uafortunaie
negro tut they did but Utile to alleviate
their suffering Many of th si were very
hungry and mo3t of the children were cry-
ing plteously When the train arrived at
Stafford the refugees bcHfved that the peo-
ple had come to warn them of still further
rise In the river 3nd thinking that they
were In danger all of tfccza tried to crowd
In the second story of the gin a room
about 20 by SO with all their effects They
were advised that there wis no possible
danger and they returned to their rt e <
ttve quarters
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As It Is now they are closely crowded
At a place called Bice Ridge there are
also about 130 negroes from the Cart
vrlght aad Mrs J C Hutchesoa planta-
tions At Hickory Grove about two miles
south of Stafford there are about 200 more
negroes from the Burnett Cartwrifht aad
Palmer plantations All of the plantations
named are tinder aster and the negrow
hare 2ed from the bottoms to places of
safety They are all In a destitu con
ditlon and are sadly in need of provisions
There are also quite a numnor of refugees
ct Missouri City who are In no better
condition than the others Supplies tor
thes sufferers may be sent to Mr Wyman
RobIrv > n The Post correspondent at Staf-
ford who will see that they are properly
distributed
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As to the loss of life In the floodej dis-
trict there axe of courre all lands o
rumors concerning the number ot persons
drowned Five persons however aro
known positively to have lost their llv u
by drowning Iebam Brown who wbj
drowned In front of the Chambers store
on the Sugarland railway the current at
that place being something terrible Si
vannah Brown Will Reese Susan King
and a child of Emanuel Jackson were the
others The latter named were living on
the Chambers and Lowcfittpltces All
of thoparties are coloro ari3nd
there has ben no loss of life nor at Sar
tartla thus far Mr W T Rlddlck sent
a mcesage to the agent at Sartartla by a
negro that he needed help as did Mr
Bertrand Nothing has been heard of the
Widow Parks who lives with her aged
father and three children on Oyster creek
nor of tho occupants of tho Fields place
The latter Is a twostory brick and they
are coatldered out ot danger though tht
situation at the Parks place Is thought to
be dangerous Other families who are yet
to bo heard from are the Scotts or Jonn
eont who live two and a half miles from
the Sartartla depot Every person Is on
tho lookout and watching everything close-
ly and no further drownings aro expected
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Mr Ed B Cunningham of the Arm of
Ed H Cunningham A Co slates that on
the Cunningham plantation there are fully
JOOO acres of corn and cotton and 200 acres
of cane under water The Rlddlck planta-
tion consists of 1000 acres and all of it
Is planted in cattcn and corn and tho
whole plantation Is under water
Mr J C Locke The Post correspondent
at Sartartla estimates that there are about
60Q0 acres on tbu Ellis plantation covered
with the overflow This Is In cotton corn
and cane
The Bertrand plantation Is all undor
water and thqro aro about 1600 acros cul-
tivated In corn and cotton with very
llttlo cane
The Stato farm at Harlem is covered
with tho overflowing waters Thero Is
a considerable quantity of corn cotton anJ
cane In cultivation at this place though
It was Impossible to ascertain the exact
number of acres yesterday
Mr Turner has another loss besides
having bis plantation Inundated About
dark yesterday Just before tho train left
for Sartartla the commissary and convict
quarters on his place were burned to tho
ground The flro was caused by the water
coming In contact with a number of bar
role of llmo stored In the building Be-
sides having a months rations for forty
seven men and flvo guards In the building
eleven bloodhounds valued at flOO each
were burned
No live stock was lost on any of tbcee
places except on Ellis where a few
horaos and cattle were drowned Tho rail-
way track between Sugarland and Rich-
mond Is under water and some ot It be-
tween Sartartla and Ulcliraoad has been
f < walied away Mr F W DeLano road
snaster of the Hidden division of the
Bouthern Pacific statedthat In his opin-
ion the damage to the track would bo
L much l e than appearances indicated
f vj flugarjand railway from Chambers
J ifiia nve miles from SugaTland o Puke
i r tim tniijot kt road nfoe tallea furlher
WjHKtor jiWraod tho planfations along
ifutlaa llMWrthls read aro floodod
q > r1sWftafefcb ut 7g0 acres In the PeWalt
Jiljfe M or500YIn thotBrown and Weeka
> y italinn lseajn the Brown and LarUtss
y mi i i h p j pj co ot t w
ilteasV JfOft of this land is lu sugar
< tlatatajai B w pfrlence to the
of > thi atctloa aad they havent
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the slightest Idea of what their damage
will be The corn and cotton is no doubt
seriously damaged though the cano can
stand the water fully two weeks without
any harm being done thereto
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The rlviir at Sugarland had risen eight
Inches from noon to oclock In tho even-
ing and three feet In he twelve hours pre-
ceding Oyster creel was on the rise and
thero wa considerable Increase noted In
the height of the water At Sartartla
there was a rice ot about live Inches In
the courio ot a couple of hours The water
was still rising though It will soon rccedo
and Is not expected to go much furlher
est n Sugarland
The train cro rendered every courtesy
potaible to the relief party and they aro all
under obligations to the train men for
their kindncsa
A train will leave for Missouri City and
Stafford where tbe sutferers are in the
morning at G30 carrying with It a quan-
tity of provisions
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Richmond TexaB July fl It seems the
wont cf tho flood ha3 not come yet for
Richmond It was thought that ths river
was at Its highest last night but during
the night and today It baa risen eighteen
Inches and continues to rise Richmond Is
entirely Inundated and In every direction
as tar as tbe human eye can see there Is
nothing but water as tbe waters sur-
rounded Richmond last nlglit and put the
town on a complete Uland Much excite-
ment prevailed In town The waters near-
ly ran over the railroad In places and
many bouses north ot tbe railroad are com-
pletely under water Miles ot tho Mil
road track on tbe east side of tbe river la-
under water and neither trains of the
Santa Fe Katy or the Southern Piclflc can
Gft to Houston or Galveston from here-
About fourfifths of tbe women and
children ot the town went to Eaglo Lake
this morning and a largo number will Icavo
this evening
It Is reported here this evening that a
largo number of negro tenants on tho
Frost rlace near tho Harlem plantation
are in the tops of trees and on houses and
a crew waa organized and sent from hern
this evening to investigate It Is believed
that threefifths pt this country Is Under-
water and It is now conceded that all
tverflowed crops will be worthiest
So far as reported no lives have been
lust but it is believed that when the flond
subsides It will be found that many have
gone to a watery grave
All housc abavo water are thrown opeti
and are filled to their utmost The court
he Use Is full ot people
Relict will have to be furnished to thous-
ands ot tonants within the next tew Says
mnny are now suffering for food about
one thousand ot these are In Richmond
Tho Jail is surronuded by about Ave feet
of water and the Southern Pacific depot Is
alsa surrounded
Tho governor was today notified of con-
ditions and said that 10000 rations would
bo cent at onco to Richmond
Nearly all the men remained In town
and will look nffer women and children
who remain until tbe Hood subsides
Twentyfive skiffs were ordered today from
Eagle Lake and will get here this evening
Eaglo Lake Toxas July 6 Sympathy
for the loodstrlckei has excited tho cit
izens here Large numbers of rescuers
armed with two carloads of row boats have
Just left for Richmond to aeslst In ths
tsvlng ot lives
Rosenberg Texas July 6 Yesterday thes
Brazos river at this point rose at the
rate of four Inches per hour throughout tho
day with another foot rise last night It
seems to be at a etandstlll now All liv-
ing near tho river havo beei obliged ta
leave their honue many of the cottages
being Immersed to the eaves The river
Is about ten miles wide at this point and
rescuing panic have been for several
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HOUSTON DAILY POST FKIDAY MOBNING JULY 7 1899
A RESCUE NEAR BROOOKSHIRE
An actual scene lu tbe flooded district sketched by The Post s special Artist
HELP THE SUFFERERS
The generous hearted citizens of Houston and other places have
responded promptly to the appeals for aid that came from Austin
Waller and Fort Bend counties Muh distress has been relieved but
there is still a great deal to be done Not less than 5000 people are
without homes without food and without clothing They have no
crops and very little chance of work for some time to come There
must be further contributions in order to relieve the destitution that
exists The Post will continue to receive contributions from Houston
and other places All money left at the business office will be duly
acknowledged and used to purchase supplies of food Let the
responses be prompt
days bringing people across from the bot ious respoiiscs to the appeal for aid which
torn lands north of the rher have aiready been made are continued
Tho cpuntry a few mileb south ot hero during tbe next few months With eon
is completely covered with the overflow
from the river Bridges have been washed
away and crops and gardens totallj de-
frayed Many of the farmers havo lest
all their block wbtcb with tho destruction
of crops will entail much suffering
Southern Pacific trains can go no farther
cast than Richmond and Santa Fe trains
are running as far south as Rosenberg
SITUATION AT BROOKSHIRE
Till 1IIVUI1 H IWIMJV A FOOT
mritiNG tiii hay
Immediate Vermeltl n f the lcoiile
llnve lieun HcIltM il Itoiiirt nt
DmiinRc Not HsiiKKf rnfpil
Special Correspondence to Tho Post 1
Brookshire Wailer County Texas July
< > The flood situation hero Is toinowhat
Improved That h to uy tbe Brazoj
dtlons at they are at present thousands
ot people along tho bottoms will be en-
tirely dependent upon thu bounty of othars
until they can realize on tbe crops which
they will endeavor to substitute for those
which have been destroyed by the flood
On account of the inundated condition
ot the lowlands It Is the hardest kind of
hard work to secure accurate Information
as to the loss of life No casualties have
come directly under the notice ot Tho
j Post correspondent during his expeditions
up and dov n tbe river and he Is unable to
positive contlrm any ot tho reports of
loss of life already sent out Tho siate
mett made ypstcrday to the effect thut
Suikh Blackburn a prominent freedman
of this section had been drown d while
attempting to escape from the ravages of
the flood is denied today The statement
was nadi en the authority of several cltl
7cns of unquestioned veracity but as has
nlreudy been pointed out reliable 60urcc3
of Informal Ion are hard to find Dr J E
Burford a well known rlenter who came
lo town today to look Into the matter of
sujplles for his tenants told the corres
pondent that durl > g the morning he had
which remained practically stationery nil tlmo Previous L tr Blackburn alive a ort
seen and
last night begar to fall slowly at an wrly c u wllI lhus bo soen hati unt tlic
hour this mornlag and ever si we thut fleeds have entirely subsided It n ill be
ttmo tho decrease of the flood has been Hflfull to obtain exact Information as to
continuous This afternoon when Tbo
tbe number of lives lost
i In this connection It should be stated
Posts special correspondent left hero for that no uneasiness need be felt by the
Fulshear and Richmond the water was cutslds world regarding tho story of 100
Pe ° P8 bclnB caught on an island near
rerhUDK a foot lower than It vis this
hero and o ther beIne n lmmInen rfan
nornlng and the Indications are that tbe ger of their lives from the constantly In
Hood has done Its worst j creasing flood This story was telephoned
That worst Is something earful to con i Ith Ilt wresDondent at Dallas by a
gentleman at So3ly who had been
at a
templato As told In these dlspatcbos yes point on the wost bank of the river op
terdaj the lojs of Ufa In this Immediate pnslte hero In a boat on Tuesday Tbe
vicinity was great exoggerated In the j bee PearfRldgt rthe Vy
n of
first vague rumors which emanated from the rescue of tho neoole confined
this point but the diroago to property I viJ t0lJ n todays Post
there
and the loss of crops Is something enor I J ° t0 e nrel0 ° f ne < > he gen
nous while the occupants of the bottoms I r oS eve rt d
whose all has been taken by tho relentless rltei tna bottoms in this Immediate vicla
waters will bo compelled to undergo untold i Lty U vf be8 n < 1 eat l out they hav
suffering and privation tness tho gener VSr that X Idea Jffi
IN THE RIVER BOTTOM
TbVp > d a a telegraph
P
ske by o roa
N VV
the gentleman In question meant to con-
vey was that all of the families in the
lowlands near here have been removed
to tho prairie and there Is now nothing
more for the rescue boats to do here
commissary established here by the local
relief committee reminds one of nothing
so much as the issuing of ratlpns to thel
Cuban reconcentrados Immediately after
the occupation of tbe island by tho Ameri1
can armv The commissary is situated n
a iittlo frame building Just opposite thoi
genera store of Mr J H Ferguson who
en passant has been doing all in his
power toward the relief of the floaa
refugees The building
was
literally surrounded all during the fore1
noon and until the distribution of sup
plies was made about
1 oclock At a
meeting of the relief committee held Just
previous to the distribution It was decided
to Issue rations for a week and to appor
tion tbe food on a basis of lu pounds of
bacon 7 pounds of meal or 5 of flour and
1 pint of sjrup per capita Ths ration
while a short one will it Is estimated b
sufficient for the sustenance of the suf
ferers as tho supplies named are distrib
uted regardless of age or sex and when
be fact that children are not supposed
to consume as much as adults Is consid
ered it is thought that tbe working men
TL7ZVm ° BUl6cieai i0l
uude rv noT
ng ones are ved
Ue T a farm and h3s crops on
H n 1l conslaed to be in need
oven dough tnoy may hive nlac in
the bottoms hch have been
destroyed
by the flood M
The
territory embraced by
bya 0Lb miDY nh0
byThB
save the ra S ft bs oIu nothing
absolutely apathy dUpVyed by them m TbVr seem
i
milni to todonc by l He lte re
hmi
are completely at thZ Jst now >
snl must rely on raW W n
tunate fellmv bVin their more <
unfortunate womauia SLW ° °
the last parties bouh mmh ° one f
suewtold the Co ° u ih a by the res
she bad eaten that
The fact to h J0T ° yer ffy fours
Pity ciei Ys ne added to
As showine thl f c ° udltIon
l e Incident I fJy tho flood sufferers
be related 0riAOCCUre1
a co Y
Kins who cim lA Dre caer named Jen
r approach ifr ° tn JOU8t0 XmUn
IES talked Uh im 8 00 aUer hi
negroes and akedh 0f the unf ° unate
Wed to tbe commlrt COi0Tci man bfl
Jter the dlstffii3f0 n ° rdcr to loofc
he said w e V l ot s uPnles which
higher now than It was then but others
that It is
dispute the statement and say
the same
practically
r Just as soon aj the water has ufflciont
ly subsIdeJ work will be commeoced to-
ward setting crops which will mature
soon enough to give the ncgwes a chance
for their lives during iho late summer
and fall To this end contributions of
seed for cabbages turnips sorghum June
corn kafflr corn Irish potatoes black
eyed peas etc are asked Mr p S
Cage who Is interested In the round bale
press at this point has ordered a carload
of cotton seed for free dlstrbutlon There
will be no extensive effort made to get In
another cotton crap howovar according
to statements made by local merchants
who have talked with the farmers
In this connection it may be stated that
even the work of putting in new crops will
net give employment to ail of the workins
men here and there will be plenty ready
to respond to requests for hands from
other portions of the State
Among the contributions recolved b >
the relief committee today were the fol-
lowing
W L Moody Co of Galveston lt0
A B Frank Co of San Antonio 26
S Taliaferro of Houston 125
American Brewing association of Hous-
ton 23
Sharks club or Houston three dozeu
shirts and two dozen pairs of trousers
Carson Sewall Co of Houston flft >
eaks of meal twenty sacks of fiour 1000
pounds ot bacon and t o barrels of mo-
lasses
Pcch Co of Brackettville J2S
The train which arrived from Houston
shortly after 1 oclock today brought a
carload of supplies In charge of Mr G J
Palmer business manager of Tho Post
who turn d them over to Mr Ferguson of
the rel ef committee
Six additional boats were also brought
There being no neei for them here they
were manned by a competent crew and
put In charge of The Posts special cor-
respondent who left with the party thU
aftcrncon for Fulshear
THE SUFFERING AT SUNNYSIDE
Tit IT C01I1IIMTV 1IEMDVRD TO HJZ
lV DIHi DIMltUs
People Were Wnrucd to Oct Out of
the Ilottinii Hut Would
Vot lleeil It
Hempstead Texas July 6The measure
of m ery and misfortune Is as full at Sun
nyslde as It Is In Brookshire but re-
ports from there are much harder to ob-
tain Sunnyblde Is sixteen miles from here
and about ten mlle3 from Brookshire with-
out any telegraphic or telephonic commu
clcation They were warned on Saturday
This should by no means however be they could or would not fully understand
taken as an Indication that there is no
n0Tej
Ia some cases stoc was t aceg
more work to be done The two boats >
1 sent from Houston Tueslay night were safo D Sa and there tied to res In less
taken to a point eight miles north of than twelve hours these cattle were in-
here up the river last night as a resalt water with their retreat cut off by creel
of a visit to Brookshire made by Mr T vv
flowing from back water and being
S Sterling who has a large plantation
in what is known as the Sterling bot tlel unable to save themselves by swlm
toms Mr Sterling reportea that some mlng
twenty or thrty persons were In danger How niany people there will be missing
at that point and that there was not only no cn > can > et c as only the scantest
no boats in the surrounding country but reports are obtainable But enough Is
no lumber wherewith to build them A known to make one realize that planters
party was organized the two Houston n the best of circumstances were made
boats were loaded on wagons and thu paupers over night and will need help
rescue party set out with Mr Sterling1 Comfortable twostory houses and welt
and Mr Lowrle of this city as guide filed barns were swept avva and down the
They had not returned at 3 oclock
afternoon and nothine deanite as to the II sce3 S that In spite of the graphic de
good accomplished is known scriptions sent to the newspapers the out
lC
In town to help those people and more will
be furnished If necessarv but tho Town
suffers so much that hardly enough can be
raised here Just think ot tho loss by mer-
chants who carry Brazos bottom ac-
counts and the stagnation In business lb
paralvzod and nothing Is discussed but the
common calamity
To the Editor of The Post
Monaville Texas July lThe writer is
not accustomed to writing for publication
but today being the Fourth I went down
near Sunnyalde to view the freshet In the
edition or their future hi Hn5reff1 raZOS rlver Tho old ulers r > ey
a E ve been seen T UaVe seea ho water 80 hEl > The
bottom is all covered up nnd tho low-
lands near by Tho ctops arc all gone
without tho shadow of a doubt and the-
ater still on tho ilse Stock are about
all drowucd A portion of the people havo
gotten out through the aid of their friends
on the outside but It la said that a goad
many still remain in the water The cur
rent is very strong and the river danger
IrLt ir Ti p copl6 are atrald t ° ap
proach It in the first plaee the river has
creeks all along on the outside of the bat
he so e < s were flooded by tho big
rain and J eforo they subsided the freshet
camo down and swept evorytbine
awav
° a 0M Ol8 I 5 t oUhVSo
nl e n t ve ln th9
Sr iw boton tenants
n
Pirrnnf D 1Br0eS OUt half tho pOPU
nf 1
fvl Val er counl arB negroes Thoy
live
principally n the bottom and If ever
M P e ° pl ° a 0 W
dlltonM f es S P w co
dlltonU s eSorae
Wbe eu ot Dcm h
hardlv tell when u
I they got their list meil
and dont know when they will t
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V
Are features peculiar fo Hoodj mtfjj
jle taitoless efficient thorough ijjjf
Hood
Slid You never know you
have taken a pill till It is all
over 2Jc CI Hood Co
Propiictors Lowell Mass
pi
the only ollls to take with Hoodsj
crops such as sorghum peas ani
and they havent the seed
merit has plded the people la otWu
under simitar circumstances anT
was ever a time that the governmesi
to be generous It is to these t >
the Brazos and other rivers in iw
What I say of Waller county ijl
to be fair analysis iIU
a of the
along the flooded district ot cm
pegro Is not the only sufferer Zr
T S GT
A RESUME FROM CALJ
111000 CULTIVATED ACRES is
OVERFLOWED 1 1
Snnic of the Incidents of tkVu
Freliet SOW to SOO0 Kl
irroes Destitute
Calvert Texas July 6 The late
cltement has about subsided aal ttii
pie are now in an attitude to Uk
dispassionate view of their loss m
practical businesslike way caletlji
cost of the flood which has brought C
and Its tributary country so proai
before the general public Oas rf
the farmers througnout Robertssm
wote satisfied smiles Joyful la tkji
contemplation of tbe bountiful ti
soon to be garnered In one nlgfci t
fondest hopes of many of them vyer n
headlons with the turbid watery
Brazos Into the Gulf of Medea
wealthy planted with his thoai
acres of fertile bottom land an
cornfield darkey with his ft
acres and a mule are both conn
the stubborn fact that as far as tilij
crop is concerned they are pn
ruined Thirtyfour thousand aerew
last from here to move their stok and j tlvated lands raising per centj
get themselves out of the way and notice cotton in tho Brazos bottom dar tb
j was gven them that the overflow wae six j i fe J
feet above the 1SS5 mark It seems that ertson county as follows Robert
son 2000 acres Tipton 500 acwijSs
Hammond Gilbert 1000 acres 1
Peters Box Quartnr 1500 acrei
DCO acres BrlggsSaller 2500 asei
nut Creek farms 1000 acres Tilty
acres DunnHolt 600 acrts Oewp
Lean 1200 ceres P J Oartitl
acres Adoue 1200 acres emallffl
5000 acres Burnet S00 acres Stun
acres Tom Garrett 600 acres
Harry Field DOO acres E S Pelet
acres Brenham 1200 acres Bartat
acres William Anderson lOMCi
Drennan 600 acres Knapp 5Ki
Wilcox 500 acres Harlan B 4U
acres Wayland 1000 Total 33Mli
Cotton 75 per cent total rulai i
per cent 1000000 bushels losti
alfalfa oats and gardens a compln
wherever under water poultry tla
The distribution of supplies from the slSo world but sparely realizes the extent tlrely swept away hogs 50 pefcrt
Oyer 1000 weekly rations were dlstnb
uted today On account of the enormoas
5 P PV ° ba iUpplea b ° 00
R nS lm h t0 h0 hca3 ° f hm
u
llics and the
bosses of plantations and
bv them redistributed The flour bacon
and meal on hand
was practlca ly ex
hausted by tho issue
thTQere > ry little cbince of any of
of the calamity A Houston wholesale
oxn or Tim < u nnu scets
A sow and seven pigs floating down the river
on a log Sketched by The Posts special
artlsU
grocer on yesterday called up the county
Judge by phone and aoked him how much
bottom lands there were free from water
Xot an Inch was the reply and there
i aro from 2 to 15 feet of water over every
nwwP Plns whcrB thcF a ° noters wo have rented who must be helped
to toe local merchants re re all well known 1 A P1 made up yosterday of 3 >
nho
foot of bottom lands My Oo1 what are
your people going to do continued the
Inquirer and that Is a question no one
at this time can answer
Tho planters around hero contlnuo to
feed their hands and they state that they
will continue to do so But there are lots
of negroes who havo little places nnd oth
tie 25 per cent horses and mules
cent lost
On the Drennan Henderson 1m
Saturday a very thrilling Incident
flood tragedy occurred The wltst
Daniels colored and her fojr i
were passengers In a boat load of i
crossing to a place of safety Jusil
landing an occupant ot tho boat l
projecting limb of a tree which cw
caused the boat to capsize Tnet
seized one child In her left armii
other by the clothing with her teetl
her remaining arm she clung to
whtlo tho other two children wereJi
In the cruel waters
Among the many stories of br
heroism Incident to the flood tbs j
absolutely true narrative read Ih
mance A negro man with bis fir
the women and children of W
families were huddled together ku
cabin on Senator Wayland plwty5
raging water wero beating js
ngalnst the house and tbrestetlsg
moment to sweep It away Thee6
relied by tho most urgent nee WJ
a hole In the roof and draw thi
children upon top of the little iW
through this opening Ho then tort
ti fireplace w 1th bricks from at l
furnace using shingles for f J
rooked their scanty supply of Pr Jjf
thus they lived for two days andJifl
Mr Joo White a well known n
grandsons and a young man
wlW
is unknown all residing on Pondtn
Milam out Ashing
county wire
ing in the forks of Duck creek o B
river In the eastern part of wf
Their friends feared they w >
drowned Mr Dun Carrington I
businoss In that section foundiW
end sound and brought them M
vert tonight
Mr White reports a very BV
I
perlence When the water be
tho little party cut a large tre J
refugo in Its topmost branches
eating
remained four days
mush The rap11
raw bacon nnd
water forced them to climb a oi
where they remained two dar °
Their bcon nnd mush give oow
first In this treo
day iiii
A few of tho farmers entert
of the cottoa
hope that a part
out from the roots Some ofmj
era are preparing to repl nj
eorn
< i
From K000 io S00O negroe naw
the <
absolutely destitute by
hence absolutely dependant
WE CURE
Where others fall thousand yfJ
on fllo voluntarily given
sincere expressions of gratltuoj
all clasieii w i
chants farmers aud
MISTAKES NO FAILURES
went Do not be dtscourag4 wrj
rlence elsewhere in your valo <
well but if you suffer r
ease or diseases private in yjj c
SpecincTi
NerV ufr
Strlctur
Female trj
kinds J
the le t
tatlon Jt
i3 AU i
Anionic
e WM E rsi
treatment
lot nun No X tor womiar
dne i No 4 for catsns >
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The Houston Daily Post (Houston, Tex.), Vol. XVTH YEAR, No. 94, Ed. 1, Friday, July 7, 1899, newspaper, July 7, 1899; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth83078/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .