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Show ESTIMATE MADE Of RAVAGES OF FLOODS Heavy Toll of Life -and Property Prop-erty Claimed by Rush of Waters. By International News Service. GAlVESTON, Tesas, Dec. D. Today for the first time it became possiblo to estimate tho toll of life and property taken bv tho great floods of tho Brazos and Colorado rivers aud their tributaries tribu-taries in their eight-day swoop across this stato. Tho best genorul estimates aro these: Forty thousand square miles of territory terri-tory have been laid waste. Two hundrod and thirty persons have beeen killed. One hundred million dollars in property prop-erty is lost. Tvrenty-fivo cities, towns nnd villages have contributed to the death roll. Thirty-eicrht other towns have been flooded, although without known loss of life. More than 100 bodies of the dead havo been rqcoverod within tho last ciprhteon hourB. It will bo many more das before tho full dotais can bo learned. The progress of the flood has not ceased. Tonight To-night its crest is at Richmond, and tomorrow to-morrow tho water will spread itself inevitable in-evitable in a blanket ninety miles wide, covering the lowlands along the coast. Thero will bo more property loss, a great doal more. But it is Dclievod that there will bo no further loss of lives, i The inhabitants of the coast country havo had their warning, and it has been given in time. Preparations have been mado to caro for everybody. There will bo enough provisions and" warm clothing. cloth-ing. Tho gravest aspect for the future is the menace to the rico crops. Millions of dollars in lost crops will bo added to tho already staggering total. There is still a great deal of suffering. Thousands of persons aro marooned on hilltops waiting for tho recession of tho water from tho valleys. Many arc clinging to tree tops. United States lif o savers aro working constantly. Can-Ion crows lead searching parties to the bodi03 of the dead. It is impossible impos-sible to provide for funeral services, and the bodies are buried where they aro found, many on tho open prairies. The total dead from each locality, as reported today, was 230, distributed as follows: Bryan, 33 white, 50 negroes; 7iemp-stcad, 7iemp-stcad, 20; Brookshire, 20: Marlin, 11; Bolton, 5; Brownwood, 3: Dallas, 3: Grand Prairie, 1; Austin, 3; Hoarno, S white, 5 negroes; Waco, 5; San Antonio, An-tonio, 3; Bastrop. 3; Temple, 1; Richmond, Rich-mond, 3 white, 30 negroes; Lacrangc, 1; Lockhart. 1; Columbus, 1; Hunger-ford, Hunger-ford, 4; Victoria, 2; Vvharton, 6 white. f) ncgTOCs; Sunnyside. 8 white, 10 negroes; Giles Junction, 2 white, 3 nejrrocs, i Mexicans; Elouise. 5 nogroea; Milllcan, 7 negroes, 1 Mexican; Well-bourne, Well-bourne, 4. Other towns flooded arc: Crabb, Booth, Thompson, Llovds, Hawdod, Dukes, .TnliiT, Vrccln, Prarl ar-1 Jlie Lnr'3, .TnJia Xursorv, raig. Dacosta, Bloom ngton. fMwl' Hiiibbank, Harmon, San Folipe, Patterson, Na-vasota, Na-vasota, Courtnev, Wallace, Cucro, Mooncy, Gonzalos, Soadnft, Lu-ling, Lu-ling, Muldoon, Bon West and perhaps per-haps 300 settlements and postoffices that arc located almost adjacent to each other on tho lower valleys of both the Colorado and Brazos. From Waco, Austin, Fort Worth nnd other cities in tho northern part of ths flood district come roports that efforts aro being made to get back to normal conditions. Tho waters have receded from tho northern section; railroads are replacing their tracks; business men aro taking stock of their losses; families and churches are mourning their dead. |