Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-09-07 | Page 1 | 200 Marooned, Four Drowned in Texas Flood

MAROONED FOUR DROWNED IN TEXAS FLOOD Cars Swept From Road in Attempt to Leave Isolated Isolated Iso Town MALLEN Texas Sept 7 A A foot 30 break break In a levee near Hidalgo 10 miles south of here on the flooded Rio Grande today isolated isolated that town and marooned pe persons ons Two attempting to leave Hidalgo over the flooded Hi Hi- dalgo McAllen highway were swept away with the occupants barely escaping cs es caping with their lives ABILENE Texas Sept 7 1 CUP UP- UP Mrs George Mullens 30 30 of Ontario Calit Calif and her three children lost their lives last night when Elm creek went out of its banks and sev several V. V eral hundred persons from tram their hn I I Harry Mullens 5 Ronald 3 2 and Arnold 18 months month t the Mullens children ebB chil dren were the other tirns The husband and father was rescued from a a. tree two hours hour after the raging stream had swept his family away Their bodies had hadnot not been recovered today The sudden rush of ot water caught citizens alon along the banks of ot the creek unawares They fled without their belongings in terror to higher ground Several hundred of them spent the remainder of the night in ina ina a school building in the southwest section of the city Rail and motor traffic was completely completely com corn demoralized for lor hours but was resumed today Stock losses and end prop trey damage were heavy Apprehension was felt throughout the night for the safety of the dam darn at Lake Abilene the municipal water supply Had it broken a part of Abilene and Buffalo Gap south of here would have been in the oath nath of escaping waters The dam was was still holding today The Mullens family was returning to California from a vacation in Arkansas