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Fredericksburg Standard

Location

Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 12, 1919

Page

10

River Crisis Grips Towns as levee protects and dynamite planned

Hardin and Rickard battle flood threats along the New River levee as dynamite is sought to reinforce defenses. News spreads of missing orders, a sister appeals for order, while townsfolk await relief and the river’s danger subsides with rebuilding efforts underway.

Rickard Hiexard Muerxhall Meade Rt Neal Miles Fassett’s Hardin Ling Here Brawley Los Angeles Carioad Solent Harin Wes Bert Sient Hartia Harry Lient Panos Serge Estrada Innes Herdin Edeot Miss Banks Tebelion Perrigh Chard Hardie Presett Ri Tard Ranaway Colorado Echool Gerty Hardin Gerty

Midnight Drift Through the River Town

Innes Hardin searches for Sam and Tom as flood disaster reshapes the town. Richard and Gerty confront suspicions while Wooster urges restraint. Hardin directs defense plans as the river devours Estrada’s fields and a crucial obstruction threatens the channel.

Babcock Confronts Levee Disaster in Mexicali

Babcock arrives from Los Angeles to scold officials over levee neglect as floods wreck the Mexican village. Estrada and MacLean Jr. join the effort while debris and a collapsing station push responsibility to the brink. The river rises, the station buckles, and Babcock pushes for action as the scene devolves into chaos.

Babcock Los Angeles Ogilvie Rickard Hathcock MacLean Mexicali Estradi Estrana Estrada Mac.Lean, Jr

Fragmented synopsis of a dramatic manuscript excerpt

An OCR fragment outlines chapters with names like Marsher and Overland Pecte. It mentions characters such as Bart, Martin, Jones Harts, Hardin, Estrada, and Hartin, with plot threads about love, conflicts, and governance interleaved across Chapter III to VII. The text reads as a provisional draft rather than a finished article.

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