San Antonio Flood Levels City in Night of Disaster
The San Antonio flood caused 87 known deaths with more missing and property losses above five million dollars. The river and Alazan Creek breached banks flooding two miles by one, devastating downtown and West Side while civilians and soldiers rescued thousands and the city faced weeks of recovery and health concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
River Avenue
Gunter Hotel
Brady
Wolff and Marx Department Store
Stowers
St.Mary’s
St. Anthony
Hills
along-the-Olmos
Alazan Creek
Houston and
Commerce
Fort Sam Houston
Camp Travis
Belden
Flod
The Identified Dead From Riebe Morgue Narrative
A partial roll lists numerous identified dead including N A McCaleb about 40 claim agent. Mrs J D Valbinder Cass street. Maria Ramon 12. Elena Hernandez 1820 South Laredo. Estella Hernandez. Adolfo Hernandez 4. Virginia Cavazos 10. Juan Jose Falcon 60. Rosa Ramirez 55. Alice Dreager 8 months. Felipe Cardenas 6. Theodore Cardenas 2. Andrea Sosa 14. Guadalupe B Falcon 50. a White boy 3. twelve unidentified bodies—mostly Mexican—held at the Riebe morgue awaiting identification.
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Emma Gorin
Furnish Avenue
Gorin Baby
Ramon DE Zepeda
South Laredo
Marie Ramon
Elena Hernandez
Estella Hernandez
Adolfo Hernandez
Virginia Cavazos
San Saba
Theodore Cardenas
Andrea Sosa
Guadalupe B. Falcon
Santa Rosa
August Gittinger
Riebe Morgue
Injured at Hospital List Updated at Robert B. Green
The afternoon tally from Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital shows multiple injuries with names and addresses following up to two o'clock. The list includes Concepcion Gonzales 54 Catherine Trevino 13 Dorotea Trevino 52 Amanda Gonzales 56 and others at various streets and the Salvation Army home.
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Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital
Concepcion Gonzales
Durango Street
Catherine Trevino
Johnson Street
Dorotea Trevino
Amanda Gonzales
South
Richter Street
Anita Gutierrez
Flores
Jessie Davis
Salvation Army Home
Jenny Johnson
Refugio Elfriedo
el Paso
J. D. Vasbinder
Cass Avenue
Manuel Gonzales
Durango
Harry L. Bayett
Givens Street
Roy W. Fulleron
South Flores Street
Maggie Davis
Nueva Street
Frank Gutierrez
Albino Navarro
GI Paso
Ethel Reich
Mrs. H. Reich
Weed
Also Mentioned on This Page
N. A. McCaleb
J. D. Valbinder
Cass Street
Ignacio Lopez
Francisco Paloma DE Sota
Chihua
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