Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-07-24

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Tho rittr d rising Hi thU ratio 0i
one infh Doe tWu minnirt
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Cau W J l,usscll. 81 l.aGufrs.
tote graphs hls Ia iu ibis lily as
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lAtiuAsGr iuly IN. "fcn fst uf
water un The l'ubii, Spuarr. have
h.st everything hat lite
The alarm, Mr. Russell SAYS Was
sent about | rN.. and the river was
lhon rising. The i'ublic Spuaroofla-
Grango Is niger than mast uf tho
river plantations an the west bank
liciiNnNp, TENAs, July lO.-Thc'
Dnzos river is higher than at any
time this season. nril yesterday
caught ia the false works ofthc new
bridge aud damned up t'ic river for
several hundred yards iast night
the driil broke loose, carrying away
what false work there was slaTling
before the riFc, No damage a. the
new bridge river slillrising-heavy
lrlil running,
Colorado river out Of its banks,
destroying crops and buildings
Railroad damaged between Alleyton
aud Columbus trains are now run
ming only to Alleylon. 1t will prob
ably bo week before trains can ran
into Columbus. kilograms from
LaGfangc state that thc rN'or is still
rising. Tho river mp the eouhtry is
rising one foot an hour.
COLuMBus, July l0.-This place
is chtifoly SURROUNDED by water
Have jas, heard from LaGrangc, by
tclcgraRlS Water ten feet on the pub,
ne square. Il. u. e.
CoLuNnus, July l2.-'l'ho Colom-
do river is higher than over before
know; tho water ruso fOrty-scvcn
Itct eight inches. Colorado valley
is entirely overlooked, Tho dam.
age TO this county viii probably
reach one million dollars. Tho rail
road is damaged 10 tho amo6nt of
one htndrcd and liTly thccsahd dol
lars.
Tho river is three miles wide;
about ono hundred acres are out Of
in some portions tho water
is fifteen feet deep.
Quite u nsmbcr of persons Tcrc
drowned below hcrc-namcs not
known.
The river is falling slowly.
r. W. ANDERSON.
RIcnMoyD' July 12.-Ailcyton is
six feet under water. Tho Colum.
bus bridge is still safe. The water
ut Columbus is falling
Trains cannot so west beyond
Eagle Lake. The road is badly dam
aged between Eagle Lake and Al.
leyton.
Tho Brazos 10 rising eighteen
inches in twenty. four hours.
G. B. Nichols.
At Austin tho water rose very
high, submcrging portion OF the
lower part OF the city and doing a
great deal If damage. The Gazette
Of the 18th has the following part?c-
ulars from different places along the
river. ... ... .....
From the extract wc make from
the Bolton Journal Of the 9TH, it ap-
pears that, previous to that date,
some injury had been done to tie
farms on the Irampasas and Icon by
the rise in those streAma. 1t ID prob
able, from what we can hear, that
the heavy rains did not extend very
far north Of us. We understand
Judge Good is in our city, just from
Dallas, and reports that the Brazos
at Waco was not high. Probably
the frcshct did not extend to the
Brazos or Trinity. Tho San Marcos,
Guadalupe md Comal, have been
very high, and much damage has
been done. The bridge ut New
Braunfcls, over the ComaI, has been
Grrv on thc Gundalupo broken I'M
tomynrr,rilv Wa hnvc no certain
ncws from San Antonio, cxccpt that
tho wafer wns hirh, stuid IN for
uoorlv " ~ day. onT has done much
In lo n,aao Rast,g,n seems moi. 70 hnvn
suffered much. but LaC;rangc seri.
orsIv Mr. Moore, TELEGRAPH opcra.
tor Who came in vnstcrdny rrports
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