The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-05-23
WILD WATERS,
The Raging Brazos Brings Terror
to All
And works a Ruin That Millions of Dollars
Cannot Replace Plantations Sub
merged and Crops Ruined
Houses aud Ssseh Swept
bway-A Family Res
cuet Scenes and
Incidents.
WILD WATERS,

Tar EXAMfSEKs Hood reports Of yes
terday morning seemed to have been
acqnesced III by one and all that he
greal est rise known for years VAS upon
II, and that the natural results attend.
ant upon 1t would he the destruction of
at least a million do lars worth OF prop
erty. At AL early hour in the morning
thousands Of people began Hooking to
the -uspeusion bridge, and it ha- been
years -luce that locality has presented
such an animated appearance, IA one
continuous stream Of prople lined
Bridge street throughout the day. 80
one seemed 10 know " here the dc-truc-
ton would end, and as unmlsthknble
signs Of vast ruins done above us swept
ftly by in tho wild, roaring current,
coupled with the sensational lunlors to
bc heard on every side, occasionod "A
great deal OF unnecessary fear and un'
easiness Those curious to see the un
usual proportions OF the Brn2os wer,
not confined alone to the mon, tor ia,
Indies and children were out IN fnl|
force, and it required the united ciio't
of policeman and two bridge watch
men 10 prevent blockade, and to kcei
ths passage way clear
Early in the morning two houses OF
the East Waco side succumbcd to the ter
rifle tide, one OF which was Owned by
MIR. DAVIS, and the other by n culol.,
unn. aud their carrying away sent u thriI
OF horror through AL the other resident
near the river, ns they momcntarly tx
pcctcd TO share the same fate.
The rise expected here Night before las
at midnight did not reach here until yes
Icriny morning at q O'Clock, which 500
put the river out OF banks, and submvrge'
East ',.a,o to an average depth OF ab"u
three icct, but in some places Il evcl
deeper There is scarcely 4 but ling i
that NArd that Is not damaged, amt i
many instances 1t will take hundreds %
dollars to repair them. An E.tMtNr
reporter made several TIP, to the cI-
oilr Yesterday. bat all the available shiN
aud boats were in activr use 10y rcscutn,
parties, and II wa8 Impossible I" grta d,
tailed account of all the lossrs, but Ii
learned the toll OWING
M,blry ~ son, grocoIs, snller almost
total loss,
II. Wallace, grocer, damage ab",
$1,000
J., Il Williamson, saloon, loss nbo,
5000,
There were numerous other lo,s'
above the railroad track, but II
amounts could not be nscertalnrd.
rhr Lumber yards sustained cpu-,dr'
able loss 10y the floating away OF lum h
aud single.
1t was the opinion Of Councilman NJ
krig that The East Waco sewer Won
be total loss.
All the resident. living along the bhu
OF the river were compelled to m he
hasty exit for personal safety, and ii
los ,es they have sustained will amOu,
to thousands Of dollars. M ".
Cassnday's loss alone will amount t
about $1,000. East WacoI all day wl
one almost unbrokeu sheet Of wtte
reaching to the edge OF the hill aud
far M and down as the eye could set
Early in the day u crev .sse was ma
III the high cmbank ment OF tue MI'
sour Pacific railroad and the water
cutting through formed au opeuIu
twenty-five feet wide, aud the farm 4
covered. All day long tue citizens d,
busy IN boats saving what the! cuul
OF their properly, picking up chicken
which were found floating about o
boards, aud other property, tlol am nu
t-um. Early III the forenoon an alarl
OF fire was sounded from that dist lct an
the tire company rusned to tht elevate
on tins side, which WAS repOr ed on fir
aud then across the river. Thu wa t.
had hoo led the lime house OF NJ W m
,amerou. aud the lime s.alAiug Ina
raised such volumes Of smoke and stesn
As 10 give rise to the alarm Of ii e. Tia
lime was rolled ont into the water
about one hundred aud fifty barrels u
which will prove total los. only
few buildings on tins side were uude
water two on Third street the sol,
bottling wo ks Of John Farley aud tn,
tirst AMI second stories of the Wac.
Laundry building
AT OTHER PLACES
1t is difficult to estimate the extent Ut
the iuundatIon. Information e,terday
Was eaRerly sought all day long ON
private partie-, aud the wire. freely
used, Yesterday morning at the Is ,.quo
bridge the water covered the bottom to
the blum from five to ten feet deep.
fences washed away and buildings sub