The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-06-04
. . TERRIBLE Times.
GREAT FLOODS AND STORMS DE-
sTR0Y LIVES AND PROPERTY.
The New Orleans Worlds Exposition
Not to be Reopened.
Difficulties in the Way of the Grow
ing Grain.
A Backward Season Generally, Al
though Large Acreage Indicated
Terrible Outrages Committed by the
Apaches and Other Indians.
Terrible Destruction.

WACO. Tex, May 29.-The violence of
the late storms here are oVershadowed
by the rain and tornado of Wednesday
night. The rainfall did not cease until
yesterday morning. All streams in and
close TO the suburbs of the city, the
banks of which are dotted with hun
dreds of residences, are oVerdOwed and
have transformed the surroundings into
a vast sea, and scenes OF terror and con-
fusion are heartrending. People lied
for their lives from their homes in the
midst OF the raging storm. Thomas
Denningbof, his wife and three small
children remained in their house, which
was washed away and all were drowned.
Howard Lewis, wife, sister snd three
small children lost their lives in SINH
lar manner. EleYen persons are known
to have persisted and five others are IN
accounted tor and reported drowned.
The damage to property by the tornado
is very large. The total damage to the
city is estimated at $50 900. The Brazos
river rose two feet above high water
mark. The finest cotton plantations in
Texas are located along its banks and
were submerged. The losses in Nc
Lehman county, aggregate fully q quar-
ter of q million of dollars. The
green crop is destroyed, beaten
TO the earth by the wind and terrific rain.
East Waco has been inundated since
Sunday. The scenes there Yesterday are
understandable. The seething waters of
the BraZoo river threatened them many
waterY graves. The population, about
1900 fled from their homes IN the midst
| of the storm aided by the light OF vivid
| lightning and hundreds of lanterns. No
lives are reported lost in that portion of
| the city. The river rose all day, but at
| O'Clock last evening appeared to have
come to stand. There were no trains
on any of the railroads yesterday. Scores
| of bridges are swept away and road beds
are badly damaged by washouts. AT
iredell and Morgan, in Bosque county,
| q number of residences are wrecked, but
no fatalities are reported. At II 80 last
night the Brazos had fallen six inches.
The highest point reached was
thirty-two feet above the high water OF
| last year, The approaches to the span
of the bridge on the east side of the river
are demolished. A large amount of OBJ
structions from above may carry both
bridges away at any moment. EST.
mates of the damage to property in and
about Waco do not include the damage
| to crops and farm property, which can
not now be estimated, but good judges
place the damage TO growing crops al
| 100000 The storm was so terrific fol
three hours that it may be properly
called tornado, accompanied by rain
Between 8 and IL o'clock at night the
ram fell in binding sheets and was
blown against large buildings, produc-
ing a sound like the distant roar of the
Niagara. Everybody in the city wal
up all night. Many colored people
thought the second deluge was upor
them and prepared themselves to go by
vigorously praying.