Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-11
THE FLOOD OVER.
The Water RecedeS More Rapidly than
1t Came.
The Clear Fork Again in It's Banks and the
West Fork Goes Down Quickly-Con-
dition of the Railroads.


FlSlteu the Dluu 10 see the nuge sheet OF
water surrounding Fort Worth beyond
the river. From to O'Clock yester-
day morning the water was falling, but
very slowly At CLOCK a rapid rise
began, and by O'Clock the water had
risen three inches. The rise continued
until II o. clock, when 1t was at stand
still for time, and then
THE WATER BEGAN TO FAIL
and fell very rapidly, until at 8 o clock
last night the Clear Fork was within its
banks and the water had receded from
North Fort Worth almost entirely. Dur
ing the morning rise there was consider
able fear that the bridge near the water
works would go, and that in its course
down the river it would tear away the
iron viaduct. Eight policemen were
ordered to
CLEAR THE BRIDGE,
which, they did and q rope was then
stretched keeping all from the structure
until the danger of the Old bridge tearing
away had passed.
The water-wOrks were kept going as
usual, Notwithstanding that at different
times the water threatened to enter the
doorways. In the morning the supply of
coal was nearly exhausted WHGn
FLOTILIA or BOATS
were put to work conveying coal from
the foot of the bluff road to the works
and in this manner q sufficient quantity
of coal was supplied to keep the works
going during the day and all of last
night. Capt. ScobIe, Messrs. DeHayeu,
Gardner, Thomas and all connected with
the works left nothing undone to keep
the city supplied with water, and they
succeeded most admirably. IL is ex-
pected that to-day coal wagons viii be
able to reach the works without trouble.
TIE FLOOD SUFFERERS.
The unfortunates who had suffered so
greatly by the flood were as well pro-
vided for under the circumstances as
could be expected. J. W. Harlan sent
food for all that were at the Darter
building on the square, aud his kindness
was. appreciated. Mrs. Della Pickett, f.
"a. Harrison ana Della A. Young are es-
pecially anxious to acknowledge Mr..
Harlan S good deed.
Alderman J 2. Nicks, chairman of
the hospital and pauper committee, asks
THE GAZETTE to say that in behalf of the
unfortunate people who lost their few
worldly goods in the recent flood, he re-
turns thanks to those good ladies who
were so kind to send in clothing and pro-
visions yesterday for the immediate relief
of the sufferers. ANY further contribu-
tons left at 500 Main street, will be
received and distributed at
once by Mr.. Nicks. The preparations
for tie concert tonight for the benfit of
these people are about completed, aud
those who attend will be amply repaid
and will at the same time contribute to
worthy object
THEY WERE SAFE.
Mrs. Plume and Patsy, her son, were
found to be still in the land of the living,
having reached Sylvania in safety.
When asked last night how they man--
aged to get out and reach the bridge
Patsy remarked:
81 don't know-just pure luck. 1t
looked very dubious for q time. I have
been killed three times now by the pa
pers, aud there was one boy said he had
gone to my funeral; but | am still here,
and like Fort Worth, better than ever. -
Dan DagGett and Sid Graham were
nearly drowned near the river yesterday.
They managed to reach telegraph pole,
and a vegetable vendor saved them.
The dwellings in the east valley are
quite badly soaked inside, but outside
the damage to bedding and carpets there
will be no great loss. All day yesterday
as soon as the houses could he reached
the owners were caring for their prop
erty.
CONDITION OF THE RAILROADS.
To some extent the railroads were in
worse condition yesterday than the day
previous. Up to yesterday there was an
outlet north over the Santa Re, but the
bridge some two miles from the city gave
way yesterday and that cut off ali rail-
road egress to the north. The Fort
Worth and Denver transferred around
the washout last sight, but the south
bound Santa Fe stopped at Sagi-
nav and the north bound Santa Fe
stopped at Fort Worth. At 'clock
last night the bridge over the Clear Fork
on the. Texas and Pacific, two miles west
of Fort Worth, was washed down on one
side, and this makes two gaps between
Fort Worth and Weatherford. A train
came in last night from Dallas by way of
Cleburne, and one left for the west over
the Santa Fe to Cleburne and Weather
ford 1t viii be almost i'm
possible to use the track be-
tween Fort Worth and Weatherford for
three or four days to come. The st.
LOUIS, Arkansas and Texas is tied up be-
CduSO d SlI6til III AtAS0 ID HootiCd Jul OVER
Little Fossil, not far from Fort Worth
The Fort Worth and Denver and Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas are suffering
from the washout this side OF the river.
The gap will be closed to-day.
A LEYEE SUGGESTED.
While it is not often that floods are
experienced at Fort Worth engineers say
that all the North Side and the valley
east of Fort Worth can be absolutely
protected from high water By building a
levee eight or ten feet high of good
width between fifty and one hundred
feet from the bank of the river. Such a
leTee would not cost an immense sum of
money and the land may
become so valuable in short
time that the expenditure will be
found TO be a good investment. If the |
past is any criterion, however, the valley |
viii not be flooded again for four or five |
years The food yesterday covered a |
part of of the farms of Mai Van Zaudt |
and Capt. Evans, but the water had !
nearly all left them by night. |