Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-26

! are transferred and brought in. Many
| bridges are reported washed away west
OF that point, but no authentic infOrma-
ton of them can be had IN this city.
The Fort Worth aud Denver has suf-
| fered, but not badly, so far as can be
| learned. The train got in last night three
| hours late, the delay being caused by q
small washOut near Bellview, which was
| repaired in about three hours.
The TrsuscontinentaI is in bad shape,
though no actual damage of great conse-
Quence has been done. In several places
| the road bed is under water. At Denton
| creek, about eighteen miles from Fort
/ Worth ,'the water is running six inches
deep over the track, and is over mile
| in width. At Big Elm creek
! the bridge is reported insecure. and
the track is inundated. The train last
| evening was two hours and fifteen min
ures late, and the train hands re-
| ported the road so unsafe that the cannon
ball was taken off for last night,
! and the incoming flyer was held over at
Whitesboro. No train will come over
the road until the extent of damages is
ascertained beyond peradventure.
The Fort Worth and<RiO Grande is
| hurt some. 4 bridge is washed away
not far from the city, at point which
| could not be ascertained last light No
| train came in over the road yesterday
| morning, but the incoming passengers
| were transferred later in the day, and
reached Fort Worth at 'clook last
evening.
l. The Cotton Belt is also victim.
| Besides the inundatiou of her track at
| Fort Worth she is also injured at Plano,
| so that transportation is impossible.
| 1t is understood that efforts were being
| 81 "a facilities for
transportation Of her passengers over
| the Missouri, Kansas and Texas, with
| what success could not be learned.
| The Missouri, Kansas and Texas and
| the Santa Fe are troubled with washOuts
| in the Indian Territory, and others are
| reported on their lines in Texas.
At 2 'clook this morning the waters
north of Fort Worth were rapidly reced-
ing, with every prospect Of normal
| state of affairs obtaining as quickly as
| possible if no more rain falls or no heavy
floods come later from up the stream.
| AT COLORADO CITY.
Special to the Gazette.
| COLORADO, Ten, April 25.-AnOther
Noah's flood seems to have set in
| over this country. Last night another
| heavy rain set. in about shutdown and
| continued almost all night, according to
| the signal service records three and
| even-hundredths inches of water having
| fallen between dark and daylight. The
| river and creeks are all full and railroad
| operations are necessarily suspended.
| The bound mail tram got III
at $3.50 last night and is
| still here, and five freight trains
are also tied up in the yard. The east
! bound passenger train has not come in at
| all and will probably not arrive until
| o-morrow. The bridge across Morgan
creek, five miles west of here, is much
| damaged and is impossible. The track
across Iatau valley is from one to two
feet under water. The company is doing
| all that is possible to renew travel, hav-
| ing three work trains out between here
| and Big Springs, but with the rain
| still descending IN torrents not u UGH can
| be accomplished.
| At CLOCK, this afterno on another
| tremendous dOwn-pour sat in and con-
tinued several hours. II 1t was general,
as from all indications it was, It is good
| bye railroad trains for a couple of days.
There have been no wrecks reported 50
| far.
| AT ABILENE.
| Special to the Gazette.
| ABILENE, TEX, April 24-The eiti-
| zens of our little city were awakened
hfrom their slumbers last night by the fire.
bells at a. m, during the raging of
| terrible rainstorm, which had been fall
| ing all night, only to find that the alarm
was sounded to call them to the rescue,
not from fire but from water, whose roar
| could be heard for fully one mile. The
| scene of distress was in the fat in the
| Of ha aif nh -
mighty waters of both Lytls and Cedar
| creeks had united their forces, having
risen over twenty feet since last night.
| After hard work everybody in the fat
| were awakened and taken TO higher
| ground for safety. A family consisting
| of seven persons were rescued after Il
hard struggle with the rushing waters
only through the noble efforts of the
| firemen. The bOiler-rOom and pumping
| house of the city waterworks are under
| water, and several houses are partly
submerged. The Pioneer mills are safe,
| although they have been in great danger.
| Great damage is also being done in the
West End, where the three creeks, VIZ:
| Catclaw aud Big and Little Elm, have
| united their forces, and are still rising
very rapidly. No trans have come in
to-day, and the tracks are covered with
water west of the city for over one mile.
Yesterdays west bound passenger is now
side tracked at Colorado.
About nine inches of rain has fallen in
the last week, three inches of which fell
last night.
A terrible storm, accompanied by
cyclone, is reported west of Colorado this
evening. It has been raining with
vengeance the last two hours. and pros
poets are good for the night.
AT TERRELL.
Special to the Gazette.
TERRELL, TEX, April 25.-The rains
are simply awful. The rain has been
pouring down since early this morning.
Creeks, branches and ravines are swollen
70 their banks and overlooking.
AT QUANAH.
Special to the Gazette
QUANAH. TEX, April 25.-The hitherto
multifarious parsonage who has so long
retarded the development of the Pan