Telegram-herald., 1890-04-29
FLOOD IN TEXAS.
Tie grinity River Ovsrnows Osas-
tas Auoh Damage
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HI0E WATTS ~ EaE LOSE sTAk STATS
DALAI Tea. April ss The 1sst
destructive foo1 ever krswH "A the
History of Northern Texas % Ess p.ss-
ing thrOash ths TrlEisy river The
great rain sn FRIDAY raised every triss-
tary fsf oct Of tie banks sRe tbs r.er
rose rapidly. ana e. 10 scieck Sundsy
morning passed lie kighsst water
n.Fk In city ysarA IN tE0Ht
:. shis city - s t~e Uilss
wide extending 70 the fooi % Flanders
heights west and 10 Osk olir south 81
the city. Ga the north al residences
from l0e yards bels~ CCehraH street srs
e. ubmeFsed some - tEs second noor and
others 10 the attic BACK water sfsends
far up The nefth side - the city Shils
on the south houses are submerged -
far IS Ward street south anc Ia front
OF the city there 10 cne vast ocean ~
water from thirty 10 forty feet deep
Msshouts are reported on al the rail-
roads, and 10 trains are leaving he
oity.
News from the surrounding country is
bad Small bridges have been de-
stroyed by the celuge, bat tie oestrao-
uon Of crops wlll amount to Attle or
nothing. The storm Of Friday vii be
memorable one il extended
from the Indian Territory 10
the gulf and from Marshall -
Abilene. There Nas not stream
small or great that was not raised high
above its bigh-water mark. A. many
points occurred hurricanes % N4nd and
there MAS one geRuiRe cyclone Many
houses were blown down. bot 50 far moi
3 single Afe has been reported lost
The people look FOR several feet sddl-
tlonsl water in The Trinity.
HEHsED IS BY FmE AND wATEk
VIcKsBURo, Miss. April 2s-Ths
saw mill and gin houses OF Christ Law
renee, situated three and one-hslf
miles from Rolling Fork Shsrkey CouH-
~, burned Saturday night Fifty or
more negroes having taken refuse In
the buildings from the foods, seven
were drowned IN attempting 70 escape
Morgan City, town oi = 900 people.
at the mouth Of the AtchsfalsyA. and
where the Teche empties into II. Ia a.
ready gong under water, the streets
being overrowed The people Will
face the food, and are already placing
false floors in their houses TIE
Morgan City authorities are placing
weights on the bridge and claiming other
property 10 prevent It's washing away.
The food will entail q heavy loss
to people living in the neigh boring
bayou and swsmps, as they will De
compelled 10 leave their homes and
property 20 the mercy Of tie waves.
NEW ORLEANS, April IS Perhaps the
best idea Of the situation IN the parish
OF Point Coupee is given by Captain
Dan Kingm2r, Of the United States I'm
gineer Corps, who has just returned
from several days work with his relief
boat in the oveTfowed section. TIE
crevasse, says Captain Kingman. a.
Morganzs leyee is ], 227 feet wide, and
the flow OF water through the break IS
about $50, 600 cubic feet per second.
The depth OF the wafer where The break
occurred is not less than twenty-siI
feet.
WAsHINoToN. April IS Secretary
Proctor has telegrapbed 20 the Gov
ernors Of Louisiana. Mississippi. Ten
nesSee and Arkansas asking % be in
formed as 10 the extent Of the oestitu-
tion in the overfoWed country and the
points 70 which rstions should be sent.
also 10 designate persons 70 act in con
junction with the officers 70 be as
signed 10 duty IN tho Distribution Of
stores He SAYS be - prepared 10 afford
immediate relief kilograms have also
been sent 10 the Quarterm1sters ard
subsistence 6epAftn al New Orleans
instructing the oGcers IN charge 20
take measures for tbe issue % provisions
whenever needed.
HAIL At BALTIMORE
BALrINORh, Nd, April - - TIE
heaviest hail-siorm on record a. ths
station passed over Baltimore from
northwes % soutbestt between SIS
and Sp n. sunday. Many thousand,
OF window. in the city were broken. the
damage being confined mainly 70 the
western exposure. Many rupsvsy,
are reported some horses and car
risges were abandoned in tie streets,
lbeir owners leaving them 20 GEEK
shelter IL ~ probs that pvu ber
o. people were injured. as toe stones
were very large, some measuring mere
thar two inches in diameter and weigh
ing mere than four ounces esch
TORNADO u bEElNfIs
LITTLE Rock. Ark April s. A Do
stfuctivs wind and rain storm occurred
in Woodruff County 81 early hour
Saturday morning Yorkviile. village
few miles south west Of Cotton Plant
~as almost entirely tlsSr syav.
and the disssteT "a very great
Houses, barns. fepcss and structarss Of
ell kinds we're taken - bY tus vine
and carried some 6istsncs. The stors ~
G n York 4 Co ~ss coH plstsls de-
molishs6 and tbs stock o. goods 90
ttTsys1 Bovsss were overturned ~
Toe force % the sina ard ne fam Ess
narrowly escaped ssstb- Hundreds oi
cattle and stock are reported killes, bvt
nc loss o. human 10. car - learned
rsin-fsll 81 fosfr inches s15ec ~ sss
dsnsFs very considerably
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