The Forrest City times., 1890-05-03
|oUT OF THEIR BANKS
Streams in Northern Texas
 Creating Havoc.
GREAT DAMAGE AT DALLAS
Part es Dallas sh tsiahd, the Rect Undei Water-rhe water Over the Tops of the Tai,Sss Telegraph
 Poies at Dallas.

disastrous floods that has visited Dallas since 1864 now confronts the people For the past week 1t has rained continuously throughout tho West and Northwest, and the Trinity River has been swollen by the thousands of small stfcams and uatous which drain the country. Friday the rivcr began to rise, and ,6steriay it was within four feet of tho highwater mark. Last night the pump house It Turtle Creek, from which the city obtains its supply, became submerged and drove the engineers from the premises. Last night the inhabitants along tho banks of the river in West Dallas discovered that they were cut off from the high lands. They took refuge on tho house. tops and in the rec-tops, and were rescued from their perilous quarters by bos,mcn. Mayor Cornell sent the police to their rescue. All night the frightened inhabi- tants of the low lands kept watch. and this morning 100 houses in West Dallas wero submerged
 At 10 o'clock the river had reached tho high water mark and was rising at tho rate of scvcn inchcs an hour On tho Oak Cliff side the inhabitants were driven from stSsA tSnsSNs AhSWSNNtt tttNf Ha0 tStlQNeu their household effects to high ground, and were beyond the reach of the waters Many outbuildings have been swept away and gardens destroyed.
 On tho Dallas side of the river great damage has been inflicted upon property. The Pressed Brick Comrany's works, TO gently erected and of the largest capacity in the South, suffered severely. and the water is 70 feet deep on their premises All the brick yards in the city are under water, and tho loss in that direction alone will reach SC, ,0Co or sia,uo0.
 The large cotton compress buiiding, con. tainine o,0C0 bales of cotton. .at this writing is threatened and the water is said to be is inches deep on the floors. At least i5o families were driven from thcgr homes on the East Dallas sidc of the Trinity. Tho unfcrtnnates arc mostly negroes They peckcd their goods to high ground in near l, every instance. although number of tho families did not desert their dwellings un- til the water came in the doors and win. dows
 The railroads have suffered severely and travel is wcii night al staudstilI. Tho trrssleworks and ruadhcd Of tho Dallas and Oak Clin Railroad were swept away aud all that remains is the iron bridge over tho chs mel of the stream II wiil be two ar three weeks before the road can bc rc. built. President Mnrsalis says the loss will reach Into tho thousands The tracks ef the G, C. X $. Fe are uaticr water and no trains have left tho city or entered it over the ruad The Texas trunk aud tho WAxaharhic branch of the NJ, N X T are submerged and hundreds of yards of trestla zone. No trains are running on the NJ, K. k T. The Texas and Pacific people ara transferring passengers. 1t being deemed unsafe 10 run trains over the Trinity Bridge. The Houston and Texas Central has adopted the same plan IL is estimated that tsoo, ,ooo will not repair the damage to these roads.
 Reports from other points along the river indicate that the inhabitants pf tho flooded districts have suffered severely. Grors have been destroyed. houses swcp, away and bridges and trcstsc work knocked out So far as known no lives have becu lost, although many narrow escapes have been recorded. To day Sherin W. H. Lewis ard Police Ofiscr Grizilc were in. formed that family were lodged in tho tree tops on the West Dallas Side of tha river. They took boat and rcscued tho food sufferers. but came very nearly losina their lives on the return trip. after having placed their charges on dry land. The fraii skin capsiaed and tho hcroex werr thrown into tho river. They managed to reach their craft however, and pulled to the shorc. Grixxlo waa taken from the boat moro dead than alive and Lewis did not feel much better
 At o'clock tonight the cellars of the elevators. -four nills, factories and other buildings werc flooded. Those who have been closely watching tho river say that it Is Ut stasdsilli. which is welcome news to all interested The river is one milo wide at this point, and fair idea of It's depth can be imagined when It can be stated that tho tops cf telegraph polcs along tho lines ot railroads are under water, The worst k over, but tho total loss will press ssNo, ,00l very closely.