The age-herald., 1899-06-09
EIGHT PEOPLE DROWNED At San Saba and Entire Town
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 S.f~ SEVEN PEOPLE MET DEATH =  At dville, Two Young White Gir.s Sr Z Among the Party, the Rest < Negroes-$2oo,oOoooi is
 the Damage
PEOPLE MET DEATH

Austin, Tex, June s-A cloudburst of yesterday which swelled the rivers of this portion of the state out of their banks and caused a great loss of property is much worse than reported last night. Many peo- pie are known to have perished, meagre re- ports tonight placing the number at 20.
 Today reports came from San Saba and Manardville,, small towns ninety miles north of here in the mountains, saying that both towns had been swept by the raging floods and were badly devastated. In San Saba eight people were drowned and the entire town is reported under water tonight. The river at that point is one mile wide and running like a mill-race. At Manard- vile thirteen houses were swept away, and this morning several more gave in to the swirling torrent and started on their voy- age down the stream. The river Is reported as rising at both places and grave fears are entertained that the entire country in that neighborhood will be laid waste San Saba is located in valley, and vast tracks of wheat fields are under water and VIII prove total losses. Many of the people nv ing there according to the reports rea9lng here today, had difficulty in getting t9lhigh land before the rise came. The situation at Manardville is even more serioY'
 Proved an Easy Prey
 A small town, located to the sE''t and in the bend of the valley, it proved sasy prey to the raging torrents and was swept by the waves in very short order There are seventeen people known to have been mo ports, and there may be others. Of those drowned two were young white girls, Lydia and Anna Wells, by name.
 The others were all negroes who were living in cabins close down to the river front and were caught in the eddying flood before they could make their way to safety owing to the darkness of the night. The town has been laid waste by the floods and all the surrounding country is in- undated.
 This additional flood has not reached Austin as yet, yet 1t is expected here some time during the night. A forty-five foot rise is reported. The big dam and power house at this point has been under heavy strain since yesterday, owing to the terrific force of the flood, but so far has withstood its pressure. he farming lands near the city are under water.
 Telegraph Lines Down
 Owing to the fact that all telegraphic communication with the San Saba and Manardville was interrupted at an early hour tonight additional details have been received from these points. It is known, however, that the property dam age will exceed $10O0OO Live stock suffered severely, hundreds of cattle and hogs be- ing swept away by the resistless torrent
 The river running as 1t does through a mountainous region to this point rises very quickly and falls equally rapidly. This particular rise was announced by a solid wall of water ten feet high which swept by rapidly. Thirty miles south of Austin several large bridges have been wrecked by the rushing waters. The loss to farming lands south of here will repre- sent another $100,000.