Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1900-10-03

Far as Columbia.
Waco, Texas, September U.s. The
Brazos is still rising and an over
flow now seems certain. The rise has
been more rapid today than at any
time and telephone message from
Kopperl at the crossing of the Santa
Fe above here reports fresh rise
there and more rapid one than ever.
The river at this point lacked few
inches of leaving its banks at 8 o'clock,
but with the present outlook everybody
expects an overflow The water is ten
feet deep below the high water mark
of 1899, but does not have to reach
that point to overflow thousands of
acres of the bottom farms. Advices
from down the river are to the effect
that back water had inundated the
low lands flooded last spring, but up
to this time has not gone over It's
banks. The measurements taken then
compared with the rise of the river
since that time warrants the state
ment that the river is now running
into the Miller farm on the Falls
county line and the following farms be-
tween there and this city: Steiner,
Warner, Downs, Coke and jenkins
farms, and few small farms not re-
ported. The river has, with the excep-
ton of a few hours yesterday morn
ing, been constantly rising for six
days, record breaker as to length of
time.
THE TRINITY AGAIN BOOMING.
Fort Worth, Texas, September 2S.-
Much apprehension is felt here over
the sudden and rapid rise of the west
fork of the Trinity river, which at
tanned depth of thirty feet in
couple of hours. The authorities were
notified at o'clock yesterday morn
Ing that an unprecedented rise was
coming down. At once the inhabi-
limits Of the river bottoms were warmed
to move out and before day hundreds
Of people were vending their way into
the city. BY o'clock in the morning
the water was running over the river
banks and inundating the bottoms to
depth OF three or four feet. The
wucer mr. rne bottoms is over mile
wide and the situation is even more
serious than 1t was last week when
the Clear Fork overlooked Consider
able stock has been washed away and
drowned, while crops Ii the lewlands
are under water and will necessarily
be greatly damaged The probabilities
are that Reagan, an old gardener up
the West Fork three miles, and his
wife will lose their lives. When last
heard from last night their home was
surrounded with water three or four
feet deep and no prospects Of rescuing
them. The waters have been continual.
ly rising. An effort to reach them
with wagon had to be abandoned. A
skiff was made and officers went to
the place late last night, but If the
Reagans were reached the fact has not
been made known here. Several 9th
ers narrowly escaped the waters that
came down so suddenly upon them,
carrying everything before them. II
the river rises two or three feet more
the Fort Worth Street Car company
will be forced to close down.. The
water is rapidly creeping upon the
power house of the company.
BOTTOMS INUNDATED.
smithyille, Texas, September 2S.-
The big rise in the Colorado is now
reaching its highest point The river
is twenty three and half feet high
and still rising at $3.50 today. All the
low bottom farms of luxuriant grow
ing cotton are now inundated. with
hundreds of dollars of damage. Mr.,