The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-08

| train from st. Louis, on the international
| 4 Great Northern, due at a. M, was
wrecked at Mcneil, nine miles above here,
| as the result of a. washout. The engine
and cars plunged into a culvert, damag-
| Ing the engine the mail, baggage car,
two day coaches and one sleeper. The
| cars left the track ana rolled over on
| their sides in four feet of water but for
! tunately no lives were lost, nor were any
| of the passengers badly hurt This is at
tr1butable to the fact that there were
| not many on the train, and it, was run
| ming slowly at the time, owing to the
! bad track. The mail clerk OraiVis, of
| San Antonio, was seriously bruised, and
| Engineer P. f. Mahan, of San Antonio,
and Fireman c. M Stanley were slightly
| injured
| The Austin & Northwestern road operat-
ed no trains today, due to the fact that
/ five of their bridges were washed away
during the night.
MANY DEATHS REPORTED.
WACO, Tex, April 7-Reports of loss
| OF lie and damage, caused by flood due
TO the incessant rains during the past
three days, continue to pour in from all
| directions, and indications point to a rep
| etltlon of the disasters of last year The
loss. of life to a great extent has al
| ready surpassed that of previous years.
all
over the state is completely prostrated.
| and details from the flooded districts are
very meager. All streams, including the
Brazos and Colorado rivers are over
f1oWing the lowlands, and rising very rap
idly. The crops Of cotton and corn are
nearly completely submerged, and will
have to be replanted Railroad traffic
Is practically suspended on all railroads
running into this city, each reporting
washouts along the lines, with indefinite
delay to traffic.
RACED WITH FURY.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, April THE
heaviest rain and electric storm in thirty
five years visited San Antonio and the
entire Southwest last night, beginning in
san Antonio at midnight, and raging with
dreadful fury until o'clock this morning.
, destroying all street lights, flooding
cellars and overfiowing San Pedro creek
and San Antonio river.
Two fire engines worked all night to
save the $4,000 electric light, ice and cold
storage plant in the basement of the Mem
ger hotel, with only partial success With
the exception of an estimated damage to
this part, the damage to overlooked prop
erty in the city will reach several thou
sand dollars.
The only train into San Antonio to-
day was on the International & Great
4Noilne from LAREDO. No trains have
gone out. The International & Great
Northern railroad reports two bridges de-
stroyed between Taylor and Austin. On
! the Arkansas Pass railroad Guadal ,dpe
bridge is gone on the Kerrville branch,
! and the Cibolo bridge, on Gulf shore road.
The Salado creek bridge on the Corpus
Christi line, had its approaches washed
| away, and several washouts are reported
on the Waco line of the NAransas Pass
and the bridge on that road over the
Colorado river, at West Point, was swept
away by the flood from the Austin dam.
as was also the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
bridge lower down.
SHIPPING SUFFERS.
The storm was particularly furious at
Corpus Christi and Rockport on the Gulf
coast. A schooner is reported lost at
the latter place s+
The rain is reported to have done much
damage to growing crops and garden
truck. No telegraphlc communication
can be had west of Del Rio on the South
ern Pacific, and the damage beyond that
point is not known. 1t will be many days
| before trains can~run to Ell Paso
| In Rockport many houses were blown
| off their foundations and chimneys, sheds.
fences and windmills were blown down.
Shipping suffered most. Out of about
thirty boats lying at anchor in front of
the town, only three rode the storm suf-
! fering no damage. ,.s. ..grt lsg&..-s