Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-04-07

Brazos and other small streams are
going up rapidly. Texas Central rail-
road men expect they will be cut on
between Deleon and Hico, along the
Steel creek
Bolton reports the little Bragos and
lie branches very high and still rising.
Much damage Is feared
Temple reports high water az Killeen
on the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Re
road
Unable to get any details Of the dam
age in the Water Valley section, At
1880 p. m. all telegraph and telephone
wires between Dallas and Austin are
gone. Cannot get a word direct.
COLORADO DAM BURSTS,
a bulletin from Lsgrand Is miles be-
low Austin, says
1T was reported by telephone at noon
that the dam IN the Colorado river at
Austin broke at 1870 a. m and the
flood Of water released washed away
the power house. Much excitement
No loss OF lie reported.
II this report Is correct the damage
will reach hundreds OF thousands Of
dollars as the Austin dam was one OF
the largest and costliest Of Its kind In
the country. The property loss In the
valley below viii be very heavy.
The following buileun was received
from Lagraude al 1880 ,. m.
--latest information indicates that the
breaking Of the Colorado river dam at
Austin was something terrible. People
along the water line Of the river are
fleeing for high ground. smlthville re-
ports the townspeople half crazy with
fright"
TEN MEN SWEPT AWAY
Austin. Tex. April To-day a slice
OF the Immense granite dam here, 20
feet deep and 800 feet long was washed
out injuring the poorhouse, an within
ten minutes. The torrent OF water
swept down to the lower part OF the
city sweeping fully one hundred houses
away with all their contents. The oc-
cupants barely escaped with their ives
The loss is az leasi helf a million dol
lars.
Telegraph wires having been swept
down runners were dispatched down
the river on horses TO notify the people
living below the city. but the water
beat them. and some eight or ten per-
sons are known TO have been drowned.
thousands OF people have assembled az
the dam and the crowd resulted IN
pushing ten men on the sandbank Just
below the dam. which gave way with
them and they were precipitated IN the
river and swept away on the raging
torrent. over one hundred houses
have been counted passing here since 10
o'clock. and II Is feared that reports
from above here will bring news OF
great loss Of life and property
The water continues to rise ana Is
now two feet above the food OF last
spring. the river being one mile woe
here. having risen within eight hours
thlrty-two feet.
EXPRESS TRAIN LOST.
St Louis. April IA special TO the
Post Dispatch from Dallas, Texas
says
AT 2:4O this afternoon city Marshal
Love, OF Taylor, Texas, a few miles
north Of Mcneil, telephoned as follows
THE express train wrecked on the
International & Great Northern near
Mcneil this morning Il Is feared, IS
lost. Reports here indicate that the
engineer and mail clerk were drowned
and that the fireman was fatally hurt
All sorts Of alarming reports are re-
ceived. The water Is so high that II Is
feared that the passengers are az
drowned Bridges are gone on both
sides OF Mcneil and no relief has been
able 10 reach the train from Austin or
Taylor.
Preparations are being made TO try
10 get a party OF men and small boats
10 the scene