Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-28
BIG DAMAGE N Nkl8
Dallas. Fort Worth. Waco and 0ther
Cities suiIer From the
Floods
Ten to Fifteen Persons Drowned u
the Rushing Waters at
Waco.
Fort Worth Water Work. In Dan.
ger-The Property Damage y
Enormous.

5sigEs OF receding. Most Of the Texas
rivers are rising. A Fort Worth Tele-
gram says Trinity river has overflowed,
doing much property damage and great
alarm is felt for the safety OF the water
works. A nine-foot rise, sweeping down
from the headwaters OF tue Trinity,
threatens to cause big overflow in the
VICINITY OF Dallas and Fort Worth ~
tonight. @ Isl 4;
/ A bulletin from Waco says the list off,
dead there will reach ten to fifteen per-
Isons. Property damage in the city will
|exceed s150,000 Railroad movement y
absolutely suspended, and telegraphtcl
communication is badly interrupted
south of Dallas on almost every line.
The loss by flood and hurricane since
yesterday morning is estimated TO reach
from $4,000 900 to IS, 0OO. 1000. including the
damage to railroads and crops. The fsw
sIireports received from southern and cen-s
5ltra! Texas state that never before has
4 such destruction been seen.
4 Waco, Texas, April 2S.-The heaviest
4 Train in ten years fell in Waco and vicin-
y
!, death and destruction are coming IN
I from every direction. Between eight ana
!, item persons have been drownd within
!, the city limits of Waco. The searching
parties, headed by the fire department.,
: are, out looking for the drowned. SO
Il far the bodies Of two white women. .
mother ard daughter, and one negro
z have been recovered. They are Mrs.
: Nancy Candle, Miss Clara Candle and
4 Frank Falker.
q The water is so high that progress Is
: slow in the search for the dead. Boats
: are being used in the principal streets
i Ion the south side to take people to
: places of safety. The Easements all
e over the city are flooded and much dam
It age was done. 1t is reported from Rock
q dale that the mines there were Aoo14d
l-1yesterday afternoon, drowning four en;
H. The electrical storm was accom1 6n3e1
I'd by sasyi In tSvres ~ eeWeiat19f NJ
ID creeks flowing thru the city and nod.
o. ing half the city. ana doing 9Fsats dam.
u age to property. The bodies OF fllEee
Sc known dead have been recovered.
rs The storm broke at o'clock yesterday
lgl afternoon, and the water fell from the
1el clouds in vast sheets, one cloudburst
following the other The water courses
rose above their divides and united into
la foa1ning. raging sea. The people Il,
1.-The portion Of the city suffering the
most fled from their homes The fire.
men and police and hundreds of. citizens
rushed to their rescue, but the water
was too swift for them. and iii less than
~ five minutes at least six persons had
Host their lives by drowning.
IS The main Bosque and its tributaries
e. are overnowing large district and
SIX ,,.,t,l The RrqZna
r. river is ten feet above the danger mark
to and still rising. The property loss IN
a. Waco will be fully $4,000.
Such a flood was never before seer
p-3lhere. Easements are flooded on Frank
e. Hin and Washington streets. and Austii
sl- avenue Waco. creek, on the south Sid
NJ of the city, and Barion's branch, on tn
re north side. poured their surplus wate
ig towards the outer city and formed
is sea in the business center.
is At pfesent the exact number OF per
is sons drowned cannot be ascertained
es. Mrs. Nancy Candle and daughter, VIII.
n resided with Mrs Horton at the corne
al, of Jackson and Seventeenth streets
were recovered from the food TIL
house was in the Waco creek overflow
land two ladies, inspite of the efforts a
ay rescue. We're swept away. When the
Al were caught below they We're dead. MT
at Horton was saved, but her house wa
or swept away.
nd Walker, a negro, drowned in the Bal
+ a ion branch overflow but the body wa
to recovered. At the corner OF North set
led t ond and Barton streets the arched brtc
#C.5lbridge whoch had withstood the flood
md for thirty years. gave way, and thre
in negroes disappeared with the bridge.
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