Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-04-13
WOE BY WATER.
Texas Very Henvy-The sit
untIon Gloomy.

Dallas, Tex, April 1O.-Reports re-
ceived at Dallas Monday from the
southern and southwestern Texas
flood sections show conclusively that
more than so lives have been lost, in
cluding those at Austin. The names
of at least one-half of the victims are
not obtainable because of the isolation
of the localities from railroad and
wire lines.
Gonzales, Tex, April 10.-The flood
situation here is not much improved.
the river having fallen only about
four feet since Sunday. There has
been great loss to cattle in the river
bottoms, and it is feared dozen Or
more lives have been lost. A Bone
mian and his wife, panic stricken,
jumped into the turbulent waters ten
feet deep and were almost immediate
ly drowned when they could have re-
mained in safety. 1t is thought a ne
gro boy of Marcus Tate's is also
drowned, and two Mexicans are miss
ing. Reports come in that number
of bodies have been seen caught ON
snags and barbed wire fences.
Austin, Tex, April 10.-The flood
situation here is improving somewhat,
but the reports from points below in
dicate that the full effect of the i'm
mense volume of water is being felt
in Wharton and Lafayette counties,
everything being inundated, and much
loss of property and live stock being
reported. In Bastrop county the flood
has caused much damage to property
interests, and something like so wash
outs and losses of bridges are report
ed by the railways. Advices from the
area surrounding the county seat of
Bastrop county are to the effect that
there has been some loss of life among
the farming class, as their homes were
inundated without warning by the
tidal wave, but outside of an uncon-
frmed report that eight lives were
lost, nothing can be learned.
In the southern part of this county
several people are missing, the number
representing a family of six Italians
and two negro families. 1t may be that
they have escaped, but no information
can be secured as to their whereabouts,
and as their homes have been washed
1 ~
in the rushing waters.
The river is receding rapidly at this
point and above, Notwithstanding the
fact that another heavy rise was re-
ported early Monday morning on the
Concho, 125 miles north of here.
Reports from La Grange, in Fayette
county, are to the effect that while
much of the lower portion of the town
is under water the property loss is
small. No one is missing. The Inter
national & Great Northern railway
and the Missouri, Kansas & Texas have
been seriously crippled by the floods,
The first named road has had 500 wash
outs and lost bridges on its road from
Hearne to the Rio Grande. The Mis-
souri,, Kansas G. Texas is likewise O
heavy loser, having to abandon much
of its track altogether and use the In
ternational g. Great Northern from
Taylor to Milano and the Santa Fe
tracks from there to North Texas
points.
According to the best information
ly all of the cotton so far planted is
ruined and will have to be replanted
There has been some damage at Port
Lavaca. Rockport, Corpus Christi and
other small places along the coast by
reason of the gales, but it is not very
heavy, and there has been no loss OF
life.
Houston, Tex, April 1O.-At the town
of Bastrop the river is falling rapidly
So far as known there were no lives
lost in Bastrop or vicinity, and while
farms were badly washed up by the wa
} ters the damage can be repaired.
At Columbus the Colorado river is
still rising, but will hardly get into
j the town, as three feet additional wa
ter will be necessary. The main fioot
has reached Wharton. The water i.
likely to stand in that vicinity fol
some time, as 13 miles of drift block the
river solidly at it's mouth.
At Bryan the Brazos river has spread
over the entire bottoms, where farmer.
had just finished planting corn. Am
pie warning was given and there viii
be no loss of life. Most of the cattle
have been taken out.
| The Navasota river is booming ant
, joins the Brazos at Navasota. All o.
} that section is under water, but the
damage will be confiHed to crops ant
bridges. The Brazos is now only five
, feet below its record of last June ant
r more water is coming down, but condi
tions are such that the loss will not b,
one-tenth as great rs expected. TIL,
Guadalupe and San Marcos rivers hav'
come together at Gonzales and thu
bottoms are full of water. The tow
/ itself is in no danger. The small
: streams are rapidly emptying their wa
ters into the big rivers and the farmers
will be able to get to work again in tei
, days.
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