The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-09-26
North Texas Flood.
Rivers Higher Than Ever Be.
fore. Immense Damage to
Crops and Live Stock.

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Austin. Tex. Sept 24.-Gov Ssyers
wired tonight 20 ell points south ol
bere warning notices that the most ter
rific food 10 the history of the Colora-
do river, which aows by this city. is
now surgiog down through the noun
tain gorges to the northwest OF here
and is expected at this place at mid.
night. The warning was sent on. BY
Gov Ssyers 10 response to the followir Q
tclegrspbio warning:
Goldth waite. Sept "a.
To Gov Sayers
Notify all towns 90 Colorado river
and have towns notify country points
that river is 10 feet higher than ever
before known and is still rapidly rising
Very urgent.
Phil Fl. Clements,
State Representative.
The river has been rising very fast
at Austin since 4 O'Clock this afternoon
and reports from Goldthwai,e st
O'Clock tonight say that water is still
rapidly rising there. The rise at that
point was reported to be 68 feet at
dark. Along the Colorado ~ater sheds
very hesvy rains have fallen durine g
the past four days and the rise reported
coming down DOW is 20 feet higher
than the one that broke the Austin
dam and wrecked the oity's light and
power plant last April. 1t is expected
that the advance of this great rise will
sweep by Austin about midnight aud
all parties 10 the lowlaods to the south
Of the city and all points reached by
either telegraph or telephone we're
communicated with by the governor
with the warning to escape before the
food arrives. Great alarm is felt as to
the result Of the rise.
Gov Sayers left here tonight for Gal.
weston to inspect the work being
done there by the various relief commit.
tees
Dallas, Tex. Sept IA The Trioi.y
river is higher today thau it has been
slnce 1890. when it broke all records
The water tonight lacks ooly elk fee.
Of reaching the 1890 mark aud is still
rising. Owing to the heavy rains last
night aud yesterday on the Elm Fork,
the West Fork and the Clear
Folk oil of them euptying into Trinity
river above Dallas. the prospect is for
the stream'goiug past the 1890 mark
some time tonight No lives have been
lost 10 the immediate vicinity of Dallas,
but cotton aud live stock, notably sheep
and hogs. have suffered heavily The
county com missioner of Dallas county
met today. They esiima mated the loss of
comfy bridges at $25. 600 independent
of the numerous small bridges and the
street damages 10 the county of Dallas,
which will be nearly as much. The
item of damage to roads sud bridges
alone 10 the dozen or more counties af-
fected in northern Texas will be about
S25O,0OO
A bulletin received here bis after
noon from Fowler. 10 Bosque county.
says "BrazoS river out Of it's banks
higher than 10 IL years and going
higher. Big rise will reach Waco to.
night
Fowler is SO miles uorth of Waco.
Houston. Tex. Sep. "a "A special
from Goldtbwaite says there has been
90 loss of life bu. that the rise 10 the
Colorado has swept ell bridges away
and destroyed cattle and crops. Many
houses have been destroyed and
hundred families arc homeless. though
they escaped 10 the highlands.
A special from Lano says the Llauo
river. q tributary Of the Colorado, 10 II
feet above normal aud has done much
damage 10 the valleys No loss of life
is reported. Reports from various
points 10. wess aod north Texas are
the effect that all the email streams are
greatly swollen ADD are seod,og q large
volume Of water into the larger
streams
The town Of Brownwood has not
been seriously damaged by the over
dow of Pecan bayou nor have any lives
been lost. The water flooded the town
aod some damage resulted from this
cause. Trains will DO runping through
tomorrow over both the Santa Fe and
the Rio Grsnde The rise 10 the
Trinity has not yet reached the lower
river and tho people 10 the towns have
been warned by the newspapers. There
are few telegraph stations along the
course OF the Trinity aod it is difficult,
to &c. reliable inform alton of the dam
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