The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-04-12

l.. Than a Hundred Persons in
Al Have Probably Been
swept to Death.
: PROPERTY LOSS IS MILLIONS.
,.,, a, Austin. Tex, is a Wreck.
,,,ot5e Water, Electric Light
and Power Plant.

n laIu III -
/ ,,,o, the Water, Electric Light
and Power Plant.
4. Entirely surrounded by
Cut On-The Damage
r,..e i. Enormoas-Traf-
~ DC AbandoneS.N
/, actin Tex. April The great
|. across the Colorado river which
O." as,ructed seven years ago at
~ an even million dollars, was
=, away Saturday by an unpre-
r,.d food in that river. The
=, occurred at 1915 o'clock, caus-
instant rise Of fully so feet in
r;,er below tfe dam. This tor
p, -, wotcr swept down upon the
~ valley below in all of its force,
I'm i,y April l0.-The har-
.a. detail, Of devastation and de-
..,'on of life wrought by the col
\. of the colossal Colorado river
!. caused by the unprecedented
ID are becoming more and more
.it;nc as each hour ghdes by.
5rcs Of people are known to have
,ady perised in the merciless Hood
no the death list is increasing
r1o now,r-housc and municipal
,er and electric light and power
ii, which were flooded by the col
,e ~ the dam. are completely
~,l The dam was constructed by
c,y several years ago at a cost
No1o0Y0. The power-house and
,,r.c .icAt plant. which are owned
,be city. cost $7jO,OOO.
ne city authorities are paralyZed
ne magnitude Of the catastrophe.
is CITY sunday night was in COM
,e darkness and services in many
riches we're suspended for want of
h. Electric street ears are mop
i've aS the two systems derived
81. ,,o,rer from the wrecked muni-
al plant
he great dam which broke was
second largest in the United
i,s. Il was LIB feet long, 60
deep and GO feet across at the
2 Il formed in Lake Mcdonald,
ch was thirty miles wide.
alias. Tex, April l0.-RepOrts ,
ened at Dallas up to noon from
southern and southwestern Texas
d sections show conclusively that ,
re- than 50 lives Lave been lost, in
ling those al Austin. The names
a, least one-half of the victims
not obtainable because of the
alton OF the localities from rail-
q and wire lines.
lost of them al, in the Colorado
ey south Of Austin and Bastrop.
Grange az noon SAYS the river is
rising and meuacing more coun-
districts. The stream is now four
higher than during the great
q o; last year.
asirop Is entirc'y surrounded by /
~ and cut off. The property dam
is enormous. The wires in the
'hern section are in a worse con-
lon than sunday. Al the wires
'g The Missouri Kansas & Texas
road south Of Temple were lost
aday Railroad traffic of the
'Aern half Of the state is practical
abandoned, and all oulets to Cal
MA are gone because OF the mg
shouts on the western divisions of
Texas d Pacific.
as'a. Tex, April lO-Reports
aas' morning from Bastrop, Fay
all Wharton counties on the
oTado river below here are TO the
20 that 'he flu force of the food
Us, beng felt there. The waters
n''ng so rapidly that the people
compelled TO desert their homes
d "I possible speed TO protect
u "es Lyen this has not saved
IT, IS reports come from Bastrop
& . people were drowned there
'hg 'he night In Wharton and ;
rue counties the situation is ev-
more grave and il is expected
K Mondays reports from this sec
VIII not only pile up an immense :
iF''! loss but the list of human .
'o>' VIII De considerable.
@.as' Tex. April 1O.-E. II. Il. ,
'D' Son Of iietty Green, and presi- ,
j. VI 'Ae Iarpoon club of the Gulf ,
w. mas received kilograms from
'po'' Of heavy damage TO club ,,
r'! on -. Joseph Island, by
-. S'oFm IN Matagorda bay, along
'tO'ua peninsula and Matagorda
.'. " humber Of small vessels i
:, : wrecked and some lives are be-
- 10 nave been lost. None of
,''poon club members are down
"' coast This storm is in the
'''aniy where Mr.. Green and I
,..s..l .,.! had such an exciting and Q
s,'ous zero experience last fall. t
-. .-''F ri7er, at Dallas, continues a
/, 'ne stream is nearly a mile C
in ~ Much property has been r
as yet ''Poi'eo a
- The state Encumpment. p
~ D.lond' . Ind, April lo.-Tbe R;ch. n