New-York tribune., 1900-09-25
TERROR IN TEXAS AGAIN
COLORADO RIVER THREATENS MANY
TOWNS.
A WARNING FROM GOVERNOR sAyrRa
OTHER RIVERS OVERFLOW.

OTHER RIVERS OVERFLOW
Austin. Tex. Sept. 24.-Governor sayers wired
.s-r.Eht TO all points south OF here warning
notices that the most terrific food IN the history
ef the Colorado River. which flows by this CITY
is aow surging down through the mountain
g,,rres 50 the northwest of here and is expec+ea
=, this place by midnight The warning was
sent ou; by Governor Sayers IN response to the
f71oving teIegraphic warning:
Goldthwaite, September "a
NStfty al towns on Colorado River. and bgv-a
t- t1ar ever hefore Known az 5lFer Is ten teet
-ssiag Very urgent PHILIP H. CLEMENTS
state Representative.
ne river has been rising very rapldlv At
Austin since o'clock this afternoon. and re-
rerts from Groldthwaite at : o'clock tonight saw
hat the water is stiII rising there The water
~ thzt point was reported TO be IS feet ar
lark
AIong the Colorado watersheds heavy rains
have fallen during the last four days and the
rise reported coming down now Is % feet higher
,hAn TIE one which broke the Austin dam and
u-ecked tie city's light and power plant last
April- L IS expected that the advance of this
g-sat r.se VIII sweep By Austin about midnight.
,.6 a. parties in the Iowlands 10 the south Of
he -tty. and al points reached by either tele-
graph O. telephone, were communicated with
-
before the f7od arrives Great alarm IS felt as
70 Ire result OF the rise
Governor Sayers left here tonight for Calves
n e inspect the work being done there by the
rs-s7zs relies committees
Houston Tex. Sept 24-The town Of Brown
uoo6 has not been seriously damaged By the
-re-How Of Pecan Bayou. nor have any lives
bssn .os- The water flooded the town and
saze damage resulted from this cause. Trains
zlu - running through tomorrow over both
re Santa F4 and the Rio Graude The rise in
Ire Trinity has not yet reached the lower river
arc TIE people II the towns have been warned
y TIE newspapers. There are few telegraph
stations along the course OF the Trinity. and il
: 5.HlcuIr 70 get reliable Information OF the
az-z-5 done
TIE rise II The Brazos has reached Hear-e,
sa6 people II the bottoms have been warned
taas overflow Is possible. but not probable The
greatest damage has been 70 cotton open IN the
feds Correspondents al al points in North
Texas report this loss as heavy. The reports
from West Texas are ueagre as 70 damage done
by The Nueces River. The country IS sparsely
ss-rle5 aad II VII be some days before accurate
1z.5-zacioh is oots!nable. The loss OF life re-
ported from san Antonio is SO far all that has
1esz heard q
: special from GoIdthwaite says that there
hss aee- no loss Of life hut that the rise IN the
Colorado has swept al bridges away and de-
s-rcye5 cattle and crops. Many houses have
been destroyed and 4 hundred families are
hUue5ss. though they escaped 10 the highlands
A SPECIAL from Llsno says ne Lla1o River,
tribuIE-y q the Colorado Is seventeen feet
above normal and has done much damage n
lie valleys No loss OF life has been reported
5epsrts from various points IN north and west
Texas 70 the effect that al the smaller
s1resC1s are swollen and are sending large
volume q water into the larger streams
Dallas Tex sept 24.-The Trinity River IS
higher tonight than II has been since 1880
vAsu r broke al records. The water tonight
lzcks 0zly six feet Of reaching the 1890 mark.
az g EIiH rising. Nc lives have been lost near
lsLzs but cotton and live stock notably sheep
zr5 hogs have suffered heavily.
Tae County Commissioners Of Dallas County
nst r1-dz-- They estimated the loss IN the
eounry a. So .9B1 independent of the numerous
Euau bridges and the street damages in the
courrT q Dallas, which viii be nearly as much.
Ths item cf damage 70 roads and bridges alone
z the dozen o. more counties affected IN North
II Texas vii De about $4,000. bulletin
Tsce.ved here this afternoon from Fowler, n
Boscus County fifty miles north OF Waco, says:
BrszcE River OFT q banks, higher than II
Twelve years and going higher Big rise viii reach