Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1900-04-07
Reports from Various Points In
the State Show Immense
Damage BEING Done.
WHOLE TOWNS WASHED AWAY
Many Railroad Bridges Washed
0ut-Tralns Ditched-Llfe
Loss Unknown.
EQUALS THE FLOOD OF 1899

Austin, Texas, April 7-The coun-
try southwest of here was visited by
a cloud-burst last night The Nueces
river and other streams were convert
ed into raging torrents that overfowed
thousands of acres of growing crops.
The Southern Pacific railroad bridge
at Losier was washed away and sew
eral miles of track are under water
Austin, Texas, April IA cloud
burst occurred today and the entire
country is inundated. The Colorado
river here rose eleven feet in three
hours and is still rising at the rate
of three feet an hour. The storm was
the most terrific on record, sweeping
everything before it. The bridge of
the International & Great Northern
railroad, seventeen miles north of here
was washed out, wrecking the st.
Louis southbound cannon ball train.
The engine, mail car, one passenger
coach and one sleeper were ditched.
A number of people are reported burn
ed, but the list of casualties cannot
be obtained. The damage from the
storm in this section of the state will
amount to hundreds of thousands of
dollars. Another flood is feared as
the cloudburst is in the path of the
immense flood of last spring which
wrecked millions of dollars worth
of property. The Austin & North
western railroadF operating to the
northwest from here along the Colo |
RADIO river ridge is a serious loser as |
a result of four bridges being washed |
out and much track washed away No |
trains are being operated today. Un-
confirmed rumors say a family of six |
negroes living on shoal in the river,
west of here, were drowned. People |
living in the bottoms had to leave |
their homes, the water having food
ed them to a depth of three feet It
is feared this citys million and half
water and light plant and dam will
suffer for the water is now within two
feet of the danger mark.
Austin, Tex, April Fully an hun
dred houses have been swept away,
the occupants barely escaping. Ten
men on sand bank just below the
dam were precipitated into the river
and swept away Over 100 houses
have been counted passing here since
10 o'clock. It is feared reports from
above will bring news of great loss
of life and property.
Dallas, Tex, April This after
noon City Marshal Love, of Taylor, a
few miles north of McNeill, telephon-
ed Express train wrecked near Nc
Neill, this morning. 1t is feared 1t is
lost. 1t is feared the passengers are
all drowned. Bridges are gone and
no relief has been able to- reach the
train"
Dallas, Texas, April IA disastrous
rain storm has prevailed for the last
three days The worst results have
been in western and central western
Texas Water Valley. town on the
Concho river, in Green county, is re-
ported entirely swept away. It's 300
inhabitants fled to farm houses on the
highlands. Considerable property
losses were sustained on cattle ranch
es by the overfiowing of the Concho,
Brazos and Colorado. The Trinity
and branches are all rising.
Dallas, Texas, April THE Brazos
river at Waco has risen ten feet today
and is still coming up. also the Trim
ity at Dallas. Rain is still falling over
the state. All telephone and tele-
graph lines are in trouble and rail-
road trains everywhere are delayed or
tied up. A bulletin received from
Bastrop at noon says: ''The Colorado
is very high. Water is running over
the railroad at Fayetteville and wash
ing away much property" At Ger
man the Leon river is as high as dur
ing the flood of July 4th. 1899. The
Brazos and other small streams are
going up rapidly" Belton reports
Little Brazos and branches very high
and still rising. Much damage is
feared. Temple reports high water
at Kilton on the Gulf, Colorado G San
ia Fe road Unable to get any details
of the damage in the Water Valley
section.
1890 p. m. All telegraph and tele-
phone wires between Dallas and Aus
tin are gone. Cannot get word direct.
A bulletin from La Grange, rs miles
below Austin says: 1T was reported
by telephone at noon that the dam in
the Colorado river at Austin broke at
1920 a. m, and the flood water re-
leased washed away the power house.
People along the water line Of the
river are fleeing for the high ground.
smithville reports the people Of hall
the town nearly crazy with fright.
Dallas, Tex, April IA bulletin
from Taylor. this afternoon, says the
town of ClrcIeviIIe is washed away
The place had 100 Inhabitants It
is feared some were drowned.