The Washington weekly post., 1900-09-25

usmele.--CIoadbarst on Nuee~s River.
kus'ir. Tex. Sept. 2i-Gov. sayers
F-.# t1--.-ht 10 ali points south Of here
earning notices that the most terrific
Zoo. 90 lne history Of the Colorado River.
a-.a eaas by this city, Is new surging
..aa through the mountain gorges 10 the
northwest % here, and Is expected at this
r.a-. ag m.Inirht, The warning was
g.. ..f by Day. Sayers in response 10 the
following Jeiegraphic warning:
a.r.rsa.rf. sept sf-To Gov. sayerz. Notify
sH s.ars .H colorado River and have towns notify
,a.-e points that river is ten feet higher than
t..- al.rg Aosn, and is stiil rapidly rising Very
JF..- PHIL Il. CLEMENTS.
State Representative
TFs river has been rising very rapidly at
A.-un since 4 o'clock this afternoon, and
reports from Goldthwaite al o'clock to-
night say the water Is stll rapidly rising
tr.E. The rise al that point was report
cd o. Dc fifty-eight feet AZ dark Along
One Colorado watersheds very heavy
TEl.e have fallen during the past four
days. and the rise reported coming down
aHH Is twenty feet higher than the one
thai broke the Austin dam and wrecked
ihs c.ty's light and power plant last
April
D,vellers in Lowlands Warned.
10 is expected that the advance Of this
great rise viii sweep By Austin about
midnight, and all parties in the lowlands
ra 'ns south OF the city and all points
reached by either telegraph or telephone
fsl
With The warning to escape before the
food arrives. Great alarm is felt as 10
Oh. result Of the rise.
Gov. Savers left here tonight for Gal
weston 10 inspect the work being done
there toy the various relief committees.
Houston, Tex, Sept. 24-The town Of
Erownwo0d has not been seriously dam
aged bv the overflow OF Pecan BAYOU. as
has been reported, nor have any lives
been lost The water flooded the town
and some damage resulted from this
c'dse. Trains will be running through 70
morrow over both the Santa Fe and the
IIo Grande, The rise in the Trinity has
mot Yet reached the lower river. and the
."ple IN the towns have been warned oy
'Nr newspapers. There are few telegram
stations along the course of the Trinity.
ana it Is difficult TO get reliable informa-
Ton OF the damage done. The rise i'm the
hTdzos has reached Hearne, and people in
'a. bottoms have been warned that en-
'FtrioW Is possible, but not probable. The
riedttst damage has been to cotton open
D" me fields. Correspondents al all points
III NuIth Texas report this loss as heavy.
Loss Of Life at san Antonio-
The reports from West Texas ara
"A TE q Ia
River. The country is sparsely settled
and il Will he some DAYS before an,
information is obtainahie. The loss of life
reported from San Antonio is so far an
that has been heard Of.
special from Goldthwaite saws there
has been no loss Of life, but that the rise
in the Colorado has swept all bridges
away and destroyed cattle and crons
Many houses have been DESTROYED. and
hundred families are homeless, though
th@y escaped TO the highlands. A speciaI
from Llano says the IIano River. a tribu.
larE or the Colorado, is seventeen feet
above normal. and has done much dam.
age IN the valleys. No loss of life has
been reported. Reports from various
points in West and North Texas are "a
tle elect that all the small streams are
greatly swollen, and are sending a large
volume OF water into the larger streams
Dallas, Tex, Sept 2i-The Trinity
RIVER is higher tonight than il has beer
since 1890 when II broke all records. The
water tonight lacks only six feet OF
lsaching the 1850 mark, and is still rjs.
ms. owing 10 the heavy rains last night
ana yesterday on the Elm Fork. the IVES,
Fork, and the Clear Fork. all of thar
1mblSlhs INTO the Trinity River above
bdIlds' the prospect is for the stream
E2lIs pasl the 1880 mark some time to-
HIshI no nNes have been lost in the
immediate vicinity Of Dallas, but cotton
ana i've stock notably sheen and hogs
have suffered heavily.
County Bridges swept AWAY.
The county commissioners of Dallas
county met to-day. They estimated tbe
loss OF county bridges at S25.Oj1 inJepend.
'Ht of the numerous small bridges and
i1e street damages in the County of DaI.
las, which vii! be nearly as much. The
Itm OF damage to roads and bridges
alone IN the dozen or more counties af.
l..i'd IN Northern Texas will be about
$4,000 " "'o'''
bulletin received here this afternoon
I''m Fowler in Bosque County. saws
nidzos River out OF It's banks: higher
.."h IN Twelve years, and going higher
b's rise will reach Waco tonight" FoW-
Ier ls fifty miles north OF Waco.
81 Louis, Sept. 24.-Dispatches from tbF
HH'erS River Valley, In Texas. say tbe
Mexican village, la Aigle, on the Gal.
Ll-O Creek. branch Of the Nueces. was
e.s royed by the recent flood. A Mexican
i'mi.y Of four and two American camp
,Fs supposed 10 have been deer hunters
Ayn Eagle Pass, perished.
Loss of life IS reported 10 have resulted
oH ie Circle ranch and Dos Pasitos hui
'- cannot be verified. All efforts 10 gel
word from Brackettsville have failed
owing 10 the washing away of telegram
vls.e
Chicago. Sept. IA dispatch TO the
fmns-licrald from Dallas, Tex. saws:
..aadburst in the Nueces River coun.
bf ninety miles west Of the Southern
I"..ar road. resulting in a terrific food
and much loss OF life. is reported Meager
1..l.s have been received but il is claim
,' aat from thirty TO forty Italians EN-
l.Eta on the sheep ranches were drowned
... aI tine ranches swan BED. Many
L""h- ui sheep have been lost and a large
amount OF property destroyed"
Iaernsed AGAINST Chile.
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