The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1900-04-11
BIG DAMAGE BY FLOODS,
Texas Visited by a Cloudburst
Doing a Great Deal Ct Harm.
RIVERS RISE RAPIDLY.
Fears that Train with Many Pas
sengers Has Been Lost Many
Families Homeless.


lage of Circleville, containing about 100
inhabitants, has been swept away. 1t is
feared some were drowned.
st. Louis, Mo-, April IA special to
the Post-Dispatch from Dallas, Tex,
says: At 2:40 this afternoon City Mar
shall Love of Taylor, Tex, few miles
north of Mcneil, telephoned as follows:
The express train wrecked on the In
ternational & Great Northern near Nc
Neill, this morning, it is feared is lost.
Reports here indicate that the engineer
and mail clerk were drowned, and that
the fireman was fatally hurt. All sorts
of alarming reports are received.
The water is so high that it
is feared the passengers are ali drowned.
Bridges are gone on both sides Of Nc
Neill and no relief has been able to reach
the train from either Austin or Taylor.
Preparations are being made to try to get
party of men and small boats to the
scene.
Austin, Tex, April THE loss by the
breaking of the dams is at least half a
million dollars.
AT noon today sluice of % feet deep
and 500 feet long was washed out of the
immense granite dam here and injuring
the powerhouse, all within ten minutes.
The torrent of water swept down to the
lower part Of the city, sweeping fully
one hundred houses away with all their
contents. The occupants barely escaped
with their lives. Teiegraphic wires hav-
ing been swept down, runners were dis
patched down the river ON horses to no.
tify the people living near the city,
but the water beat them and some eight
or ten parties are known to have been
drowned.
Thousands of people have assembled at
the dam and the crowd resulted in push
ing ten men onto the sand bank Just
below the dam which gave way with
them and they were precipitated into the
river and swept away on the raging tor
rents. Over 100 houses have been count
ed passing here since 10 o'clock and it is
feared that reports from above here will
bring news of much loss Of life and prop
erty.
The water continues to rise and is now
two feet above the flood of last spring.
the river being one mile wide here, hay
ing risen thirty7two feet within eight
hours. 1874
Visited by a Cloudburst.
Austin, Tex, April This section. was
visited by a cloudburst this morning and
the entire county Is inundated. The
Colorado river here has risen eleven feet
in three hours and is still rising three
feet an hour
The storm was the most terrific on rec
ord. sweeping everything before it. AS
result of the storm a bridge on the
International 4 Great Northern, seven.
teen miles north of here, was washed
out, wrecking the st. Louis southbOund
cannOn-ball train, ditching the engine,
the mail car, one passenger coach and one
sleeper. Quite number of people are
reported burned, but the list of casual
ties is not obtainable at present
The damage to this section of t6e state
will be in the hundreds of thousands.
Another food is feared. as the cloud
burst is in the path of the immense flood
of last spring. which wrecked so many
millions of dollars worth of property.
The Austin & Northwestern railroad
had four bridges washed out and much
operated today.
Reports from all sections tributary to
the Colorado river reported great dam
age to property.
Family of Negroes Drowned.
Unconfirmed rumors say that a fam
lily of six negroes living ON Shoal river
west of here was drowned.
Quite a number of people living in the
bottoms had to leave their homes, the
water having flooded them to the depth
of three feet. 1t looks from reports al
ready received as though the flood was
going to be disastrous to life and prop
erty here. Reports from COnch0 river,
above here, are that the worst storm ever
known is now raging there, attended by
loss of life and property.
All the water falling there will have
to pass here and it is feared THAT this
city's million and q half dollar water
and light plant and dam will suffer, for
the water is now within two feet of the
danger mark.
Dallas Tex, April Flood news from
central and southern Texas today is
Ell twenty seven feet since mid
night. The Brazos and Trinity
are also rising Five serious wasbouts
on the Austin & Northwesterni railroad
are reported and traffic has, been aban-
doned. 1t is still raining.
Brazos Rises Ten Feet.
The Rrazos river at Waco has risen ten
feet today and is still coming up. as is
also the Trinity at Dallas. Rain is still
falling over the state. All telephone and
telegraph lines are in trouble because of
the HIGH water and railroad trains, every
where are delayed or tied up.
AT Rastrop the Colorado is very high
and is washing away much property. The
Missouri, Kansas & Texas depot IS food
ed. The Brazos river at Sealey Is rising
rapidly.
A
as during the flood of July 4, 1898 The
Brazos and other small streams are going
up rapidly.
Bolton reports the Little Brazos and it's
| branches very high and still rising.
Temple reports nigh water at Killen
AZ 1915 all telegraph andl telephone
communication with Austin and San An
| tonic was lost.
Powerhouss Washed Away.
A telephone message received from La
Grange at noon states that the big dam
of fhe Colorado river at AUSTIN broke al
II :25. A large food Of water was re.
leased. washing away the powerhouse
An immense property damage is an
ticinated. but thus far no, boss of life il
known to have occurred.
If this report is correct the damage
will reach hundreds of thousands of dol
lars. as the Austin dam was one Of thu
largest and costliest of it's kind in thu
country. Much property is certain to b.
DESTROYED both in the city of Austin am
in the valley below.
The Flood at Austin.
Although a great mass of water woult
have been released by the bursting Of tn
dom II is not believed that the foo,