New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-04-11
IND Hold
Enormous Damage Caused il Tex
as BY Sudden Rising of the
Colorado River.

Colorado River.
TRAM b IS WRECKED 81 / vIAsaOU1
OF People sReported Burned
I. - Tres Are Down and II u Impos-
sible to Obtain Reliable News
fS5#s Rnsmorof Loss sof Life N Raging
Waters.
Austin, Tex. April 8. This section
was#visited by a cloud burst Saturday
morning mo and the entire county is in
undated. The Colorado river here has
risen z feet in three hours and is
still rising three feet an hour.
$ The storm was the most terrifcaon
record, sweeping every thing before it.
As "a result Of the storm a bridge on
the International e Great Northern
railroad II miles north of here was
washed out, wrecling the ST. Louis
south bound cannon ball train, ditch
ing the engine, the mail car one pas.
5senger coach and one sleeper. Quite
"a number of people are reported
burned, but the list Of casualties is
not obtainable atpresent. Il !. r y,
The damage to this section of the
state will be in hundreds of thou,
sands. ia L I'M 80,
Another Flood Feared.
Another flood is feared, as the
cloudburst is in the path Of the i'm.
mense flood of last spring, which
wrecked so many millions of dollars
worth of property. a" Es.
The Austin & Northwestern rail
road, operating to the northwest from
here along the Colorado river ridge,
is a serious loser as result Of four
bridges being washed out and much
track washed away; no trains were
operated Saturday,: e..
Reports from all sections tributary
damage to property.
Rumor of Loss of Life. =
Unconfrmed rumors say that a
family of six negroes living on Shoal
river west of here were drowned.
Quite number of people living in
the bottoms had to leave their homes,
the water having flooded them to the
depth OF, three feet !
It looks from reports as though the
flood was going to be disastrous to life
and property here. Reports from
Concho river above here are that the
SC
ing 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 $1,50O,eOO water and
light plant and dam will suffer, for
the water is now within two feet of
the danger mark.
News Is Alarming.
Dallas, Tex, April 9.-Flood news
from central and southern Texas is
alarming. The Colorado river has
risen ~ feet since midnight; the
Brazos and Trinity are also rising
Five serious washouts on the Austin
& Northwestern railroad are reported
and traffic has been abandoned. 1t is
still raining. -.
.:. Wires All Down.
, At As p. m. all telegraph an6
telephone communication with Austin
and SAN Antonio was lost. 49,.
A telephone message received from
La Grange at noon states that the big
dam of the Colorado river at Austin
broke at 11:25. "A large flood of water
was released washing away the power
house.
An immense property damage is an
ticipated, but thus far no loss of life
is known to have occurred.
Austin Believed to BE Safe.
Although a great mass of water
would have been released by the burst
ing of the dam it is not believed that
the flood could possibly attain a stage
sufficiently high to reach the main por
ton of the city. Austin proper is built
on range of hills at the highest nav
igable point of the Colorado river
where the stream breaks through the
range. The principal part of the city
stands on the left bank of the river
and in the center stands the famou!
tuldID1G ScdplIO1 u Lie sSCdlc u leAdS
It's thought here that the first rusf
ofthereleased waters carried away thu
buildings which supply water power tx
the mills along the river bank ane
then subsidized. ! 1t is possible, however
that some of the squatters' houses be
low thescity and down close to the rive
level were destroyed.> In the galley be
low the water may have destroyed con
siderable rich farm property;
For several days past the river ha
been alta highsstag owing to the con
| tinuous rain about the headwaters o
| the Colorado, and this fact. which wa
! well known about Austin,it is though
probably caused the. people residin
within reach ola possible flood to b
| prepared for an emergency. 55Ss
| Was sonl e t hing Terrible
St.#Louis, April 8. The folloWin
bulletin was received from La Grand
at ::;;3o n. s s.l 81.
4 --latest information indicates that til
breaking OF the Colorado river dam "a
i Austin was som ething terrible Peopl
i along 1e wa ter line of the riverare# flee