The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-01-27
Correspondence baltimore County Union.
LETTER FROM TEXAS.
HARVEY, BRAzos COUNTY, TEXAS,

January 18th, 1900.
weather for the past several days. Yesterday
was showery, but quite warm, the thermometer
standing at ~ degrees, but about sunset clouds
began to gather in the west and spread rapidly,
and short while later the sharp flashes of light
ming. followed by heavy thunder, soon told us
that we were in the midst of the most violent
rain storm that has visited us so far this year.
Rain poured down terrlically until the ground
was covered with water. The roaring of creeks
and gulies in the distance revealed the fact they
were all on a boom. The wayfarer who was
luckily caught out last night was certainly Into
it." as they say down here in Texas. On making
investigation this morning found all the creek
and river bottoms in this locality completely
under water. There has been no serious damage
washed to some extent, fences carried off. etc.
At this writing the weather is yet very cloudy
and much cooler than it was yesterday.
On the 10th instant Western Texas was visited
by the heaviest rain that has fallen in that sec
ton since 1889. Itcompletely flooded the streets
of San Antonio city and sent the San Antonio
a display of lightning. and the wind reached
speed of 40 miles per hour. The sewers of the
city were too small to carry such volume of
water, hence it rushed over the curbingS of the
streets and poured into cellars of business houses
and residences, doing great deal of damage.
The injury done by the unusual overflow along
the river outside of San Antonio has not been
learned, but sufficient has been ascertained to
verify that the loss to people living near the
tubs stS 5 that sens qaA aST9 af sE FIJI
Nj 1uSO WAS Nlelbcu NY I'LL awful UllLLdTu OHS
man was found frozen to DEATH He was caught
out and had tried to make his way to the nearest
settlement, but before reaching it through the
terrible snow-drifts he persisted. Besides other
stock there were 1900 goats lost.
In my last letter L was somewhat in error
about the vehicles used on the Sonora and San
Angelo mail route. The old-fashioned coaches
are not in use there now. They use newly con-
structed lighter hacks for carrying the mail and
passengers. The heavy freight is conveyed by
vehicles expressly built for the purpose.
The Galveston NetCs publishes the following
dispatch from Orange under date of January
Sth: NV. A. Ward, promoter, came here today
with an engineer corps and at point on Adams
bayou, 3K miles north of town, began the sur
vey of a canal that is intended to extend miles
into the fiat lands lying north of the pumping
station. The main canal will be 100 feet wide
and feet deep. The right of way, 200 feet wide,
has been secured for the entire distance and
work will begin on the excavation at once and
it is expected that work will be far enough adj
vanced before planting season to put at least
1900 acres in rice this spring. Local capitalists
and land holders are interested The enterprise
will greatly stimulate rice growing in this and
adjacent counties and at the same time enhance
land valuPs in this VicinitV.b I0TA.