Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-04-10
Twenty Three Persons Drowned at
Austin and Indications Are Many
More Below High Water All
Over south Texas.

Walter Blossom. aged % years
Frank Pugri, aged 80, engineer.
Walter johnson two sous, Alircdand
Waldo. aged 10 aud - years respect.
lively
John Kcnncy. aged II years.
Thnmn, Kirkpatrick, aged 90 years.
Dick Morris. aged ~ years.
cold Dun" IrIlorcdj. hb1rcr.
Woman and two children, names un.
known.
Claude Franklin.
Cplorcd family of four.
Joo Newman, aged lg years.
O,win LAFrance, farmer.
Bon Harvey.
An italian. his wifc aud , children
Telephone Communication has beer
restored between here aud the lower
country aud the messages conveying the
tidine, Of death ana destruction are re-
ociycd
At IIorusbys Bend. this county. the
awful wave drowned Thomas Ilel,oy. a
faua hand and a negro namcd Joseph
Burns,
Two boys. Horny llarycfd aul James
Frnc,, aged u aud % ynn, have been
included among the victims.
At WcbbcrWllc, this county. much
damage wa. done and many narrow e.-
cape reported. though no lives arr
known sp have been lost
Two negro families by tho namc oi
Howard and Dln,on, living on Paul
Fisher, place. nine mile, s1uth Of o.,
CITY. seven nll vorc drowned
Tho Western Union management I'll.
cgmphcd an over Colorado river point.
below here %, .roH as the awful truth
was known m town. and undoubtedly
many hive, were saved hy th, prompt
action m the valley M oounur, below
here, though the damage must prove
great 20 the cnp, and houses.
The lo,, to livestock and farm, below
here Will "a" enormous.
Al over suuth Texas the streams are
oycrflown and the result will be i'm
mcnsr.
The uilrad, IN tins section are tied
up. The Austin and Northwestern ha.
not turned a wheel Tor two days Al
southbound trains arc late.
That magnificent structure and exam
| pie Of engineering ,Nil b, a mas, Of ruin,
aud tan cnrly hour yesterday the power
house. with s.lO.Ool Of machinery. col
lapscd aud slid Oh into the surgiug wntcl
n complete wrcck. The swift current
occasioncd by the break had bccn guaw
ing at The foundation Of the poworhous,
oil Of yesterday and huallyit ,uccumbct
o. the nyngcs Of the angry waters. an,
when it icll the only hope, Of the ciu
zeus NJ this city went with it II wa
thought that probably the dam, or tht
GOllcot swept away, could hc replace,
and the powcrhouso remain intact, nu.
n steam auxiliary plant could bcinstallc,
Immediately but. alas the hst vc,ug
OF hopc ha, departed
/ some McNuu, and negroes are ~
ported drowned at lIuushy Bend, o low
land along the river iu thi, county, hu
the report .. not confirmed. ~ the tclr
phone wires are an down and the road
almost impossible. There can bc 10
doubt that many victims were claimr
in the low valleys along the river m thi
county up 20 this side Of Bastrup, as u
warning could be sent 10 these unlur
tunatc people.
The break In the great dam across IN
Colorado river, which was constructc
seven years ago ~ cost of an even g.
OO0, 900, occurred Sat 'rday noon, causin
al instant rise Of fully 90 feet in th
river below the dam. This torrent d
water swept down upon the broad vallc
below in all It's force, leaving death /
its wake The powcrhouse, municip
water, electric light aud power plan
all situated Immediately below the dan
were flooded instantly and eight pcrsoni
men and boys, were caught In the pow
er room and all except one wert drown
ed like rats IN a trap
Suddenly and without warming bTea
s4-a. -.