The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-31
WATER STILL HIGH
The Brazos Continues to Rise Along
the Lower Valley.
1T is RECEDlNG AT WACO
North of That Point No High Water
Is Reported.
DAMAGE TO CROPS IS ENORMOUS
Estimated That One Hundred thousand
Acres Are Overlooked
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AMAGE TO CROPS is ENORMOUS
RAILROAD SERVICE Is BADLY CRIPPLED
Practically Every Line in the State Has
Suftered--Two Deaths from Drowning
DURING Yesterday.

The Hood situation IS hardly less IN.
favorable than ON Tuesday night rms
BRACES river continues 10 rcce1e al waoo
and no high water is reported from above
there, but from Hearne on down the valley
the stream is rising at the rate of from
one to two iuches per hour aud conservn-
tive estimate places at 10000 acres the
amount of bottom land which is already
under water. In most places the water
has already been on the cotton neids
sufficiently long period to make certain tue
death or the plant that the loss 10
crops viii reach enormous hgures. inc
people Ia the bottoms have all been warned
and are now Oh the lookout for rurtner
rises. Some OF them have taken the pre-
caution OF removing their live stock ana
personal effects to places OF safety. Large
numbers OF cattle and horses nave already
been drowned
! Tho Colorado Is rising four inches per
| hour at Affair, in Colorado county, bus
has ceased to rise at Columbus, and it doea
not seem likely that great deal OF damage
will be done by this stream.
Heavy rains fell yesterday and Tuesday
/ night all through tho northeastern part or
the state mud heavy damages to erops and
to the railroads. resulted. The Neches, "a
btne and tho RED IN the vicinity of rssEzs
kama rose four feet yesterday. Crops IN
that section nre reported TO be absolutely
ruined. At Quinian, In Hunt county, tho
mood was 30 heavy that the mayor was
compelled 10 ask for outside assistance in
order to get the people of the town TO
places of safety.
Two deaths by drowning were reported
during the day. one was that OF John "a.
Williams OF Liberty Hill, Williamson coun-
ty. who lost his life while trying to ford
tae North Gabriel river. The other was
negro farm hand al Calvert.
Railroads all over the state nre badly
crippled Reports to the general Offices
Of The santa Fe at Galveston were to the
effect that trains were running but that
they were subject to long delays and that
WAtUnNfA wore uuiuhipANs hN hAeN 'A"i'A
to reach Austin from San Antonio since
Monday night got In yesterday. The In
ternatlonal between these two points Is
badly washed out. Two miles OF track
on the line of TIE gsr Antonio snd Aran-
sas Pass between Luing and ottine have
been destroyed, The Texas Central can
operate trains only from Waco to Fowler.
a distance Of nifty miles. The Texas Pa
ciAc. Cotton Belt md Texas Midland were
all seriously damaged by the rains of Tues
day night and yesterday and their trains
are In many cases being held. The Mid
land can not get north from Terrell. The
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Is washed out
In the vicinity Of Greenyile. Two men
we're injured In a wreck caused by soft
roadhed OH this line at Royse.
The weather Inspector Mt Galveston Is OF
the opinion that the crest OF the food will
reach the lower BraEos valley on Friday