The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-07-30
BrazOS and Other Streams OVer-
 .,aOW LOWIand Farms
RAILROADS ARE AFFECTED
Bridges Destroyed and Trains Aban- doned In Many lnstances-Loss Will Reach Hundreds of
 Thousands-Nc Relief.

Houston, Tex. July 29.-The flood sit- uation continues to grow worse. Sunday nights reports were encouraging from all points on the Brazos river, which is the stream that is causing the most trouble. On Monday more rain fell along the entire length of the river and while the water continued to fall at Waco and points in that vicinity. the rise com tinued at points below and Tn many places the low lands were overfowed Now conditions along the lower part of the river are all the worse. Heavier rains have yet fallen were reported today from practically the whole of the Brazos val ley, and as a result the water in the river has gone higher, and thousands of acres of cotton and corn in the Dc>.SaA plantations are under water. There is no way of even approximating the damage at this time, but 1t Is plain that it will reach into the hundreds of thousands. The river began rising at Waco yes- terday morning and went up steadily un-, til six o'clock, by which time 1t stood at the 22 foot mark. After that hour it commenced to slowly recede.
 At Hearne. according to late reports, 
 cord of 1899. At veiasco. on the mouth of the river the water Is raising rapidly but so far no damage has been done.
 Railroad and wagon bridges have been washed out all over the country and tho railroads are again in very bad shape. All trains on the Minelo Troupe branch of the International and Great Northern have been abandoned and no trains came into Austin from the south during the l day.
 The San Marcos river is higher than ever before as a result of excessive rains along its headwaters. The whole country around San Marcos is inundated a; heavy damage has resulted in the tow 1 itself. Red river, the Colorado, the Trim ity, and in fact, every stream in the state have more water in them than for years past In the cattle country creeks which have had no water in them for twenty weeks are now running bank full.
 Report From Dallas.
 Dallas, July 29.-In the northwestern section of Texas the flood situation Is improved but in the central and southern portions there have been further neavy TdlnS, WHICH cIippieu HALLWAY tlditS anu caused much damage to other property.
 From Baird west, on the Texas and Pacific, the weather is clear. but from the coast to Texarkana, west to Baird and south to End beyond San Antonio there were frequent downpours today Some of them were heavy and of several hours duration These rains have mate rially softened the road beds and in many places the waters threaten to overflow the track.
 At Martin, on the Texas Central branch, situation is threatening.
 Reports from the south say the entire San Antonio and Arkansas Pass system is tied up This road has a number of important branches
 The morning train into Dallas over the Santa Fe was five hours late this morn- ing.
 The Missouri, Kansas and Texas and Cotton Belt local officers said they had no trouble anywhere on the line. though the former road was fearful of trouble should the rains continue to fall.
 On the Texas and Pacific trains are running to Big Springs from the east and to Morita from the west. The water IS receulng very SLOWLY. CfeWS are Work- ing from the east and west. and are now nearly together and 1t is expected that should the water go down they will be able to make hurried repairs so that in the next two or three days through trains will be running through on the Texas and Pacific.
 As a result of the heavy rains at Aus tin and that section traffic on the Inter- national and Great Northern Is badly crippled. In several places the track is under water between Austin and San An- tonic. Advices were received to the effect that 400 yards of track of the Interna- tional and Great Northern were washed away last night near Kyle. It is also re- ported that the Brazos is overfowing and that much damage is being done to crops.