The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-30
FLOOD IN EAST TEXAS
paralyzed Traffic and Caused In
caIculabIe Damage 10 Property.
MILES OF TRACK WERE DESTROYED.
AT Trains Are Tied Up ard Traffic Can
Not Be Resumed for Four Days
on Account Of Washouts

fhe great rain storm Of Friday and Sat
uriay which psraiyzed traffic and caused
incalcuinble damage to property in Eastern
fexns. curiousy enough, occurred on the
same date ms the one three years ago,
which so greatly damaged the property Of
the international and Great Northern and
the Houston and Texas Central roads is
doubtless unprecedented in the history OF
that section OF the state
The whole section seems to have been
wished away and the rivers ana creeks.
especially the Angelina and Sabine rivers,
are higher than they have ever been ir
the past and are still rising. The loss OF
cattle and crops Is complete in some sec.
tons.
Reports coming in late from Nacogdoches
say that the country in the vicinity Of
sterne, Fitz, Garrison, Appleby, RedaeId,
Donitn, Lanana, nnd as far south as Em
poIla Is submerged and many bridges and
miles OF track have been DESTROYED
There is an enormous property DAMAGE
w the upper country along the Sabine
liver and In the vicinity OF Longriew and
9,.saaewater on the line of the Texas Pa
ter The Texas Pacific had several bnc,
washouts and their lines have been tied
" Sllee SATURDAY. morning. Traffic between
Nacogdoches and Lufkin Will he intcrrupt.
ed for at least three or four DAYS.
MANAGER MILLER CONFIRMS REPORT
Mr. JeT n. Miller, manager OF the Houe.
ton and Texas Central and the Houston
East and West Texas. confirmed reports
which were received concerning his roads
and said that reports. while Ineasre. were
sufficient 10 show that the storm was TN
precedented. AS the country "a still under
water, he said, there IS no means of as
certainiug the extent ot the damage until
the food recedes. A large extra gang Is
working between Shreveport and Tenaha.
east Of Nacogdoches. Mr.. Miller dispatched
from Houston since Saturday an extra gang
Of i25 bridge carpenters and track laborcrs.
They are now upon the scene OF the storm
with pile driver and materials After the
greatest efforts they succeeded in opening
line last night between Corrigan and
Burke. a distance Of seventeen miles
Nail and passenger traffic viii be resumed
between Houston and Burke this fnorufur
the hrst train leaving at I o'clock
The Houston East and West Texas pas
senGer train from Shreveport, which left
that place Friday night IS reported tied up
Houston. The train and passengers are
reported as being safe.
The portion Of the country between
Lanana and Lufkin is perfect sea. and
the lo'vlands are submerged from two to
ten feet deep over the railroad tracks
Four or Ave miles If track were destroyed
on the line OF the Fast and West Texas,
also AT least two miles OF trestle work IN
the vicinity Of Angelina.
Telephone and telegraph wires are all
down. The Houston Western Union office
sent lineman 70 the scene Saturday.
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>acoGdoches yin Beaumont over which
The Post received their dispatches II Is
also In precariops condition. Besides this
been no means Of teleSraphic romnunlra-
ton since early Friday morning
The section OF country principally dnm-
Dc Soto county 81 miles south OF Shteve.
po-t and Corrg0u. IN Polk county, q
miles northeast Of Houston.
information received late last night BY
long distance telephone from NacoSdochps
Indicates that serious damage has been
done to the rnadbed and bridges Of the
Texas and New Orleans extension from
NacoFdoches north to DunneCnn ana the
bridge and trcstle over Lnnann haze been
washed away Passenger trains on the Tex
rs and New Orleans have been tied M
NJ NAH since Friday night.
Nacopdoches that the water stood around
his office from three IN twenty feet deop.
To usc his phrase. ~ seemed l,ke n sec
ona Good and We wished devoutly FOR an
AK" The office stands hi-h OF the
grourh anH tho water came within siy
In shes 81 Tho fn1r rhe man PORTION ~
mo town escaped INT the people liv'nT IN
tho low,ands and Oh the creek suffered
severely
TIE crows in tbc bottoms are sven. a-vnv
entirely INT the hill farms sufc-cd nttle
inzs. Al wires ana ro'es are. down IN"
two hrIr~es a-d Eno vrrds of track ere
swept IN - The rirht Of way and repairs
ire proceeding slowly.
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