New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-07-08
TEXTS VISITED BY FLOOD.
Cloudburst at Gainesville Endangers
Lives Of Thousands Of People
in the Vicinity.

Lives Of Thousands Of People
in the Vicinity.
MANY TAKE REFUGE ON HOUSEHOLDS.
Early Reports Of Deaths Not Con-
firmed-Eleyen Persons Known to
Have Lost Their Lives Near Pettus
Much Damage to Property by
Cloudburst in Minnesota.
Dallas, Tex, July 4.-Gainesville.
Tex, was flooded by cloudburst, and
many lives were endangered. At two
o'clock the city was under four feet
of water Thousands of people had
taken refuge on house tops. Rumors
of loss of life were impossible to con-
firm, as the city was in total dark
| ness The damage will be heavy. Two
creeks which flow. by the town, one OF
them passing through its center, and the
other on the west side, are each mile
| wide.
At three a. 10. the situation grew
| desperate. The water was rising very
rapidly, and report was received that
| still greater flood was coming down
from the direction of st. Joe The
cries of terror-stricken people could be
| heard in every direction. All around
| the depot and along the main street OF
| the town the water was so deep that
even horses we're compelled to swim.
Train Reported Wrecked.
It is reported that Santa Fe passen-
ger train has been ditched three miles
from the town, on account OF washed
out tracks, and it is feared many lives
have been lost A relief train was sent
out. .-#
| A telephone message from Gainesville
stated that the engineer, fireman and
express messenger on the wrecked Santa
| Fe train are reported missing.
| - Situation Later Improves.
Later in the morning the food situa'
| ton at Gainesville was greatly i'm
| proved. The rain stopped and the Wa
tiers rapidly receded. There is no loss
of life reported from Gainesville, and
the property damage is confined to small
| stores, outhouses and truck gardens.
Reports from the southwestern por.
| ton of the state indicate that the storm
was most severe. Probably Is Mex
lean farm hands lost their lives, and
the damage to farming interests, rail
roads and country roads and bridges
will be heavy The waters are fall
ing.
Train Goes Through Bridge.
Train No. 6, north bound, on the San.
ia Fe road went through bridge ter
miles south of Gainesville during
Thursday nights storm. Engineer JohI
Boyce was killed and several passen'
gers are reported hurt.
Says Flood Has subsidized.
St. Louis, July "A special to thu
Post-Dispatch from Dallas, Tex, says:
The storm situation over Texas is still
serious, but not so bad as Thursday and
Thursday night. The, flood at Gaines.
vile and vicinity, that started about
midnight in a series of cloudbursts iI
the Red and Trinity river valleys
has subsidized beyond the danger point
A number of houses in the vicinity Of
Gainesville were wrecked, but all the
occupants were rescued by fremen, po
licemen and citizens without the loss OIL
a life. ...: --~
A report has just reached Dallas tha
| IN ho H111f 1r
& Santa Fee road between Gainesville
and Valley View, was turned over from
the tracks into body of water. 1t Il
not known whether the passengers have
been rescued. - -, - ..-
| The loss generally over the state t.
railroad and other property damaged
amounts to millions of dollars.
Is Nothing new of conditions in south
west Texas has been received, but it i:
known dozen or more lives were los
there Thursday.
| Another Report of Flood.
ST. Louis, July 4-=A special to til,
Republic from. Dallas, Tex, says: a
I cloudburst and tornado swept over tn,
county between San Antonio and Cor
pus Christi Friday and news was re
ceived late at night that II persons ar,
known to have lost their lives neal
Pettus There are rumors of other IA
talities Reports of terrible loss of If,
at Beeville were received early in tn,
evening, but late at night round
about telephone connection was Sc
cured with Beeville from Dallas. The
4 Beeville operator said that some build
ings were damaged there, but no live:
had been lost
The San Antonio telephone Office re
ported that there is strip of country
between there and Beeville in which al
wires are down and that it has no
been possible to hear from The storm
was most severe in that section
Storm In Minnesota.
81 st. Paul, Mimi, July IA special tt
the Globe from gainesville says: 4
heavy wind and rain storm struck thi.
town Thursday. The Great Northern
station was blown from its foundation
the roof was blown off and $50 bushel.