Omaha daily bee., 1906-08-08
FLOODS DAMAGE In TEXAS
All Streams in Central West Part Of State
g.. ~- on Rampage.
HUNDREDS OF ANIMALS ARE DROWNED
Many Railroad Bridges Are Washed
out and Tramc VIII be
Delayed for Several
Days.
HUNDREDS OF ANIMALS ARE DROWNED

first reports of flood damage we're greatly
exaggerated. The Colorado and Concho
rivers are subsiding. Ranchmen have lost
many head OF cattle, horses and sheep, and
in the Brookwood section crops on lowlands
have been ruined.
The Santa Fe railway expects to have its
bridges repaired by tomorrow. ...-.-
No lives have been lost.
Damage to Growing Crops.
FORT WORTH. Tex. Aug. 7-Accordins
to a dispatch received here, West Central
Texas has been visited by torrential rains,
considerable damage done 10 growing crops
and railroad traffic badly crippled. How
ever, no casualties so far as known have
occurred and the first reports sent OUT, 1t
is believed, were greatly exaggerated,
Trafflc on the Tampas branch of the Santa
Fe system is suspended because Of wash
| outs. Several bridges were rendered un-
safe. but none were actually washed away.
At Brentwood, Pecan bayou, which
flows into the Colorado river, rose so rap
idly that some OF the people living in the
lowlands had TO fee for safety. There
were several narrow escapes, but no casu-
alties About six miles OF the track of the
Santa Fee has been washed out. At Bal
linger some damage was done and the
! Concho river rose to a higher stage than
-" years.
At San Angelo il was said that family
of fve has persisted, but this was an error.
They escaped from their homes during the
| night in advance of the mood and reached
| land safely
At Denison, in the extreme northern edge
of the central portion OF ten state, the
rains amounted almost TO a deluge.
An-unprecedented rainfall throughout por-
! tions of Indian Territory in the vicinity
| of Frances, on the line OF the Frisco road,
! is reported TO have occurred and also along
the Canadian river. A more sudden rise
Of the river has never been known. The
| approach TO the Frisco railway bridge has
been washed away and the main structure,
one mile in length. is threatened. The
river has overlooked also In some places
and many farms are under water.
At Frances the river Is bankfull and II
/ an overflow should occur the damage TO
crops will result. The Frisco has hurried
workmen 10 the danger point and passenger
| trains are sent back from Frances and
| detoured over the Missouri, Kansas s.
| Texas railroad A small washout occurred
at Madlll on the Frisco. The Missouri
Kansas 4 Texas is also threatened with
| serious trouble where the road crosses the
Canadian river. Thirty thousand bags filled
with sand were sent to this point
The high water situation there will de-
velop probably tomorrow.
Hundreds of Animals Drowned.
! NEW ORLEANS La. Aug. Especial
dispatches from San Angelo, Texas. on the
Concho river tributary Of the Colorado.
/ says:
A train hlled with prospectors is Isolated
at a small station between here and Bal
Iinger, being unable to proceed In either
direction owing TO bridges and tracks hav-
| ing been washed out.
| Hundreds Of carcasses have hoated past
/ here on the Concho
The rainfall started early Sunday and
continued all day without intermission.
sunday night there was a heavy downpour
and Monday rain continued to fall, though
no so heavy. The water drained into the
/ Concho with rapidity never before
known here the. river rising thirty feet
within a few hours. The larger Colo
/ RADIO also made a new record and went
| thirty feet above low water stage getting
ko,,t AZ ia hanks At that height and mum