Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-05-28
SOUTHERN FLOODS
SEVEN KNOWN DEAD AT FORT
WORTH, TEXAS.
OKLAHOMA is UNDER WATER
Twenty Inches of Rainfall-Canadian
River Rises Ten Feet in
Twelve Hours.

Fort Worth, Tex, May 25-Seven
people are known to be dead, 500
more homeless and a dozen more
are reported to have been killed in
Fort Worth and North Fort Worth
as a result of the greatest rise in
the history of the Trinity river.
The river went three inches above
the record breaking flood of 1889.
Stock valued at many thousands of
dollars, including $500 sheep penned
up in the stock yards in North Fort
Worth, was washed down stream and
destroyed. The property loss cannot
be estimated as yet
A body of a dead woman floated
past the Fourth street bridges yes
terday and created panic among the
negro refugees. A negro baby was
washed from its mothers arms in the
Rock Island yards and has not been
seen since. An unknown white man
was drowned one mile from the long
bridge; his coat containing a note of
farewell, was found lodged in a tree
top. A negro attempted to pilot two
men in buggy through deep water
opposite the city park gate and was
thrown from his horse and as yet
his body has not been recovered.
Many persons are missing.
Muskogee, Okla, Ma 25.-Not a
Sailroad in Oklahoma is in operation
as result of the heavy rains and
cloudbursts that have occurred in
various parts of the state during the
last three days. The last road to
suspend operations was the Missouri,
Kansas & Texas, which was forced to
quit at noon yeterday when the
bridge on the main line at Eufaula
went down.
To add to the disaster, the main
supplying natural gas to the Indian
Territory pa. of the state was car.
ried away with the GAINESVILLE
bridge late yesterday and the supply
of gas for Muskogee and several
other cities in the southeast part Of
the state has been entirely cut off.
Officials of the gas company say 1t
will be a week before repairs can
be made so that the gas supply can
again be carried. AS natural gas is
used for light and heat, business will
be suspended in measure. Eleva-
tors have been forced to stop run
ming, and hotels and restaurants have
practically been put out of business.
Z. During the past ten hours there
has been rainfall of twenty inches
In this section of the state. The
previous fall during the last three
days of more than ten inches con-
tributed to the damaging flood.
The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
suspended operations Saturday when
a mile of its track in the Seminole
country was washed away. The st.
Louis & San Francisco did likewise
early yesterday and soon after the
Midland Valley and the Missouri,
Oklahoma & Gulf suspended train
business. The last train over the
Missouri, Kansas e Texas road was
No. 4, northbound, which crossed
the Canadian river at 10 o'clock yes
terday morning. Two hours later
the bridge went out. The Flyer on
the same road is safe, but No. 6,
northbound, is in washout south of
Eufaula. Dozens of bridges on these
roads went out yesterday.
The Canadian river rose ten feet
during the past twelve hours, and
the Arkansas eight feet. The entire
country is under water.
Late yesterday afternoon a mes
sage was received at the Midland
Valley railroad offices here from
jerks, Okla, say that the town was
under water and that help was need.
ed. The railroad is powerless to
send aid, as much track and bridge
went out early. jerks is fifty-three
miles north of Muskogee and Is To-
Gated in extremely low country. 1t
is feared that number of persons
have persisted.