The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-26
Texas City Suffers Severely
From Highest Water in
Its History.
HOMES OF 1000 GONE
OR NOW UNDER WATER
Two Hundred Rescued in EARLY
Morning While Clinging to
Roofs Of Houses Street Car
Service Crippled and
Water Works Shut
Down. @

- ALIAS, TEX. May 25-Fou1
lives are known to have been
lost. more than 1000, ,00ls
D worth Of property destroyed,
1000 people made homeless
| and telegraph and telephone wires
west and southwest from the city out
Of commission, are the result % =
record-breaking rise and overflow OF
the Trinity River last night and to-
day. making the greatest volume OF
water ever known in this city K 4
The flood at nightfall passed tho
record made by the rise In 1sss-
iififty-two feet-when business houses
situated In what is now a poorer resi-
dence section Of Dallas were swamped.
That same section OF the city tonight
Is under several feet of water. ant.
thousands have lost their household
effects. while the resid section 81
North Dallas Is cut of from the bust
ness part OF the city so far as street
car lines are concerned. Only one line
Is operating to a part OF North Dallas.
The water-works plant is out OF COM
mission and the light plant lis swamp
ed. "a, s.. - $50 - : = 2 = -
Under Military Guard.
lolnlsht Two companies Of infantry
anu anu one one OF artillery are patrolng the;
streets.s under the direction of the po-
ice, and none Is permitted to 20 on
the streets without permits from tfas
authorities. This action was made
necessary by the Gripping OF the wa
ter works and to prevent incendtary
fires. All objectionable characters were
given until sundown to leave the CITY.
and M many OF these had to walk out.
There lis not a street light burning in
tDalles to-uight One hundred special,
policemen. were sworn into service FOR
thrae days.
"A feature of thrilling interest hap
pened this morning, when. pressed on
the north by the weight OF debris, and
probably undermined on the south by
the wtirling eddles Of the main cur
rent Of the Trinity River. the trestling
steel bridge OF the Texas and Pacific
Railroad gave way and ten men were
thrown into the water in full, view of
10000 spectators that lined the, bank
for a half mile down stream. Seven
of these men were rescued at great
hazard The names of the three men
drowned ase unknown and their bodies
have not been recovered at late hour
tonight. The other death occurred
about 4 o'clock this morning, when an
Unknown man was drowned. Strees
Car service was = HSredtly hamperedE
during the day. Reports that many
negroes have leen drowned cannGt bc
verified. as the utmost confusion pre-
walls IN that quarter.
Rescued From Homes.
This morning Sheriff Ledbetter, Of
Dallas county, accompanied by a squad
ron OF deputies, pressed into service
the steamer Nellie Maurine and res
cued over 200 peopleSwho We're clinging
to the tops of their houses and perched
in trees at points in West Dallas and
along the Eagle Ford Road.
Tonight service has been resumed
on the Fort Worth-Dallas interurban
line as far as Oak Cliff. from which
point passengers are conveyed to Dali 4
las by boat.
The gauge at o'clock to-night
showed 52.4. and al that time The river.
had begun to recede. Reports of rain
later tonight, however, along the river
north of this city give rise to fears
that another rise will follow,
At a mass meeting held this evening
$4,000 was raised by personal sub
scription Tor the aid Of those made
homeless, ssitl IS u