Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-05-26
HIGH WATER IN TEXAS
Trinity River at Dallas Passes Flood
Mark of Fifty-Two Feet.
FOUR THOUSAND HOMELESS
Property Damage Estimated at Over
Million Dollars.
AT LEAST FOUR LIVES LOST
Only One Street Car Line is in
Operation.
RECORD RAIN IN OKLAHOMA
Principal Streams Continue TO Rise
slowly and Train Service IL
Practically Suspended
ON Lines.

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known to be lost, mo. y " million dol
lars worth of property ed, 1900 peo-
pie rendered homeless =, graph and
telephone wires, west ano e Y, vest, put
out Of commission, is the res, Z u record
breaking overflow Of the Trim ~ r last
night ana today. The flood 4 = .tfall
passed the record made by the n. in 1885,
fifty-two feet
Only one street car line Is operating to
a part Of North Dallas. The water works
plant is out of commission and the light
plant is swamped. Mayor Hay has issued
a proclamation closing all business houses
from 1880 tonight until o'clock tomorrow
morning. Funds were raised this after
noon for the relief Of the homeless.
The village Of West Dallas, across the
Trinity river, is partially inundated and
hundreds Of families are being forced to
seek higher places. The Commerce street
bridge that spans Trinity river has been
partially washed away and there is no
travel between the city proper and suburbs
on the west bank ~ the river.
Street car bridges are under water and
traffic over these lines has been suspended.
Traffic on the interurban between this
city and Fort Worth has been discontinued
A section OF the Texas g. Pacific railroad
bridge has been washed away and service
In the city proper there is likely to be
much distress, as the water and light COM
panies have been closed down, their plants
having been flooded.
Financial Loss Heavy.
section OF the Santa Fe railroad bridge
has gone down and traffic over this line
has been temporarily discontinued.
The financial loss viii be heavy. People
living along the river below the city. were
not prepared for the sudden rise. 1t came
without warning and during the early hours
Of the morning there were many narrow
escapes from drowning Owners of live
stock we're forced to remove their animals
from the river bottom. number of cattle
and horses was swept away by the flood.
This section OF the city is peopled by the
poor classes and there is already much dis
tress among ttens
The Nellie Maurine. a river steamer.
caught under the Commerce street bridge
today and lost its pilot house.
Ten Dead at Fort worth.
FORT WORTH, Tex. May 25.-The flood
which descended upon Fort Worth Sunday
reached its crest today and Trinity river
and It's tributaries have receeded two feet.
The police department estimates that ten
persons met death in Fort Worth and vi
cinity and that 100000 damage has been
done.
Record for BrasOs at Waco.
WACO. Tex, May 25.-The Brazos river
ID higher here by two feet than ever known.
Thousands OF acres of land have been over
flowed and the damage to crops is heavy.
People living in the lowlands have been
driven from their homes. Five inches of
rain fell in ten hours. Railroads have been
washed out badly. Tributaries Of the Bra
EOS river are extremely high and crops
along these streams have been damaged.
Record Rain in okIahoma.
GUTHRIE. okL. May a.-Flood condi-
tions in Oklahoma were still serious TO y.
day, Notwithstanding there was no further
heavy rains in the state since late yes
terday, all the principal streams continued
to rise slowly, spreading out and cover
ing additional territory, and II v,as pre-
dicted that the water would not begin TO
fall any before twenty-four hours No ad-
ditional loss OF life was reported up TO
early today. but several points were still
isolated and full details were lacking. Rail-
roads over the entire state are practically
out Of commission. While hundreds OF
persons have abandoned their homes in
the bottoms and are camped on the hills.
No real distress has been reported
The rainfall has broken all Oklahoma
records.
Railroads Suffer Heavily.
The railroads most seriously affected
are the St. Louis San Francisco. the Mis-
souri. Kansas a Texas. Midland Valley
Rock ISLAND and Santa Fe. All the princl-
pal streams are out OF their banks at
some point slong their length. The towns
that have suffered the greatest damage
and Inconvenience are west Gutherie,
Tulsa, jerks, small town near Tulsa;
Muskogee, Shawnee and Sapulpa West
Guthrie. parts Of Tulsa, jerks and sapuIpa
are Inundated. Shawnee is surrounded by
water and isolated save for telegraph and
telephone communication; Muskogee has
suffered considerable damage to outlyins
property and It's gas plant was flooded
last night and closed down, ana much
lowland IN other parts OF the state is under
water.
The streams are higher than for year,
and are bringing down much wreckag,
OF various description. Bridges and variou.
places on the cimarron. Cottonwood, Cana.
dian and Arkansas rivers. as we'll as OF
most OF the tributaries OF these streams
have either suffered damage OF beer
washed out entirely. It win be a week OF
more before train service has been restored
70 It's normal condition.
Heavy Loss In OH Fields.
TULSA. oki, May 25.-The Arkansas
river at Tulsa, after reaching its height
shortly after midnight last night. began al
noon today 10 Isosde slowly. Reports from
surrounding towns also tell OF a fall ir
the streams. All trains on the Missouri
Kansas 4 Texas, St. Louis q San Fran.
Cisco Midland Valley and the Santa F,
are tied up at Tulsa No trains have com,
IN from the west since Sunday morning
The Midland Valley and Frisco bridges ar,
Unsafe and the tracks on the west side Of
Tulsa are washed out for hundreds o.
i yards. Both approaches TO tho wagor
bridge here have been damaged.
Al the town OF jerks. in the oil field fif
teen miles south or here. four feet OF watel
stands In the Midland Valley yards and IN.
station on that road has been abandoned