Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1908-05-25
FLOODS FOLLOW
HEAVY RAINS
Great Damage to
Property in Okla
homa and Texas
TRAFFIC IS OEM0RAL|ZED
Railroad Tracks and Bridges
Swept Away Some
Loss of Life

Dallas, Tex, May 25.--What may
result in one Of the most destructive
floods in Dallas and vicinity in recent
years is threatened today as the re-
suit of a very sudden and record
breaking rise in the Trinity river. Al
ready half dozen lives are known to
have been lost, the section of the city
known as Eagle Ford road. is inundat-
ed, many families being driven from
their homes and the power plant of
the Dallas Street Railway company is
under water to the first floor, cutting
off the light and electrical current all
over the city.
Lowlands Inundated.
The flooded section is along the
stretches of lowland and the main res.
idence and business sections of the
city will escape the waters in
vasion. The property loss will be ex-
tremely heavy. Those driven from
their homes were forced to leave all
their possessions, many barely escap.
ing with their lives. Household goods
in many instances were piled high,
the owners climbing to the summit of
the piles to escape the rapidly ap-
preaching waters They were rescued
by means of boats.
Bridge Goes Out; Six Perish.
A span of the large Texas and Pa
cific railroad bridge here went out
this afternoon. Fifteen men who were
on the structure at the time working
to prevent its being swept away, went
down with the bridge. Six were
drowned while the others were res
cued with the greatest difficulty
Conditions Growing Worse Hourly.
The Trinity river. rose from 2S feet
at 10 o'clock last night to 41.5 feet at
6 o'clock this morning and is still ris-
ing. A village west of Dallas across
the river is partly inundated, hun
dreds of families being forced to seek
higher ground. The Commerce street
bridge has been party washed away
and there is no travel between this
city and the suburbs on the west side
of the river. Street car traffic is sus-
pended. Traffic on the inter-urban
line between Dallas and Ft. Worth has
also been discontinued
After a section of the Texas and
Pacific railroad bridge was washed
away this afternoon service to the
west was abandoned. In this city
proper there is likely to be much dam
age as both the water and light
plants are closed down. A section O1
the Santa Fe railway bridge has gone
down and traffic over this line has
also been discontinued.
People living along the river be
low the city were not prepared fol
the sudden rise, which came without
warning and there were many mar
row escapes from drowning. Many
horses and cattle were drowned.
River Becomes Raging Flood.
This afternoon the Trinity river be
came raging flood. Hundreds o
people were caught in the lowland:
and are being taken off in boats. /
is reported that number were
drowned. From the banks of thu
stream men can be seen clinging tt
the trees and roofs. The city is nov
without water.
The Continental Gin company's
plant caught fire today. Several line!
of hose were laid to nearby stream
and water pumped from there. Tht
fire was extinguished with severa
thousand dollars loss.
Flood at Waco.
Waco, Texas, May 25.-The Brazo
river is higher here by two feet thai
ever known. Thousands OF acres o
land have been flooded and the dam
age to crops is heavy. People hav
been driven from their homes in tn
lowlands. Five inches of rain fell II
ten hours. The railroads in this sec
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Serious Floods in Oklahoma.
Guthrie, Okla, May 25-Flood cor
ditions in Oklahoma are still very sci
ious today. Though there has bee
no heavy rain since yesterday tn
streams continued to rise today. SeN
eral points are isolated. Railroad
over the entire state are PRACTICAL
out of commission. Hundreds of PEE
sons have abandoned their homes i
the bottom lands and escaped to tn
hills.
The rainfall will break all Oklaht
ma records. The towns that suffe
ed the greatest damage are Yves
Guthrie, Tulsa, jerks, Muskogee, 81
pulpa and Shawnee. Many bridges o
the Cimarron, Cottonwood and Arkal
sas rivers are wrecked. It will be