Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1922-05-03
FORT WORTH IS
SWEPT BY FLOOD
Eleven Die as River Jumps 20
Feet in IL Hours.
ABOUT 1900 ARE HOMELESS
kine-lneh Fall o. Rain lnundaies
May ether Lone Star State Cities
Trains Are Maroonsd When
Bridges CO oUt.

Fort Worth. Tex. April 26-At least
eleven persUns have been drowned and
sIWaUoJ property damage done In the
worst Hold in the history u Fort
Worth
seven and ons-half inch rain that
started M night and continued through
the day brought 9D-foot jump In l.
hours la the Trinity river. A stage Of
s-l5 fees vas reached and the waters
swep, ihs city.
The seven dead Include:
Two women swept cut ~ a tree In
which they had taken refuge.
Two women drowned when q rescue
beat capsiEed.
man whose body was seen floating
near the Van Zandt viaduct.
Two persons drowned Ia the Vas
Zandt school district.
Many Reseues By Boat
Five others are reported drowned
along the course ~ the river through
the city. At least 1900 are homeless.
Large areas ~ the city are under
water. Families have been rescued
By boats.
The Cameron Lumber company's
plant was destroyed by FIRE with
loss estimated AZ over S2o0.O0O. Fire
men were unable 90 reach the plant
becnuse ~ the food.
The wafer shurt-circuited telephone
cables and wire communication with
the outside was cut OF.
iuterurban traffic with Dallas was
cut n and a number ~ street car
lines were discontinued. one II the
water works plants was flooded.
Water Breaks IsVee.
The levee protecting part-Of north
Port Worth broke aud loWlands Ia that
section were quickly inundated. Sew
eral houses were washed away.
Sycamore Heights. on the opposite
side u the city. was also flooded and
scuues II houses were surrounded rs
water. Thousands 20 persons resid-
fug un Arlington Heights were cut OF
hy the food aud could not reach the
business section 81 the city.
Dallas Also Flooded.
Dallas. Tex. April 26.-TOrrentlal
rains. approximatiug five inches in
this city. flooded vast areas Ca this
section. Many railroad and interurban
connections are severed.
The water was higher than ever
known Five miles of tracks between
this city and Fort Worth are unde-
water. More than twenty families are
ularoonesl here. Property damage. u
= estimated. will run into the hun
drssls 20 thousands ~ dollars.
FInnd warnings have been issued TO
families along the bottom lands ~ the
w~~t fork ~ the Trinity river between
Dallas and Fort Worth.
Rail Bridges Out
Foruey. Tex. April osi-Forney was
T1aroonei as the result 81 heavy rains
with wuShouts in two places on the
Texas 4 Pacific railroad. and with wa
ter covering the F0rney-Dallas high
way for more than n mile In the East
FORK bottoms. The Texas 4 Pacific
bridge over Brush creek. east Of here.
has heen washed away and the bridge
over East Fork has been carried more
than loo feet down stream. other
bridges are out and wire communion
ton broken.
Trains Are Marooned.
Eunis. Tex. April aG.-Nearly a
dozen washouts on railroad lines lead
ing from Ennis ca Dallas. Fort Worth
and south are reported here. A num-
Der II trains have been marooned and
thousands ~ dollars damage has been
done
Katy Flyer Flooded.
Wnxnhachie. Tex. April 26-The
nOrlh-bound Katy Flyer is maroOned
az the station here. with water run
ming over the drive wheels % the loco
motive aud along the bottoms Of the
coaches. Many ~ the passengers
were removed by the IRE department
on ladders set on top az the coaches
and extending 20 the iuterurban via
duet.