, 1935-06-16

notonouSly through the day as res
u boats were dispatched to save
marooned persons. None was re-
ported lost, but hundreds were
routed from homes, Relief kitchens
AM beds were set up.
Currents roared ove the APP
proaches TO the long concrete Con-
gress Avenue bridge and Tapped at
the bottom Of the floor but did no
apparent damage. Downstream a
few miles, however, highway II
bridge at Monotopohs crossing. on
the Bastrop road, vas crushed.
Dam Is Damaged
Sections Of the s-uperstructure of
the Austin dam were washed away
and, while water covered the top,
damage to some of the main struc-
ture was considered by engineers as
likely.
Several hundred yards of the
south approach to the Congress
Avenue. bridge. the outlet for south
ern traffic, were under as much a.
10 feet Of water. A large grocery
store end numerous smaller build
tngs we're swept away. Food supplies
were sent 10 the south part OF Aus
tin by railroad.
City water and hight power plants
were submerged. Power service,
temporarily restored through aid Of
the University of Texas plant, was
out most Of the day. Officials said a
reserve Of 100000 gallons Of water
would provide limited supply for
several days.
Five and one-half inches Of rain
falling in the past Is hours at San
Saba were reported TO have washed
out Highway 81 bridge over Simp-
son Greek and put the San Saba
river at "a feet. It's waters pour
into the Colorado above Austin,
causing predictions of a continued
high stage here.
At Del Rio the Rio Grande was
receding with damage estimated at
100000 to bridges and streets. Two
hundred Latin Americans were
homeless and awaited the arrival by
plane of Red Gross officials. Hud-
died in a school house the homeless
were fed by Del Rio citizens. Search
ers feared more bodies would be
found in battered adobe homes.
Greenville fought turbulent
waters OF the Sabine river and its
tributaries. The waters backed into
the northeast section Of the town
as residents fled for their lives. The
rain continued after a record pre-
c~ipitation Of 8 inches had been rec
orded at noon. All highways lead
ing into the city we're flooded and
trains we're stalled. Cattle and
horses were washed away.
Billie Graves. newspaper carrier,
was rescued by two men after being
swept from his bicycle.
An 8-inch cloudburst swept the
Hilisboro section and rain was
falling steadily as hundreds were
Isolated by high waters. Eight hun
dred yards Of the Fort Worth
branch OF the Katy railroad were
washed out at Katy Lake n mile
north Of Hil.sboro and a concrete
highway bridge at the lake was also
washed out.
The downpour washed out 500 feet
of Texas and Pacific railroad track
near Lawrence. in the Terrell vi
entity, and the dam at Lake Terrell.
source Of Terrelis water supply was
Threatened as hundreds of citizens
worked to ave 1t.
Houses Washed Away
An estimated IL inch rain wash
ed away houses along the Mill and
Richland Greek valleys In Ellis
county as waters reached their
greatest depth in so years.
Thirty families fled SurRing
waters at Marble Falls, where Mayor
&C. M. Mars estimated the damage
sat 100000.
Flood warnings went out to low
land jewellers near Dallas and Fort
Worth as the Trinity river left its
banks on a sudden rise which wealth.
ser bureau officials estimated would
send 1t UP to 40 feet by Sunday.
Traffic was disrupted in many Sec
tions OF Dallas and a warning was
ISSUED for livestock to be moved
from lowlands in the levee district
near Fort Worth.
The Guadalupe river left its banks
near Gonzales and New Braun
fels and rolled over fields.
. Mckinney and Sherman reported
ldeluges which caused heavy dam
age to crops and much soil erosion.
Five special train loads OF Rota-
rians en- route to the Rotary Inter
national convention at Mexico City
were marooned at Laredo when a
iclcudburst washed out a stretch Of
railroad track Of the National Lines
railways at Altos. Is miles south Of
Laredo. Some Of the trains were
Routed through Brownsville.
The Rio Grande continued TO rise
at Laredo as Devils river and many
creeks dumped floodwaters into the
kwollen river. The Don Martin Irri-
cation works. 80 miles southwest Of
Laredo in Mexico, was full, but the
dam was holding.
The weather was still threatening
at Karnes City, but the San Anto-
MO river was gradually falling. Rail-
road tracks were open again and
highways in some directions were
passable.
The water was reported receding
at Kerrville. where DR.. G.. H. Kin
eaid, q dentist. narrowly escaped
drowning when he drove his car
into q swollen stream and was res
sued as the back end OF his auto
mobile hung from the bridge.
The heaviest rain in years was
reported at Ennis and trains were
re-routed. Bridges and highways
we're under water.
The Rio Grande was slowly re
ceding at Eagle Pass and the peak
OF the rise of the upper Rio Grande
gas expected to strike Rio Grande
Fifv MOndav night.