Show o A A l TOWN INU AnO B BRI i RI RISING m I s HOUSTON HOUSTO Tex Tea May oray 31 AD AP- AP w was s inundated today tody nm and the OO residents o of ot that town v Abo about t. t tw twenty enty miles from Houston were sitting on a hillside about a quarter of a mile mUe away and ard match matching ing the w water ater flow flew through their houses homes homs and business s' s i The residents fled before the thew swollen w llen San Jacinto river swept o o-ef o v et the town tow I f r. r Three reb normally sluggish bayous barous w were re raging torrents today as the full tull force of ot Texas Texas' spring floods sw swept pt down on Houston bringing Immense property loss loss r Possibility of ota a a water shortage 1 n asan an added menace as the strong current of Buffalo bayou crashed windows of ot the central water st station sta sta- 1 tf tion n early toda today and rose roses In the I j f building The plant was shut down and hd the tho whole burden of supplying the city with water was placed on th the substations Three or tour four houses were were swept downstream but It was thought the occupants pants had been warned In time timeto I to escape Homes In many sec see sections bons of ot the city were flooded and nd residents fled to higher ground taking taking taking tak tak- ing their furniture In boats Wat Water r poured Into the wh wholesale and produce houses bouses In the tIle market section of ot th the city near near the edge of Buffalo bayou Three stories of ot one f- f bull building were flooded and only the sign of ot another anether could could could-be be seen i Practically the entire city engi engl- lle force and police department w were ere At work throughout the night j i the former er trying to protect the water ater supply and the latter latter- Issuing r I warnings at bridges most of ot which p it ere were covered with swiftly flowing flowing- f t wat water r. r I |