| Show IN or HIGH NIBS immense area in texas texa and okla howa homa inundated much sorrow and suffering resulting beguiling fort north tex ten beven known to bo be dead 5 are am homen n of B a dozen or more are reported to nave apen killed in tort fort and north fort 1 orth as a a result of the greatest rise in the history of the be trinity river which tic beginning gloning at 7 30 0 clock evening reach ed a climax at 5 0 clock sunday afternoon I 1 ave I 1 ve of the deaths oc burred sunday and two saturday mayor W D hart of fort hiorth oreb issued a B proclamation caning calling upon the unfortunate citizens to help the homeless is muskogee okla not a railroad in oklahoma in g in operation us u a result of the heavy rains ani and cloudbursts that have occurred in various parts 0 of f the state the last road to sus SUB pend operations op opt rations was waa the I 1 mist missouri kansas texas which was forced io to quit at noon sunday when hen the bridge on the main line at eufaula went down all west tb Is inundated with ironi from sean to tin feet of water rush ing through the streets the cotton wood aher la Is within four feet of the high highwater water mark registered on may 6 1897 Resi denho of the low lovi lands fearing a recurrence of the 1897 moods when seven or eight people la in the valley lost their lives began leaving thir homes sunday night and OH as far as possible transported their household effects to the higher ground some distance from the chan nel of the stream so far as aa known no one ha has haa s been drowned though the river Is in twenty feet higher than normal and has haa spread pread over the wide valley for miles the pio property perty loss loas will bo be great crops of all kinds kinda being washed out houses housea unroofed by storm austin tex A ter terrific rifle wind aind and rainstorm siept texas from the pan handle to the gulf puff on sunday the dost destruction st to ciopa and vegetation trees and shrubbery try was as the greatest reported for or years yeara in numerous places houses were unroofed and al small nall villages end and hamlets in many instances were inundated by the ter rifle rainfall which in the space apace of four hours reached ro acied seven inches in m many any sections austin was la in the I 1 anth ath of the worst of the storm and foi hours houra the streets were impassable for either man or beast electric ight and telephone connections were wera disabled beyond immediate repair and many houses were ere unroofed the agricultural arri cultural of cantral and texas have been immeasurably damaged ne recording cording to ao denoral geb biral recci received ved here |
