Eureka Reporter | 1905-06-02 | Page 2 | Floods in Texas

FLOODS IN TEXAS overflow of rio grande river will cost half a mill on el paso A half million dol lars is a conservative estimate of the damage done by the overflow of the grande river north of el paso in the valley between five and ten thousand acres of farm lands are under water crops and farm machin cry have lost and all houses in the path of the waters washed away the water in most places ts six feet deep every adobe house in anthony N M has been washed away and the people have fled to el paso one tarn lly at anthony was caught in the flood and were two days and nights without food or water they were finally rescued from the roof of a barn the water is still rising rapid ly threatening greater damage es specially ally at el paso where the lower section of the city Is in peril it the sand dyke gives away laborers are working constantly to protect the dyke with sand bags