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Show FLOODS GROWING, WORSE. Situation in Texas More . Serious Nine Persons Drowned. Houston, Tex., July 20. Flood conditions in the Brazon valley continue to grow steadily worse. The,river is again rising about AYaco and 'the crest pf the flood was only a short distance below that point this morning. r The whoje of the low land is Inundated and water !yet to come down which will put the river over the record mark. " . . , .' , --. Railroad and wagon bridges are washed out and railroads are again in very bad shape. ... ? The San Marcos 'river " is higher than ever before and tho whole country around San Marcos is inundated. Heavy damage has resulted in Guadaloupe valley. Every stream in the state . has more water in them than for years.- In. the cattle country, creeks which have had no water in them for twenty years are now. running bank full. There is not even a way of aoaroxi-matlng aoaroxi-matlng the extent of the damage though it is known to be hundreds of thousands of dollars as the valleys are used largely as cotton fields. The people were given ample warning and are moving from the bottoms with their stock so the loss of life is small. Nine persons have been reported drowned since the flood began. |