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Show FLOODS IN TEXAS. Overflow of Rio Grande River Will Cost Half a Million. T.l Taso, Tex A half million dol lnrs Is n coii!orwitl o estlmato of tho daniago dono by tho oertlow of the Hio Orando rier noith of 131 Taso In tho Moxllla alley lletweon five nnd ten thousand acres of farm lands are under water, crops and farm noihln cry havo been lost, und all houses in tho path of tho waters washed nwnj Tho water 'in most places Is b foot deep l)vor adobe house in Anthony N M , Iuir been washed away and tha peoplo have tied to i:i Taso Ono fam lly at Anthony was caught In tho Hood nml 'were two dnjs and nights without food ot water Thoj were llnnll) le&cued from the roof of a barn Tho wator Is still ilslng rapid 1), threatening greatoi damage, cs-pec'nll) cs-pec'nll) nt 1.1 Taso where tho lower sectlou of tho city Is in peril if tho sand d)lo gives nwa laborers are worklug constantly to protect the dko with sand bags. |