Ogden Daily Standard | 1908-04-18 | Page 8 | Texas Cities Are Swept by Flood

TEXAS CITIES ARE SWEPT BY FLOOD fort worth april IS 18 another rise of three feet in clear and west fork forced thousands of persons to fleo flee from their homes in cast fort worth today so far as known four persons bao lost their lives the rise was wag so rapid that people were obliged to leave their furniture and personal ejects at least persons persona have been rendered homeless and all streams are still alsin railroad service is badly crippled and the texas and pacific road reports that it will not be able to send out trains west for two or three days the fort worth and rio grande and the santa fe roads are arc running very few trains five hundred delegates to the state labor convention are erbon er bound nd here A cloudburst in parker and palo pinto counties last night will probably send the brazos and trinity rivers two feet higher and these streams are now higher than in 25 years north fort worth Is isolated and five hundred houses are arc submerged mineral All city near weatherford is under water and cleburne south of here on the santa fe fc is surrounded by the flood engineer long and his fireman were found dead under their engine today their train left the track in a washout a mile north of cleburne the foremans firemans fi remans name Is believed to bo be allsup the flood sufferers have been provided with shelter crops over a large area have been destroyed destroyed and the estimated loss will reach over half a million dollars all night the police fired a continual volley 0 of shots to warn residents in the flood district