Escape Just In Time As River Flood Wakes Texas
Floods sweep across Texas with rail lines washed out bridges down and trains halted. San Marcos and San Antonio report record rises with homes and businesses flooded, fish hatcheries damaged and multiple towns cut off by rising Brazos and San Marcos rivers.
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San Marcos
Purgatory Creek
Lake & Griffin
C. G. Mead
EB. A. Christian
Christian
Missouri, Kansas
Texas
International
Great Northern
Missouri, Kansas and Texas
San Marcos River
Purgatory
Blanco River
Warnkin Place
United States Fish Hatchery Station
Brazos Rising at Hearne and Flood Threats Reported
July 30 dispatches from Hearne and nearby towns describe the Brazos river rising slowly with Little River in flood, threatening crops along floodplains and leaving planters anxious about damage. Heavy rain also drenched Palestine and Columbus regions, washing out rail lines and delaying trains, while Texarkana endured a downpour flooding streets and delaying connections.
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Texarkana
Tex
Backs Up at Waco River Rebounds After Rain
Brazos river rose six feet Tuesday after a fifteen foot fall during the present high water, aided by feeder streams. The river can now pass this point safely under current conditions. At Cleburne washouts interrupt Santa Fe service from the south. transfer plans to connect remaining sections are expected once track links are complete.
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Dallas
Texas and Pacific
Big Springs
Stanton
Big Spring
Elmo
Missouri, Kansas and
Texas
San Antonio
Katy” Flyer
Santa Fe
Texas Central
Whitney
Mineola and Troupe
International
Great Northern
Austin
Brees
Waco
Tex
Brazos River
Cleburne
Thirty Inches at Kyle Disaster Strikes Texas Town
Kyle Texas July 30. In the last twenty hours thirty inches of rain have fallen here. G Schultz a blacksmith at Upland six miles east of Kyle was drowned in Plum creek.
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Lockhart
Tex
Plum Creek
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Kyle
G. Schultz
Upland
Wealthy Texan Doctor Dies in Louisville
A Courier- Journal dispatch from Bowling Green reports the sudden death in Louisville of Dr. E. M. Eagle of Beaumont Texas. The wealthy physician arrived a week earlier and planned to invest 16000 dollars in a farm. His brother Joseph Eagle is a leading South Texas lawyer and their mother was a cousin of Senator Sam Bell Maxey.
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Louisville
Courier- Journal
Bowling Green
E. M. Eagle
Beaumont
Tex
Insurgent Creek Snake band threatens council in Okmulgee
Insurgent Creek Indians known as the Snake band occupy the council yard at Okmulgee July 20 with 12 fullblood members present. Marshal Bergett has warrants for 200 more Maiese revolting Indians opposing the supplementary treaty ratification amid threats that hinder council meetings.
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Okmulgee
I. T
Creek Council
Snake Band
Marshal Bergett
Man Killed by Club Near Spring Station
Houston July 30 Sheriff Anderson received notice that Amos Rankin at Tammany in Montgomery County near Spring Station was killed by a blow to the head with a club. He also received papers for the arrest of Jim Brooks, colored, on a murder charge.
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Houston, Tex
Anderson
Amos Rankin
Tammany
Motgomery County
Spring Station
Jim Brooks
Bituminous coal price hike in Indiana mines tied to anthracite strike
Terre Haute July 30. An advance of five cents and ten cents a ton in the price of bituminous coal according to grade loaded on cars at the mines throughout the Indiana field takes effect August 1. The rise is indirectly due to the anthracite strike.
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Terre Haute
Indiana Field
Killing in Kentucky sparks fatal Mine shooting
At Mingo mines in Middlesboro Kentucky Warren Smith killed Calvin Senter by shooting him through the heart after mortally wounding Smith in a dispute over a woman. The shooting occurred July 30 in Kentucky.
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Middlesboro
Kyi
Mingo Mines
Warren Smith
Calvin Senter
Senter
Smith
Water works project planned for Muskogee OK
Muskogee Oklahoma intends to spend 171924 dollars on water works. The item appears among news briefs for the period.
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Aéd
Cole
Cal
Liemmand
Allen Academy
The
State University
Bryan, Texas
Jr. H. Allen
R. C. Allen
Aricaie
McConnico
Generals Insurance Agency
Bryan
Mutual Life of
New York
A. D. M’connico
Hanway's
E. Grieser
Monroe
J. W. Batts
Brazos County
Price
Allen Acaemy
East Front
J. A Myers
Ie Beenmes
Pochila
Khereby
Jametta
SAN Matecos
Calvert
Calvert, Tex
Little
Big Brazos
Pond Creek
Little River
Brazos
West End Lake
Wis & F Sted
Alazan Creek
Hearne
Tearne
Palestine
Lake Station
Neches
Colorado
Clumbus
Columbus
Colorado River
Cummins Creek
Dr. Eagle
Montgomery County
Kentucky
Muskogee
J. T
Charlies J. Mariott
McKinney
Pilot Grove Creek
Hodges
Guthrie
Okla
Nelson Christian
Denton
M. Corn
Dublin
Edward
James & Hart
Ibky al
HSG
P. I. Boyle ‘Swan
GSE
Egupion
Eupion
the Bryan Grocery Co
Rige Bros
Sanders Bros. & Co
Cole Bros
Thos. W
Otto Boeha
Tyler Haswell
Rams
Bert
Yan
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