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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1900
Page
3
September reports flood waters on the Trinity River and its forks reach their highest in years. Homes and streets flood, residents flee to higher ground, and several bridges are washed away as the river overflows its banks. Children are reported drowned near the Clear Fork area amid widespread damage to property and infrastructure.
September 21 report from Texas details washouts and flooding along the Trinity River region. Railways and roads are blocked, bridges damaged, and electric lines knocked out. Estimates say 2% of crops at risk as floodwaters rise. one church and other buildings suffer damage. The city works to drain water as towns brace for continued high water and possible losses.
A north wind and heavy rain in Texas on September 21 caused high water along the river and riverfront areas. Flooding slowed traffic, with a Roundbound freight train wreck near Behr causing damage to the cotton line and repairs underway.
Readable fragments describe a weather or event note about heavy rain and conditions affecting Denton County around September 1991. No clear entities or outcomes are verifiable from the fragment.
Reports from Sherman Rice Wortham Groesbeck Troy Greenville describe heavy rain and strong north winds last night and this morning. Cotton crops suffered damage as rains continued with lightning and thunderstorms amid a forecast of continued wet weather and falling prices.
The first Santa Fe passenger train to Galveston in thirteen days arrives via Alvin Hitchcock and Virginia Point, with Conductor J. W. McMillan and Engineer A. Alexander Wild. President officials and crews oversee rapid bridge rebuilding after extensive damage to tracks and piers. The run inaugurates full service from Houston to Galveston, with multiple trains returning to regular schedules soon.
The excerpt notes discussions on fare relief and tickets, with references to railroad operations and personnel. It mentions trains, an engineer, a treasurer, and a temporary relocation of the DAymAster's department, plus a return to a bustling Union depot atmosphere amid ongoing business.
Bishop W A Candler of Atlanta arrives in Galveston to oversee Texas Methodist conferences and discuss church restoration support. Houston pastors Rev O T Hotchkis and Seth Ward join in relief planning as thirteen churches in the district lie destroyed and eleven damaged with losses exceeding 100000 dollars.
Inspector Youens of the Galveston board of underwriters plots storm ruin on an insurance map. He shows Twenty-fifth Street as the line of total destruction with about 1049 houses gone east of town and an overall 3000 houses destroyed citywide. The Gulf coast area along five to seven blocks west of Forty-second Street is heavily wrecked. He will continue surveys until property loss is fully logged.
In Belton Texas on September 2 Ada Lasater letters The Post asking for temporary housing for women and children. She offers to host a boy for a month and pledges to help find more temporary homes while permanent ones are rebuilt.
An advertisement extols Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as a safe effective internal treatment for catarrh. It claims the tablets cleanse the blood and mucous membranes and can replace douches with convenient lozenges that dissolve in the mouth. Dr. Bement endorses the product and druggists offer full size packages at 50 cents.
The State printing board awarded first to third lacos to Von Boeckmann Schuetze & Co of Austin for printing. Jones & Co of Dallas secured court reports printing. J L Stephenson of Abilene got the flat paper contract. Charters filed include Sewell Hering Mill and Elevator Co of McGregor capital 25000, The Wilson Co of Dallas capital 10000, Burnet Grocery Co of Sherman capital 2000. Aditant General announces Colonel Vonry relieved and Captain McCormick to command First Infantry Texas Volunteer Guard until new officers qualified. County tax rolls show rises in Morris Foard Tyboa Fayetta Bastrop. Mayfield returns, Galveston relief progress, Houston duty noted.
G W Hoschke announced that work at the Southern Pacific wharves will begin tomorrow to clear and prepare for Huntington improvements. Botehke has eighty five men on the new bridge. Boschke notes ample material, with lumber washed onto the manland being recovered for continued Southern Pacific improvements.
Charles H. Byers of Houston is appointed to fill the Orthwein post left vacant by the death of William E. Daily in Galveston Texas on September 21.
Reports from Sherman to Center detail Woodmen of the World post and local chapters raising money and clothing for Galveston and other Gulf Coast storm victims. Citizens from Corpus Christi sent funds and Judge Grass distribution, with totals surpassing $1,000 plus supplies. Beeville and Alvin receive shipments. Pythians donate $80. Center reports $117.49 cash and clothing, aiding affected families and commending Sayore and Drashowr for official assistance.
The State Photographers' Association schedules meetings in Dallas on September 21 after earlier Galveston dates in October. The event brings together photographers from Dallas and Galveston for training and coordination.
Notices from The Post list inquiries and missing persons connected to the Galveston storm. People ask for fate of relatives, sailors, and residents, with several names and addresses noted and Messengers reporting safety, loss, or requests for information.
Reports from Hicks, Corsicana, McKinney and Yoakum describe heavy rainfalls on September 20 21 that damaged open cotton bolls. Observers warn the weather will injure yields with rotten bolls and worms appearing in bottom land as 700 bales weighed so far.
Strong winds and heavy rain from a September storm cause extensive damage across Fort Ged County and nearby areas. Many cotton bolls shed locks and boll damage. fields flooded and work halted as the rain continued through the morning.
Major Oppkiofer US engineer, assigned to survey the Brazos river from Washington to its mouth, arrived in Navasota and began plans for immediate work. He will organize crews, secure supplies, and select qualified men from the local area to proceed with the task.
A brief, tragic report describes an Indian girl from Minn Picken fatally burned when a kerosene can exploded at a home linked to her brother-in-law Charles Burns. The incident also destroyed the house and contents.
The Gartity Mills Oil Company finished a 25 barrel oil well on the Bo Mille tract near the works and reported a good well on the Mc Cipstun land extending the territory.
The Richmond Texas board of examiners met, with several applicants examined. The place known as Kirkland residence will open the first week of October.
An advertisement claims a product named Jessy and Valerio-Phosphate Quinine cures malaria without causing nervousness or head ringing. It lists a price of 25 cents and targets relief with dubious claims.
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