Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 April 1915 — Houses Float Away. [ARTICLE]

Houses Float Away.

High waters in creeks running through Austin, Texas, caused the police and fire departments to be called out to patrol their banks. Ten houses and considerable live, stock have floated away and there are rumore of people being drowned. The rain started falling Wednesday evening and was still falling Thursday night and fear is felt of a repetition of the Galveston disaster.