Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1906 — MANY ARE LOST IN TEXAS FLOOD [ARTICLE]

MANY ARE LOST IN TEXAS FLOOD

Town of Lantry Under Water—Estimated Damage Is Placed at $1,000,000, San Antonio. Tex.,’ Aug. 14.—At least a dozen persons are reported dead or missing as the result of a cloudburst in the vicinity of Langtry, a small town on the Southern Pacific road. The storm broke over Langtry shortly after noon. In an incredibly short time raging torrents swept down from the mountain summits, flooding the town and country, in some places forty feet deep. Seven bridges and nine miles of railroad track were swept away and cattle worth nt least $500,000 were drowned. The property loss within ten miles of Langtry will amount t 051,000,000. $1,000,000. This was the first rain of any consequence for six months. Ail California trains will be delayed here for some time.