| From the New Orleans True Delta |
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| April 16, 1861 |
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| Texas |
| The Overflow in the Brazos |
| A letter from Richmond, 9th inst., to the
News, says: |
| After closing my note of yesterday, at
about two o'clock P. M., the bridge {Washington
County RR} gave way, and about seventy or eight feet went off.
This was by no means an unexpected event, But to the astonishment of
every one, the drift, which had accumulated and caused this, remained,
and it is still thus, looking very much like a permanent fixture.
Unfortunately, about the time the bridge went off, the river began to
fall. This renders the drift some six or ten acres, a matter of serious
embarrassment to the railroad company. |
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