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The Great Floods of 1913
Published: 01/01/1937 by Anonymous
The great flood of October 1, 1913 inundated all that territory in the town of La Vernia, from the railroad to the river. People in this low territory were forced to flee to higher ground. No warning of the rising water had been given and people went to sleep on the night of September 30, 1913 without thinking of the small river near by. Many people were awaken on the lower ground by water in their beds. One man waked to find his wood box floating around in the room. The people came from the flooded ground wading through the water almost over their heads.
The dry hollow a dry creek running parallel with the Cibolo but joining it even with La Vernia, has low banks some two hundred yards from where it joins the Cibolo. The water in the main creek backed up and went up this creek when it reached the low banks it overflowed and in the form of a raging corrent sweept through a low swag into the residence area. Many cotton bales were carried away by the high waters, Men tied ropes to many of the bales and held them in this way but many were lost. The bridge was completely destroyed. The flood of December 1, 1913 was not near as severe but caused much damage and the people fled to higher ground taking their livestock and other belongings with them. The river did not come out of its banks but the people moved out this time as they had too much experience from the flood of October 1, 1913.
The dry hollow a dry creek running parallel with the Cibolo but joining it even with La Vernia, has low banks some two hundred yards from where it joins the Cibolo. The water in the main creek backed up and went up this creek when it reached the low banks it overflowed and in the form of a raging corrent sweept through a low swag into the residence area. Many cotton bales were carried away by the high waters, Men tied ropes to many of the bales and held them in this way but many were lost. The bridge was completely destroyed. The flood of December 1, 1913 was not near as severe but caused much damage and the people fled to higher ground taking their livestock and other belongings with them. The river did not come out of its banks but the people moved out this time as they had too much experience from the flood of October 1, 1913.
