The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1852-04-10
Week Of Exciting lHetasnsa-an1n, V)oa4.
anA Torna1D.

The week ending on Saturday lAs<. esss
/ birth to series Of exciting inoidenss. b
began with fire on Monday morniwg. sd
duting the day tragic ARRAY ocourrsA
Ia the calaboos. On Wednesday il soss-
m-nced raining. and continued during ~
night which caused the San Antcnio -
swell considerably beyond its ssoal limits
II continued to rain during the day as1
night of Thursday, though not in sush qsan-
ltv as to cause any serious apprehension :
bat north OF this clead must have bssss
for, on Friday about noon, tie ri~sr
commenced raising at tho rate n e~e foot
or NOR. per hour. and continued sntf u
had carried off upon its tusbid cwersWk Al
the fences, aud bath houses that stood spsa
its banks, and sweep, away all the Asidess
excerpt VIZ. 1wohigs, recently erected, end
lb. main bridge on Commerce street, which
were seriously threatened but Mai Bslvss
took time by the fofelock, and had the httsV
amp secured with good and Sufficient Asv-
ser. &, IA the Quarter masters Departsosnl
Had the same precaution been TAKES wi1A
the other bridges, they might have hsen ~
cured As it was, one lies high and ~ -
th. bank below the mill, while another b
down stream some distance, tied to = tree.
aud several private bridges were entirely u.
stoyed Several houses were swept away
or washed down, and considerable damage
wa, done to gardens along the banks ef ~
river Had the bridges near the mill been
one foot higher. they would have bid DIS.
.nce TO the flood. The river has nst been
80 swollen for number of years, AID sny
not b, so again for some time. yet i vii
h- well enough to guard against lits con.
liugencics, aud in replacing the bridges pst
them Zoo, or too higher We have bees
unsble to form any estimate Of the probable
damage done IN this immediate vicinity.
expect to hear disastrous accounts froa
the doings OF the flood below here.
The Sslado MAS also up. and We lessa
did eou-,d-f.bIe damage. The WooIss
Factory, wss so undermined by the wates
~ to cause It to tumble into the Hood, eass-
ing loss to considerable number Who held
stock Ia H. Messrs lIewi, aud Newton ase
the greatest sufferers. their loss being foss
or Ave Thousand dollars.
Fortunately, these floods, likc an old
lsdy's dance. are OF short duration. They
suhside as rapidly rs they increase.
GA Friday night, about nine o. Ten
O'clock. disastrous tornado passed over
this citg, lesrlinp in is mad career. houses,
f-ures. aud sign posts. Yves. Of the Sas
Pedro it did considerable damage. The
house OF Antonio Navarro was lsvslsd -
the ground, Fortunately, he had not ~.
tired. and when the blast first struck his
dwelling, which was adobe, escaped with
ail his family except daughter. who was
asleep. He returned TO search for her amid
the ruins. expecting to find her dead. bst
was sg,eesil, surprised to find that she had
escaped unhur,. The posts Of the bsdstead
we're broken of and had fallen in ssch .
manner ss to protect her from the falling
walls rev adobe honsc. single rooted.
recently erected by Antonio Guticres was
unioofed andqui,e anuniber Of jscsls shared
the snnte fate This side Of the San Pedro.
seyeul jacal, were torn down and Others
unroofrd. \ sh,nge rooted adobe hOsse
belonging to NJ. Casino. in the soath pavs
ot the c,iy. WAS unrooied and otherwise
consider injured. A part Of the siass
was torn ON the roof of NJ. Callagha's
house. Several toule rooted Jacnls east Of
the Main Plaza looked considerably like
friyslv chickens The :" old mll'' sustained
no other damage than the blowing in Of one
window, which caused lot OF paper 10 81
considerably wet, which would havsl besa
well enough had we been ready to uss 4.
The roof Of Mr. McMulien's house, in Tie
rear Of the mill, had one corner Of the rosG
torn of.
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