The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-04-28
TIE RAIN sTOgM.
An Unprecedented Three Hours Water
fali-The Streets Raaning gi-s ers,
and Store Easements are " AIDE
impramtu Water Taaks.
The Front Wall of the Texas DistilIery
Building Crushed in by tie Water
Pressure. Carrying With it Two
Floors and Part of the Roof.

The Krfatntn. WALL Opposite 0rr's
street 9ufehed.
Our city was visited yesterday by
the heaviest rain that ever fell here in
the same length of time, and the dam
age done by il is considerable. The
streets were running rivers. Many
OF the stores were flooded and the pro-
prietors Obliged to Keep ii force at work
sweeping out the water.
a CREvAssE.
Opposite Orr's stable theirs Is deep
gully which runs of toward the south
and carries away the water which is
emptieti into ii by the big sewer which
runs along Main street fraGi the eaEt.
There being no gutter OF sewer west
of it, the body OF water on Main street
find vent somewhere. II ran east till
it came to this gully, and its
force was so great that it washed
the earth at the edge of the gully
away and undermined the sidewalk,
leaving the banqette suspended over
the chasm with no support but the
striDgers for distance of fifty feet,
and preventing passage. The street
has been considerably encroached
upon. We think this fully demon
strates TIE necessity of substantial
drainage, with capacity enough to
carry of the water as fast ss il aecu-
INITIATES.
In the Second Ward great
deal of ground Was flooded, pacticular-
ly along and north of the Pacific track.
On the south side, between Elm street
and the railway, the water was over u
foot in depth, and one house entirely
surrounded by water. The children at
the different schools were water bound
| for some time, and their parents
obliged to send vehicles for them. One
little fellow, on arriving ut his home,
/ found the house to be al island, and
was lifted through the window.
TEXAS DisTlLLERY BUILDING.
During the heavy rain. Mr.. q. w.
CASTOR and Mr.. Joseph Parker, father
| of the gentleman who in the owner
OF the big mill, entered the distiilery
building from u door, which opens
from the mill, to see how the roof,
which had been put on but short
| time, stood the effect OF the storm.
They were commenting on il, when
building, and fearing that something
was giving way, rushed to the rear
of tue building, and jumped out of the
doors, which were about twelve OF
fourteen feet from the ground. They
barely scaped in time, as the entire
front wall fell In, carrying with II
about third of the roof, and tue
flooring and joists of the two doors,
precipitating most of the debris into
the cellar. They had very narrow
escape. On visiting the scene, we
found the front OF the builtliAg a total
wreck. The cause o; The disaster was
the pressure of the clay and earth
against the front wall, which had been
built some eight or ten feet below the
level of the ground. Soaked with the
heavy rain, its pressure was enor-
nous, and crushed In the bricks, tum-
| bling the wall down and thereby car.
rying away the support of the root,
which immediately followed.
Whether the rain has done any dam
age to the crops. cannot be ascertained
at present. The road-beds of the rail-
roads may suffer some. II the rain
was general up the country, the river
will be apt to leave its banks. There
is no doubt that the grasshoppers
| who were moultiBg have been de-
stroyed, and myriads of them washed
away. IT'S al i'll wind, etc.