The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-13
TIE WARNING WINDS

Additional Particulars of Tuesdays storm
and an Account of Yesterdays Destruot.
i've Rain and Blow-Heayy Losses In this
City Etc.
Another terrific rain aud hail storm Wis
tied this section yesterday morning, aud
from the way it poured. down the weather
clerk must have been off on hurrah and
left the flood gatce open. The hail was not
as large as that which fell Tuesday, vet it
made up in quantity that which It lacked
in size. The storm did not come on by de-
grees, but all of sudden and without the
least warning, 1t came like u flood from
the heavens, converting the streets into
running streams and overlooking the gut
tiers and sewers before people were hardly
aware Of its presence. In some places
the crossings were impossible save TO
those who sported high-topped boots
and in some places on the streets the water
was from two to three feet deep, and pedes.
triaps had to walk blocks out of their way
in order to reach their objective points, so
flooded were the crossings. In different
localities the sidewalks were covered with
water ankle deep, so great was the rainfall
and so rapid was the rising of the water.
At the corner of Main and Murphy streets
the water accumulated to considerable
depth, and the cutters on the south side of
Elm, not having sufficient capacity to carry
II off, the water broke over into the vacant
lot in the rear of the HERALD building and
Hooded the basement. IL poured in like
water over mill dam, and within A
short time, and before anything could be
saved so fearful was the flood the basement
held water to the depth of some six feet.
Mayor Crowdus was kind enough to order
out engine No. to pump the water out
but so miserable was the management that
urA haf q h. L..
gan to play. All this time the engine,
presses and 5000 worth of paper, tables,
desks, inks, oils, and, besides large lob
stock, were soaking in the water. Alter
the fire engine did begin TO play II did good
work, and II was not long before
the water was removed. The HERNLp's loss
cannot now be definitely ascertained,
though 1t is believed to be between 81, 900
and $4,000.
DR.. i. NJ. Tillman, wholesale liquor
dealer, who occupies part of the HERALD
building, also suffered from tho overflow,
his cellar being inundated TO the depth of
nlno or ten feet. He had a large lot of
liquors stored away in the cellar, and the
bungs OF the barrels had been taken out in
order to give free ventilation, as Is the Gus.
tom with dealers, and the sudden rush Of
water rom the front and rear of the build
ing submerged all these goods before he
had time to look after them, and the
liquors mixed freely. He estimates his loss
~ from 5000 TO 5000, so far rs he can at
present tell. On investigation IL may be
more or less.
TUESDAYS STORM.
Additional particulars have been cleaned
VI tuesdays storm, in which the heavy
nan did so much damage. The hail storm
uld not extend over rs broad an area of
country country as was first reported, but on the
contrary, this city appears TO have been the
centre of II, where II burst forth in such
destructive fury. Yet Il hailed at other
points, though the stones were of tho ordi.
nary size, and this was the case even In this
county. The damage done the glass Ia nj.
ready known. The real damage done was
not known until the hard rainfall of yestsr.
DAY, when II was discovered that every Tin
and sheet iron roof IN the city had been
penetrated by the large, heavy hail stone,
that fell the previous dav
The business houses that had roofs of III,
Character looked like sieve aud the conse.
1uence was that there was q great deal of
injury done 10 goods. The sheet iron rooi
oil the Howard Oil works was made a re,u.
lar peper-box OF by the large hail stones
,hat pelted II the day before. All such
rools were damaged and the rain poured IN
iiguring the plastering and damaging
goods. The most OF the damage Is by far
we result oflcakage aud Il is..e.timated that
,ne oreakage of glass and goods ruined by
, usage will foot up some $4,000 all told,
hne trinity river Is beginning to overflow
sne bottoms. The weather Is cool, the mer.
suty registering at i9o and as we 40 Ia
p'os'' IL still cloudy, thrsatening'more rain.