The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-10-19
A SEVERE STORM.
The CITY visited by a Fierce Rain Storm
Accompanied by Lightning and Thun-


Accompanied by Lightning and Thun-
der.
Sunday night about u o'clock, the most
furious rain and thunder storm that has
been known for years, visited this city and
continued to rage with unabated fury Tor
three hours. The rain poured down IN tor
rents, and the electric display, accompanied
by one continual roll of thunder, was grand
and fearful. The scene beggars description.
The heavens were lit up with one unbroken
sheet Of lightning that played over it from
the four points of the compass, and now
and then amid the crash of thunder, there
were loud peals that seemed to shake the
very earth. Never in the history
Of the oldest inhabitant was there
such an electric exhibition, and never did
so much rain fall in such brief
time. The sky was one grand
panorama, and the dark, angry,
fast fitting clouds in the back ground, the
deafening thunder and the hard gale that
was blowing made grand and terrible pic
ture never to be forgotten by those who
witnessed it, Trees were uprooted ana
fences Frustrated, yet strange to state,
there was but one building blown over in
the city, and that was q stable OF
Mr.. A. J. Roscnfield on east Ross avenue.
Ordinary branches were converted into
creeks, and a number OF bridges III the
county and throughout the city were
washed away. The streets were hcoded,
and the lowlands were deluged, to the
depth in some localities of two feet or more;
II was hard, washing rain, and most all
of the water flowed off, but the fall
annears to have been general
ali over north Texas, through the storm
centre appears to have been in and around
Dallas. The small streams continued TO
rise after daylight, and the bridge on east
BRYAN street, beyond Meisterhans' pavilion,
over Nusbaumer's branch, was swept away,
as.wplI as the one east of Elm street, be-
tween the city and the fair grounds, while
The old street-car line bridge, on Swiss
avenue, also over Nusbaumer's branch,
was covered with water, though it had up
TO last accounts withstood the Hood. The
miIEmen from the diaries located east OF
city did not make their regular trips to the
CITY Yesterday morning, OWING to the high
water The signs in the city were Dam,
aged more or less py tne gaze, "iip
the large street sign OF u. Al;
Kahn K Co., that was suspended
across Elm street was blown down,
rs well rs that of Calm Bros, a heavy wire
uion which broke in its fall large, iino
Erench Mate glass OF that firms show-win-
dow, which IT will take at least $3.50 TO re-
place. 1t was smashed into thousand
pieces. The first floors Of number OF
houses situated in the flats were hooded.
The trains, with two exceptions, We're
about on time yesterday morning.
Elm Fork, on the Missouri Pacific, is re-
ported to be under water, and the TRINITY
river is rapidly rising every minute. a
landslide is reported on the Texas d Paclilc
near Scyene, and washout near Mesquite,
which delayed the trains on that line yes
terday morning, though Il force was I'M
mediately sent out to repair the damages
done. The city park, in the rear OF the water
works was overflowed, the branch running
through it. Overlooking. AT Weatherford
The ast.bound Texas 81 Pacific train, which
arrived at 1886 q. M, laid up, SO severe was
tbe storm and so hard the gale that was
blowing. After the storm had ceased the
train continued on its way and arrived
here safe without accident. 1t is estimated
that the rainfall was fully two inches;
Yesterday morning the weather turned
much cooler and during the day large
aocrs of wild geese were seen flying south
ward. Farmers fear that serious damage
has been done to the cotton crop by blow
ing the hollis out and filing the staple with
dirt Additional storm news is TO the eifect
chat there is a washout west OF Dallas on
the Texas & Pacific at or near Grand
Prairie. The damages between here
and Mesquite have been repaired, and the
west.bound came on as far as this city,
where II laid over Tor tho night The wash
ont and land slide, 1t now transpires are
one and the same thing. The fencing about
Lisbon, a few miles west OF the city, was
blown down and the bracings OF the bridge
over Fiye-Mile creek have been washed
away. The storm, or rather the rainfall,
extends from Eastland on the west, to Tex
erksna on the east, and from Denison south
ot Corsicana. Although throughout the
storm the lightning played a lively part,
there Is but one instance in which II de-
stroyed life. A horse, the property OF MT
@. A. Souter, was struck by II and knleo'
ceiyed a lively shock from the same bolt.