The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-04-13
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Additional Particulars ~ Tuesdays storm
and ~ Account of Yesterdays Destruoi
I've 1lnln aud blow Heavy Losses IN this
City Etc,
Another terrific rain aud hail storm Wis.
fed this section yesterday morning, ana
from the way II poured down The weather
clerk must have been oil on hurrah aud
lcf1 ,hc Hood ka,es open. Tho hail was not
rs n gc aJ thai which fell Tuesday, yet II
made up In quantity that which 10 lacked
in size. The storm did not come on by de-
gfces, but all Of q sudden and without the
least warning. 10 came like Hood from
the heavens, converting the 81 Gets into
running streams and overlooking the gut
ters and sewers before people were hardly
aware of its presence In some places
the crossings we C impossible save 10
those who sported high-topped boots,
and in some places on the streets the water
was from two to three feet deep, and pedes-
trans had To walk blocks out of their way
in order to reach their objective points, 50
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
it off, the water broke over into the vacant
lot in the rear of the HERALD building ana
flooded the basement. 1t poured in like
water over a mill dam, and within u
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. l to pump the water out,
but so miserable was the management that
it was fully two hours before the engine be-
gan to play. All this time the engine,
presses and $4,000 worth of paper, tables,
desks, inks, oils, ami, besides large JOB
stock, were soaking in the water. Alter
the fire engine did begin to play 1t did good
work, and it was not long before
the water was removed. The HERALD's loss
cannot now be definitely ascertained
though it is believed TO be between $1,000
and $4,000.
DR.. Z. NJ. Tillman, wholesale liquor
dealer, who occupies par of the HERALD
building, also suffered from the overflow,
his cellar being inundated to the depth OF
nine or ten feet. He had a large lot of
liquors stored away in the cellar, and the
bungs of the barrels bad been taken out in
order to give free ventilation, as is the GUS
tom with dealers, and the sudden rush of
water from 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
at from $4,000 to $1,000 so far as he can a;
present tell. On investigation it may lie
more or less.
TUESDAYS STORM.
Additional particulars have been CLEANED
of Tuesdays storm, in which the heavy
hail did so much damage. The hail storm
did not extend over as broad an area of
country as was first reported, but Oh the
contrary, this city appears to have been the
centre Of it, where it burst forth in such
destructive fury. Yet it hailed at other
points, though the stones were of the ordi-
nary size, and IL S was the case even in this
county. The damage done the glass is al
READY known. The real damage done was
not known until the hard rainfall of yester
day, when it was discovered that every tin
and sheet iron roof in the city had been
penetrated by the large, heavy hail stor es
that fell the previous day.
The business houses that had roofs of this
character looked like sieve and the col Sc
nuence was that there was a great deal o.
injury done to goods. The sheet iron roof
of the Howard Oil works was made regu-
lar peper-box of by the large hail stones
thai pelted it the day before. All such
roofs were damaged andt the rain poured in
the plastering and damaging
goods The most OF the damage is by far
the result of leakage and it il. ESTIMATED that
the breakage of glass and goods ruined by
leakage will foot up some $4,000 all tolu.
The Trinity river is beginning to overflow
the bottoms, The weather is cool, the mer
curry registering at 49o, and as we go to
press, it still cloudy, threatening..more rains