The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-29
SUNDAYS STORM.
The Fountains OF The Great Deep
Broken Up
And Iuundato Dallas Tho Damage
Done
by a Great and Fearful Gale.

| Yesterday morning about o'clock thl
city was visited BY heavy rain and thun
der storm, which waged for nearly tw,
hours with fearful fury. The vivid ilasho
| Of lightniag, loud pealing thunder hnc
pouring OF The rnln. aud roaring 81 Tho
wind made upa storm not noon 10 be for
gotten. IL was the heaviest rainfall OF th'
season and was accompanied by some hail
Considerable damage was done In the CITY
and county by oyerilows.
Tho sc wer At the corner oil Pearl stree
aud Pacific avenue ohoked up with lot o
| dTlft ard the water overlooking the soutl
side OF the Texas & Pacific railway track
| invaded the stores froutlng en- tho nortl
sido oi Elm ttrest. lowing through the
buildings, Elm gtioet, just east OF Fear
street, was running Gtrtam some Two feel
deep. Tho sidewalk ON the north side o.
the direct gave away ia places
| Tho dry goods nnd milllnerS
store OF J.Y. Dinkslspetl No. 1908 Elm
was flooded and damage done 10 goods
which he estimates 10 BE- about 5000. The
grocery house OF w. i. CottmHn, No,
1907, was inundated the water being six OF
eight inches deep. A lot OF sugar, coffee
crackers and other goods we're ruined. lie
IN that vicinity suffered moro or less from
tho overflow. The mouth OF the
sewer, where II empties into the
river Was bursted By vas. volume OF wstoi
that rushed through 1t With suoh fearful
force.
The most Of the rainfall was northeast Of
the city White Rock creek and its tribu-
tsries, and also the east fork OF the Trinity
over II owed aud sent such immense volumes
Of water into Trinity river that the backws.
ter turned its course, and hundreds OF
people iltckd to the bridge
10 witness the novel sight Of seeing the tur'
bid Trinity running up stream. IL was
amusing to listen TO the Wild theories adj
vanced az 10 the cause. II know what
makes il said a small boy "its stuck" on
Fort Worth" There were logs and other
objects drifting up the stream which was
stiii within tie banks. The comparatively
light rise OF tho river indicates that but
little rain fell north and west Of here.
The mouth OF White Rock creek which
il tweivs miles distant from here by the
toriuous course of tho river, shows what 4
vast amount OF water must have fallai on
the creek TO create back water this high up
the stream. A number of bridges are re-
ported 10 have been washed away. Two
large bridges on the GrosnYille r ad are
gooe. Az the bottoms are flooded, the large
bridge over White Rock creek
cauno. no rcechoi. The suppo
.ition is that H. mas been swspt away
Twenty feet OF the approach to tue bridg'
on Ross Avenue was washed away, aud Il
| Will take an approach OF twenty-five Zee
| TO survive such another food, Some dam
age was done young corn aud cotton b,
washing IL up, yet it is Comparatively
light.
Five miles bottom II full OF water, m,
1 ths track Of the Houston ~ Texas Gen
trail railway was inundated yesterda!
morning and part Of It washed out
Tho soutn bOund passenger train, du
here at 4 n. m, was ditoh9d at that point
The engineer received severe scat
wound. The passengers sustained no iDju
ties further than severe i0lting.
Those who suffered from the overflow @
the sewer at the corner OF Pearl street an'
Pacific avenue intimate that they will loot
10 somebody for damages In talk will
City Engineer Johnson regarding the tewe
be said .rt to . Irns1D re !, at;,'
suci rs cedar bushes, cord wood, AMI float
lug plGnks grating over the facing of tn
third aud fourth ward sewer on Pacific av
enue, in front OF CLARK & Clart's placing
mill became obstructed, so the water coult
not find free inlet Int damned Vi
around the sewer head and ran through tn
Texas & Pacific railroad bridge int'
| block 1886.
| When the iron grating was pleced over til,
inlet OF the sewer IL was intended TO pre-
vent the entrance into the sewer OF lonl
planks and fcantling tiuberB that might b
caught in the curves OF the sewer, and b,
the cause OF considerable damage, but II
was not anticipated that cedar brush, weeds
grass and cord.wood wonld be accnmula
ted against this grating and prevent this
entrance Of the water as fast as i. reached
the sswer
To remedy this some OF the rods OF the
grating have been removed making the
lntsrstices double the former width, aud
the wing wall Of the iulet will be xteuded
some fifteen feet aid wlnened. while the
paving OF the entrance will be lowered two
feet, and thus increase the area OF the
sewer mouth. At the same time some box
culverts connecting with the saver will be
put in.
The capacity Of this new sewer has never
been fully tested, only enough water has
entered IL to I'll it half full, and all cutters
and her connections work admirably, yet
something, remains 10 be done before il is
completed according TO the engineers de-
signs. aud he Is unwilling to have the un.
com pleted work judged.
Mr.. Richard +. Crawford, whose initials
signify his vocation OF railway postal clerk,
and who wac in charge OF the postal Ger at
tsched TO the south-bopnd train which was
ditched iust north OF Hutchins yesterday
morning. was brought to Dallas for medical
trestment, his left hand and arm being
badly lscerated. The injury will incapacl.
tate him for service for some time. This
Ia the fourteenth wreck in three years that
MIR. Crawford has figured in.