Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-04-30
EVIL KoLus.
Gathering Dorean Blasts Blow Bald.
ings Abont Balefully.

Gathering Borean Blasts Blow Build.
ings About Balefully.
The storm of Monday night, as
shown by yesterdays developments,
was very destructive, especially in
the southern part of the
city and neighboripg suburbs. IT
was combination of three mischiey.
Gus elements. rain, hail and wind. The
power of the storm king was
demonstrated very fully In n
mild violence that reached
all portions of the city in different de.
grees. The severest height Of
the reign of the atmospheric
war was reached abont
half.past eight o'clock. Then the
rain, which had about stopped, was
suddenly poured down upon the city
in torrents and the flood
was driven furiously TO
earth by the mad winds.
1t was almost impossible for any one
to move about on the street, unless he
went with the tide which
was from the South. Soon
after this movement in the
atmosphere began, hail fell thick and
fast. Horses standing at their posts ran
away in terror, and were beyond
the control of their drivers. Fortu-
nately there was no loss Of life, not
withstanding the fact that number
down. Loose timbers We're
in the air at the mercy of the furious
wind. Window panes all over the
city were shattered to the number of
thousands. Roofs were ratified, and
walls made to quake for hours. The
severest part of the storm lasted about
forty minutes, when the rain ceased,
and the wind lessened its fury.
Again however about o'clock the
wind again rose, and played hide.and
seek with signs, roofs and other un.
stable objects. A reporter at this time
starting out to view the scene, had his
hat whisked Off his head, raised to
nights unknown and transported out
toward the Indian nation. 1t contain.
ed little bunch of flowers, which will
doubtless soothe the spirit of any tur-
bulent savage finding it. 1t was about
this time that the doors of Temple
place were unlocked by the irresistible
touch of EOlus' hand. Officers dis
covered the open doors and remained
until the owner arrived on the scene.
The full extent of the damage was
not learned until yesterday. In the
afternoon u reporter, through the
courtesy of DR.. ID. A. Stevens, rode
around the city hunting up the havoc
wrought by the battle of the ele-
ments.
AT Mr.. Hollingsworth's on Taylor
street was found portion of
SOMEBODY'S ROOF,
which the owner can get by
applying on the premises.
| The smoke stack of the Fort Worth
Machine and Boiler works, corner OF
Fifteenth and Throckmorton streets,
was taken off level with the roof.
One joint of it was found near the
works, but at o'clock the proprietors
had not learned where the remainder
of il was.
A house ON Taylor street, not far
north OF the terminus of the street
railway, owned by Mrs. Seelye, and
occupied by Thomas Y. Spencer as a
dwelling, was badly torn apart. II
was lifted from its pinning, the floors
were parted from the walls, and
the stove and lot of earthen-
and his family left the house and went
| ouC W speno lhe iSii"iheSi Vi viz
night.
About 100 yards southwest of Mr..
Spencer's, near Broadway, house
Just completed, and belonging to Mr.
A. +. Truitt, was removed from Its
pinning and knocked all awry. The
building was parted in two, the
paper on the walls torn into pieces
the floors split and the windows al
broken,
| Going east a house on Main street
belonging to Capt. ]. p. Alexander
and l., H. Stein was taken OFT Its peg
and sprung some, thoa tgsI
not badly. This is th'
been treated in thiI shabby way.
Prof. Carleton who lives next dool
had all his shade trees cut off by the
sharp elements.
A block of buildings belonging Il
Capt. Alexander, and situated east o
here, bore very bad marks not to have
Jared worse.
SIXTY-FOUR PANES
: of glass in these buildings were shat
, tered to pieces. But the new Presby
J terrain church about hundrid yards
: away lost every light in 1t.
Fred Niemeyer was one of the wors
: snfferers. His large business house
: which was about completed, was blown
over and had to be taken down ant
, rebuilt.
| The house of John G. Peoples, OF
Hattie street, was blown off its blocks
$ the boxing p,anks broken and on
i side partly blown in. The house wa
not badly enough damaged to proven
i its occupancy. :, :.
a The house of j. d. Ingram, on Mali
: street, beyond fuckers hill, wa
thrown off Its blocks, the front portic
broken from the house and othe
slight damages done. Mr.. w. Ii
Brown occupies this building
but his family were away at the time
: A handsome building, the first Il
the Rosedale addition, which Is Dein
built by Mr.. Il. j. Thomson for MI
r w. M. Young, was blown Off its pin
!, ming and slightly careened over.
II The dwelling of NJ. Gates on Mai
d street, in the Mulkey addition, wa
is blown of its blocks four or five fee
D. the windows broken and other sma
r. damage done.
il The dwelling of H. j. Strickland, o
y Calhoua street, was set on the grount
le one side blown out and other sligi
70 damages done. Mr.. Strickland Ina
IS lust gone into the kitchen and WI
IS throwing water on the stove, whic