The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-19
.S{0RMlsTRICKEN.
~ S>srn q Wind ed RsIa% hat swspt
1hs work Of tho Wind in DETAIL

Of the tempest was herhidto ~ tne ka.u.a
Inc Of black, menaolng clouds, ana = nstu
yeIn aud Wind accompanies ny v,v,u n' ssl.
icv' S" ;rhs XIV wns 60 DAT 40 70 render u
vsrv dark Tor awhile. and gas was lighted
Ihs sfrsetn ware filled witt running water;
and brooks and rivule'n cony,lseu
into tumu!tuouB streams. ~ mnny
pIooos the water ran ov.. ~ ),
s|doWolks and invaded the osss'nsm,r ., 49,,
61sinSsa horizons Of the city. The wafer IN
FONT OF Wheat's livery stable on Main
strsst wa, some two feet deco, ana ptdet'
Svjens going that way had 20 wade throuen
4 a. hest they could While tho rain VIII
prove OF untold bentiii TO tue srowing
drops and was most oppnr,une, yst .ns
Wind proved disastrous aud Wrought uao
havoc in ssveral pieces.
cuUncH BLOWN Dows.
Tl,a ovsning chapel, tho church OF the
rorfhArn ooiofed Mcthodisis, In which the
ooiorsd public tree school OF the sixth ward
vas belng taught, situated az me corner Of
Boil and Juliet streets, IN sisinglown,
blsw down'and seriously ipjurvd yen pu-
Mia. somo OF whom srs not expected 20
surv;ve the ipjuriea Sustained. A HERALD
reporier who reached the acene q min
utea afterwsrd, found the wrecked church
surrcunnsd by an excited crowd cnmp9too OF
both whites and blacks. The wiiiels CON
fusion prevailed. Men end wfrieu were
rushiug hithsr aud thither In the fet ey'
and cried, while the men were busy look
ing through the wreck rstcntnG Tue
vouuded who were ~ noon es they were
released from beneath tho t'mbers thet pm
ned them. carried 10 house near BY,
where they were attended by Ut; y. ~.
Carter, who had beep SUNNI snso; Ine
search was continued alter aii haa uesn
-, . t.uf .
ara ieIt under tho debris. Tho building,
which was o mammoth frame structure
with a huge spire, tell toward the east, ana
WAVING the wreck 1t seems clmost mira
cie That ali the occupants
were no. killed outright. A
more complete wreck Ct q building ca.
moi be imagined. The proud ntfucl ure ina,
oniv a faw minutes before loomed up in all
that mart OF the city was nov huge shape
iess pile Of broken and splintfred tinbers.
seva n nortiOu of the roof which caught Ia
the fail on other limbers. IL was under
this the occupants were, and that WAC NJ
that saved tpeir lives. The school WA
taught sbS Clarissn Williams, oo,ored
woman, and there was IN sttendancss
a. pupiis. The reporter visited tho woundef
md found DR.. Carter busy administering
medioal aid. Their names aud extent OF
their injuries are 40 follows;
LIST or THE WOUNDED.
Lula Wilson, sgsd yeare; seriously
bruised about the head; lett arm, broken,
and injured int,rnslls nnco9s, ~ Ss an 20.
splitting blood injuries believed 70 oe ia
Harriet Bonsnau, aged 10 years; LETT leg
bediv iacerssed and fractured below the
Ma Msi;uds Hui, aged - years; eevere cash
In forehead and slight fracture Of me skuil
Lula Edmunson. Lged IL years; M uieu
!nseruaIIy; !wo-rishs RIBS br0ken' sp''.'ns
'I Arthur Perry, aged s years; struck by
heavy niece Of timber and skull slightly
Tuoy Carroll, aged 10 years; left hand
severely lacsrated Lpd fnkeFs broken,
Celia Bland, aged yeass; Two severe
ZAP 1R1n Hsi asi' aged years. severe cut in
M Wsrv jones. aged ~ years, lsis shoulder
dislocaied and cut on the risn' par'e'a'
bone. =, .oro rss. ,.v
bone hsdly bruised, ,peFnspa pF9Esna '''ir
aavara bruieoq arout t1e neAo nLu hlpa'
rhe riei,t hand IL Clsrlaea William9, tha
tescl,rr WAC savsgciy brnised,
HrnALp reporter c4iltd 10 sec her ~
her nome Ia. freedman tow She nan nc'
fSljv recovered frou her iflght bat nrnr
Srcd To tell what liltle Shp knew q tnf Ali
far. But 4 few piDuFea neu .ssso
~ hssI Scfl.oa the pupils % cfnr, ~han
~, ,hssrvai hat il ,ufned very dark AZ Of
4 euddru. and on looking cut she saw tne
derk clouds gathering. Sue ielt tnas
sfoym WIS FAST approaching ana wn2 on toe
sva ~ dien,issine school when q strong
Wind began TO blow and sue
felt The rocking on the nuHa
building, when che exclsimeo: .yhmor rp =
81 ont: the builoing 10 going 70 fall.' Ine
1:iI6ast ooniuslon eusuud, the children
inekiny for tne door, which come suoceed.
~ II fcachiug In time but before SOC or
the others had time 10 make their escape
she .hesrd fhe ionr crash Of theetfuciure rs
Il gave away 10 the wind, and tnHt ~ Tue
last she remembers. Nhen shs talhsu
oonscousness sne iounu nS.vy Pisna ID ~
finober lying across her, from whic'
sfe. with some difficulty. nanagse 70 ax,
frionte hcrse!f. Tha nolse nude ~ the iali
a. tho bu:idi1g and the fearful screaming
81 thu childreh aooa attrActed 0 large crowd
" IN m church, which cost some sl,5oo,
d total loss. The splre ana
pam 2, an 4, :, ,:s Storm The school , pro-
psrty consisting Of maps, eiooes, cnar,a'
Esck. hoards q was 81 lnet 70 the WRECK.
PLAY OF THE LIGHTNING.
r lightning s.ruok the resl1esce Oh Mr.
Willisu2 Wordon on moth Jefferson street,
and shlvered the west SeDie end OF tne
bnjldiuc Knocking shingles clear ccro,s the
stvsst' shooklng tide occupants and several
rsrson in THAI immediate neighborh0od,
besi1ps setting the dSslllng on IRE. The
alarm 'usa soi.noed from toe down town
sncine house and the fire depgstmcos re-
suouded promptly, bnt their services were
no. needed NJ y bravo Eeoftsd lany nnd
scaled ladder and extirgnsns,u ene nalnss
Nth few buckets of water. Tho damage
- If.xxf &Ev will rpIH1r II.