The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-05-29
EFFECTS OF THE FLOOD.

Yesterday morning about O'Clock the
heaviest .infsll thnt has visited this sec
ton for years fell, flooding the low lands
and swelling this water-courses to undue
proportions. 1t was accompanied by q
heavy fall OF hail, loud thunder, vivid
flashes OF lightning aud o strong wind from
the southeast, which swept over the coun.
try, doing COL siderable DAMAGE 70 sarnb
berry, fruit trees, levoling rail ynces and in
several in stances bio wing houses from their
foundations. The storm did great deal OF
damage In the city the wht,r ran through
The flats we're submerged aud many c..llsri
flooded BY the OVERT w, willis soms dwell.
lings situated In the low parts OF tae city
we're invaded by the wnter. The bridge m
East Elm street, In East Dallas,
and the foot bridge over D.uss
branch, on Mckinney avenue. were swept
away oy the rapidly rising water, which
charaotsr within its reach. A numssr Of
sridges 10 the county are reported gone.
There are heavy washout0 on tbs diflsrent
ilroAds. The trains Oh ths Texss & Pa
offs road have been abandoned, and thsre
Will nOs in all probability be any trains saas
aad west nom this poius befIfs 10
morrow. A heavy wssnout ]: report
sod further eastward the erseS 10 ind. r
water At different potpt-. There are alsn
lhr.s q sahou.s on this DAD west OF here, one
OF Esgis F,r5, another at Mountain Greek,
aod still ano,hsr at l. ,moer-, 'sw milsz
this side OF Wsstnertord, Tuesday even.
Ing the wss,-bouDd PASSENGER train M.
sol, which leaves hsrs at 6;55, was wrecked
posr l.smSsri CAUSED by wash
one No One was seriously injnrsl,
all aboard escaping with only sReye,s IN 'k
lug up Two Sleepsrs aod two c.snhra
we're thrown from the track. A. Et:le
Ford the track WAS InundAtsS for oyer =
q nartsr OF mile. and ye,,erdsy a. MOOR
cue water had raised ten feat ,ipcs dsyllghF,
aud had flooded the stors aud mill vi @r
George Luck, who telsphoned to the city
Tor A OOat.
There were several washouts on the TeE-
40 Central rood. A culver several miles
nor of this city was washed out ont was
epeodily repaired. There WA = bad lana
Glide AZ Ton Mile, on this Iiue, south OF
hero, which recassitAte1 the rebuiidiog ~
,ne crack. The north bound train just dib
manage to mako the trip Yesterday morn
ing. Az the train raa crossing the trsstle
file thu structure giving and
saw stripger OF the trestle Hnap.
Hs did not wait to consider resu'te, bu',
cutting on all possiole s cam, he lsfked the
train SeeAsa the trsacherous tressle in Il
hurry. Since then u portion Off has given
away DeIOre Iu9 uoUu'
No train has arrived over the Gulf, Colo.
RADIO & Santa Fe, owio1 20 the unsafe con0i.
tion OF the trsstle work thas spans Cedar
The south. bourd train over
the Missouri Pacific railroad
arr we'd Yesterday but did not go ont last
night on the return trip, owing 10 tho high
weter in Elm Fork bottoms.
There wa. y washout reported on >the
n.
tn At road yesterday. The cexas Central
has q clear road from here to Den,gon. The
eysninv, and ,or the time being,
20 great was the floods, Dallas
is water. bound. The various roads have
large forces at work repairing The " shouts
wherever the wster he's sufficiently sub
eided, though while 1t is failing at one
point it is raising at another.
The rain washed out I've foundation in
places of tSo belt etreet railway nov in
course OF construction. The wsst
wall of the mammoth ,eser-
voir OF the wstsr-works WAS caved in
BY tho high waters Of Mil creek, which
flooded the Ievee built to shield It. II will
cost 81 900 or perhaps m IRE 20 reolace II.
One OF the large foundations that supports
the main supply pipa whete 1t Crosses
Mill creek was also washed away
One of the fire engines was
at work yesterday pampjng water ont OF
the has cement OF Huev g. Pnilp's building,
corner OF Elm and College strs,te, ADD an
other was trying to pump t9e hole in the
rear OF the old possoffice building clear.
The rain and hail did this crops very seri-
01i damage, AMI I, rmers come OF
" .om have rsplspted their cot
I IN for the second and third time
this Season, are di,hssrtsped. Cotton seed
is selling at 81 per bushs], and the supply
is limitsd. l
Ths wind which blew with great violence
did M uea damage 10 irait trsse, the crops.
ieucps and houses. The cottage Of @.
Ulapp, on Williams street, In EAst Dallas,
was Dlosn from its foundation and oerrien
sonas ak tso', ~ VS. slso shAt OF Mr. John-
ssn, 100 ,ssidss In that nsishborhood.
S.rsnvs 10 stare, the buildings were
bnt lixhtly danas g u, sad thsir OCCUPANTS
sscapsa without suAeaninS the lsass injury.
a hou.e ia THAI vicinity, the prop>ry OF
Me- Albert Aiken, vAs coupletely turnsd
ground. Anoshsr VA blown over, - Css-
sIiH~ ssrsst, end several o. NuSosuAr's
branch wore blown froR thslr i0undANcna
Tuesday AfSsrnoon Absut o'clock afsAr nj
rain md wind stsr = hayss ever Huhohinsl
CBusDDD TO DEATH.
The dvSlliAg Of Au Hlsss, vho fsad0
neaY that place, was blown dova and her
seven year old daushtsr, who was oanght
and pinioned by falling rafSer, killed, and
a.. .v,d ~uoA,av A uhkA ReriOuRy injured