Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-06
TuRGlD TIDES
Lone VOLTA RoarIos and sureios Sci
Women and Children without Shelto
and Food.
$4,000 Worth Of Property Swept
Away.

lfScfy ono seemed happy 10 think
That the thiiaty plains were nj lnst
well rntreshed aud would soon he
carpeted with an endless stretch Of
living green,
u VIVA with thia feeling OF gen.
cray relief that every ono slept last
night, aud when those living near
Lore Wolf, ON Second street, retired
last evening, II was with no pfen,o-
hilions of coming disaster. They did |
not dream that ere midnight they |
would be out In the world with no
root save the cloud aud blue OF hony.
ems domc.
Az 10 o'clock n roar came from the
northeast TINT sounded like n rum.
bling of a coming storm, II was 40
audible that the few whose lights were
rttil burning wcrc prompted 10 look
tho unusual disturbance, u came
nearer and nearer, and soon the lashina
OF blllowy waters mingled with the
increasing roar. Soon vast volume
OF water iollcd by like the bolstcrous
breakers of Aurglng sea. On aud ON
they game, wave riding upon wave,
hillow upon hillow; on, ntili on, with
thundcrous crash they struck tho
wnlla Of tho arch bridge, and spread
! out like apcnt breaker ON n rocky
: beach. The Hoods Increased m the
volume came down the stream with
crash aud roar. The waters were now
lashing the foundation Of BlAck'N
, hotel. The alarm of the Impending
. danger wna quickly given, and all
I within reach of the water bctook
I themselves 10 places Of aafoiy--the
women and children 10 the hilla, while
: the men saved what little furniture
they could ut fore " waa 10 ), late.
Another wave and Blacks hotel wns
In tho channel oi the alrea,i and 4,
= was caught M by the rushing current
Il and borne away with the velocity oI
:. the wind, With nm awful crash
!, against the railroad trcstlc II
a stopped moment and another way,
le surgcd by and swept Il away with III,
ID two spans of piers of the tros,le agains
Il which IL had lodged,
y AZ tho tide Increased, tho arcl
y bridge and several small houses were
~. hurled down stroan, aud dasho,
against tho trcstlc, aud the timber
aud several more piers were hnrri,,
= on 10 the Colorado. Mira. jerks roSi
danoe was next caught up 10y the con
tinunlly widening and increasing cur
rent aud na II iloatod with the It'd
with Nil the furniture In position AM
~ every window hraming with liRh
II presented u welrdly beautiful aspect
II had the appearance OF m'niAtur
, steamboat riding on tho bosom q
M some mighty liver
The current WINS SO atrong thai IN
volume which poured into the Cole
RADIO changed the dow Of the river u
stream AT the rate of four miles pc
NY hour and barrels aud timhcrs wen
N up tho river nearly two miles bcloi
or tho upourrent WAS nvorpnwerod y
Al tho natural How, Where tho Nv
s cnrrcnta met, the undor'tow produce
W. WAS So powerful that the river seothe
he aud eimmercd likca v9t boiling On
ks dron,
Ia And such wna the scene hcheld /
In, those who iiorked Ia tho spot, III
ma ruin Was but the work of few IN
Inv menia and attention Was soon draw
az. Ia those In distrraa, Aitor NIL II W
nm, "A matter OF ocngratulation that I
.r livea were loat. The destitntion W
mo lpiiiahlr IN the extreme. Many Mv'
al nothing but their lives and u few rag
.nv and an appeal oomca up from tho
ns unfortunate heinga who have bee
arv RENDERED destitute, withou. nhcltt
M raln,rnt and food, 90 which tho
M. more fortunate cannot turn deaf "a
,,nt Last nipht In the midst of the roar
MIR the torrent aud the crashing ot timhel
~, tbo ahfieka of the homeless wnnl'
mn spake louder than thu lhnnuef''
IAN -ntres nnl tean Of children We
,nw nlrhiler than tho aeothlns htilnN
~ All midullh, when the danger "
IN ended there were MY eeolting
/, 4 Ahaller. Another morning WAS Ia
4, aided iuto existence Win clouds r'ri
.nd for another uutpolI women W,
a,,, ,it,nrhing garments, uhildrn
~, nun,bod with cold the tnrgid wat'
m. singing "A plte al the ruin lhcy u
wrsurht until tho summer moon u
ann. c,pt hel,ina tho darker clouds 10 III
'ith The spot with nhadowa
a., Mir, Joseph Helm, one III tho boa
l., rrs of tho Hack hotel, deserves hon
,,a able mention Tor tho heroic asaistai
y, " he rnndrrd IN removing children f'
~, ihe decided houses, and Saving hou
~ hold articles several times he
VS. nearly overwhelmed 10y the power
the current,
~ iosaitS,
NIX An estimate Losses Ioots UP ah
his $4,000. -
VS. iilacis's hotel, swept away;
has about R,nnn, -
lie Lone N"'' n''"s''
eois $4,000. a., m,
WIS MIR, Jenks, a houseinl OF llno M
,.,, turc, Including an elegant new qua
,'l,h alno aloek Of millinery goodH, anu
- of monds valued al Il ,Vo~-to'a' '"ss'
uAl. , 49,,
nr,. l,owc'a wa,erswotk, swept aw
~, ~" A. Dewitt, damage TO wasony'
,",s building swspt away, horse dfew'
ggrIs Rev. Van orden, damage 10
ia,s ~ ivey IL. purnoy, damage 10 ou
"' Texas a Paclda tfes.le' dan
pu,t,t's hause, pwept away loss ]
4 Lao several ANAL boiiainRa, y
,isa ma re.ldenoes and hlaohp'
i, Az shop, completely awep' away
.u ,n S" ian l. Al, Mckenzie Lost y
WV" Thoroughbred lslaey heller value
We SgSl, .
Lanef NOTES,
hand pr, smith had natew @vaps
fn OF irowning, yesterday eN'nlue,
rhatnpian creek, whhe ''"es"'
,ar Ii lila buggy. A heavy wesn W.
4 his hnerv. ,,a,n aud all down stream
pho. ,ans,darahle distance, but tottun'
al a naaa a landing and came aut
"A n,r ~, i,,,ia Ialnasr, nayr 10 the buzz