St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-30
LOST IN THE FLOOD.
Terrible Rains, Accompanied by Tor
nado, Deal Death and Destruction
IN Texas.
Two Thousand People in East Waco
Driven From Their Homes in the
Terrific Storm.
Suspension of the ShackanaXoh
Bank at Philadelphia Interests
Many Deposttors.
Thomas /. Huggard, the CASHIER
Aids in the 1IisapprOpriat1on
of About 100000.
Storm Troubles.

WACO. Tex. MAY 29.-The violence Of
the late storms here are overshadoWed by
the rain and tornado of "Wednesday night.
The rainfall did not cease until yesterday
morning All the streams III and close TO
the suburbs of the city. the banks OF which
We're dotted with hundreds OF residences,
overlooked and transformed their surround
ingS into a vast sea. The scenes OF terror
and confusion were heart-rending. The
OpOOle lied for their lives from their homes
in the midst of the raging stream. Thomas
Denninghotf. his wife and three small child
rem. remained in their house, which was
swept away and all were drowned. Their
bodies We're recovered and buried yesterday.
Howard Lewis. his wife, his sister and three
small children lost their lives i'll similar
manner. Eleven persons are known to have
persisted and five others are maccOunted
Tor and reported to be drowned. The dam
age to property by the tornado was very
large The total damage in the city is eSti-
mated at $50 600. The BrazoS river rose
two feet above high water mark. The
finest
COTTON PLANTATIONS
in Texas are located along its bank and
We're submerged. The losses in McLennOn
county viii aggregate fully quarter Of a
million dollars. The grain crop is de-
stroyed. beaten TO the earth by the wind
and terrific rain. East Waco has been in
undated since Sunday and the scenes there
Yesterday were indescribable. Seeing that
the waters of the BraZoS river threatened
them with Watery graves, the population.
about }. 600 persons, fled from their homes
in the midst Of the storm, aided in escaping
BY the light OF the vivid lightning and hun
dreds of lanterns. No lives are reported lost in
this portion of the city. The river rose all
dav. but at o'clock last evening it appeared
10 have come to a StandStill. There were
no trains on any of the roads yesterday.
Scores Of bridges are swept away and the
roadbeds are badly damaged by washOutS.
At iredell and Morgan i'll BOSque county, a
nslAber Of
RESIDENCES WERE WRECKED,
but no fatalities are reported. At 1880
o'clock last night the BTaZOS river had fallen
six inches. The highest point reached was
thirty-two inches above the high water
mark of the great overflow OF last year.
The approaches to the suspension bridge
OH the east side of the river, were demOl-
iShed and large distractions from above
may carry both bridges away at any mo-
ment. The estimates Of the damage
to property in and about Waco do not i'll
cIlde the damage 10 crops anu from prop
erty, which cannot now be estimated, but
good judges place the damage to the grow
ing crops at $500. 900. The storm was so
terrific for the space of three hours that it
NAV be properly called tornado, accom-
panied by rain. Between and y
o'clock at night the rain fell in binding
sheets and was blown against the large
buildings. producing sound like the distant
roar of Niagara. Everybody in the city
was up ali night. Many colored people
thought second deluge was upon them and
prepared themselves to go by vigorous pray
ing,