Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-24
rHE STORM
Alan Scene in the Sunny
South.
|n.n.rs Done to the Telegraph
md Telephone Wires
.,out Live stock on the Open
Range.

late storm was the most severe
Fl visited this section within
lmory Of the oldest inhabitants
4 damage caused by it is very
r.,n which commenced to fall
Snas6av ffone and formed "a
4 the e1cceeoing night, aud on
}. ,h, streets were filled with a
Nm of ice and water. The
Timed To fall, aud about md
~ weather suddenly turned
.od ihe rain frog. on everything |
VA Telegraph and telephone
Ian to give way all over the
dsr the accommodating weight |
lines in Fort Worth became |
ealls useless.
,J,,oek Yesterday morning q
nv reporter walked down Huus-
- and witnessed a peculiar
Mini sight. The hundreds of
4 eseh side of the way were en-
incu thick with the icy COW
M swsgged down many feet
heir aucusto ed positions. At
-ners where the street lamps
lnrid lglare through the mist
Sites we're beautiful beyond
Man, they reminded the be-
n the cables OF suspension
stripped of the bridge-wOrk.
a The eve could penetrate the
lbese glistenihg ice cables were
ne and falling over the sue
noiee. Now and then one OF
Ia would be relieved OF its
and The sound of FALLING ice
NJ heSrd many blocks away
81 the wires broke bear FifLn
and the ends striking
pneath cpused one OF these min
bridges TO disappear az il by
and several hundred pounds of
ended TO the street with loud
All over the city the noise OF
iuicles sould be heard as wire
ire suceumbed TO the weight on
Al the corner of ThrcOkmorton
econd streets telephone pole
nt out towards the street aud the
bn it could have been touched
person standing under them,
Id have been an easy matter,
looking at these wires. for a per
have imagined himself in Can
pking AZ an e carnival.
efday morning the city present
gbt which will long be remem-
The sleet covered everything
the rain had touched on
preceding night; every tree,
1nd shrub was motIonleas in a
mor of ice. A walk down La
rect revealed that thoroughfaTe
tess OF beauty which was daz-
IN liz brilliancy. seemed hard
ze that one WIS in the sunny
while gazing at such q picture.
be by one The trees were dis
as the day ad.
and in the afternoon
iremained Of the shining iciclet
heavy zlush which covered the
damage caused by the storm II
Test All the telegraph and tel
E Companies had forces of mer
1 GIL day repairing the broker
which were down in counties
The work was not finished =
and the wires are badly crossed
the city the situation
lseOnragiDg In the extreme
ht disclosed a mass of telephon
legEaph wires stTewn along tn
AID on the sidewalks. Man.
wires that remained strung
e worked well IN the early morn
Ased TO work towards noon a
Icy coating dropped. TIL
D Pied aa an insulslor an
Il the wires were cross
!, pa recrOssed, the eurren
2 rieet "a lohg as the icy GOVERN
\ Cd Many a telephone Gale
, noDplussed when his phou
ring and he could get no II
n ibis IL eXplsintd by the fax
. ben wire breaks the curren
= inio the earth, v hich in Il
! moist condition Is a good cor
y The current which YVES IA
ied being thus at once re-estat
through the earth, explains u
4 Of The bell where no respons
Be heard.
IRE alarm system OF wires Wi
~ several places Thursds
and the big alarm bell kel
\ " unlntelligible alarms niue
q annoyance and incouveuien,
aiemen. Chief Ma kin, Eue
y AID force of men were
.kltay repairing the break
q la huish their work.
tsI1o that the loss Of cattle
.sAh and persons here who oV
ais very anxious for Teporl
~ open ranges suffered We
era lhe loss Of sheep is We
~ Midnight the rain was 81
- asllght mist, but was Ii