Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-05-29
WORK OF THE FLOODS.
Waco Visited by an Awful Storm
Eleven Victims Bear Witness
TO q Half-T0ld Tale.
The Loss in the City and County Not
Placed at Less Than Three Hun
dred Thousand Dollars.
A Drowning at Walnut Springs Ter
rlble Flood az Iredeil - Nine
Fatalities IN Nebraska.
Ar WACO.
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WACO, TEX, May 2S.--All previous
accounts OF storm violence In this city
and county are overshadowed 10y the
rain tornado last night, lasting from
to 10 O'Clock. The rainfall was In
descrlably heavy. IL did not cease TIL
this morning.
Waco creek, "a small stream which
flows through the western and south
crn limits of the city and has broad
valley, WAS swollen IA early IA 10 p. m.
Hundreds of residences dot its banks
on either side. These were all inun-
dated, Scenes OF terror and confusion
ensued. In the midst OF the storm
that was raging people deserted their
homes and fled 70 places Of safety.
II. Denninghoff, plumber, with his
wife and three small children, remained
| In their house. IL was washed away
and went TO pieces. The whole family
was drowned. The bodies were found
this morning and inferred this after
noon.
Howard Lewis, colored, his wife,
sister and three children, who lived
on the Tehuacana, n small stream east
of the city, lost their lives in the same
| manner.
| This makes eleven victims, and
there are unoonfirmed reports of five
othera south OF the CITY IN the Brazoa
bottom
The damage by wind and rain was
immense. The roof Of the wholesale
dry-goods warehouse of Lessing, Solo
mon " Rosenthals was blown OF and
the goods were damaged 10 the extent
Of $40 900.
1 mn. - n.
damaged the same way TO the extent
OF $1,000
Joseph Male. n lumber-yard man. ].
n. Baler and i. N. Harris. A brick.
ward man. each eustnined damage of
from So00O 10 s50n0
THE total damage In the citv IL nat
less than $40 900
Tha Rrayna river rnae ranidIv naaa.
inc the riaes az tbis venr and Teaohino
twentv.tSyo inches hevond the GREAT
rIaa ~ last yenr
All ~ ihe boftom lands conn
orisInp aome of tbe fnest cotton
nlantatioua In the statp. arc Inundated
ana the eTona are ruined. The Losses
I'm this wAv In this county will be nj
least 5000 600 On the prairles the
grain cron "a utterly DESTROYED
In East Waco. n portion OF which
had alFnaIV hpan Inundated three
days. the scenes last night and TODAY
beygar deenrintlop. The neonle saw
mat the Brazos was rleln0 and that nd.
dItionai water would be thrown an
them. and M once prenared for safety.
All night long while The etorm ragged
The work az remoyinp the women and
children went on bv the Iight az Ian.
terms No lives ware Loaf there. Every
store there ia flooded and deserted and
several bnIldings nre waehed away.
The river has confined 10 rI.e NIL
day, but now (at p. m Is nearly at "A
staDdstili. The weather u warm and
TSa nno anu',on a I9,n - h nenisa
across the Brazos are enduring a fear.
ful strain but are believed TO be safe.
Relief measures were set on foot TO.
day Tor the beneht OF the destitute ana
homeless sufferers, VINO are numerous.
me city council also held special
session tonight to take such action as
ls rendered necessary by the situation.
| This 10y all odds In the most dppl 1fAble