The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-04-23

Yesterday morning, ABOUT O'CLOCK,
the severest wind and rain storm ever
known in the history o. this section,
burst upon the city with such sudden
ness and fury as to stsrtle thousands of
people from their slumbers, many OF
whom, believing they wore in the midst
of cyclone, fled from tho buildings
they occupied into tho open
air, choosing &c take their
chances outside. Others dressed
themselves ready TO make the best of
the situation, and on the whole a most
miserable night was spent by the popu-
storm was heralded by swift strong
gale blowing from the southwest, which
shook substantial buildings to their
very foundation, and carried ordinary
objects IN its path. Garbage, barrels
and boxes, pieces of board, fences
and other objects were sent
sailing tb through era t 5sstbors air MS as
Macklin and John Low, two section
hands on the Texas 81 Pacific railway,
were struck by n flying board, corner
OF Main and Sycamore streets, and
| Low was knocked, for tho time being,
insensible by the blow, which left him
with scalp wound as "reminiscences
OF the storm. Macklin was felled by
the blow though his bruise was slight.
Following close on the heels of Eolus
came old Pluvius with torrents of rain
that flooded the streets and deluged the
lower portions of the city, doing con-
siderable damage. The wind, or gale,
for it bordered on being a cyclone,
roared, the rain fell in binding sheets
and The lightning flashed with rapid
ity and vividness that caused the stout
est heart to quake with fear lest the
storm should prove to be
a veritable cyclone and bring
death and destruction to the city, yet
while the damage is great it is not as
heavy as il was supposed it would be.
The wind caught the heavy tin Shooting
roof of Padgitt Bros three story saddle
and harness establishments and stripping
up over 100 feet of it sent it flying over
on to an adjoining building, where, it
Was heard Mlsr for blocks around.
The roof thus left exposed filled with
water and flowed into the third story,
and leaked through to the second and
first floors, damaging machinery and a
large stock of goods. When day broke,
and the damage was discovered, Messrs.
Padgitt's employees Went to work With
out orders, TO do what they could to al
%
water continued to flow into
the third story of the building
in streams and stood two inches by
actual measurement on the floor. Adj
ditoual labor was secured and within
short time 60 men were hard at work
getting rid Of the water and stopping
the leaks for steady rain continued TO
pour down nearly all day. the root was
covered by topaulins and large
nf
to work laying new root.
Messrs. Padgitt Bros stated to HER.
AID reporter that they could not tell
what their damage would amount TO
vet IL is safe to say that tho loss will
foot up several thousand dollars, for
while the goods are not so badly dam
aged, still it Injuries their sale.
About 10 feet of the tin roofing on
Sanger Bros old building was torn up,
and the millinery ana wholesale ho-
slerY department under the leak was
damaged about $500 worth.
The tin roofing of Mr.. Lawrence
Knepdy, jeweler, was rolled up and,
together with a part of the cornice,
blown off. His damage is about $780,,
The bell and cupalo of st. Patrick's
church, in East Dallas, was blown down.
The excavation for Gains new build
ing, in the rear of the HERALD build
ing, filled with water and caved in, ex-
posing and bursting closet sewers,
and pulling in the sidewalk on the
west side OF Murphy.
The press rooms OF the HERALD were
inundated with water a foot in depth,
paper and machinery in the
sum of $3.50. All the Easements in the
of Main and Murphy streets
are inundated every heavy rain and
should be done to remedy
the matter
The frame work of number of build |
ilgs in course of erection were blown |
down.
The large iron sheeting shed of the
A-nes company's engines, near the old |
car works in East Dallas, was wrecked.
A house on Caroline street was blown
rom it's foundation. The roofing of
Norton's building, conner OF Elm and
sycamore streets, was badly damaged.
The frame buildings being erected on
he burnt district, in front of he Union
lepot. were laid low; also the house of
len. Gdno, on CASTOR avenue.
The ornamental top piece OF Mr.. j. Z.
)'Conror's red brick front, just west of
he HERALD building, was blown of.
The root of the cupola OF the court
o1se was ruptured by the wind and
prang leak.
Z estern Union and Baltimore Il Ohio I
telegraph companies were burned out
The telephone wires were entangled !
lore or less.
The storm did considerable damage to
hade shrubbery and fruit trees. The I
uit crop suffered no little, branches OF
10 trees being broken and the young
nit blown of.
The through trains on the Missouri Fl