Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-06-21

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herd hoy who was watching Mr.. Caropth-
ers' hsck ~ sheep Is reported seriously
hurt from tho hail.
sheep aud hogs have been found dead
IN It's destructive track. The hail was
very large, accompanied with wind sun.
cient 80 blow houses down Holland. n
small village six miles north Of Bartlett,
Is reported 70 be nearly entirely blown
away--ihs RaptlSt church, school house,
Motel, gin nta rlanv dwellings
Ihe most reliable report gives twelve
houses blown down in Holland. Learn
o. one lady hsing slightly Injured, who
was blown aWsy with the hotel. Four
houses were blown down four miles east
81 here, breaking one mans arm and dts.
locating lady's shoulder. We have not
learned fun height Of storm nor fun par
tcularsas 20 damages.
MAR WACO.
Special to the 6a1ot.c
WACO, Tx, June 20.--Reports from
the country state that the rain and wind
storm OF yesterday evening, which was
also accompanied by high wind, did some
Damage TO the grain fields, blowing down
wheat that was shocked IN the aelds. As
rule, however, the rain will be hencil.
olal
Ar GRANGER.
Special to the Gazette.
GRANGER, TEX, June 20. al 8 80 yes
terday evening wind, rain and hail
storm struck here with considerable
iorce, wrecking A. j. Farmers uncom-
pleted ssoto.hOuse. Other damage slight.
storm continuing until 1920.
EXTENSIVE AND DISASTROUS.
Special 10 the Gazette.
ROUND RouG, Tx, June 2o.--A SO.
we're storm passed over this section last
evening at 100 y. m, doing great dam
age One house was blown down aud
several others damaged. The hall did
much damage 10 crops. Advces IRON
Hutto, station eight miles north, state
That two stores, one dwelling, church
and school-house were blown down
! News from other portions OF the county
indicate that the storm was very extern
siye aud disastrous.
DAMAGE MAR TAYLOR.
\ Special to the Gazette.
TAYLOR, Tx, June Pol The hardest
wind aud rain OF the season visited us
last evening, but did little or no damage
In our immediate vicinity All tele.
graphic communication was cut OF In
every direction early In the evening, The
yards here were blocked with trains, and
no way TO get orders TO move them. The
manager Of the railroad telegraph office
finally let the north-bound Missouri IA.
eide passenger train and several freights
out on his own responsibility,
After taking In Thorpdale, devastating
Holland aud threatening TO annihllate our
little city, the wind changed It's course
and left us unhnrt About six miles south
or this place the destruction again com.
menccd. Thirty Ave telegraph poles were
blown down aud many Of them complete,
" shattered. No Geographic cOmmuniea.
tion with any point south OF Taylor as
yet, hence 10 Is Impossible TO learn the OK,
tent Of TIE damage. freight train due
from the south at J a. m came Ia at 9,il
u. m reporting the damage at IIutto q
be great. In that little llage one church.
! one etnTeend syeral dwellings, sgr rsblswi
down, besides many miles OF fencing, etc
One little girl, name unknown
living at Hutto, was seriously and IL !,
feared fatally Injured. Our telegraph,
facilities at present consist Of singl,
short wire from Taylor TO Troy and on,
from Taylor TO Palestine, It Is imponsibl,
TO make up circuit by switching wlrel
or in any way,
HIGn WATER.
NEW ORLEANS, La, June pa dis
patch from Moreland, on the Texas & Pa
! cinc railroad, says 1.-THE water is thre,
} feet nine inches deep over the track mil,
} west Of here, and has fallen but thre,
inches during the past twenty.iou
J hours Water IN Bayou Boffeau Is highel
than ever before, but II ~ slowly subsid
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