Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-04
VF3fHER AND CROPS.
r,rr;bIe Hail Storm in Van Zandt and
kaufman Counties.
pa River from Seven to Ten Miles Wide
Slowly ErcodIng Within its Banks
Great Damage Done
HURRICANE AT TERRELL.


s,s,iaI to the Gazette.
TrpRrLL, Tx, May 3.-A severe
tornado visited Terrell to-day. For half
an hour the rain fell in such torrents as
10 rrevent seeing but few feet, while
the streets and vacant lots were like seas
otvater. The hail feel thick aud fast,
almost destroying the fruit and gardens.
The wind was simply awful, throwing
small dwellings from their blocks, up
rooting trees, shaking brick buildings,
tearing loose iron awnings like straw,
and leaving several buildings minus por-
tioDs Of roof. The crops are badly dam
AGED by the hail. Such @ flood was
never before witnessed in Terrell. The
buildings damaged are numerous, but
probably the greatest damage is to grow
Ing crops,
RED RIVER RECEDGNG.
Special to the Gazette.
TExARKANA, TEX. May Bred river,
after doing immense damage, is to-day
reported on a stand. The bottoms on
both sides of the river are covered with
water, except few high points. The
stream is from seven to ten miles wide,
and it will take some weeks for the farms
TO dry sufficiently to be planted over af-
Ter the water su bsides.
The travellers who were delayed here
an account of the overflow of the Iron
Mountain tracks left for the North last
night on o Cotton Belt train.
At CRAWFORD.
Correepopdence Of the Gazette
CRAWFORD, TEX. May 2.-The heavi-
est rain Of the season fell last night.
Tongue creek, near this place, and Mid
die BOsQue, one mile from here, were
higher than they have been known for
many years
But little cotton has been planted in
this country yet.
Corn is generally in the weed and
farmers are gloomy.
At MILFORD.
Correspondence OF the Gazette.
MILFORD, TEX, May I've had the
greatest flood of rain here yesterday that
was ever known 10 fall in so short
time. It had been showery up TO $50
O'Clock p. m. At that hour, heavy
angry looking cloud swooped down on
us from the northwest, attended with
considerable wind and hail. For the
space OF one and halt hours the rain
iell In torrents. The ground on level
was covered with water something like
Two inches deep. Mill creek, half a
nile north and northeast OF town got on
FeHlllur L. =,
slh, some two miles north of town, was
O'o"n down and Is a complete wreck.
george turner's (col.) house was lifted
from It's foundation, but not otherwise
managed. Some six or seven miles
northeast Of US at the little village of
i,ay, few houses were lifted from
.uslr foundations, but not seriously dam
aEeu' It is also reported that a young
.su4u' Mr.. Couch, near Italy. was
drowned IN attempting TO cross a swollen
aEeam. Mr.. A. E. Rosson, near town,
lau Inc young mule killed by light
aged.
AT DUFBAU.
correspondence Of the Gazette.
pVsFAu' TEX, May "A storm of
ran hail and wind struck Ouffau yes
's'dsy evening. There was about two
inches Of hail fell which knocked every
s0a'I g- on oil the trees. ruined gardens
m damaged crops of ali kinds seriously.
sor 'a ,I was the heaviest of this sea-
". Inc square front of one storehouse
AZ Az !, g,n,ohshed, and nearly all the win
MS In the town are Knocked ont.
At KossE.
'.'espondsnce Of the Gazette.
"osSE, Tex, May Newer IN the
.'''o'y OF our county has there been such
20, 'au as fell here last night about 8
o,, 'UCA' continuing about nine hours.
o'u Noah With his ark would have hol-
let S - ou' pull the gang plank IN and
ttooS =! ~ Iaiiager. Bridges that have |
Con1,- sle storms for years are gone.
pss.1i roads are in bad fx-aimost i'm
fsrrs5 4he picnic for to-day was de-
ara 80. w account Of the rain. Farmers !
wy gloomy and respondent.
So, -oo WET At SULPHUR SPRINGS.
'p s to the Gazette.
,na. ,fAuR SPRINGs, TEX, May a.
an, : - usA'y shower at noon, but the !
h,,. '4!nG again. Continued rains
n I' ssi greatly discouraged the farmers
began - "a three years since the rains
sntss nso. ye 100 frequent and too abund-
are * ~ hafs begun to wondefAf we
= 'se misprsunss CT. Ireihnd. !
e,..,., Al HENRIETTA.
'p0siiltO ths Gazette. |
rslas ii IN ,hi Tax, May S.-The heavy |
''s TO the growing crops.
soscl,,. AT MESQUITE.
No ~ . the Galeties
b. CiIE' TEX. MAY s.-About 1890
lsaTy storm vlsiAed this place.