Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1891-12-12
the STORM.
The Worst Ever Known in this
City.
The Damages to Property Extensive
all Along the Rio Grande valley.
PAH1IAL List OR DISASTERS

One ot the worst sand storms that has
eyer visited the Rio GtAude valley aud
tho city, commenced hero yesterday AZ.
ternoon about @ o'clock aud has cou,in
ued all night and TO day, increasing with
intensity At timeS, aud the damage It
has wrought throughout the city will
probably reach up into thousands Of
dollars.
Outhouscs are scattered IN all dItec
tions; window pnnes are trokeH IN many
houses and sashes are torn from their
tAstenings and are lying here and there,
many hundred feet from where they De
long. Corners Of brick houses are lous.
sned and bricks nre found scattered
along the sidewalks Wherever the
storm could get broad side sweep from
the east, for II il regulnr eastern biz.
Eard Of the worst k,ud, the navoc ~
terrible.
One OF tho plate glasses, fortunately
not one Of the largest, on the east side ui
the new Commercial club builllpg, was
blown into tho building anu broken INTO
the very smallest of pieces, The plate
glass IN the dry goods store ~ Is. Schus.
tor and Leon Is. Steru, on Railroad ave
Que, fell ont on the pavement with a
crash.
The stores On First street, where the
storm 10 not interrupted, ar. great sut
ferers. Three large panes OF glass at
Farr's meat market fell INTO the build
ing, scattering broken glasr every ere.
Al Grunsfelda retail dry goods store and
10 the building occupied 10y Mandrll
Bros. h Co, severnI panes u glass nre
broken. Other s,oreS have suffered
The damage on the Highlands is re
ported great, but the stpru. IL 40 fierce
that the reporter, who spent three hours
10 hunting up those who suffered, is
able to give only few ot the losers. A
big glass was blown IN at the college
building, while window bind and win.
dow casing we're blown OF the ward
school in precinct NJ.
Tin roofs appear 10 be the special vie
Tins of the storm, and many are blown
oH. The roof on the Armory 10 partially
0G, and 10 liable TO come to the ground
any moment. The tin roof Of the cleo.
trio light building lies all out OF shape 10
q heap on the grounl. Other tn roofs
are blown away.
The windmill ut 81 Mandell's was
blown into the Catholic church yard, and
the wheel OF the windmill at l. Is. Wash.
ington's was snapped OF and carried n
hundred yards away.
The chimneys or NJ. :. Ot'ru's hand
some new residence, 10 course ot con.
structiop, are scattered IN al accent y Irds
The ere walls ui the san Felipe hotel
are gone, and Billy Sanaulnette's kitchen
took u notion TO move westward with the
storm.
The east eide Of John Jacoby's br ok
foundry was blown IN and disorder relgns
at the foundry, and the stable OF William
Ruby, also in thu southern part OF the
city, was lifted from it's foundation and
came do~a in small pieces, \ brick kiln
Of several thousand bricks was also lev
elcd with the earth.
The root Of the Atlantic 4 Paciti,
blacksmith shop lies "a few hundred fee,
from the building, and the AlbSquerqus
Foundry and Machine company suffer,
the loss OF their corrugated iron roof
which was blown on.
The awning on Grunfeld's retail stor,
became looseued by the wind, and by il
! swinging TO and fro four panes ot glas,
in the front window we're broken.
About forty feet OF fence at the acad
emy 10 down, and the public schools are
closed this afternoon on account % thu
inclement weather.
No damage il reI orted at the Crysta
Ice company or at the Southwest"rr
brewery, but the frame Of G. W KuIzI
b,g ice and beer storage house, wblci
was almost ready 10 be occupied and ad
joining the brewery, was blown dowI
At MAusard's flour mllls IN the same VI
cinity the smoke stack was blown acroe,
the switch track Of the Santa Fe road
breaking the telegraph wires in falling
The roof OF the engine house 10 also dam
aged. M MauAard telegraphed I'm me
diately To LeAven worth, KAu., Tor nsv
smoke stack; the damages will be re
paired aud the mills running by to
morrow.
Engineer Lon Hill, one oi the oldcs
engineers on the Santa 70 road south O
the city, stAtee that the storm OF las
night was the Worst he hAs ever exper
snoed here 10 New Mexico. lie pulle
out Of San Marcial on time, reached SO
zorro few minutes late, but pulled int
Albuquerque about four hours late II
dared not run fast Tor fear that th
storm would blow engine and ell of th
track. at was the worst night" contir
ued Mr.. Hill, "that l have ever put in o
The Santa F's road, and the storm did no
abats Cor . minute" Freight Conducto
Hennsssy, with his braksuen, McDonal
and Davidson, were standing near b
during the conversation, Apd they oorrc
boratsd What Mr.. Hill stated. They 70
loved the psssspger train with extr
freight No. 10, and were emphatic /
tsnarking that the storm wAa tsrrial