The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-26
STORM IN NORTH TEXAS.
Considerable Damage Done by Strong
Wind.
NO FATALITIES WERE REPORTED.
One Dallas Lady InJured-sevcrai Homes
Blown From Blocks - Grain
Warehouse Demolished.

Dallas, Texes, December 25.-Jhe wealth
er clerk gave the people OF Oak Cliff and
South Dallas u first class scare yesterday
| morIaIg. The stern which had ragged all
night became about o'clock a regular
wipdstorm, very little short of reg uldr
hurrrane and about 10 outhouscs and
o,eer buildings in oak Cliff were lift sd
from their foundations and few resi-
dences completely destroyed. In South Dali
las the fury OF the storm vas not 50 Sc
Nvre, but yet outnouses and barns were
I ft.d UP and blown from ten to twenty
feet away and several houses We're blown
from their foundations. The fair grounds
came ~ Tor share Of the wreckaE. and
rank Dereneaux said last night that the
clu, mousse at the grounds was badly DAM
aSed ant the fences blown away. Like
every winIstorm the damage was done 80
Nalckly that The people did not have time
10 get frightened Until the danger Mas all
over. If The weather clerk had been try.
;ig ms hama as magician ne uuulG not
| naNe oetn prohJuncec an expert, ioI ~
l"Vk NJ tNe Wftckage of some OF the il JuSCl
d ptlsoh can not see how 1t was uOhe
without some one beng injured, or now
| certain ireahs OF the wind had caused
some wrechs in ,he way ii did.
me chimney Ut a house in Oak Ciiff
occupied by Y. NJ. Ragland was lifted out
OF us place and turning half II somei ga Mt
| ltl upon illo root OF the house tor SIDE
! Gown, crushing in the roof Aside from
! TINS The house was but slightly damasei
one "nd OF Gcnnnl X. NJ. Gdno's stable
was lifted UP ana severed from the other
part ana carried over the part left stand.
nus INTO al adjoining lot, leaving his horse
tleH g thc racN in the stable unii1ured.
nut Nr. iAl!o said the horse was nearly
scared TO dead all day yesterday A IL, d.
men seautling OF the stable was stuck
Nc, Ne 'ne sro,,nd about foot a large
F!dte Elass Winoow was broken BY tn
"ipd and the to-. OF his cIsterit house MAS
blown aWay. "'9
o, "a house qeGeupied by Horace Hood, col
oieu, was blown to smithereens and his
family had a narrow escape. An Of Ms
furniture was completely DESTROYED and
ms FAMILY only escaped with their lives
ana clothing. His wife. with a 3-weols-oiJ
Lazy, ran iato a small shed OF Kitchen
that was LETT standing and thus saved
zen lNes for the bed they were sleeping
on was Gfushed into kindllng wood. Hood's
Wlie's sister was caught In a falling stair
way ana had to be cAtricated from the
lebrls by the neighbors, She was badly
nruised nut no bones were broken
| Inough considerably shaken up and badly
trishtened none of this family We're seri.
In West Dallas house in course Of CON
Sltuetloh, was blown down and completely
In palns none Of the houses were com
| p,etely wrecked, although a number were
! blown from their Foundations. Tho opiv
pe''oq reported injured in Dallas vas
! side considerably bruisea ond hor AZ -
| .Ni lh'l . n II house was Fitted uearly
Yen rect OF lts foundation. The following
] 90 d l'At VI N'.UlhB" uOne in OAK GIN as
| near az coull be ascertaincd:
II A. Smith, chimney blown over
college station and Tyler station conf
! pletelY blown away.
a. l.. Banks, barn blown over
| Mrs GoldsNrker chimney blown over.
sun Gilbert house blown from It's
Tom Wagner, house blown from its
Frank Crawford. house blown from it's
| foundation.
Sam T,lack barn wrecked
Mrs Walters, chicken house and barn
! damaged.
! Horace Hood, house completely wrecked.
| Harry. Norris, house blown from It's
/ foundation.
| 7. NJ. Ragland. chimney blown down.
| 7. G. Fverhart, burn blown away.
| Edwin Gardner chimrey blown off
Besides these damages the banuistcrs
( away.
The following ia a partial list of the
| DAMAGES in Dallas:
Andrew Johnson. house blown from its
| foundation.
John burgess, house blown from It's
fol nda ton.
Frank Deremeaux. house blown from Its
| foundation.