The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-02
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.
M sioa Visited BY Z Second Deluae
Since Friday.
'STRFtrs m SUBURBS UNDER WATER.
More Rain paring the Past Month Than
In th,b Same Month for Four resrs
Previous -Incidsnts.

sSsThera are humorous happenings on
seycrx scraaic ], no matter how serious may
Sbe the consequence accompanying the
event aud Tire heavy rainfall and conse-
S qsient damags to this locality furnished
\ small drains Of fun. Two men In the bows
& Of s tree. fra itically calling for assistance
y fursigfed amusement for those In the
vtc4hity of the bridge across White Oak
bayou near the Missouri. Kansas and
Texas depot, In this city. about $50 o'clock
yesterday evening They had been the
h occupants of a small boat and were row.
ing about In that locality. Their boat went
TO pieces and as the efnbankment had
caved in TO a great extent they were
forced to take to tree for safety. The
tree was meek deep" In the water. and
they could not get away from their place
Of refuge without assistance. which was
given them.
There has been a great deal Of water In
and about Houston for several days. al
though the rainfall has not been very
heavy. The drlzzling rain has been inter
u&ftent. and the continuation OF 81 over
9l1ch n length OF time has kept the streets
~ very SLOPPY condition. Nothing serious
Et9u1ted and nothing was feared and until
Ns4day evening the volikle OF water Was
bs30w ihs rnfr.mura Of a rainy season.
40 y - O'Clock Friday night rain be-
gar 10 fat heavily and continued at in
'yg ala All during the night Yesterday
4 Ming from 40 O'Clock until noon the
W. eonth ned and ceased only for the
luEtch hca-. commencing again in the
sssf tsr7GaosA Not only was this the case In
h 14oaxto+ aIt generally all over tine State
< and the 0rzinage toward the water ways
that p4.N through the city limits WAS
taxed % lis capacity to carry the weep
ansx OF q Ttging storrA The consequence
was thu, ,ffaio and White Oak hAyous
arc full af water, which II moving out
slowly. II expected thai this water Will
pass away within the next tweaty-tour
hours tie rain Is not expected 20 last
through today. The forecast last night
was for colder weather. which would take
i the place Of TIRE rain.
The rainfall IN Houston for the twenty
four hours ending al Z o'clock yesterday
morning was III inches, as reported by
4 Mr.. ]. A AicNabb Of the Western Union
I telegraph office. the local observer for the
I United States weather service. Mr.. Ac-
Nahh says further that the rain has BEEN
general all over Texas and unusually
heavy and that the reports from North
Texas are that tho weather IS turning
!; colder.
'rrhis IL ny no means heavy rain said
Major Il. W. Cave. one OF the oldest citi-
zens and a minute observer Of current
q events a. compared Win NNaN mas lAtlcu
4 I'm other years. II is true that last year We
had very little rain. but previous to tina,
4 there arc instances when the fall has hesn
a great deal heavier than at the present
remember In 1881 when all the bridges
!, were wished away by tn. food but such
!, n contingency is not possible now unless
!, the rain continues heavier than Il has
'. fallen. Ny opinion is that after Midnight
a the clouds will pass away and that
u VIII have colder. clearer weather and that
\ we are now entering one Of the most pro
j ductive crop seasons Texas has known
Il for years"
Il Statistics show that during tho month
Il of January more rain has fallen in 1851
q than In the same month IN the four year
Il previous The following & the comparison.
j January. ise2. LIS inches.
4 January. 1893 q 6 Inches.
January. 1874. SO inches
4 January. 1895. / 50 inches.
u Tor twenty-four hours ending al :
o'clock yesterday morning there was fall
y az ali iaches and tho figures will show
n that ending az ui5ulght Friday. January
IL ~ there was more rain during the month
q than IN those years mentioned. Th- fol
= = lowing figures on rainfall in Houston sill
i u prove quite iuiereHring and are made from
9sfh- records q Hr. y. r. saui.1.rH. who
pwAs the ossfrver ~ the United Ftates
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