Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1898-12-09
a TERRIFIC STORY.
Razsd In the Ony Last HiEht-COnsidsr-
Damage 20 Property.

Razsd In the city Last HiEht-COnsider-
Damage 70 Properly.
Undoubtedly one Ot the worst storms
anU most piercing OilZzards Ia the his
tory OF AlDuqueIque has been raging
here since yesterday morning. Win the
exception VI the very severe storm of
december II, 1891, wnieh lasted for three
days Rnd nights, when the roof story OF
nausaru's hiii, . portion VI the brewery,
ana tue Old fire tower IN the rear OF the
Cromwell block aud other bulldinss
we're blown over and scores Of OuthOuses
EeTe carried hundreds Of yards from
.heir location, the present one Is believed
% be the worst la the memUfy OF the
Oldest inhaDtaut. There was probably
lot a building IN the city last night, bus
gWuyed more or less aud the more ex
pOsed dwelling houses were rudely
dandl8d by the htrce east wind There
vas many wuketui pillow. for persons
VI nervous disposition refused admit.
.ance TO restoring sleep. Everything
considered, however, the city passed
,nrOugh the storm with very slight
lamage and every one can congratulate
Gimself that IL Was no worse.
AT O:2O o'clock telephone message
received from the residence OF W. B. Chi
d3rs announced that there was iire
there. No alarm was turned in as Il was
feared that the whole city might become
panic stricken, but n. Scott Knight aud
JOhn Trimblc hitehed up 10 the hose
esgl n Of company No. =, and hastened
g. tbs place. Fortunately II simply
lurned out to be- ths furnace burning out
there is "A very general feeling Of graft
.ude 10 day that the brave llre boys VI the
city were not turned out 10 aght ares in
The terrible stoim.
The barn Of Joe SchwarizmRn. opposite
tie ioe house, where his horses wert
housed, Was blown away early In the
evening. His chicken coop, full VI chick
eBs, was also blown over. joe discovered
this state OF facts shortly after o'clock
aid st-rted out 10 hunt for hts horses
but failed to ind them until this morn
ing. when they had returned 10 the place
where the barn used TO be- The chicken
ccOD did not blow away but was found
standing on its roof and the chickens
huldled together In deathly fear.
The east wall of the Old electric light
plant on The corner OF Broadway and
Coal avenue was own In. T. l. Wilson,
the contractor, had his horses and buggy
there. The buggy was smashed but the
horses escaped uniDiured.
Several telegraph poles and q number
OF chimneys we're blown over and the
telephone and telegraph lines are oonsid-
erably damaged. The water works pipes
froze and about forty ranges we're frozen
up this morning and about half dozen
OF them exploded The plumbers are In
big demand everywhere and will be kept
busy for the next week repairing the
damage that was done.
A number OF clocks are reported 10
have stopped during the night and this
phenomenon IL attributed 20 the sway
ing OF the houses In which they were
located.
The thermometer was only down 10 ten
degrees above zero early this morning
and at . o'clock IL was sixteen degrees
above. No news Of great suffering has
yet been received bat IL In feared that the
wood haulers, who drove out 90 the
mountains yesterday, may have suffered
severely. A. yet no word has been re-
ceiypd from them.
on account Of the wind storm last
night aud tbs Intense cold to-day the
heating apparatus Rt the University re-
fused 10 work and in consequence there
was no school there 10 day. The same
difficulty prevented school from being
held also at the public schools to-day.
telegram from the weather bureau
In Santa Ne received at noon to-day says
that there will be snow tonight and
Saturday with continuing low tempeIa
ture.