The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-09

was not coming from the gulf There was
Somr apprehension for time growing rut
" the fact Tint the weather hureou had
the storm signals displayed which, add d
10 the depth Of the water. was enough To-
cause uncasncss on the part OF the mid
The rain began falling at o'clock last
night and from that time until o'clo X
this morning there was q moderate rain all
At this hour Il increased aud from o'clock
untll 1l:4O o'clock today there WINS rainfall
Of ten Inches For the period Of rme
this is the heaviest rainfall on record b w..
The total rainfall from O'Clock last uig1s
until Lao O'Clock this afternoon was li .
Inches Last July Galveston was vlsi d
hy % rain which amounted To 1875 In tween
yfour hours, but bad the rain loday c"A-
tlnued the twenty four hours 20 would cas-
fly have exceeded this amount.
During the greater portion ot the morn ~
the average velocity Of the wind was about
tWeuty. miles per hour This increase /
about II O'clock 20 thirty miles ana uil'f-
ward 10 forty-two miles per hour Whlrh
was the maximum Velocity reached during
the dIy. There was three ana one hult ]" &
tide. which rs only slightly above normal
high TIDE and there was mo- danger M UnH
tlmr from an cucroachmcut by the guiI
Tine rain water, however. hlled the stree B
uud I'm the lower portions ot the CITY 20
reached depth u course with ih' cirEi
ton Of the ground, IN the b9sln'sN H'N
depth that business was practically -t1 -
pended The street cars stopped rDuul
mud many ot the offices ana other plncct "I
business were closed.
At the corner Of fremont aud Market
streets the water rcnchcd depth NJ lr m
twelve 10 sixteen Inches and " covered lh FL
sidewalks and entered the stores in ioe
lower parts ~ the city. In soNefnl hut-
ness establishments along strand thc wner
reached % depth Of three or four inches
This caused some damage, hut ~ WAS no.
vcay great owing to the fact that tHe
water came In slowly and there was plenty
Of time Go rcmuyc such articles mat would
be damaged by IT,.
The street pavemcuts In several places
were torn up hv the water and the track
OF thr street railway company al the curve
on Twenty hfth mud . washed out OF place
The exact amount Of damage can NOT hc
asccrtaiucd. but that OF the street car ti M
many ls estimated az about $50 Just h"w
much tine city pavement has been damaG d
rs also hard " estimate with any deE.te
Of accuracy II viii not however, exceed
fcW hundred dollars
There were numerous Inquiries at the
Office Of the weather bureau today. h7l
there was not near rs much alnfm mere =
thrrr has horu on former occasions. ~
barometer stood M 20DG ana TINS was a
good assurance that no storm 81 % serious
nlturc waR IN this nriPuhorho"d. Ihe
y.a1thor bureau officials report thnt tho
disturbances II n can be termed a disturb
nncc was local af1ir and that II VIII
probably move northwest
The predictions Tor buNfSl"u Tor w"
nest twenty four hons IS rain tonight vi h
brisk northeast winds aud clear tomorrow
Every available conveyance In lh" ciiy
was brought into service In carrying pc PIE
from their homes 10 the city. Bnnkors ana
merchants wore seen coming 10 town on
draws and delivery wagons aud they were
clad to get them. Those not fortunate
enough IN secure ronvcvances and havrR
urgent huginess In the city had 20 wade In
the uater and many were seen with lhfir
shoes IN aud their trousers rolled np
wadng through the streets II was rather
an amusing sight 20 grown men wHding
around IN the water Ike school boys hut
the amusement wore of yerv fast WHOM
ono wadcd u few blocks himself Rabbrr
boots would not serve TO advantage, as
there was no ing when deep place
would be- encountered whore the water
w0nld 20 over the top of them. aud IN -
people preferred To have wet legs than e.
have their legs soaked IN wt<An ns wonl
he The casc with the boots after the wa or
once got over the top Of them. People WHO
did not have to como down town sinyc1 ~
homo, and during the forenoon business
was az almost a complete siandsuil