Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-07-21
HEAVY RAIN STORM.
Las Vegas and Vicinity Blessed, Al
though DAMAGES Reported.
A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY.

hardest here in many months, and
quite a little damage was done around
town. The rain, which began shortly
after 8 o'clock, came from the north
east and came down in binding sheets
Tor over an hour, flooding the streets
and making the gulleys small torrents.
One may judge of the amount and
swiftness of the water in the cutters,
by the fact that a couple Of dogs were
drowned in them. The wind drove the
rain in under the doors and windows
of most of the houses in the city, blew
down large trees Inc broke OF limbs,
tore down several of the large bill
boards around town, blew down the
canvas covering of the merry-go-round
mi played havoc with the outht IN
general. Large numbers of dead birds
around the trees also give evidence OF
the strength of the hail and wind. The
small stream across the railroad next
the mesa was q full fedged river and
was rushing along faster than a man
could run. The Gallinas river did not
get up SO high. as the rain came in a
direction that did not effect it so much
hut it was also quite a little stream,
even this morning. There were sew
eral parties out in the rain, hut no one
was injured. The telephone wires
came in for a little mix-up, but nothing
very serious.
The Santa Fe experienced consider
able trouble with their tracks, but
nothing Of very great extent. There
was about 300 feet of track under
mined and. in places, washed out De
tween the tle-pickler below to-a ana
Ojita. The track was damaged in short
lengths of five aad 10 feet. A small
six-foot culvert one and a quarter
Ill. ,,o.+ Af Oi;ta trac washed ont
and the track in Romeroville canyon
was SIX feet under water, though moth
ing was washed out. The sidetrack
at the stock yards was also damaged,
and partly washed out.
The rain was a blessing to the city
and surrounding country. The streets
were given a good washing down, and
the town is bright and clean.
Maxwell City also had a regular wa
t%erspout Saturday evening.
Springer came in for a worse storm
than Las Vegas. lncalculable damage
was done there yesterday venin by
hail and rain. 1t was the worst storm
known there in years and a large mum
her of cattle and sheep were killed. 1t
has also been reported here that a
couple of men were killed by lightning,
hut the report has not yet been verl'
fed. The Santa Fe depot had every
window light smashed out, and the
houses over the city in general had al
the glass broken out of the north SIDE
letting the heavy rain in n damag
ing the interior of the homes consid
erably. The losses are estimated II
the hundreds, II not thousands OF Dol
lars.
Edward Grunsfeld and wife returned
to Albiquerque this afternoon. Mrs
O-.--F1rl han. made anita q VISIT III
the Meadow City.
Mrs. w. H. Cneatham and Mr.. ant
Ars. w. NJ. O'Byrne. Of st. Louis, WIFI
have been visiting here, all went dow
to Santa Fe Saturday evening.
James Erwin got too intimate witt
"the cups" Saturday evening. james
is a o~ne-legged man, and with the loa'
he had. two legs even would have beef
of little advantage, so the only thlni
he could do was to stretch out an
crawl. He was found at 1880 thi
morning peacefully snoozing in tn
gutter on Railroad avenue, and wa
taken in charge and given a berth l
the city bastile.
Elmer Taylor came in from Adams
saw mill Saturday with q load of lun
Der. four horses drawing the team. II
was to take out a load of hay on tn
return trip, but in the meantime h
loaded up with corn juice and was II
capacitated for further work. Tn
team was taken care of by friends, an
Taylor slept off his jag in the city jail
f. H. McCraw, a fireman, was bad
hurt about the head as the train wa
pulling out of albuquerque YESTERDAY
by a big lump of coal, weighing abol
twenty pounds falling on him. He
recovering at the Santa Fe hospit'
here.
Mrs. Joseph Kennedy made cor
plaint against her husband Frida
night before Judge Wooster, after
O'Clock. She claims he threatened h,
life, tried to break in her house and
general made her trouble, despite h
advanced years. The judges decisio
was $500 peace bonds. Mr.. Kennel
has a divorce pending nov from n
wife, he having found marriage a IA
ure after living over fifty years.
The Fraternal Brotherhood held
installation of officers Friday night.
L.. Moon, deputy territorial organize
and his wife were present.
PaTie Rael and Maroelino were a
quilted of ~trespassing on the Pee
reserve before United States Commi
sioner Bunker, Saturday morning. III
exact boundary of the reserve is
question, and this gave rise TO a dou
of guilt.
hon. F. A. Manzanares, vice pres
dent of the proposed electric railwa
said today L your r~epresentativ
Dirt will begin flying on Railroi
inside of two weeks on the new elt
trio street railway, and the work W
be pushed as fast as money can do 1
Bxpressman Bell is congratulate
himself that he is still living. He n
a very narrow escape from serious
Jury shortly after noon today.
started to turn his team on SIX
street, near the Crockett buildiI
when in some way one of the hors
slipped and fell, shaking the wagon
il threw him off the seat and under
horse. The horse started to Kick, a
narrowly missed trampling Mr.. Bell
death. The standing horse plung