The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-05-25
A HEAVY RAIN FALLS
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With a strong wine nia#.uZ FIONA
almoa1 evety direction ~ sbe entn-
pass, the beavies, rain ~ the season
visited Wasahaehie and vicinity last
ulsht There we're intermittent
sssss~ers during the afternoon bat
late In be evening the rain began
descending ia torrents The greatest
precipitation waa between and =
O'Clock during which time streeis
were almost covered with solid
sheet of water. The water aecumula-
ted SO rapidly that IL could not be-
confined within the banks of the
small streams and for two hours or
more they were raging torrents,
Dfiftwood which accumulated at
the mouth of the bridge on Ferris
avenue forced the water over the
fence. breaking it doNn ia two
places.
Wayahachic creek lacked only
few inches of reaching the high wa
ter record made two years ago The
water was within a few inches Of the
top of the Katy railroad ~mhank-
meut In front of the passenger depot.
The Flats were flooded and several
negro families abandoned their
houses but the damage sustained
was of slight consequence
In East End bridges and culyerts
which have withstood the rains for
several years were washed out.
4 damage of several hundred
dollars was sustained at the cotton
mill The large water tank which
stood on q brick tower over the front
entrance was blown over and demol-
shed. The tower was olso damaged
and hole about twenty by
forty feet was torn in the roof Of
the building by the tank. Some OF
the carding machinery was badly
damaged by the water from the de-
molished tank and the rain. The
tank was made of cypress and had
a capacity of / 3 900 gallons. The en-
gine room was also flooded and the
machinery had to be stopped for a
few hours. The total damage sus-
| tanned is estimated at about $4,000.
! A section of the rear wall in Hon
S. P. Skinner's brick building or
West Main street collapsed som'
time during the night. The apertur
caused by the falling wall is probabl.
twelve feet wide. The building is oc
cupied by the Hardy r. M1zel com
pany. implement dealers. The stock
was not damaged. The loss on the
building will probably amount tc
$500 or s4O0.
! A flue at the house occupied by
John Mallard on w. H. Borders farm
near Boyce was struck by lightning
The flue was torn all to pieces put
so far as learned none of the occu-
pants of the house were hurt.
The tents belonging to one OF the
county road camps, located near
Trinity University, were completely
destroyed by the high wind. Ihe
camp is in charge of w. c. Maxwell
| After the destruction of the tents all
the food supplies and bedding 1or
the guards and convicts were badiy
damaged by the rain.
| The rain gauge kept by Local.
| Weather Observer Longserre regis
tered precipitation last night OF
about three and one-half inches.
! An accurate record could not be Sc
icured on account of the high wind
but it is estimated that the downpour
will exceed four inches.
Add heavy rain
\ bolt of lightning hit the chm
nev at the home of +. c. Mccartney
on West Marvin avenue. \ hole was
torn In the root but no serious dam
lage resulted.
No storm reports have been re-
leeived from the country. The vino
blew a stiff gale but what damage
was done was from the rain. In the
Northwestern part OF the county
Fields were badly washed and .h'
damage 90 crop was qust" "S'en