El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-06-15

The damage was IOullu ~ NC "-NS
Water Course Washed Out.
At the corner Of B1sDee ana vi I'M
streets an old water course, tnaL vas
lined with rock and cement II years
ago and has WithStOOd every storm 70
date. gave way at the height or the
storm At this point the wafer cOut =
makes a sharp turn and the moment
the wall gave way, wall OF water
rushed down Grama street, taxing eN-
er,-rbine- before it II residence OF
G. H Harris, located on the corner o.
the two streets, suffered the mos =
gully two feet deep was torn lhEo
the front yard, the fence was carried
away, water flooded the cellar ana
for a time. it was feared the tounaa-
lions would give away.
BOuIders Washed Down.
At Elm street and Grant avenue, in
the Manhattan Heights addition, the
street intersection was covered fully
a foot deep by huge bOulders. a num-
Der Of measurements showed some OF
these TO be as large as Il inches
square. About 50 feet Of sewer pipe at
this point was washed out
In Path of Flood.
The houses near the corner Of Bliss
and Luna streets We're directly in the
path Of a flood that rushed down an
OLD arrOya. The yards were filled with
sand and boulders, curling was washed
away and trees were uprOOted- The
water dug a gully three feet deep
through lawn and tennis court at
the corner
A large section Of curbing and side
walk was taken out at Dallas and Rio
Grande streets. a little farther on, at
Newman street. the torrent from the
mountains had taken the center Of the
road and cut a gully three feet deep,
practically closing the street 10 Jraf-
fic. At Dallas and Arizona street. in
the Golden Hill addition. the street
was so badly ribbed by the waters that
it will take days to repair it.
Gardens Torn Out.
Some of the worst damage occurred
on the Boulevard, where Cotton avenue
and Hutton street Join il. This brought
two streams together at one point and
the gardens, CuTbing and sidewalks
were washed out In particular the
recently completed home OF county
treasurer j. D. Ponder was badly dam
aged. 30 feet OF double curbing being
taken out and the front yard being
ruined
Gangs at Work.
Alderman Clayton secured every
available team and, by 10 o'clock. mad
50 men at work repairing the damage.
The storm has certainly demon
strated the value Of curbing and side
walks" he said. In few cases has
the damage to property been great
where these had b, IN installed
Homes EnEuIfed.
Sweeping down from the Manhattan
wall Of water engulfed the $500 block
on East Rio Grande. For an hour a
torrent rushed through yards and gar
dens, covering lawns with q thick
layer of sand and carrying away fences
at several places.
Cellars were filled and heavy damage
was sustained by several residents
through the running of goods in base
ments and the destruction Of gardens.
The home Of H n Whitfield. on the cor
ner of East Rio Grande and Piedras,
was one Of the heaviest sufferers. the
greatest volume Of water appearing to
sweep around the corner Of his house.
His basement was filed with several
feet of water.
Fence WASHES Away.
z. o. HuEhsOn. whose property ad-
Joins that OF Mr.. whitfield. had his rear
fence washed away and his garden and
lawn covered with sand. The Misses
Wilson, whose home was IN the current
Of the food, had their yard badly
washed and their basement in which
quantity of household goods were
Anthony, in the same block, also re-
ceived the full force of the food
waters, and pra ctically all the homes in
that portion Of the city suffered
WaEhOut on Railroad.
A washOut on the FL Paso & South
western railway near the Piedras street
crossing delayed trains for about two
hours and uecessitated sending out the
wrecker and a repair crew.
All along Bliss street and south OF
that street in Alta Vista, there was
much damage.
Easements Filled.
The basement OF J. c White at 2q15
Bliss street, was filed with water and
the driveway between the residence Of
Mr. White and G. a Martin at 1903
Bliss, was badly washed
c. ". Brown, on Bliss street, had his
basement filed with water and the
storm also did damage to the yard Of
C. ". White, next door TO Mr.. Brown.
Dirt cover ed the yards of both places.
The residence Of ". r. Schultz at 1907
HuecO street, had the basement dam
aged by water. The Austin Park chapel
basement was also filed with water.
Austin Park Damaged.
Cebada street was badly washed and
at Austin park, the sidewalk was
washed away in one place and there
was other damage. An electric light
pole was completely washed out at the
corner Of Cehada and Hueco streets. at
one corner Of the park.
The recent paving Of Bliss street
which closed up several drains from
the mountains above, caused the water
to spread out on that street and run
into the yards The paving Of Man
haitian heights also sent much water
down onto the lOwlands Some Of the
pavement and cement work
was washed out
Two years ago the people OF the