El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-18
ARMY CAMPS FLOODED BY STORM;
STREETSARE COVERED WITH SAND
Street Car Traffic Suspended Fl Bliss Tunnel Filled
With Mud and Rocks; Camp Stewart and Camp Cot
ton Under Water and Troopers Sleep on Wet
Ground; Founder Ar ound in Mud Friday
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I compared to high water damage in re-
| cent years.
Street Car Stalls.
The first Fort Bliss electric car to
I leave San Jacinto plaza shortly after
! the storm broke was the better part OF
! the night reaching the post The street
/ crossings at Octavia Noble. Brown.
! Lee, Dallas, Cotton and several others
were covered with several inches of
mud and rock washed from the slopes
of the north mesa and were made pass
able only by the work of a gang of
shovelers.
The new section of Boulevard. east
Of Cotton, was crossed a several points
/ by rushing streams from Highland
Park and Manhattan Heights. Al Bou-
levard and Piedras an inbound Fit Bliss
car was derailed and this further tied
up traffic Several crossings in Alta
Vista had to be shoveled. The tunnel
through which the electric line runs
under the southwestern railroad. just
north OF MOrenci street was impaSsa-
bic until morning and transfers of
passengers had to be made On the
double track line on Boulevard. in
bound cars were delayed all night
Troopers Hunt High Ground.
Flood water caused a great number
OF the troopers of the nth cavalry.
camping in Camp Bliss at the south
end Of the reservation. to strike out for
the pumping plant at Austin Terrace
and there spend the remainder of the
night keeping warm around the steam
engine.
Car Traffic Suspended.
All Of the north side street car lines
were put out Of business following the
storm. general manager H : Potter
said Friday morning The Park line.
the Mexico line and one or two others
were able TO operate but the storm
practically paralyzed our service Mr.
Potter said The worst trouble was
at the tunnel on the Fort Bliss line
where there was a deposit of sand four
feet deep and where we were forced
10 transfer passengers all morning Fri
day The smelter line was washed out
the sunset Heights line was covered
with sand, and the cars going out
Boulevard and Montana were tied IN
Dy the sand which was deposited on
the tracks. Fortunately there were no
accidents due 10 the storm and our men
worked all night TO restore the ser
vice"
Jitnes Disappear
.litnes were hard to find after the !
ram Thursday night. Many of the
JltneS must have suspended operation |
after the %" rain for there We're few /.
70 De seen at the plaza at six o'clock /
and many Of these were missing after /
the heavy rainstOrm at 7.15 MANY /
peop~ walked home from downtown (
v nile others spent an houor or more /
on the street cars while the rrackmeu
shoveled sand from the tracks The
mines resumed business after the nine
o'clock storm.
Paving Washed Out.
A block Of bitulithic pavement. Is
Get long and over three feet wide. Z
Mas washed up completely at BouIe-
ard and Newman streets while large
ocks used 10 form the foundation Of
he roadway are sea trered for over
alt 4 block. making automobile traffic
extremely dangerous
several tree were blown down IN !
am Houston square at Boulevard and
L Nrain streets, while quantities Of
rasS were washed out in the lower
art of the SQUARE
Considerable damage was done near
le Globe Mills by the flood, quantities /
water over five feet in depth re-
aiming Friday morning
The roadbed of the Santa Fe railway
acks near the smelrer were also bad
washed due 10 the large quantities !
water that swept down from the
Auto is Stuck.
light roadster owned by Winches-
n 1oOley was marOOned in front Of
= Pledras street until early Friday !
orning when II was drawn out. The /
II sank several feet into the mud
At Boulevard and Florence street
rye quantities Of mud had been
ashed up on the street and sidewalk
KING traffic almost impossible
An alley between Montana and Tula
~
four feet
me ram was general up and down
e valley At the five mile bridge the.
aver was running over the roadway \
10 carried much sand and silt Many \
rms were also reported to nave bee1 :
ashed out and fruit trees broken b,- :
{ storm and wind wh:c-s accompanied ;
Juarez Not Damaged.
" IN the exception Of considerable v
Ia ion
arez escaped from Thursday nights a
orrn with comparatively little dam Z
e Every one IS grateful for the a
over we had last night" observed
( i1aIaeI y Martinez. district judge \
JuareZ. I have heard of no dsT9- Il
e having been SUFFERED. and much
% mas been done to US in laying the
81 and IN cooling the air We needed :,
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