Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1916-08-19
C|TY'S LOSS
IN STORM IS
QUITE SMALL
1t Consists Mainly In
Fences. Trees And
Damaged Roots

BrigadIcr General James Parker. ac-
companied ~ hi aides. Captain Parker
and Lieutenant kaborg, made a mounted
inspection of al military camps al
Brownsville during the height of the
storm Yesterday afternoon. At that time
the wind blew ID fifty to sixty miles an
hour and precipitation was excessive.
Damage suffered by military camps
were largely confined 10 tents that were
blown down and their contents drCnched
Probably the greatest damage Was that
done ~ the Iowa Brigade camp whore II
wa- estimated that fully - per cent of
the tent, were blown down. Many tents
were blown down ~ the Thirty--iXth in
fantrv camp.
Al the Illinois camp only slight damage
wa done due 10 the fact that the tents
have board floors. Where the tents were
walled aud provided with mosquito
screen, however, many Of them were
drcuchcd within. a ridge pole on Cap
tain Schwcnrlc'- tent WINS broken and the
top collapsed.
Al the First Virginia infantry camp
about ln per cent ut thr tents were blown
down aud at the Sccoud Virginia infantry
about % per cent collapsed.
ManN ol the public buildings and halls
IN the city were opened to soldiers who
were caught w The storm IN the city ami
other made temporarily -hrltcric-- hy
their tcnt- being blown down.
The ElkS Club took care ~ about fifty
men: eighty five, largely from the Iowa
camps, -lcpt IN the court house and -rv
cral dozen found shelter IN the city hall.
The Queen theater wH- thrown open by
the manager to soldiers and many Of
them slept 10 that hall The city school
uurhorItic~ also threw open the Erammcr
school to the use uf soldiers
The Centre Latino hnl wa~ made use
NJ M about thirty militia men. II was an
nounrcd. who largely comprised those
who are studying Spanish n the night
school
IN to late this afternoon i Wa ~tlll
impossible 20 form complete idea Of the
extent w damages done m the city of
Brownsville and the immediate suburbs.
These damaec- were for the large part ~
MINOR Importance though W U number VI
Instance the property losses viii hc
more considerable.
4 portion ~ the tcli roofing at the city
power plant was blown WI and the trans
mission trunk lines wa~ blown down. The
latter cau~cd all electrical power to u,
cui oft from the city tor about two hours
beginning shortly after noon. The lin,
wa- temporarily meuded. About eight
poles were reported down. Ify noon today
the city electrical department had attend
ed u nineteen trouble calls and had about
twenty live more pending. which. 4 WA
announced. would be attended to hcfor,
night. The total damages dome the plant
Il was estimated IN Citv Manager Il. u
Williams. will not exceed $50. covering
labor ~ outside work. and ahout thai
amount for repairs at the plant. Th'
damage to the roof caused the dynamo,
and other machinery Is bc wet.
About TOO miles NJ telegraph lines were
reported down by the Western lnion Tel
egrgph Company. between tins city an'
Corpus Christi The Southwestern Tcle
graph and Telephone Company had many
phone, pui ont of commission IN the clt,
and lang distance connections were nm
paired 10 all points. About twenty -iiv'
telephone poles we're reported down he
tween Brownsville and Harrington. Man
agcr Gerald Johnson announced that con
nection> we're made with McAllen AN,
Mercedes hV 10 o'clock.
Th, roof of the federal building wa
damaged hv slate being blown of. Th'
damaged portion T. above the fedora
,nuri building Custodian Malihv an
nonnced il will be repaired a. once.
AZ the Charity Hospital the gardel
presented nm appearance tins morning 2
being completely demolished MANY OF tn
large tree were blown down and Smalel
plari- DESTROYED The rear Of the build
ing was also made temporarily uninhamt
able hy rain heating in nj the doors an
windows.