The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-05-08
DAMAGE IS DONE
BY RAIN SUNDAY 7
AND LAST NIGHT
southeastern Section Of City Under
Water; Dam at Shannon Springs
Breaksi washlta River Near
Flood stage. r.
SOAK ENTIRE COUNTY
BY NEAR CLOUDBURST
Some Crops Must Be RepIanted; Hall
Storm Does Some Damage;
Santa Fe Tied Up by WASH
out Section Track.

several Guy hiockb III the bouth'
east section of tho city are under
wator as result OF the rain storms
here Sunday and early this morn.
ing during which time 5G2 inches of
rain fell In this city.
Tho new 15-:foot I'LL In the Shan.
non Springs bathing pool dam falt'
cred before tho waters and was
washed out yesterday afternoon
about $3.50 o'clock
The flood reached It's peak early
this morning after one Of the hoay'
Test rains In the history OF the city.
Mono OF tho families In the flooded
district Of the city are In danger.
police reported.
Great portions OF the Rock Island
right-of-way from Grand boulevard
TO Minnesota avenue are under
water. The rails are above tho
water, however. Hundreds of acres
Of land east OF the Rock Island
rightof-way and north of the re.
Gently destroyed Washita Valley
Broom Corn Storage company's ware.
house are undated, according to re-,
liable reports. One or two families
living In this area were forced to,
move this morning.
Worst In Seven Years.
Street Commissioner Beets de-
clared this morning that the flood
resulting from the downpour yester.
day and last night hnc been more
destructive I'm this city than any
flood since 1915 when dozens of
blocks were flooded, houses destroy,
cd and many head of livestock
drowned.
The city's storm sewer was In.
adequate to handle the situation yes.
terday morning. AS n result, Chick.
asha and Choctaw avenues and
many other main thoroughfares near
the business section of the city werd
filled from curb to curb. Chickasha
was another Venice. At 1880 o'clock
yesterday morning, practically all OF
the water had passed into the storm
sewers
A severe hail storm followed the
near-cloudburst yesterday morning.
This storm lasted several minutes
and Is reported to have damaged
gardens, fruit and growing crops to
some extent.
From the best sources available,
1t Ts learned that the rainfall dur
ing the past "a hours has touched
every section of the county. In
many places fields were covered and
re-planting of the crops therein may
be necessary.
Railroad Bridges Out.
Railway service between Chicka-
sha and Purcell over the Chickasha.
Ada branch Of the Santa Fe was
paralyzed this morning as a result
of the washing out of bridge
on the right-of-way between Wash
ington and Purcell. Passenger train
No. 446, which left here this morn.
ing at 7:10 o'clock, was forced to
discontinue its journey at Cole be-
cause of the washout. The train
returned to Chickasha this after.
noon.
, No. 447, the combined freight and
passenger train, due here at 1920
O'Clock, will not leave Purcell, 1000
feet Of track near that city having
been washed out, 1t was reported at
the local office of the company.
Crews Of repairmen have been
rushed to the scene Of the washouts,
it was reported this afternoon, and
normal service over the line prob
ably will be available tomorrow.
Trains over the Oklahoma City
ChickashaQ Quanah branch of the
Frisco are running on time. accord
ing to local employees of the COM
pany. Rock Island trains also are
running on scheduled time, it was
reported.
One bridge on the Rock Island
right-of-way between Waurika and
Walters was washed out yesterday,
seyering railroad connections be.
tween those cities.
Washita Is Overlooking.
The Washita river is overflowing
as the small streams, swollen by
the rains, empty into it. This morn.
ing at 1880 o'clock, the guage at
the Chickasha Gas and Electric
companys dam registered five feet
and three inches. Acres of land
along the course of the river was
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