San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-26
A|N TO STOP
|AF TER STATE
| IS DRENCHED
rnado Caps Seen Over
City Before Storm
Friday Night.
|INFALL HERE 2.06
Hook for Next Week
Calls for Generally Fair,
First Part. .sy

geavy rains over the state accom-
led by a general electric storm
En- passed over San Antonio short
litter midnight, Friday will be sue
fed by partly cloudy. and cooler
fher, according to the forecast.
Antonio received a total of 2.06
les of rain during the night, and
T damage from wind.
ornado cans settled over the city
h o'clock Friday evening. but no
|rts of a twister have been re-
I'D. If the tornado touched earth
here, it probably was to the west
n unsettled section Of the country.
Emile wind blew during the storm.
he electric display which passed
Friday night. however, was one
ne most brilliant of the last year.
almost two hours, there was a
liant flash of sheet lightning with
sional bolts coming to the earth.
reports of lightning striking the
b in the city were received.
Think Rain Is Over.
lie weather map shows the high
Hi moved down from the northwest
caused the heavy raj nstill to
northwest of Texas. Amarillo re-
I'd a minimum of % degrees early
rday morning. A small low in
6co is expected to move over into
kSulf during the day. No more
4 is predicted for San Antonio. al-
Oh high to the east will cause
lis.
minimum Temperatures for Sunday
hing will be from "A to 80 degrees
Hight to moderate northerly winds
hinfall reported over the state up
o'clock Saturday morning is as
|ws: Dallas, lis; Fort Worth.
Palestine, 1.50; Taylor, 30:
lin, 1:O3: Marble Falls, 1.22;
4, 10; Brownwood, 2.34; Llano,
\ Luling, Sc; San Marcos. 1.22;
man, .; Hondo, 2.94; Uvalde.
and smaller amounts at other
bins scattered over the state. Rain
led at Corpus Christi Saturday
ling. The rain extended to Okla
! and parts of Arkansas.
Weekly Weather Outlook.
|Dderate rises will occur in the
{.ado and the Guadalupe rivers
hg the next "a TO So hours.
{e weather outlook for the week
ling Monday Issued by the WASH
n office follows; West Gulf
Is. generally fair until later part
showers are probable; cool at
ming and temperatures near nor
be wind and lightning, reports
Friday indicated, did consider
Manage to the distribution system
he San Antonio Public Service
bany and also caused numerous
|ruptions to the city's telephone
Ice. Neither company. early in
morning was able to give an ac-
lie estimate of the damage.
Eports from the Public Service I,
bany were that several of its Cir
had been temporarily interrupt
while at an early hour the tele-
e company reported that it had
/ 300 telephones out of commits
The damage was caused. it was \
II by the wind and lightning.
Lightning Starts Fire.
lie storm lowered over the city |
6 80 Friday evening until 4
Fix Saturday morning. reaching its !
between L. 80 and 10. Dur
hat time the temperature dropped
73 to 81 degrees.
|ports from various parts of the
were that the high wind had
down trees in many places. al
kin no serious damage had re-
n. Lightning is believed 10 have
kd a fire at the Suits Produce
bany. 110S Main avenue. Elec-
|wires also blazed at the apart
house of ]. l.. Quill. 1I15 Main
be. The damage at both places
Blight, firemen quickly extinguish-
e flames with chemicals.
|emen also were called TO the
Ter Hotel where storm water from
lam and Crockett streets began
Ing into the basement of the
ing.
No Danger From River.
ring the height Of the storm
switchboard at central po-
headquarters was kept blazing
balls from<nnxious residents along
|ver. inquiring whether there was
r of rise. There was a slight
lin the river during the heavy
police said. but the stream quick
turned to normal. Il
Ter reports at the headquarters of
elephonc company were that all
hes were intact and that the only
ge sustained was the 300 cases of
trouble. Two cables, it was
ted. have been slightly damaged
|ater.