The Weekly Herald (Weatherford, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 11, 1922 Page: 1 of 8
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TORRENTIAL BAINS CAUSE GREAT
DAMAGE to RAILROADS and HIGHWAYS
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Citizens of Blair Valley, Horseshoe
Bend, Smith and Hightower
Flee for Refuge.
Homes Ruined—Crops Destroyed
—River Highest Ever Known.
at the bridge did not reach the high
water mark of two weeks ago. by
several inches, but it is thought the
break in the dump let the flood
waters pass, and in that way pre-
vented even a higher flood stage.
The recent repairs in the way of a
fill at Clear Fork was washed out
and several additional feet of the
to. Pinto creek, between Brasos and
Santo, two miles of track k gone and
the water is still pouring over the
tracks. East of Annetta there are
1.700 feet of track waahed oat and
a small bridge gone-COoe hundred
and fifty feet of track at Clear Fork
Is gone. All trains between Mtngus
and El Paso are running on sched
More than five inches of rain fell
In Weutherford and vicinity between
7:80 Monday morning and 2:30 in the
afternoon, with the result that all
streams are higher and as much or
more damage lias been done than in
the flood two weeks ago. Wire ser-
vice is crippled and but meager re-
ports have been received from over
the county.’ However, owing to the
tact that the ground ia already full
of water, and none of the rainfall thie
morning will soak into the soil, K ia
thao It has ever been known at that
point and families have moved out
of Hightower Valley, and other low
lands adjoining the river bottoms.
The water ia reported two feet deep
in the Brown ft Davis store at Den-
nis, and the families of that little city
are marooned in the home of H. B.
Davis, Jr. This residence occupies
the highest point in that vicinity,
and they are considered safe, pro-
vided no big head rise comes down
today. The water is flowing on all
dump went down with the waters, ttle time.
Farmers living along the road will j Thejmeral Wells road is also out
be given work and it will probably( of coamlaaion and trains today are
be a few days until the road will | cancelpd. Offficials of the
believed that when things have clear- sides of the marooned people. The
©d and reports are received, it will
be found that the damage to roads,
bridges, fields and crops in this coun-
ty will exceed that of the previous
flood.
Deputy Sheriff Joe Gilbert left here
at 5:00 o’clock this morning, arriv-
ing In Mineral Wells Just as the heavy
rains began to fail. A telephone com
low draw between them and the
Weatherford road is flowing several
feet deep, and they are completely
cut off.
Brazos River on Rampage
The Brasos River is on one of the
biggest rampages I ever saw.” said
Nortf^RVfa
ed iffotw
that they hoped to have the track in
shape for the running of trains Wed-
nesday afternoon sometime.
Trinity Not to High
Reports from Fort Worth, Tues
day at noon said that the Trinity
lacked some four feet of reaching
the high mark of two weeks ago,
but an addition rise is expected later
In the day. Hundreds of families
moved out of the low levels near the
river. No loss of life had been re-
The concrete structure was not I Ported at noon. The police and Red
Cross vfere in charge of the situa-
tion and preparedness was the or-
again be passable.
Streets and Bridges Damaged
Td »/Fown Creek viaduct was dam-
ageiraflightly by the rushing waters
Mor^y. The water came -down
“ sin street at times estimat-
•two feet in depth, And the
gravel on the nort-h approach was
badly washed. The water soaking
in that point caused a cave of a
couple of feet, where the sewer and
gas lines crossed the structure.
TRAIN SERVICE IS
PARTAILLY RESTORED
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RUCK CREEK REPAIRS
WILL NOW BE RtfSIO
Train service over the Texas A
Pacific was partially restored Thurs
day morning when No. S3 west bound
which has been tied up here since
Monday morning, left the city at 10
o’clock tor the west. The first train
over the Mineral Wells road since
Monday morning also came in We
nesday afternoon making the round
trip. On Thursday morning this
train ran on schecuel and detoured
over the Santa Fe to Cresson and
the Frisco to Fort Woith. This was
the prat train from this city east
since MhmMF moraing.
It was reported front the Texas ft
Pacific depot Thursday morning that
af regular trains would be run on
edule, commencing today. The
T. P. track between here and Fort
Worth is still out but several crews
are making an effort to open it fot
traffic Friday. Until the track is
opened, detours over the Santa Fe
and Frisco will be made. The follow-
ing bulletin was posted at the T. ft
P. depot Thursday morning.
“No. (from the west) now expected
to reneb Weatherford at 4:30 p. m
on time and will detour Weatherford
to Fort Worth, via Santa Fe to Cres-
son, to Fort Worth via Frisco.’’
damaged in the least. Several teams
Tuesday were hauling gravel to re-
place that lost and the bridge is now
in good shape again.
Many small culverts and bridges
were moved by the flood waters.
The bridge across the ravine on Eu-
reka street in the southeastern part
of the city was washed put. It was
badly damaged during the flood of
two weeks ago, and was not really
in a passable condition. The loss
of this bridge cut many people out
A. Andrews, Tuesday morning. Mr.
Andrews said that he had been living j of the city, but the commission has
munlcatlon from him at noon stated' on and near the river fQr tha, past flf-i ordered a crossing on East Akard
that he was unable to go on to Ste-j ty years and the water is higher than | fctreet and that will be ready for use
pheu county, or to return to Wes- it has ever been Many thousand
therford. A <7 <> !$ >. acres of the best farm land in the
Town Creek is as high or higher county is inundated and many homes
than it was tvfo weeks ago, and the entirely surrounded by water.
water is pouring over the T. ft P.
tracks neto’ the. Compress. The wa-
ters are also pouring over the Fort
Wpith street at the T. ft P. cross-
ing. The continuous downpour has
The Milligan Valley near Dennis is
practically ail under water. Horse-
shoe Bend, Blair Valley, Briar Val-
ley, Smith Valley, and a large por-
tion of the Hightower Valley were in-
washed a place out of the North Main undated and the damages so far can-
street bridge and that structure will not be estimated.
in all probability become weakened.
Train No. 23, west bound on the
T. ,& P. started west at 11:15 a. m.
and got as far as Seale Switch, three
miles west of here, where they stop-
ped and calling Lambert learned that
the writer was pouring over the track
at that place. The train backed into
Weatherford at 2:00 o'clock and will
be tied up here Indefinitely. Serious
washouts are reported between Mill-
sap and Bennetts, with extremely
heavy downpours continuing as we
go to press.
The Weatherford. Mineral Wells &
Northwestern Railway has cancelled
all trains, reporting two or more
washouts between this city and Min-
eral Wells. The extent of the dam-
age to the Texas & Paciic between
Weatherford and Fort Worth cannot
be determined, However, it is known
that there are several washouts in
places not damaged in the previous
flood, together with washouts in all
of the former destroyed fills and
bridges. It Is reported that the dam-
age is almost twice as great as two
weeks ago.
Heavy rains between Fort Worth
and Dallas with several big washouts
in the vicinity of Grand 1’rairle and
Arlington. Fort 'Worth was visited
bp a very severe electrical storm this
morning and great damage is being
done in the bottoms along the creeks
and the Trinity fiver.
The rain gusge at the First Nation-
al Bank registered more than five
inches at a little after two o'clock
this afternoon, and the rain is still
falling In torrents. It has been im-
possible for the city officials to visit
the various parts of the city to de-
termine the extent qt damages to the
F..Jets, owing to the incessant rain.
Neither can the county judge and the
commissioners determine the extent
of damages over the county. They
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The homes of George Morgan, Wal-
ter Andrews, Houston Morgan and
W. W. Andrews in the Horseshoe
Bend were reported surrounded by
w»ter. In the Blair Valley, the fesl-
denceg of Don Nelson and Tom Carter
are surrounded. So far no lives havi
been lost, but it is probable that man
head of stock have been drowned.
Thousands of acres of land have been
under water for spvral hours and
taars are expressed that the farms
in some cases will he practically
ruined.
Crops will all suffer and the entire
acreage will have to be replanted.
While no definite information is ob-
tainable, the large wheat fields of
John Carroway are said to be under
.water. It is said that he had 300
acres in a valley adjoining the river
and judging from the situation on this
side, there is little doubt but that the
crop is ruined.
Chamberlain at Willow
George Chamberlain was in from
the Millsap country early Monday
morning, and he reports Hood condi-
tions even worse than two weeks
ago. All streams were higher and
tftore farms inundated. He was
working a crew of men making re
pairs to this highway and the flood
waters of Monday not only swept
away his new work, widened the gap
in the road around another 100 feet.
The water was two feet higher in
Rock Cheek than two weeks ago.
Grindstone creek also got two feet
higher, and some damage was re-
ported there.
Tuesday morning Mr. Chamber-
lain took a crew of men and went
to Willow Creek east of this city.
They will make repairs there. The
higliWhy is almost Impassable at
Thja, point. There is a dangerous
wash in the side of the dump and
repairs will be made as rapidly as
possible.
der of the day. The loss of proper-
ty was not nearly so great In Fort
Worth. Monday as two weeks ago,
and the city waa protected in every
maner possible.
The pater servic* Whs impaired in
that city Monday aftarhOon and night
until Tuesday morning. The Drumm
8ee4 apd Flhral Building on Hous-
ton street caught on fire Tuesday
morping. but luckily, the water ser-
vice was put in use within ten or
fifteen minutes gfter the fire -start-
- Temporary repairs on the highway
between Weatherford and the Tar
rent county line were completed We*
nesday afn the road is now in good
shape and can be traveled with par
feet eaae and safety.
' Work on the west end will start
just aa soon as the ground dries aaf
ficiently to permit the handling of
the dirt There is only one plpce
on this part of the highway that Is
impassable, and that is at RoCk
Creek. The fill on either side of tha
bridge has been swept away. There-
is a break of about 125 feet on this
side and some 20 or 24 feet an the
other side. This eaves the bridge-
high and dry.
The commissioners court went out
to the Rock Creek bridge Wednes-
day afternoon and made arrangements
to secure material right at the bridge
j to make the fill as soon aa the ground
dries sufficiently and a Urge crew of
men with freanoes will be pot to
work. It is likely that it will be
two weeks before this can be made
passable. There la not a chance it
is said to even fix a temporary croow
ing, and the complete fill will have
to be made before the stream can be
crossed.
8ECOND DETOUR 8IGN
DESTROYED BY MISCREANTS
DAMAGE TO CITY STRUTS
AND BRIDQCS ESTIMATED
„ J , AT MORE THAN ♦12.000.00
For the second time during the . —
past week, the sign which was placed Mayor Queen estimated Thursday
on the highway at the point where ^at the damage to streets and bridg-
the old Mineral Wells road leaves it, eg ln the city of Weatherford during
the past two weeks, including both
floods, will be more than $12,000, and
that it will require the present street
force at leapt two months to make
full repairs. The bridge oh Eureka
street is gone, and one on Vine
has been destroyed. The highway be
yond Millsap ia closed and travelers
not knowing #hl9 would keep the
pike and when the Rock Creek break
was reached, would be forced to get
through the best way possible. The
Chamber of Commerce and the com
ed, preventing a great ctmOugra- missioners court vfoilrihg in conjunc
have a report that Cleat Fork is again
pouring over the highway and risingiv • . Barry at Clear Fork
every minute. 1 ■, j County Engineer Barry went to
A telephone meaaagp from Dennis Clear Fork Tuesday morning with
at 8:00 o'clock Tuesday morning oar- a large crew df then and the dam-
rled the information that the Brasos ages to the highway will be repaired
river Is at least six inches higher as rapidly aa possible. The water
probably today.
The high waters in Town Creek
cut across Fort Worth street in front
of the peanut mills and the street
was considerably damaged. Town
creek was several feet higher than ft
was two weeks ago.
Lightning Strikes Lumber Yard
Monday afternoon lightning struck
the tile wall, projecting above the
roof of the HardiP t-umber Company
and knocked a hole therein as large
as a man’s body, and threw pieces
of tile an hundred feet. The electri-
city then played around over the
roof, pulling nails and metal cleats
that held the asbestos roofing In
place. Several pieces of the roof-
ing were torn away. Mr. Hardin
stated that beyond a doubt the as-
bestos roofing was all that saved the
building from catching on fire. The
lightning then ran down a water
spout into the ground. «
Poolvllle Church Struck
The small culvert on the Poolville
road just beyond the Clear Fork
bridge, washed out and the bottom
Of the small cieek washed to a depth
of approximately twenty feet, for a
space of some 50 feet wide. This is
only a small creek, but the great
volume of water kept washing back
into the banks and soft bottom until
the great hole was cleaned out by
this morning. The Poolville mail
was transferred by horseback Mon-
day evening late.
The lightning struck the Method-
ist church ln Poolvllle, Monday af-
ternoon, doing considerable damage
to the steeple and belfry.
Motor Stuck In Creek
One of the Merchants Fast Motor
Line trucks, Mineral Weils bound, at-
tempted to ford Rock Creek near Gar-
ner Monday afternoon and stuck in
the creek bed. staying there all night
and until noon, Tuesday. The truek
was loaded with various kinds of mer-
chandise which was all covered with
water and mud. The engine of the
truck was also damaged by washing
sands, etc.
Railroad Conditions Bad
Reports from the Texas ft Pacific
railroad, are to the effect that the
system is harder hit now than it was
two- weeks ago and it will probably
be 48 hours or longer before trains
can be operated between this city
and Fort Worth. The track west of
Weatherford ia also in bad shape and
can not be repaired under 48 hoars.
Sanchez Greek tracks* are clear. The
tion with possibly millions of loss by
tiro.
The highway waa opened for traffic
Tuesday afternoon, but a few places
are yet in bad condition, and crews
are still at work on- them. It is
thought that Parker county’s part or
the road will be in good shape by
Wednesday night. The big wash at
Clear Fork has been made passable
and as soon as the weather settlqs.
permanent repairs will be made.
Roads in other parts of the county
suffered great damages from Mon-
days flood waters. Several bridges
are gone and approaches are washed
and damaged. The court went to
the Brazos, Tuesday afternoon and
ao far as could be ascertained the
bridge* across that stream are'only
•lightly damaged if damaged at all.
A bridge on Sanches Creek near
Balch went down. The bridge on the
tiqn, placed a large sign to warn the
people of conditions. The flrst sign
was painted on boards. This wss
carried away bodilv. The second was j old brldge that washed away. The
painted on oil cloth and this was cut
out Wednesday night. The sign wilt
be replaced and
will be watched.
is likely that ft
graders are busy rebuilding the iae-i
portant streets.
Store Flooded Twice in Two Weeks
J. M. Tinsley was in this city from^
his farm on the Clear Fork Thursday.
He says the flood waters of that
stream for the second time in two
weeks raced through his store and
put him out of commission. His
damages however were not near as
great during the last flood as he was
prepared for it. The first , flood
caught him unawares and tha high
water coining at night flooded the
store and everything on the floor and
In a shed room was either washed
Klckapoo, east of Buckner was also away nr desirived. During the Apri’
MEETING OF PARKER COUN-
TY POULTRY ASSOCIATION
The Parker County Poultry Asso-
ciation meets next Saturday, May 13
at .. p. m. in the county cqurt room.
The last meeting was not very
large on account of weather condi-
tions. so we urge that all of the
meml-ers turn cut to the meeting nett
Saturday. There are some matters of
importance to the association that
we should be soon considering, and
wV want a full attendance to do)t
aider these things. Some steps should
be taken by this association or some
other agency to Impress upon the
damaged. In the northeastern part
of the county, the bridges across
Clear Fork on the Denton road, and
a bridge between Springtown and
Reno was washed oat. A concrete
culvert near the Hamer place north
of the city was also damaged, about
half of it washing away. The roads
are all washed and more or less
damaged.
Parties coming to the city from the
river, Wednesday morning state that
the waters are again well within the
banks of the Stream and receding
rapidly. Some of the low lands are
still under water, but before night
an the inundated lands will be free
of water.
The peak of the flood was reached
at 2:00 o’clock Tuesday morning, ac-
cording to reports, where the water
reached a stage that was probably
two feet higher than ever before
known, but by 3 o’clock the water
wss receeding.
There is not a chance to estimate
the damages which the flood has
reused in the river district. Fields
have been inundated, water has swept
through bouses and barns, fences
and out houses have been wrecked
or swept away entirely, and th
damages will be heavy outside the
loss to crops and washing of lands
Messrs Ed Watt and Rny Oliver
and Uieij families, motored” to Fort
Worth. Sunday alfornoorr, where they
vtsited Herschel Nash, and spent an
hour or so In Forrest Park. They
washouts betwean Millsap and Ben- Mate that Mr. Naah Is improving nice-
netts ere now being repaired. At Pa-
flood, 25 inches of water raced Cltisen of the county how important
through his building, but Mondays;
flood lacked fonr inches of reaching-
that point. The April flood carried;
away svveral tons *" ’ *JL_
oil tanks for Mr. Tinsley. The cans
were replaced and he chained them to"
posts and they were saved Monday.
apd profitable the poultry business
is- becoming just at this (line and
we should have 500 members in the
of hay and t*o1'county association and our monthly
meetings should become real* poultry
conventions. Some of the men and
women who belong to our association
are experts and give some of tha
Roads to Breck#nridge in Bad Shape j finest lectures and talks out of actual
E. V. Cairoll and Joe Quante, who! experience that may be heard any-
have been in Stephens county where
they have been doing contract work
on the highway, came home Thurs
day morning. Mr. Carroll says the
section between here and Btecken
ridge is shot to pieces ,and road* are
in a mighty bad shape. Bridges ace
gone, highways washed and boggy,
and travel is almost impossible. The
boys left Breckenridge Wednesday at
noon and arrived here about daylight.
Detours over every road were neces
sary. It will likely be several weeks
before the roads can be put in a
decent condition
Mr. Carroll said the new highway
through Stephens county had not been
seriously damaged as none of the
bridges were in and the openings at
the streams were sufficient to allow
the water to pass freely.
where. Every man and woman in the
coi$nty who is at all interested in
the poultry business, whether a mem
ber or not, is urgently invited to
meet with us next Saturday. Visit
us one time, at least, and we tbtnk
you will come back again.
T. M. BROADFOOT, Pres.
S. D. LOGAN. Sec
Where’s Cupid?
One lone couple married in Parker
county during the past week. That
is the record as found in the couinty
clerk's office Thursday morning when
a Herald representative was making
his rounds, And the couple bad to
be imported to even get that rg&rd
Dan Cupid must be taking a mca
lion,
• ..y, S e*
Fire Destroys North Side Horn*.
Fire of undetermined origin de-
stroyed the cottage home of Frank
Raden on Throckmorton street, on
the North Side, at 8 o’clock. Sunday
night. The family was at church at
the time the fire was discovered and
it had gained such headway that the
house together with the contents
were totally destroyed. The loss Is
estimated at about $2,000 with $1,000
insurant;?-
TO CORRESPONDENTS
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Kindly mail your budget . early
enough to reach ua on Wedneeday’e
m«il. Some tetter* reached ua this
week on Friday morning, after the
paper w*e prit*sd on Thursday.
Roland Jones waa a passenger to
Graford, Thursday.
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street. wuUiM oa Spring.street. mm.-.-
badly damaged and innumerable small
culverts washed away. A cement -
bridge will be constructed on Eureka
street, wider and higher than the
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