Navarro County Texas Archives News.....Blooming Grove: Struck by Hurricane May 1, 1890
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Fort Worth Daily Gazette May 1, 1890
Fort Worth Daily Gazette  May 2 1890

Struck By a Hurricane

Many Houses Demolished and Others Damaged
at Blooming Grove

May 1, 1890. Blooming Grove, Texas.
A terrible storm of wind, rain and hail struck our town today, doing great damage to
property. The dwelling houses of T.L. Moore, F.L. German, Joe Henry, Henry Burton,
Charley Green and the new Baptist Church, also several colored residences, were
entirely demolished. In the old town of Blooming Grove a number of houses were
demolished, but the names were not learned.  Several person were seriously injured.
No lives lost have yet been reported.

The post office, the Presbyterian Church, and several other buildings were blown
from their blocks. The new Blick Block on Fordyce street was nearly entirely
unroofed.

The stocks of Tatum & Cunningham and S.W. Grimes & Co, are entirely exposed to
drenching rain the the town is in gloom over the terrible destruction of property.

Additional Comments:
S.W. Grimes (Samuel W. Grimes, son of F.M. Grimes Sr) Very active businessman in
Blooming Grove

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