The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-06-18

THE SToRM.-A prelude, which almost inva-
riably is an augury forebodiDg sudden change.
was the great heat that prior TO the late storm
came over this city. Sudden In itself, It's ex-
istence was abruptly cut short by the sudden
zenith of its violence at midnight, realizing the
quaint saying of "buckets full Instead Of drops"
So quickly did IL come that its force and con-
tact destroyed much valuable property which
had been left unprotected.
In the northeastern part OF the city, where
Improvements in the shape of brick buildings
are fast going up, the damage was great The
plaste1ng yet green, was washed from the
stones, and brick walls In some places, just
reared bore the semblance Of having been
gnawed by time and wear. Along the German
town road, all yesterday afternoon, during the
dulged in, the Inhabitants were pumping and
bailing to clear their cellars, The break In the
which yesterday morning seemed as If but little
labor would repair It, has extended to twenty
feet in length, and from six 10 eight feet in
width, reaching the broken culverJ in depth.
The passenger railroads there crossing have
their cars A woman and child were standing
at the edge Of the fssure last evening, when
suddenly the crumbling earth gave way and
precipitated them to the bottom, from which
they were rescued, not hurt but frightened, and
in q nuddied condition.
The low lands lying at the north of the city
and along the borders of the river were effec
tually deluged; and those which had been
ploughed-fTom which the cereals had made
their appearance In an embryo state-were
watered, and their crops destroyed.
The Schuylkill, determined that 1t should not
be left in tranquility, got its back up, and also
its waters, and an addition of two feet OF the
acquired element poured over the dam and de-
luged the basementsand cellars along It's course.
In some instances, steam fire engines were u ed
In relieving the lower stories Of the house on
the flats of the tnsinuating flood of water.
IL was currently reported that much damage
had been done in West Philadelphia. The only
disaster OF consequence IN that locality was the
undermining of portion of the wall enclosing
the ground of the Pennsylvania Hospital for
the Insane. A day or two will only be required
TO repair the damage In the lower grounds of
the southern part ofthat district the water freely
flowed, but did no material damage. IL went
like q millrace through the railroad tunnel
just west of the PermaneniBridge, but no dam
age was done to that subterrauean structure
There happens to be situated near the Schuyl-
Kill number of breweries, each having its
beer vault beneath the surface of the earth in
the vicinity, in order that the beverage may
have its proper temperature, The sudden rain
soon caused an overflow of the cutters, and the
surplus, seeking its lowest level, penetrated
these beer vaults, deuging and filling the huge
cavity with muddy warm water, and raising
the temperature of the vault from four to about
thirty degrees, souring vast quantities of the
Germans delectable thereby. Messrs. Berguer
and HUN & Bonn, we hear, sustain serious
damage to their establishments and stock by
this fiOCd.
On South Front street q number of Junk
shoIs, and the cellars of some of the ware
houses, were filled, destroying all their contents
that were vulnerable TO the aqueous element