The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-06-18
4 SECOND FLOOD.
Damage TO the Streets abOnt S., OO0--
TO Private Property about $1,000
...JnciGentS etc.s etc.

TO Private Property about S1,OOO
.--InciGents etc.s etc.
On Sunday evening last thunder
storm came up about seven o clock which
In the memory of the ''oldest inhabitant'
was unparalleled for severity. Some two
hours before sunset it was as dark as
Egypt in her darkest hours. One could
do nothing more than gaze in wonder at
the awfulsublimity of the occasion. Gradu
aIly the rain commenced to fall, but soon,
a mad, wild, rushing torrent, 1t came IN
great white sheets threatening to sub
merge the whole earth in its fury. The
lurid hghtnings flashed incessantly and
the thunders rolled along the sky till the
very ground trembled at its might. The
storm came from the northwest, but it
seemed especially designed for this local
ity, for after little the wind changed to
the northeast, then to the east, south,
west, and finally back to its starting point;
all the while pouring down with terrible
force floods of rain and hail. Nearly
two hours it continued thus, the streets
being converted into rivers, and low
grounds into lakes. On every hand was
water, water. We thought several times,
at least, of "Old Noah" and made up
our mind to go into the Ark on very short
notice Then we thought of our lumber
men and how they were saying, swell
whatever damage this storm may do, it
will surely bring down the logs. I"
MONDAY MORNING
we took trip around the place to see
what the result of the storm might be.
The streets were truly in deploi able
condition. Commencing at Fifth street,
north side, we found deep gully cut all
the way down the hill, rendering the
street next to impossible. Sixth street
near the limits is damaged to an extent of
some hundreds of dollars and near State
St. is bad hole Seventh st. IS badly
used up. From the First District School
to the bottom of the hill, thousands Of
leads of earth have been washed away,
and State street, where it crosses seventh,
rendered impossible. Eighth street was
also made entirely useless from Chicago
to State street. Ninth street washed
little, but being covered heavily with
gravel remains in good condition. Tenth
or Main street was unfortunate from
Park to State street, being all gone and
only ridges and bitches being left to mark
the place and where it crosses York
street it is entirely played out.
On the south side the soil consists more
of clay and sustained less damage, though
even there it is considerable. Fourteenth
street is terribly torn up between Wash
ington and Franklin streets, making
bitches, in some places, to the depth OF
fourteen or sixteen feet Franklin, Main
and other streets in various localities
have also sustained damage to a greater
or less extent.
The lake shore road between this place
and Centerylile hasbeen made impassable
by the carrying away of two or three
bridges. -
The dam at Peter Refs, on the
Branch, was carried away by the high
water on Monday. We did not learn the
amount of damage.
INCIDENTS.
The torrent of water that rushed down
Eighth street on the south side, under
mined . brick wall that protected the
stair way to the basement of Mr.. Relf S
building, carried it away and filled the
rooms with water to the depth of two or
three feet. The basement of the nearly
completed brick building opposite King
holz' Hall was almost filled with water
and the services of one of the 6reengines
was called into use to pump 1T out.
The large building on the corner of York
and Eighth streets, known as Huebner S
Block was found, early in the storm. to
be leaking badly. The first floor is oc-
cupied by w. III. Horn and NJ. Mahoney
both dealers in dry goods, groceries and
general merchandise The second floor
is occupied by lawyers and others. When
it was found that the goods were being
damaged, the floors overhead were cut
through and the water came down In the
middle of the room; other holes cut IN
the first floor let it into the cellar, where
a billiard hall and saloon took a benefit,
receiving some two or threefeet of water.
Mr.. Horns loss is estimated at from
$3.50 to $780, Mr. Mahoney 5, we could
not ascertain, probably not very heavy;
and Mr.. Kabke in his saloon about 800.
A brick house on Buffalo street, lately
built came near being undermined. Mr..
Green Rand sresidence property suffered
somewhat Quite number had their
cellars flooded and considerable amount
of property was damaged in that way.
The damage throughout the country
must have been great, though the storm
evidently was more severe IN town than
it was outside, as there was a conflict of
the currents of air from the lake and the
shore. a
pLUvIAMETER MEASUREMENTS.
Mr.. Lueps, who has an apparatus fixed
for measuring, informs us that about 81
inches of rain fell during the first storm
which lasted about one hour and a half
and that it was the heaviest rain
storm that has eyer visited this place
since he has kept record. During the