, 1873-08-11

fow ntos inn t'' alter last oyening began to
aprinklo little In 9niot, hositating way, With
long, mud nobody mood hurry to get under shel.
lnoroaAod in Intensity. And suddenly in
tho midst Of tho slawor, fearful storm o41nt @
upon .Dubuquo-tho MOTT 1eaf1A 6'oEin A'u"
buqNe over experienced. "a
1nHldo OF two hours, tho verlost trihe iesH than
four leydt inchos Of wator had boon lot doWn a
S sa aeyotSa ' On every sgy avo 55
solid incfoa~-over an gallonn--ovor 20 pounds.-
of wator to tho squaro foot; or, On oacl city
block OF 428 feet, ovor one hundred and eighty
The valley up whcl, Mineral street runs 10
something over II miloo lone, aud nyerAges nj
| least over ~ mlioa wido, 30 that over e's nout
sand TONS OF Watcr fell taorein and had no othof
| outlet than h }ittle 8x4 foot soHer.
| OF courso such q slulceway for Rnch m cnoe~
| nous rainfall was Of no moro account than n
| pipeEtom. Tho whole OF Seventeenth street bo~
low Bluff, and theneo TO tho Mississtppi, WAS ona
| rushing river from to G. foot deop in places,
| and spreading from the north liuo Of Jackson
| Park to tho foot Of Seminary Hill, tho stono
lot around Mr. Root's lot showing = higher
wator-mnrk, by seyoral inchoes than waa oVef
known in Dubuque before.
| Down the hollow .cane fences, wagon-heds,
| arewood, gardon utensils, raspberry and currant
bushes, and al tho sidewalk belonging to that
aocsion floating aearcoly faatcr than huge rocas.
1
T'io atreot-car track was swept out early in tho
storm hugo gulchos and holcs woro cut in tho
rilncadamizod street u part Of tho stone wnll Ia
front Of tho Gorman Presbyterian school (for.
uorlY Episcopal Female Seminary was swopt
away. But tho eaddest dhmage was that to hr:
Bocket, who has spent ton years In filling 10 and
making beautiful garden and groen-houso In
Blakos Hollow. Il was impossible to rencll his
residence from any direction, but 1t wna p1niu
that his foucos, groon-houao garden, nonrly
everything, were swept away. -.. -,
In, other portions Of tho city aconos nearly
similar wero boing enacted. 1t must be remonl-
bored that tho storm did not coaBo until nfter
o'clock, go TINT 1t was impossible to 1oarn tho
details OF iossea. a few BcatterinB faetn may ho
; On Julien avonuo the wator camo down like =
liquid avalanche, mud five minutes from the
storm burst tho hugo Bawor waa fillod; IN an~
other i've 'ninutoa tho heavy plank coVortnge
to tho openings thoroin .woro swept away, and
Tho wator was two feet deep on tho broast Of
the inclined plano which oonatitntoa tho nyo-
! nuo., 4 aimilar river coming down Hill straet
umo. Tho Lorlrner House had several windowa
, blown in, and rooms deiugod. Tho collar, and
all cellors below -alonE tho. avonuo, were par-
tially or entirely filed with wator.
Tho fremont House basement used for cell
lar, ntore-room, kitel.on, lau.dry and other pur'
: pones, WIS .dengcd to tho dopth Of four foot
:, making the bova-and grla-.nlovo about right
hvoly fors time. Some Of them Mill probably
i |
/ Fourteenth street, Twolfth street, Eleventh
: Btreot Fifth Rtrcot, Third street, and Sout1
Dodge street, aro oil very bpdly gtllled and cu
n to pieces.
The atorcs on tho lowor part Of Main stree
4 suffered little.
n Two Of tho large panos Of glass in the front O
- tho Wheelor l. Wilson Office wero burst in. San
i Upton kept half dozen mon lighting th
l. doluge, and received small damage. Some nor
: chants in the vicinity, II their Rrivy vaults hat
not filled and over1oWedinto thor collare, wouls
+. not havo carod gcont. Several Of tho larg
troes on Bluff street wore prostrated. Tho trco
in Washington Park Rro left bnre and branches
:, again. George Wilder's house-roof was par
Z TALLY lifted. F. T. Walkers ditto. Half tn
" roof Of the house occupied by A1ichae
y Ryan wnB blown away. Tho tFo iron
20 tarrots Of tho 11nin Street N: E. ohurc
IN were blown Off and two chimneys blown dow
n II. Il. Deach Lost chimney aud past Of his fire
- - wall. ". P. Large 1ont chimney. Rouse
~ beautiful new iron fonco WAS tipped right owe
and laid prostrate. s. Raymond had Two wiz
90 dows blown in. So we might continue for CO
10, nmn.
:. Tho storm soems to havo been quite local.
! dispatch to Fnrley. asking what damage lug
4 beou done by tho storm, WIS responded to
saying that there hadn't been any storm at ia
ley. Porsous arriving from tue west by la
nights train say the first sigma OF a storm tht
noticed wero along Peosta and Julien.