The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-08-05

AAPgiaeottss AZ and shovel tsetury ID
ca TIE eastern side was partisTI1
oEernoEed, and yesterday vE0rk wss
suspended Tbs vas ceeasioued.
however, not BY the oversow Of
\ ster, hgI by the breakinv of he
tEelTe-Ineb water main aireadv -
isrred -. The eartn Surrounding Il
being carried Of. the pipe fsI into
the di'eh sad separated, o1s section
breaking. Had il not been that So
( perintendent Atkinson was On the
ground and shut Of the water the
damage must have been FAR greater
han i vas
From Dinwiddie street down. nors
OF less damage was done, On FIhh
aFenue, sone Of which has already
been reported On the north side Of
the sFenae the three Or foar buildings
east Of Di1widdie street erected upon
the Lippincot property had the eel
lars submerged Mr. J. c. Kober
dry goods merchant OF the corner SUI
fered considerably as did = grocery
keeper and q saloon keeper nexf
s50ve. The dood rushed across The
street into the new market house
but ID damage was done The va
Ter rushed into Milleaberzer street
also. and i vas with diEculty that
Mr.. Ssokely could keep il from bis
drug store. From this corner down
the next square upon Fifth avenue
the cellars on bgth sides were flooded
more or less Special losses were
reported Yesterday Mr. z D. Geis'
loss win reach $500 while thai Of Ar-
Wolf also a baker VIII equal L. At
Price street (opp0site Pride street,
half Of the side walk attached 20 the
Price pavement was torn Out con-
pletely. Al the way down Fifth
sFenue, II fact, the roadway wss
covered with esrth, brick, &c, wash
ed from the various side streets. The
passage Of the Oakland cars was Sc
rioasly distracted and the later ones
Of the night failed 70 reach their ae-
eustomed resting Piaes On soeOznt q
the absolute obstruction ~ DinEiddie
street At al the erOss streets the
sewer drops we're Of course made
quate and The portion Of water una
BE 70 make EaT followed down ths
cross streets into Forbes OF into eei-
lars J. sd NeCafrey's feed store,
a. Old avenue, was inundated, and
hay and feed % the amount Of 800
Destroyed
Messrs- Hi & Patterson, a. tbeir
saw-mil On Old avenue, the damage
vii reach 81, 500 The 6rst aOoE q
the nil was submerged, the EEtar
resshinz q depth Of over one foot.
damaging the lumber and the betting
Of the machinery. Tie old building
occupied by the srm, which Is very
low, vas also considerably dansg-
ed
ToEnssnd street, from Clark 70
Caldwell, was torn upin places, pave
uent and eErbs washed sEay.
Al Fulton street, bsl0E ClsrSs he
pavement and curb stones were wash
e out, and the street was Pl0Esd
up IN msny places and stones weigh
ing half ton were washed > distance
Of I've hundred yards At the con-
mencsDe1t, on Clark stres<, e0rDer
Of Fulton, the new sever Was for the
distance Of 3 square entirely dsmOl-
ished, washing away the PaTsments
and flooding sA the cellars
George Kramer, laboreT, On FIfth
avenue, had his eatiTe household fur
niIure and implements destroyed
In he Sixth Ward there was coz
siderable damage done, hundreds q
cellars being covered with water,
sheds thrown down, and many small
e. wooden articles aoated away. As
already shown, an immense Tol1me
Of waicr was carried from DinEiddie
street via Milsenberger into the
ward named, while from the whole
Of that known as B0yd's Hll, the
water rushed with great force into
the valley benezth- Forbes street Be-
ing the reservoir line for all From
Ml.enberger street the water diTid-
ed into Forbes and Hope street, the
larger portion going into the lsttsr,
and covering II completely 70 is ter-
minus, two squares below, s. Marion
street AL along this street the eel-
lars were eouSssts3y sO0ded, and in
some instances where the houses bsd
Easements causing much loss and iE~
convenience At Forbes street the
water caught the rev sewer. jus:
completed, and tore il considerably.
Il t5e corner of Van Brzsm street
mach Of the earth newly PGt II over
The sewer was washed Ou-, While a.
Marion street there was as complete
s1 opening made a. gbea the sewer
was pat dOEH- j. addition, the msu-
hole constructed IN the cautsr o. this
street was entirely t0rz 80. BeloE
this. between Marioa I'D Pride
street the hollow over the sever,
where Sukss' run was, had rot been
filed Up and here the water formed
quite 8 AXE il which fosted tabs
kitchen tables etc houses Standing
ap0u the north sids Of the street Eere
submerged 10 the great loss Of GEek-
ers aud danger 70 some Of the IL
mates L was here that Two children
Of Mr Die-st we're taken out upon .
raft from which arose The report q
the loss On Marion street the eel
lars Of the dwellings Of Ar. Jops and
Mr.. Wells were flooded At Pride
street the esTtb vas also ten ID
While below another great p0o q
water gathered At Stevenson street
some damage vas done 70 the sewer.
while the brewery Of Pier, Daanals
4 CO. Vas inundated, bot he iAz-
age vas n0s great Al the lover
portion Of the ward sgEere6 more or
less il damage % streets sad OFer-
a0w q wster into cellars, While s5e
residents Of the EelLkBoEn Hard
were in terror fyr hours f0r
their lives Here the coal yards
were damaged, bet Eot badly In
or The SeeoBd aFe8Qe
portion Of tbe ward. the Ester an6
earth empsied from the billside, aud
caused considerable IOss and ineon-
yeaienee
The district q north Wylie sysnue
.ova-a4 q vrfGsr area q tprriforv than