Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-07-04

uear the brewery. "A little work, attended
with small expense, will repair the damage
Two big holes were made in Fourth street
near Rosabel, and one on Rosatel street
near Fourth. It will require couple o
DAYS work to put these streets in passabl'
order.
Great damage was done to the Dodd road
or road to Owatonna, in the Sixth road
The culvert near the Farmers hotel was
wholly destroyed, and big holes washed ou
in the road all along. Probably $500 viii
have to be expended to restore the road to &
passable condition.
DAMAGED WHEAT.
The grading on Western avenue is badly
demoralized. The street being in a sof
condition, has be On mashed out into innum
cradle gullies. In lower town, the same
may be said of Lafayette avenue. This
street had been cut up and INSTRUCTED in
the construction of sewer; through
the ditch an immense volume OF
water rushed into Trout brook, and flooded
the surrounding country, carrying away
cutters and sidewalks. The food poured
into the City Mills through the front door,
carrying the door with it, and damaged 2OOC
bushels of wheat, besides quantity of flour
Estimated damages to mill and stock in
store fully $1,000.
MORE wAsHoUTs.
A washout on Fort street, at Stahlman's
brewery, stopped travel over the Fort road
for the day. A canal fully twenty feet wide,
clear cut, was made by the waters.
Ohio street, in the Sixth ward, is all tore
up.
THE RICE STREET SEWER,
Perhaps the greatest damage done in any
part of the city happened along Rice
street. It is known to all
people, to the tax paying por-
ton Of our citizens, that very recently a
large and expensive sewer has been con-
structed and completed along the whole
length of this street. This flood has been
the first test of the sewers capacity. The
upturned sidewalks, the washed-out cutters.
the damaged condition of the street and the
abraided look generally along Rice
street, yesterday, shows clearly that the
sewer fails to meet the requirements TO.
which built. In fact, Rice street on the sur
face is represented to have been the bed of
raging, roaring flood during the rain. and
even with 5.1l inches of fall of rain, the
sewer, if properly constructed and opened,
should have drained the food. But as it
was, the sewer failed to do the work
and the street carried off
the waters, such quantities as did not fill
every cellar along the street. The flood on
Rice street can be accounted for on two
theories. First, there were not enough
catch basins to carry off the surface water.
Secondly, the sewer itself is four times the
capacity in water volume to the two sewers
into which it empties-the Eagle street and
st. Peter street sewers. These
after were unable to discharge the Rice
street. sewer volume added to their own
and back-water consequently
caused the overflow and damage to Rice
street property.
The heaviest damage was done along the
street in the vicinity of Carroll rect, then
'gain near Summit avenue, and near College
venue and Iglehart street.
MISSISSIPPI STREET.
All along Mississippi street marks of the
storm are visible; in two places the sidewalks
ire washed out leaving guliies ten or fifteen
feet deep. Some lumber for sidewalks
ying along the street was swept down two
blocks and other portions were buried in
sand by land slides.
OTHER STREETS.
It was at first thought that the storm had
damaged the Fort street sewer,
but no great loss was discovered up to last
night. In this connection it may be said
that certain portions of the middle of Fort
street is in shaky condition, and in one
place the street-car tracks are badly nken,
but no danger is apprehended.
An extensive washout took place on the
south side of Seventh street, near Broad way,
and the sewer is considered badly damaged.
The damage to the street, in front of the
Baptist church, corner of Ninth and Wa
couta streets, is very serious, owing to an
extensive washout, and it is thought that
the trouble was caused by defective man.
hole.
PERSONAL LOSSES.
At tho corner of Rice and Carroll streets,
Robert Spangenberg's butcher shop was
flooded. The cellar was filled and the over
flow rose to foot above the level of the first
floor. A large stock of hams, butter, lard
and fresh meats were wholly destroyed. The
loss is estimated at $500. There's ten feet
of water in the cellar. Mr.. Spangenberg
intention is to hold the city for the damage.
The offer was made him yesterday to put the
fire department at work to pump him out,
provided he waived the right to damage. He
declined such assistance.
just back of the butcher shop, on Rice
street, Mrs. Schwabe's residence aud lot were
badly wrecked by the force of the waters.
The cellar was filed, plank walk ripped up
and 6oated off, chickens all drowned,
fences carried away, and a
lawn like yard made miniature lake.
Further personal losses are reported on
Robert and Minnesota streets. Smith &
Miller's place, on Robert between Fourth
and Fifth streets, was cellar full of water
and the fire department pumped 'em out
yesterday afternoon. The new building on
tho corner of Robert and Fourth streets re-
quired the services of the fire department,
also, to get eight to ten feet of water out of
the cellar.
On Third street several cellars we're filled.
Mr.. Joseph Oppenheim's store was pretty
we'll flooded, the water gaining ingress to
the first floor through the back door.
The river was filed with floating fire
wood, yesterday morning, and investigation
showed that it belonged to Costian & Cleary,
and had been washed into the river from the
upper levee. Fifty cords are estimated to
have hoated down tue river, and the loss
will not exceed $3.50.
WHERE THE WATERS GAME FROM.
Pretty evidently the waters came down.
But starter was had hey ond this region in
the downfall. The signal report shows that
the rain fell over wide area, though this
locality may be said to have been in the cen.
tire Of the storm. The storm came up from
the northwest, and had begin
ming about Yankton, Dakota
Having spent its fury here, it passed
away in northeasterly direction: and yes
terday Duluth and the upper lake region wal
getting benefit. During the height of thu
storm here, the velocity of the wind wa.