The daily gazette., 1881-09-12
STORM GE.
How sunday Evenings Rain storm
Damaged Property Along Monroe
street and Shtplcy Run sewers.


The heavy rain storm that prevailed
Sunday evening was th cause OF con-
siderable damage along the line Of Ship
ley run and Monroe street sewers.
The damage commenced along the
line of Monroe street sewer, at Sixth
street, by undermining brick wall ex-
tending from the sewer inlet TO the west
end OF W. j. MeClary s morocco factory.
The water appears TO bave run down the
outside OF The watl from tie sidewalk,
but Mr.. MeCiafy claims that the dam
age was due to tie insufficient size of
the sewer, which allowed the water to
back up against the wall.
At Third street, where the sew runs
past the morocco fac,0.i les of Eslinton
q Mahoney and Pusey, Scott & Co., the
top OF the sewer caved in, and the ram
soon caused large excavation in the
street and south sidewalk, nearly twen-
ty feet long aud twelve or fifteen feet
wide. The break obstructed the course
OF the water and caused IL to back into
the basement of Eglinton u Mahoney's
factory to depth of four feet, causing
considerable damage. A large tub of
liquor was over1owed and ruined, while
toul EO lihC tubb " GIG lODucu anu
their contents rendered useless. Some
sumac was also reduced to a worthless
condition, and the entire basement floor
covered with mud and debris. Pusey,
Scott Il Company's cellar was also
flooded to depth of four feet, but no
considerable damage was thereby occa-
stoned. BY the force of the water large
chunks of the broken stone and brick
work were carried down the sewer tor a
distance of forty or fifty feet.
From Third to Second street the
sewer is uncovered, and oD account of
the great volume of water that came
down, the yards that extend to the
sewers on both sides were flooded 10
the great annoyance of the residents.
In some instances the houses wer,
flooded to a slight extent.
Below Front street, the Monroe
street sewer seems to have vented
itself without causing any particular
damage. The Shipley run sewer, ,how-
ever, which crosses front street at
Adams, caused sad havoc in that inn
mediate neighborhood. The house of
Patrick Quinn, at the southeast corner
of Front and Adams, was flooded
completely, the sewer having choked
up to snch an extent that the water
flowed across Front street to q depth
of two and three feet in some places.
Mr.. Quinn's cellar was soon filled
and before the storm ceased the water
came up to the fifst floor and filled the
parlor, sitting room and kitchen to a
depth of about twenty inches.
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and standing back from Front street,
is two-story frame building, formerly
used as a morocco factory, but of late
years as dwelling house. 1t is own
ed by James Bradford and occupied
by the families of Mr.. Connolly and
Mr.. BALDWIN. The house adjoins the
sewer and Is backed on the south by a
high stone wall. Wren the sewer
over1owed the water rushed into the
building and backed against the stone
wall until it flooded the entire first
floor and caused the occupants to Ie-
treat 10 the second story. About
eleven o'clock. Mrs. Baldwin, fearing
the water would still rise, took her
babe in her arms and climbing over
the rear wall from the second story
window went out on Reed street and
took refuge with a friendly neighbor.
The water displaced the outhouses
connected with these dwellings and
tore up the board walks connecting
them with the streets.
A large mass of stone, sand and dirt
from the surrounding high ground,
principally from Front street, wa,
washed down by the rain and deposit.
ed in the hollow at Front and Adam'
streets. The track of the Front and
Union streets ra. lway was covered a
this point to dept of four feet, ant
travel was suspended, this morning
until the obstruction was removed.