St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-16
SALTWATER NEWS.
Terrible Devastat1on-The City Wis
tied by a Destructive Storm.
Loss Estimated at Nearly $50. 900
Narrow Escapes-OtherN News.
Destructive Flood.

Following so close upon the rain storm
of Saturday the flood of water yesterday
morning was calamity. During Sunday
storm clouds gathered at different times,
but cleared away, but at 1890 on Sunday
evening rain set in, which, for intensity,
or destructiveness, has seldom been equaled
here. The waters came down in torrents,
and McKusick creek and Myrtle street be-
came raging floods. The waters Of Nc
Kusick creek were augmented on every
side, and by the time it reached Third
street the culvert there could not allow
half of the water to pass through and it
soon became choked, the mouth of the well
being guarded by timbers, in which the de-
bris coming down was caught. The waters
then turned towards the Pitman house and
the basement was soon filed. The stables
and sheds in the rear
WE'RE BADLY INJURED
and sand was left over the whole property
to depth of about three feet. The water
rushed between the Swedish Lutheran
church, the basement Of which was filed
and the pastors residence, the stone founda-
ton of which it wrecked. 1t also cut a
deep gully between them and washed away
a part of Third street. The water crossed
the street, damaging the tenement houses
belonging to Mrs. Brunswick, and took the
great part of the foundation of Petersen's
grocery away. 1t then joined forces with
the torrent that was coming down Myrtle
street, which had cut the new grading on
that street which is being done by O'Neal
Bros, and depositing the sand and stone in
different places, the Presbyterian church
receiving more than it's proportion. 1t
quilted out the street at various points,
broke the iron fence at the city hall, and
did other minor damage, but when both
waters joined at Third street
THE DESTRUCTION BEGAN
in earnest. The street was cut up, heavy
paving stones washed away, house be-
longing to Mr.. Schendel, and occupied by
Thomas Sutton and Peter Lies, wrecked,
the inmates escaping with their lives, and
losing everything they had. The debris of
the fallen building was caught by tele
graph pole, and the obstruction forced the
water to the other side of the street, where
the sidewalks and fences were torn up, and
where the water nearly reached the Saw
yer house. Great gulles were worn out of
the streets, and the water getting into the
Sawyer house played strange freaks. The
water was passing through the office two
feet deep, and. the sewer from the house
being choked, the floor took the shape of a
camel's back. At the opposite corner sand
was deposited, covering the fence, while
the sidewalk and street above were badly
damaged. Judd Orff had to move his
horses from the basement of his livery sta
Bile in haste. Mr.. John McKusick's pro-
lection wall was the next to go, which pre-
cipitated the flood about his premises and
filed the basement of
DIR. PRATT's RESIDENCE,
which he and DIR. T. c. Clark used as their
office. The doctors lost all their fine surgi-
cal instruments and their valuable library
of books Across the street the flood was
playing havoc. Lanphear's merchant tailor
ing establishment was filed three feet with
sand and water and his fine stock Of cloths
seriously damaged. Chapman s. Co.'s
butcher shop was in a worse condition than
before, while sand was piled at the inter-
section of Main and Myrtle streets four feet
deep. The sand stretched down Main
street for some distance, and the easements
under the Lumberman's bank, London and
Liverpool clothing house, King Bros, Gram
dali & Barclays, Ben Thelan's and others
were filled with sand and water, doing great
damage to the goods stored in them.
CHESTNUT STREET.
This street also showed the strength of
the water From Ohio street, the water
came to Third, after taking out the greater
part of the foundation and embankment at
the new refidence being erected by Mr.. T.
III. Warren, giving DR.. Mcdonald full sup
ply of sand and making hole in the street
which will take some time to fill. On Third
street part of the retaining wall OH the
Bules property fell and the street showed
the effects also. Chestnut street had also
the water from the hill west Of it. which,
sweeping down, at first tore up the walk in
front of Mrs. Brunswick's property, filled
her cellar and injured the foundations in
the rear. After crossing Second street,
the water filled the basement Of the Cen
trail house, J. P. Burk's clothing house,
Duels stationery and book store, and forced
Bromley to move his horses. The streets
and walks were much damaged and the sew
eral buildings more or less injured. At the
Brunswick, Col. DOVE had such dose of