Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1885-08-04
W[NDANDWAPER
The Heaviest Rainfall ON Record at Chi
cagO, Flooding Easements, Over
flowing Sewers and
Causing Great Destruction Of Property
Many Families Forced to Leave
Their Dwellings
And Seek Temporary Lodgings in Apart
ments Above the Level Of
The Streets.
A Terrific Cyclone at Philadelphia-One
Hundred and Fifty Houses To-
tally Demolished and
Two Hundred Families Driven from
Their HGmes-A Number OF
Vessels in the
River Wrecked and Wbaryes Badly
Damaged-Seyeral Lives Lost
Fifty to Sixty Persons
More or Less Ipjured - Destructive
Storms In Other Cities in Penn.
sylVania and Maryland.
A Terrific Cyclone at Philadelphia One
Hundred and Fifty Houses To-
tally Demolished and
Two Hundred Families Driven from
Their H0mes-A Number Of
Vessels in the
River Wrecked and Wbarves Badly
Damaged-Seyeral Lives Lost
Fifty to Sixty Persons
More or Less Ipjured - Destructive
Storms in Other Cities in Penn
sylVania and Maryland.


CHICAGO, ILL, August 3.-The great
rain-storm stopped at midnight. The
total rainfall in the preceding twelve
hours was $500 inches, an inch more
than the entire rainfall during the
month of August in either of the last
three years, and the greatest fall within
the time specified on record. The fall
was SO groat and rapid that the sewers
were unable to carry off the volume OF
water. The 420 miles of sewer pipe are
constructed on the basis of allowing an
inch of rainfall an hour, while yesterday
it exceeded two inches. The superin-
tendent of sewers is of the opinion that
the flushing of the sewers will prove
beneficial, thoroughly purging them aud
thus proving beneficial to the public
health. The paved streets throughout
the city this morning, particularly the
stone paved ones, have the appearance of
having been scrubbed clean with brooms.
Many of the Grant decorations on the
public and private buildings are bedrag-
gled and torn. The damage by the
FLOODING OF EASEMENTS
was heavy early in the afternoon. Base
| ments and cellars that were more than
ten feet in depth soon contained between
two and three feet Of water. Thousands
of rats poured from the sewers and the
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the conduits. The rats ran around the
streets, scuIryiug hither and thither in
their search for places of safety. Not
unlike them were the Cinnamon, all of
whom Ncupy deep easements. Nearly
| every 'stial in the city found himself
withoI place TO lay his head, and late
into tn ght they were seen hunting
cheap LODGING houses. Numerous fami
| lies were forced to leave the Easements
in which they resided and seek for tenn
porary lodging in apartments above the
level of the streets. OF the residence
streets, Huron was conspicuous in this
respect, the tenants OF many basement
dwellings being compelled to
LEAVE THEIR HOMES.
Easements aud cellars throughout the
| portion of the South Side where the
| wholesale houses are situated were filled
| with water to a depth OF several feet,
the loss through this district being very
| heavy, though no estimate Of the damage
| could be made even by those who are
| experienced in such matters. The first
| business firm to ask for assistance from
the city was Lyon aud Healy, dealers in
musical instruments, at the corner OF
State and Monroe s'Teets. Fire-engine
| No. 81 was compelled to abandon the
| lob of pumping out the water after two
hours fruitless labor, as it poured
iu as rapidly as it was pumped out.
Numberless other places were visited
but no better success was met with, and
the many engines which had been de-
tailed on the work returned TO their
respective houses.
| WATER FROM THE SEWERS
and overlooking cutters flooded the
| Palmer House basement last evening,
| putting out the fires iD the boiler of the
engine by which the electric lights were
run. Three of the lights had to be dis
pensed with. The management of the
house is remodeling the rear office of the
hotel, and had entirely removed the sky
light which roofed the room, and the
rain descended uninterruptedly into that
portion of the basement throughout the
day aud night. In the new opera house
block tbs same agency extinguisbed the
fires in the eisygtor engine boilers, and
compelled the stoppage Gf the elevators
All newly improved streets are reported
to be in bad condition. Where sewers
have been put in the ground has sunk
about three feat, rendering
THE STREETS DANGEROUS.
Fall street, near Lake, but recently
the paved sank several feet. The Ran
dolph street railway track was badly
washed out near Ann stTeet. All that
portion of the city west of Ashland av
enue and south of Twelfth street wa
covered with water to the depth of ovel
two feet. fhis is due to the fact tha
this portion Of the city is about four fee
lower than the more improved portions
A Terrible Cyclone at Philadelphia.
| PHILAnsLPHIA, PA, August IA
terrific cyclone sweeping up the Della
ware river this afternoon struck thi
city near Greenwich Point, demoiishinl
portion of the works of the Pennsyl
yspia Salt Manufacturing Company, AM
iujuFius several employees It then tool
. course across the river, wreGkigt
the river steamer Major RyebolC
and the ferryb9at Peerless. Th'
storm blew the pilot Emor,
Townsend, and Capt. Engene Reybold, o.
the steamer Reybold into the river
drowning the former and painfully In
juring the captain. The Peerless wa
swept clean to the waters edge. Whel
the Major Reybold left her deck TO
: Salem, n. j., she had on board aboH
fifty passengers, although, as no ticket
, had been sold it is impossible to ascertain
the exact number. There were ais
about fourteen officers and deck khands
OF this number of people upon tn
: wrecked boat it does not appear that an
i lives were lost except that of tn
; pilot, although it is not impossible tia
! some of the passengers were washed o.
and lost without any one knowing of tn
fatal circumstance. \ steam tug com
ing up ths river after the disaster RI
} ports that the body of a woman was see
r for few minutes floating en- the river
, near the spot where the cyclone struc
!, the steamboat, but she sank out {
sight aud could not be iounC
/ They made search for her. b. =
: Warner, one Of the passengers, dc
scribes the scene. He was standin
, on the upper deck and saw the blac
= storm approaching, bat as 1t move
: rather slowly he supposed it Was rain
storm. When it struck the boat he dis
:, covered that its immense force came irol
/ its rotary motion. He and several Other
Q were thrown through hole to the lowe
4 deck, aud all the upper works wei
) swept away ike ehat. The confusio
among the passengers was indescribabl
r and several Of them jumped ant
e the river. but Mr.. Warner believe
t that all of them were rescued. Viii
8 the cyclone was upon the vessel every
: thing was black as the blackest nigh
Sofas were broken to splinters and cal
pets torn to shreds in tho cabin as if the
8 had been paper. The cyclone, be think
}. lasted about minute, and after it passe