Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-07-27
Last Nights stOra1a.


THE STREETS FLOODED AND CONSIDERABLE
DAMAGE DONE.
The heavy fall of rain which began about half
past seven o'clock last evening" did much dam
age about the city. The water fell in such
torrents for an hour that the sewers were un-
able to carry off the water and in the lower
levels of the city cellars were filed and the
streets were flooded tor a time. There was a
lake surrounding the Baltimore and Potomac
depot and passengers arriving at the depot had
sylvahi;i avenue. Many of the cellars in the
neighbOrhOod vi Pennsy lvania avenue and 9th
street were partly filled with water and in some
the United States Electric Light company's
engine room, near I'd and streets and as
consequence the electric lights in the city
tions had been newly dug. and walls
of the new building being erected on 7th street,
near n, by Mr.. Jacob Xander fell during the
storm. Police Sergeant Amiss, who was ex-
amining the building at the time, narrowly
escaped injury. The damage is about $500.
N. White u Co., oyster dealers, 621 b street.
1he sorm the extent Of s5Se The iy
the row OF houses on New Hampshire avenue
between and U streets, were badly damaged
$500.
AS early as 10 o'clock water was pouring into
the large sewers in Boundary street, and so
great was the downpour that Boundary street
sewer with Tiber sewer could not carry OF the
flood, aud north of boundary street. in the
neighborhood OF the b. and .. road, the water
backed up, filling all the space north Of that
street for acres up to the level OF the track.
Then the water commenced to Overrun Bound.
airy street, and it soon cut deep channel across
that street, the water pressing in between the
vacant streets which have been graded and
outlying out the railroad. Several wood and
coal establishments, which have been prepar-
ing to inaugurate business the coming lall by
having elevated switches turned INTO their
ore
damaged by the water. Mr.. Henkles place at
the corner OF NJ and 1st streets east, and Mr.. c.
II. Burgess yards were both oveftiOWed. MIR.
Henkle's sheds for housing his fuel are washed
away, as are also Mr.. Burgess. The railroad is
iods OF iHg nen maiera Mn Fenaa anX Train, noaa
master aud assistant EN- gineer, thinks about
$500 will cover the expense. The railroad viii
require reconstruction nearly all the way on
!sl street east, between l. and n streets, and on
Boundary street. The water ran out OF the
manholes on the Tiber sewer continuously
during the storm and until o'clock at night.
Vast quantities OF sand have washed down the
I1ber Drancn, covering the low grounds for
acres adjacent 10 the creek. The damage 10 the
District street gradings in the northeast section
is considerable.
The trestle bridge, near NJ street, on the Met
ropolitan branch of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, Was SO much damaged by the storm
that the western train (No. 81, leaving here at
to the Relay house. This morning passengers
on the Metropolitan road were obliged TO walk
around the brook and take other trains.
tracks near Beaver Dam creek, about six and
a-half miles out, were badly washed, the south
bound (wesU track so badly that 1t was deemed
expedient to switch the trains south to the
north bound track. Along the line of the rail-
road much OF the country Is under water, and
considerable damage was done to the crops.
The rain fall during the evening, according to
the signal corps record, amounted to 500
inches. The lightning played at q lively rate
0t times during the storm, but no serious dam
age was reported. A flash struck q wire enter
Ing the property room at Albaugh's Opera
house, causing some commotion. The only
damage done was the burning out OF tele-
phone.
Fraud I'm the Chicago Post Omce.
COL. BOLTON, CHIEF OF THE SECOND CLASS
NAIL DIVISION, UNDER ARREST.
Col. w. H. Bolton, chief Of the division for
| handling second-class matter at the Chicago
post office, was arrested yesterday, charged
with the embezzlement Of public funds by
means of false returns The post office In
spectOrs claim to have traced u shortage Of
1900 from November, 1854, to November,
1885, and intimate that the total shortage will
be from $5O, 1000 to 100000. John T. Stew
art, the weigher, was also arrested. Boil
ton was appointed by Postmaster Palmer In
lowed by more, as the inspectors have dis
| covered private memorandum belonging to
COL Bolton, which, they claim, duplicates 4
number Of federal officials, and even private
citizens. The inspectors say that the facts,
which will quickly be brought to light will
produce q sensation. Col. Bolton stands high
| In social, army and church circles, and is 4
warm friend Of Senator Logan. He is O warden
| in st. James Episcopal church, and has always
t.nRVN wyf0kDl In