The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-07-25


Canton wpa visited with the seyeTeht
rain storm Ia her history IAplhaay
evening,
ThBtxteut aud severity can be partly
estimated by the account Of the dam
ages ~ given hrrtlu
Rain threatened all day Thursday
Towards evening clouds gathered in
the sky ana indications OF arytrr fdlha
In the uurlu aud east could be d. en-
The atmosphere changed 10 an agree.
able COulntHa, Cluudb gathered thicker
IN lhH sky, About $3.50 Il Hllght Nlu
began ~ TALL,
The heavy dark clouds gradually gave
way 10 fierce bIuUdrd ram cluuut uul
the rain increased ~ iotcu uutll b'lo
when N reached 10 lull force,
From G,l5 o'clock To- $40 o'clock the
rain continued ut ilh highest iuret Az
the latter huur N Dygpu 10 slackbu, a
slight rain lull continued until some
time later,
Ihe force Of the rain NJ ita highest
could hardly loo INA 'iueu by those Who
failed 10 tte ~ Uud hear nb force WIN
which IL struck roofs VI bdlldlnga ahd
The ground,
listened to descend straight from
heaven aud each rain drop appeared
10 be muAlug au effort 10 reach
terra lirma before the Drop which pre-
cctded ~ by several mlnutea
Wind arose buluDt tuN geHttrcXlrnt
than 10 send the RAIN suU.NlUg past
huusts Ike q dense cloud ul smoke,
The city Wua thus fortunately saved
from aryulur damage ina. tuol duue
by the water alone, Ihdl damage was
lar more than was desirable.
Wilh the imperfect street drainage
when this Cty has, ~ was not luug
after the ram reached los iuil lurtr
that principal thu,uuEhiarcg WrlO com,
plttely covered with % 66llt moving
body Of muddy wU,yr
Street crossings uu lH.ac ana other
streets were entirely 5Ulucrgtd ana
those alighting from stree. cars were IN
the majority Of cases iu,ctd 10 wade
ankle deep from the car stcp across the
crossing aud pavement To Ibgir resi-
deuCes
About o'clock the waterh had Hooded
the streets tu such uu extent That thc
street cars were unable DO run, Ihty
were drawn Ull the llue for some
time,
The surface water on Cleveland nv,
enue has u cl'au sweep from the lullrm'
ary sOuth 10 North street, The street
aud crossings were entirely submerged
aud m many cases the side walks were
covered To the depth OF several inches,
Lake street caught full force OF
water from Cleveland avenue and the
muddy stream WAS forced across TO
Market, In many cases payemtnts
aud front yards were submerged,
The waters on the street gained IN
severity as each square was passed
From Lake To- sOuln Of Summit aud
from North TO near Tuscurawas no
roadway was visible,
North street was Hooded from Cleye.
land avenue TO east Of Market, the
sidewalks sven being impossible. Gel
lars Of business houses there were badly
flooded,
North Market was Os badly Hooded rs
Cleveland avenue, the roadway from
above Louis avenue 10 the hill being
entirely submerged. Payements there
were covered.
The condition Of North Plum, Wal
nut and Cherry was about the same.
North Walnut from North street 10
Tuscarawas was far worse.
Ats o'clock nothing but n sheet OF
muddy water could be seen by person
looking north from lusCarawas.
Sidewalks were even submerged and
many cellars flooded, The water was
higher than ever before known.
Mahoning street and Washington
avenue were flooded badly In certain
parts, as wele many streets intersectlng
them, ,.. w.,...,
Cherry. TusCarawas, Plum and other
thorouphlares,were badly Hooded.
Brown avenue Is usually IN bad con
dition but II Is now worse water
stands TO an unknown depth. 80.
West ruscarawas from below The hll
10 the Valley track was Hooded ana
many sidewalks washed OUT.
Elgin avenue, being filed, was badly
washed out some forty feet from Ius
carawas street. The wash0ut Is ten
feet wide and about twenty feet long,
being triangular In shape,
SoIith Market, Cleveland avenue,
plum and Cherry below the IT. Wayne
track was badly Hooded. Many cellars
were flooded.
the llow of the water west Of the
bridge was 50 great that the water
eourse of the West Creek has been
CHANGED and will need attention,
The water from the high ground
aooded North Market about the square
and It was impossible. Inc water
washed the cobbe stones clean ana
swept down East ruScarawas street at
terrific force. Cellars Of business
houses we're flooded.
COULDN'T REACH ALL.
It was indeed a terrific rain storm
and hundreds of dollars worth OF dam
age has been done throughout the city.
News DEMOCRAT reporters made
visit over the city and found residents
at work cleaning up the rubbish or
pumping utcellars. Many streets and
houses were flooded of which they were
unable to obtain facts for this days
paper This account however covers
the greater part of the city and Is cor
rect in every detail.
WEST TUsoARAwAs.
at the west creek bridge a wash out
of considerable proportion occurred.
.Just west of the bridge the sidewalk is
washed away for a distance OF twenty
feet. The hole is from tv elye to fifteen
feet deep. On the north side Of the
street the sidewalk is washed away for
about twenty-five feet aud the hole is
even deeper than on the other side.
As soon as the washout was discovered