The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-04
In AND ABOUT THE CITY
HEAVY RAINFALL YESTERDAY.

The Streets Flooded and Many Wash
outs and some Breaks Reported.
The heavy rains of yesterday and the day
previous have done no little damage to some
OF the streets and sewer drains.
Before the heavy rains Of yesterday after
noon Capt Fitzgerald. superintendent Of
the street force, reported quite a number of
washouts and breaks, but all the breaks
would have been repaired before 8 O'Clock
last evening had 1t not been for the heavy
rainfall after O'Clock yesterday evening.
frlor TO yesterdays rains washes were
reported on Jones street. on West Boundary
at the foot Of Simms, on Cohen street to the
OLD cotton factory, on Walker street. on
west Boundary, near Bay, and on Olive
street continued west Of Farm. It will re-
quire considerable time, labor and expense
10 repair the washes on most Of the streets
named
Breaks were reported in the wooden
sewer. a tank, FEEDING Bilbo canal, on
Wheaton street; in the sewer on Abercorn
near New Houston; in the sidewalk on Boil
ton, east Of Price; in the Barnard street
sewer at Charlton lane, and at Charlton
lane east of Barnard street.
Further inspection this morning will, it is
quite probable, develop other washes and
breaks from yesterday afternoons rains.
pend drilling on the two new wells at the
water works, but the drilling will be
| resumed as soon as the weather clears,
Nearly every unpaved street, and espe-
cially West Broad street, was flooded by the
heavy downpour yesterday evening. From
Wayne to Duffy, on West Broad, the
greater part Of the sidewalks were impass-
| able, and the street resembled lake.
The rainy spell has not yet ceased, though
the rains have diminished in force. Rain
| fall yesterday in this section " as confined
| almost wholly to tue Georgia and Florida
| coast, only Light showers being re-
ported from the interior. No heavy
rainfalls like Savannahs rainfall Of Tuesday
| Rave been reported.
Yesterdays rainfall at Savannah was .72;
10 fell Tuesday night, which, added to
the Sill inches already repor. ed.
makes a total of nearly six inches for tins
point since the rainy spell set in on last
| Monday.
Showers we're general in the Savannah
| cotton district. the average for the district
| being 20. The heaviest fall reported IN
the district was 70 at cambridge
The signal observer reports that the high
area whicn was responsible for the rainfall
| is slowly moving off the coast, and he says
that the rainfall is gradually becoming
lighter IN this section. There was scarcely
any rain in North Georgia or western
South Carolina.
The temperature was only little below
normal in the South Atlantic states yester-
day, and the weather was generally fair.
The Atlantic district reported the lowest
| temperature Of any Of the districts yester-
day, 760. and the Galveston district the
highest. 90. Savannah's maximum tenn
perature wss $50, the minimum tens
perature, TO-, and the mean was
two degrees below normal. The average
maximum temperature for the district
was $50
The tides in the river are very high,
caused by the easterly and northeasterly
winds.
Occasional showers may be expected to-
day.