Evening journal., 1891-07-31
aNoTAER n.a cLoup euasr.
ItRefilled Many of tne Dam aged House
WIN Mud nna Mmter.

with Mud ana water.
The great shower in this city yester.
day afternoon. st B. 20 o'clock, did cor
siderable damage, and following so
closely on the rain Storm of the pre-
vious day, caused general alarm among
those whose property had been damaged
The rain filed sll the streets Of the city,
aud streams as large as mill races
| rushed down many OF them. About
| the p, w. & 3. station
and all along East Front street the water
was from one to two feet deep The
damage done TO Contractor Davis, who IS
laying the railway tracks on French
street, was net considerable, but largs
| portion of the gravel was swept away.
| The cellar of the Merritt House was
flooded ard the water entered the bar
room.
The people in the vicinity of Second
and Monroe streets had been cleaning
out their cellars. The other portions Of
the houses had been cleaned out and
some of the furniture replaced. The
burst came on them unawares. the
water rushed back into the cellars with
astounding rapidity Some things placed
IN the yards we're washed away before
they could be recovered The build
ings were all filed with mud
| again, and drove the Inhabitants To the
verge Of despair. The culvert under
Monroe street was stopped and this
helped to swell the flood. The houses on
Monroe street were damaged TO the ex-
tent Of slO0 those on Second street did
not sustain much additional damage. ex
cept the amount Of work required TO
clean away the mud a second tilaa The
offensive smell which had somewhat
aoated was again stirred up by the second
storm
portion Of the new Sc wer at Twelfth
aud Washington streets caved In on ac
count of the storm. The Orange street
sewer near Second street. also was
damaged Alter the rain Orange street
was like mill race, and the water bore
along In its course nearly everything
with which 1t came In contact. The
street and Sewer Department will have
TO repair the damage at once Circuit
NO. = Of the the police signal system was
ournsd out by tue lightning and Superin-
tendent Pierson Is tc day trying to get il
in order
For few days the secretary of the
street aud Sewer Department will issue
permits TO tap sewers, on application. to
iNEb bho cMtfBbutitS DI IHOSe having |
water in their cellars
The employees Of the William Lea & |
Sons Company saved the mill from being |
Hooded by building dam which warded |
off the flow Of water ia another direc. |
tion.
John D. Kurtz's house was overrun by |
water from the inlet to the Stalcut run |
sewer again and his property badly dam |
aged. He says the fault all lies with the /
Street and Sewer Directors, and that he /
has tsksn the advice Of counsel with the
view Of entering a suit against the city. l
tie estimates the total loss to bis prop.
erty from this sewer for the last twenty
six years to be $4,000.
A portion of the turnpike beyond
Brandywine bridge was swept awav.
Tee goods belonging tn the colored
campers in the woods near Rlveryiew
We're spoiled.
A small building belonging to State
Representative Day at Rockland was
knocked down. A new finishing NIL In
process of eonstruc ion at the Roekland
Paper Mills was swept away Loss. 81, coo
The cellars Of many other houses in the
city were alss filed with water.
The basement Of the City Hall. where
the fire alarm apparatus Is placed. was
Hooded and the mating ruined At the
next meesing Of the Police Commissioners.
steps VIII be taken to cover the entrance I
to the place, and prevent any repetition
of the flooding.