The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-06-20
CITY
NEWS NOTES GATHERED IN AND
ABOUT A BUSY Cry.

THE HEAVY RAIN sroRM IN THIS DISTRICT;
THE DAMAGE 1T cAusED-INTEREsrINo
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Ntsws.
Our prayers for rain were answered
| Monday night In n manner hat shows
our standing To be A /. Shortly after
seven o'clock a black cloud arose In the
southwest and advanced with n refresh
ing shower of rain. This was followed
shortly by another cloud and more rain.
, AT eight o'clock another cloud, larger
than the largest, came, accompanied by
vivid flashes OF lightning and roaring
thunder and IL seemed the flood gates OF
heaven Were opened; the rain He'll in
binding torrents for full twenty minutes.
Water AZ from n river came rushing
down the streets OF the city, carrying every
particle OF rubbish with tia gang OF
street sweepers could not possibly have
made abetter job OF IL.
The heaviest of the storm passed To
the north OF us.
The cellar OF the Koepeke building war
filed with water. Kirbey x Company,
cigar manufacturers, stored their pack
age stock there, and though it WAS re-
moved rs soon as possible, their loss
will reach $500. They have a large
force OF men which was necessarily thrown
ont OF employment for some days. The
loss is n most unfortunate one as the
firm was just getting in shape 10 keep
even with the demand Tor their popular
brand OF cigars, "A thing they have been
unable to do for some time.
Drs. Breck and Mofiett were loosers to
n considerable extent. The rear end Of
their office building is two feet below the
ground, the floor being reached by three
steps. The place filed with water and
the weight broke in the door and filed
the four rooms to the depth OF n foot
with water and mud, completely running
carpets, books and other articles. They
had the most conveniently and pleas
antly appointed office rooms in the city
consulting room, laboratory, sitting
room and sleeping apartments, all
nicely furnished. 1t will take some time
to remove the mud, dry things out and
re-arrangc again.
After the rain DR.. Mofiett went to his
office and when he opened the front door
n torrent OF water rushed down upon
him. Visions OF the YOUNGSTOWN horror
flashed through his mind for n second or
SO and then he went to work to clean up
u little To make things pleasant for his
friend, Supt. Rebel, who wac to pass the
night with him. They finally concluded
IL was too damp. DR.. Breck wac absent
from the city at the time Of the flood and
IL was not n pleasant surprise for him
when he returned.
A portion Of the railroad track a short
distance north of the round house was
washed out. At about eight o'clock n
yard locomotive went onto the founda-
tionless track and went down. 1t was
after twelve o'clock before the engine wa
on sale ground.
The foundation OF the railroad track
was washed out in several places nea
the warehouses.
The rain did more good than damage.
Gardens were in a bad way, but the
rain gave "a helping hand.
Water i'm the river was raised percep-
tibly, but the storm was not OF long
enough duration, IL Is thought, 10 assist
in moving the logs hung up.
The flood had no regard for the laun-
ders I'm many places about town-went
around, over and under them. The
street gang will be kept busy for some
time filing up the unsightly holes.
The storm was a thorough dampcr TO
forest fires. All day long a big fire ragged
in the swamp north OF town, but Tues
day morning not u Whit ofsmoke was to
be seen.
j. r. Hooking, one OF the firm of Kir-
hey q Company, talks Of commencing "a
damage suit against the village, To re-
cover the loss sustained.