St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-04

fifty feet high rushing down tha
ravine. No one was in his housa
at the time and he endeavOred to alarm.
his neighbors on either side. The rush
of the water was so swift that his efforts
were not successful. and in moment
the wave had struck and passed. Tue
brick house of Carl KleniS, at 2S5 Prescott
street. and the story -and-a-half frame
dwelling of Philip StGeher, at 3S3 Pres
colt street, and his home were blotted
out in second, and the ground left
smooth and clean. His wife and son
were at first supposed to have been
drowned, bnt were fortunately block
from the place, visiting neighbor.
Philip Stoeher and his wife, Catherine
StOeher. were in their nome at 3S3 Pres
colt street, when the wave struck. Both
miraculOusly escaped with their lives,
but were seriously injured. StOeher
had his head badly cut, aud his wife
was, it is feared, injured Internally.
Carl Kient, who occupied the two
story brick dwelling at 3S5 Prescott
street escaped with but few bruises
and sprained shoulder. The house
at $50 Concord street, on the north
side, owned and occupied by August
Adams was a twO-stOry brick before
the flood came. but moment later
Not Piece
even if the foundation remained to
show that building had ever stood
there. Mr.. Adams happened to be out
side when the wave struck the house,
but his wife and Mrs. Horn,
his wife's mother, were in the building.
Nothing had been heard or seen of
them since, and the crews of men who
were searching the ruins up to o'clock
had not found their bodies
Emil Horn, father of Mrs. Adams,
was found nfter the flood had passed,
wedged i'll between some timberS 100
feet from the place where the building
stood. He was eXtricated and taken to
the city hospital. His injuries are
said by the physicians to be very seri-
Gus. His right leg is fractured at the
knee and his head badly cut. 1t is
feared he is also injured Internally.
The force of the water can be but i'm
agined but as an indication of the de-
structiveness of the flood, resident in
the vicinity claims a large oak tree
thirty feet high was torn from its roots
and thrown aside as if it had
been match. Houses, barns. wagons,
and in fact everything in the path of the
water was swept away, and the course
of the flood is as smooth as
side of Prescott street to the
north side of RObe street, along the
place where the water washed the sand,
mud and clay, are packed in a roadway
from three to ten feet above the level
ground. Nearly all the ruins are
piled IN the gully between Concord
and Robe streets and it will take days
to clear away the wreck. The report
that dozen people, mostly children,
were missing and had been killed Or.
iginated from tie fact that none of the
children could be found when roll call
of those residing near the path of the
flood was called.
How 1t Occurred.
Page street, at the intersection of
Brown, was formerly deep gully, the
natural outlet of the water from above.
10 make the street continuous this
gully was filled in to the level and a
small culyert left to carry off
the water. This culvert which was
entirely inadequate, has long been
filled up and when the rain of a week
ago fell the huge basin between Page
and Curtice streets filed with water al
most to the level of the street. 1t made
a huge reservoir full block in width.
half block in length and an.
average depth of thirty feet. and
all this great weight was steadily
pressing against the Page street fill
which restrained it. y sense of the i'm
pending danger was communicated to
the authorities few days ago. when a
crack three inches VIDE appeared in
the lower side of the fill, and a
force OF men was set to work. to drain