St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-05
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been at work. The work was
being carried on at the east end of the
embankment and the break occurred at
the west end. The old culvert, 2x3, he
said, was amply large to carry off the
drainage, but the heavy storms
had plugged it up. At the
time of the last storm in
July 26 men had been at work, but ow-
ing to the basin being filed it was i'm
possible to clean it out. On Wednesday
an attempt was made to drain the water
on by means of siphons and
were employed as watchmen and
they had orders to give an alarm at the
least signs of the embankment giving
away. An examination had been made
but few moments before the brake &C.
Cured. and no further signs of a
break detected than had been evil
dent for several days. The fill
over the ravine had been made over
two years, and the profile showed it was
thlrty-twO feet on the south side and
about sixty feet On the north side of the
street. The original surface being a
side hill, the embankment evidently
became saturated, and, pushed by so
large body of water, gave away at the
old surface line. The damage, he said,
could not be Appropriated at the pres
ent time, but he estimated it at from
$4,000 to 100000. As to the liza
Dility of the city in the matter
ne was not prepared to say. Everything
III his power had been done to prevent
the disaster. Had the break occurred
from any fault of construction or man.
have been taken.
Street Commissioner SbanIav caid tho
water had been lowered Wednesday by
the SiphOns about three or four feet.
The break did not occur where the
Sluice box was located, but III
the center of the embankment.
and it came so suddenly that
the watchmen had but time to escape
with their lives. The water had been
run out in a box located about fifteen
feet from the south side OF the street,
and it was on the natural ground and
not on the fill.
against the authorities among the prop
erty owners and residents in the section
and the talk assumed threatening
aspect Wednesday night. L. j. Lawton,
who lives on Robbie street. said commit
tee of twenty-five prominent citizens had
held meeting yesterday. and the mat
ter Will be given searching investiga-
ton. Complaints had been made, he
said, by residents in the vicinity
to the engineers Office ever
since the last rain storm about
the danger of allowing such body of
water to menace the lives and prop
been listened to and promises made to
attend to the matter. The men
and he was one of them
had explained to the officials
III the engineers office that the filling on
Page street was nothing but sand and
could not stand the pressure Of such
large body of water, and the result had
proven the judgment of the men who
had insisted on the matter being at
tended to. Several acquaintance of
Frederick Kreiger said yesterday that
Mr.. Kreiger had frequently spoken
of the great danger to prop
of the water in the fill on Page
street. The action of the board Of al
dermen last night IN appointing COM
mittee to investigate as to the causes
leading to the disaster is claimed by
those living in the vicinity to be a step
in the right direction.
The persons injured are all reported
in much-imprOved condition with the
exception of Mrs. Catherine Stoeher,
who, the physician claims, is more Sc
riously injured than at first sup
is severe cut in the head.
E. Horn. father OF Mrs. Adams,
is badly bruised, has a fracture of the
right leg and appears to be suffering
from internal Injuries, but the phySi-
clans think he will recover.
Carl Klenk and his son, Carl KIenk
Jr., are confined to their beds at $50
Robbie street. and are attended by Dr..
Beale, who reports the senior Klenk as
severely injured
Philip StOeher is at the city hospital,
but his injuries are not at all serious.
August Adams is suffering from
sprained shoulder and painful bruises,
but is not seriously hurt.
The report that Mrs. E. Horn, mother
of Mrs: Adams, was with her daughter
in the house at the time of the disaster
was not true. she being at her own
home at the time. The report that an
infaut child of Carl Klenk was drowned
in the flood was also found to be
false. Report from the city hospital
last night was that the three patients
there were doing as well as could be
expected, and the only case in which
fatal results were feared was that of
Mrs. Stoeher. Great pressure has been
made on Deputy Coroner Darling to hold
ali inquest, and in order to satisfy the
demands of the public that official will
impanel jury at s o'clock this morn
ing. The jury will view the body of
Mrs. August Adams, and, after being
sworn in will adjourn to some future
day to hear evidence. Frederick
Kreiger, whose body has not been
found, was we'll known and highly re-
spected citizen. He was fifty-four
years of age, and has a grown son and
daughter. His wife died about a year
ago, and his daughter is at present on
visit to friends in Milwaukee. His son
is engaged i'll business at Sacramento.
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