St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-28
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| listing this side OF Lexington avenue.
On East Seventh street, oppt site
Hoffman avenue, quantity of Garth
| slid into the valley beneath, leaving the
| sidewalks in most dangerous condi-
ton. They were promptly protected bv
the engineers department.
The handsome residence of Mr..
| Schurmeier. situated OH the bluff above
Pleasant avenue, was the scene of a
| heavy landslide. about forty yards of
earth being precipitated to the side
| walk beneath.
The Jackson street cut, which was
the pride of fighting" John Gehan. of
the Ninth ward, looked yesterday like a
ravine i'll the Yellowstone park. The
earth from the bluffs was washed down
INTO the middle of the roadway and
| piled two feet high.
| AS to the number of cellars and base
ments flooded, it would be difficult to
obtain correct list except by corps of
census experts. At Delaney's saloon,
on the corner of Fifth and Cedar streets,
| the water damaged $4,000 cigars, be-
| sides running quantity of liquors. At
| Channel and WabaSha streets a heavy
food of water poured into frame house
| during the downpour yesterday morn
| ing, and the sleeping inmates barely
| escaped with their lives.
The city engineers department had a
large force of men at work yesterday
clearing the catchbasins which were
| choked with sand, in order to allow the
| accumulated waters to run off the
streets. The officials reported that not
a single sewer burst during the storm.
| but that the extraordinary downpuur
| could not be carried Off, owing to the
amount of sand washed into the catch
basins, many of which were destroyed.
ASSemDlyman Johnson estimates that
the damage done to streets and bluffs.
and claims for property flooded, will
| amount to over $4,000
The railroads running into st. Paul
| suffered severely, and, with the eXcep-
We're DELAYED or entirely blocked by
washouts and landslides. The heaviest
sufferer was the Kansas City road,
which was blocked until a late hour
yesterday, owing to landslides AT South
st. Paul. The heavy stone abut-
mentS for a distance of 700
feet were carried away and
| strewn along the track to a depth of
nearly four feet. Earth, timber and
sand were also washed down in the
| deluge, and gangs of men worked all
day to dig passage way for the trains.
| At the offices of the road the officials re-
service would be resumed to-day.
The Burlington road was also the
scene OF
A Heavy Caye-In
at Newport, ten miles from st. Paul,
where the tracks were covered with
earth and sand. A Prescott a WaShOut
took place, delaying the Chicago train
due yesterday in st. Paul at a. m. for
some hours. The evening train on this
road left st. Paul last evening on time,
the tracks being reported as clear.
The Wisconsin Central reported a
heavily flooded track at Downing, about
| thirty-five miles east of ST. Paul. Pas
sengerS from Chicago reached this city
last evening between and 6. having
been laid up at the scene of the food.
The evening train for Chicago left on
time, but passengers were Informed that
they would have TO be transferred at the
flooded track, and guarantee OF arriving
in Chicago on time was out of the QueS-
ton.
The greatest injury to the Duluth
road took place in st. Paul. A very
soft piece or track in the yards at East
Seventh street was the cause OF the
trouble, and the roadbed was washed
out in many places. The early morning
trains yesterday were late in arriving
and departing. but before noon the dam
age had been repaired, and schedule
time resumed. During the delay the
Duluth trains travelled over the Omaha
tracks.
The Chicago, Milwaukee Z st. Paul
had bad washout on the short line.
| and all trains were late Yesterday morn
ing, the Chicago flyer not arriving until
| half an hour after noon. three hours
behind time, having also been held at
Hastings by a washOut. During the
! afternoon the trains were able to keep
regular running time. the damage haY-
| ing been repaired.
The Northern Pacific sustained most
| serious damage in the neighborhood of
| Trout brook, which was changed from a
rivulet to mighty torrent by the ocean
of waters discharged from the clouds.
| At the Westminster street bridge the
| tracks were flooded and the water
poured down the grade, filling up the
tunnels and washing out the earth from
| beneath the rails. The Fourth street
tunnel was veritable Niagara,
and the waters poured through
it yesterday in All incessant flood.
At Mississippi street a large force of
| men was put to work, filling in the
| huge bitches caused by the floods. No
| definite information could be given at
| the Offices of the company as to when
traffic would be running regularly. and
it will take some time to repair the
damage.
The Great Northern had one track
washed out at the Westminster bridge,
but no delay occurred, owing to the COM
pany possessing double passenger and
freight tracks.
The Chicago. st. Paul, Minneapolis &
Omaha road was the scene of many
| small washOutS for a number of miles
out of st. Pau, ,and traffic up to o'clock
yesterday afternoon was badly demoral-
| lied. The train from Chicago was
nearly three hours late in arriving yes
terday, but during the day the trains
were dispatched from the city on time.
From the reports furnished by the
railroad officials, it would seem that the
fury of the storm ragged in radius OF
fifteen miles around st. Paul. They
were thus able to have large forces of
men at work repairing the tracks, with
in short time of damage being re-
ported. Trains from ST. Paul, last
evening, for all points, left on schedule
time, though many passengers were
apprehensive of arriving late at their
destinations.
The police and fire alarm telegraph
departments were kept busy all day
| yesterday repairing damages to the
lines, which suffered heavily from the
lightning during the storm.