The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-05-31
was close ut hand. but 1t passed over. All
night. however. the shy had anything but

was close ut Hand. but 1t passed over. All
night. however. the sky had anything but
q reassuring loOS.
The heavy fall of water in the after
noon and evening had its effect upon
pogue's run. That treacher0us stream
rose rapidly. and it needed but the storm
uf : o'clock to make 1t Overrun its banks.
The water spread out over Davidson, Dor
man and adjacent streets. flooding the
cellars and greatly alarming the residents
in that portion of the city, who. knowing
the pernicious activity of the stream. feel
il to be capable OF any amount OF destruc-
ton.
There was good cause for alarm. as the
gates leading from the run into the WASH
Iugton-street sewer had not been raised To
relieve the Hood, and IL was rising at sucn o
rapid rate that. at o'clock. IL threatened
To overrun Washington street. Street Com
missioner Harold was sent for. but he came
not. When he did come. about ~ O'Clock.
he was like his Saxon namesake. "Har-
old the Unready,' and did not know what
to do to r;lieye the culvert at Washington
street of the tlmbers that had swept
against it. and were proving a dangerous
nucleus for the DRIFT. Fortunately. before
his coming the firemen from No. 3 had
como To- the rescue. and bv means or crow
bars had lifted the gates. and part of the
torrent was diverted into the sewer. The
relief came none too soon. The torrent
was increasing. and its volume would soon
have made the opening OF the gates an Im-
possibility.
At IL o'clock the water was steadily ris-
ing at Washington street. Street COmmis-
sioner Harold was here with q force of men
removing DRIFT that was liable to clog the
culvert. About 1880 they caught n hinge
lOs. but were unable to remove it from the
run. y passing switch ongiue OH the l., r..
Il w. was pressed into service and q rope
fastened to the log was attached to the en-
CINE. which pufled up the track dragging
the log in its wake in about ten inches of
water covering the track.
EXTENT OF THE FLOODS.
From Vermont street south Pine street,
at this writing. l A. NJ. is a raging torrent
of rushing waters. which have flooded all
the yards and cellars OH the street and
spread out into all the cross streets till
tho whole nelghbOrhoOd has much
the appearance of u vast rice-Geld.
The water has weakened the foundations
under several houses in the vicinity of
Pine and New York streets. ana the ccllaS
walls are caving in. At New York street
there Ia an old %cnlvert. constructed by the
railroad company when they Ind their
freight depot here. The culvert is now Of
n" use. ns the drainage In the neigh
,Ss ,1s,sh has ds sSen % changed as,us s,nso
The water coming down the run
poured through this culvert and Hooded
New York street as far west as Pine street.
Here the water turned to the south and
flooded Pine street. Overlooking on Pine
street IL was carried through the alley
south of New York street and out on 10
Davidson street. which was one great river
of water from the alley south.
About IL O'Clock the patrOl-wagOn was
called and began moving the families liv-
ing on Davidson street out, the water hay-
ing poured down the street In such floods
as to render 1t dangerous to remain longer
In them.
nh,o ,troa$ - Ann1ad fro,o Ar -.-
nearly TO Noble street. but at ! O'Clock the
water was not running into the houses on
this street. although the cellars were all
full.
On Market street there was one stretch
of water from Noble street east. a number
of houses east OF Noble street being flooded.
but the residents on the street were not, at
that time. moving out. The water running
down Market street turned south on Noble
street. ana returned to the creek ct WASH
inRton street. AT ] O'Clock il was flush with
the banks from Washington street south,
and rising steadily.
FAMILIES MOVED OUT.
1T seemed to come in walls" said Green
Baldwin. q colored man whose slnmber and
rest were cut short by the necessity OF
moving out. IL was in bed and asleep.
and the first thing knew. the wnter was
swashin' 'round the house." w.
H ~ 10 u 11iCu-
igan, was compelled to move, and.
also, Mr.. Green, OH Archer
street. His stable was filled with water.
requiring the horses TO be- hastily moved.
Mrs. Craft. on Archer street, was also
driven To higher ground. as was also an
old negro woman named Louisa Nc
Gouger. but known as"Uncle Toms daugl-
ter" She was taken care of in "a
corner saloon. The streets lying along
the run en Clifford avenue and
Washington were hub-deep TO IA coach in
water. DorInan street was Hooded. but ut
/ o'clock this morning no damage to honscs
on the street had been done. The
peoDle were not alarmed. The
water had spread To "A wide
pond Just south of the Michigan
street bridge. which stood firm. There wns
much shskiness about the Archer-strert
bridge from The pressure of logs and other
drift. The bridge over Crooked street VAS
washed away. POgus's run brought
down a large quantity of drift.
whioh lodginH against bridges nearer
Washington street caused q ~backfiow. The
inconvenienced aud discomforted inhabit-