St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-27
TRICKS OF THE STORM,
Rain Plays Havoc With the
Streets and the Car
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Lightning Renders Many Ecu
Z trio Trains Temporarily
: Useless.
DR.. Putnam Suddenly Departs
for Pastures Green and
3 New.
Police Locate the Watches
Stolen by the Colored
j Man, johnson.

The heavy rain storms last night did
considerable damage to the unpayed
streets. especially in the hill parts of
the city. On Case street, between Clark
and Arkwlight, 100 feet of sidewalk was
washed into the street. On Jackson
street, between Thirteenth and Four
teenth streets, section of sidewalk was
washed away and the street badly
damaged. The rainfall was very
aieavy and the sewers were not
points. the streets being impossible
for nearly an hour. AT the corner of
Seventh and Wabasha streets the water
was over foot deep while the storm
lasted. but the street force, which was
put to work about o'clock, soon Ea1
the catchbasins cleared and the street
at this point made pasSable. The same
trouble occurred on st. Peter and Sixth
street and at Wabasha and Ninth streets.
Travel on the street car lines were more
or less delayed by the washouts along
the streets in the suburbs. The tempo
rary track over the new sewer at Tenth
and Fort streets was washed out for
distance of twenty feet, and passengers
were obliged to be transferred at that
point and walk block. Cars OH the Mis-
siSsippi street line were laid up for two
hours by NaShOut, and the same
trouble resulted in the suspension of
travel on the Jackson street line. Nearly
all the electric lines were running cars
few sand far between, the interurban
cars being tied up all the way between
here and Minneapolis by sand and dirt
washed OH the tracks 10y the rain.
A furious storm ragged Oh the West
side last evening, and it lasted so far
info thn niuhf that travel SncnQn1-
ed on the street railway and motor lines.
At 7:45 o'clock the South st. Paul
motor train of the Chicago-Great
Western was stalled at Concord
street by sand and water ON the tracks,
and the condition of affairs at AnnapO-
lis street was so serious that Supt. Nc
Laughlin and other officials concluded
to make no more trips until the storm
was over. although they kept their forces
at work clearing the road and preventing
washouts. The motor train that should
have arrived in the city at O'Clock was
sidetracked on reaching Burns & Shaw'S
lumber yard. 1t was thought at 8
O'Clock that lightning struck the st.
Paul Stove works. but, if it did, no
damage resulted. The electric line was
covered with sand and gravel at Con-
cord street.
The through passenger train from
Sioux City on the Omaha road, due in
st. Paul at o'clock, did not arrive here
until after midnight. The delay was
CAUSED by washouts between Shakopee
and ST. Paul. The train carried large
number of passengers and the
delay caused much annoyance,
the majority of the travellers
being unable to get anything
in the way of food except such as car
ried by the train boy. The track be-
tween the upper levee and Chest
nut street was SO badly washed
out that the train could not reach the
depot, and buses were sent to
transfer the passengers from the
train to the union depot.
Passengers on the tram report the rain
storm as very severe all along the line
from Shakopee to st. Paul.