Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-03-14
MIGHTY is THE FLOW
The Powerful Waters OF the Tps-
bugent Grand
CONTINUE THEIR DESTRUCTION
View ~ the Waste q wsscrs--inci-
dents and Accidents Il the
flo~,d la the cisy.

When Nah anlooseae.l ths hatchray
snt lss.ss! ogt . learn whether The rain
had ceased a. s.slon swept over
hisnsii-zs exfanss q eater. The waters
cefeFtd the earth and there vas no
where any gFs~a thiug 81 BE- ssen.
~ >oaa had beea Ia Grand kaFiiis
yesterday ~ wootl have booked upon an
aqueous panorama quite a. desaiats. bat
Wltiial Interesting a. The Que he saxssd
Ga lest before b. iaslisi ga Ararat
T. 90 al an5tstructed vie~ he wceld
Reed - have shot Up ia one II the go
vaioss = the Aschlgan Trust huIlditg.
uoeniesl the spiral stairway ieasslag
From me teGth four 70 The eleventh and
then eiimted a riekrfy ladder up %
rcof exlt aud cra9lrd ogf GA - the
gfaseicd frcDlenalie that serves - a
rot
Prem fhence his giex Nould have s'x-
tfagei O. a vide saste u murky waters
Spreading away O. she soul4 aud exteTd.
tpg osef recent editions 10 the city.
"a sizing against the tiufs u John Ball
pafk and scurry ing aarririly along .,
raj escape ln tae debris bdsieeea chan
mel
The great sheet q water was periOai-
caiiy sh4<en - ed1ylng eurrenfs. that
etbesi aai toVei from al directioaS
Here 1nri there Isolated houses ssool
like ssuti1nis u ward 81 The dangerous
influx fr5m the Swollen tributary
streams The ehiten~si chimneys az the
P.Aster works. were clearly outlined
aeainsf the ies,len SKY. while the dense
clouds = smoke hung ike pail Over the
gathering to.sis. The bridges spanning
rae stream we're brought remarkably
near. and looked like rlhtons u webbing.
crossing a rushing mountain torrent
TIE stream. angry aud swollen. swept
underneath The tfu@ses ike the resist.
iees toN ~ lava through a narrow
htsnso Is grey brown and load - &c
an debris frightening the eject
There was wilderness u water %
the south. vest and north ans. The scsae
eas a inspiring one % one Who had no
property interests IT. peril
That f1ood Our Gates.
Grand river made heroic effort yes
teriay - break its record and nearly
succeeded In doing u.
At 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon the
river va sixteen FRET and seven inches
abpve ioN water mark. Ii had rissen
onif 30 inch since notsl. but the threat
enesi ram of last cgtaipg mafie the cut
ipok To- serious Consequences very
alarming
The southern part q the city Is suffer
ing serious damage Ga the wesf side
scnfh - the G. a " VI. bridge nearly
everything = under water SCORES II
families have been driven from ffeir
homes. and the damage done cannot Ia
esfiEiatftt Below the Waliin tannery
az tao houses - beast quarter % a
miIe frau .a1I The hnii-ce are sup
= ee1 % - situated GA South Front
sfreet. tut Front street. south q Chabb
street. IA part ~ an immense lake.
t.-orge A. Baker occupied one Il the
holsss and a family by the nanae Of
b.3kcslce the ether Both families were
dfisen o. the eeConti fionr early ye.t.r
1as morning The rising water lifted
the houses partly from the foundation
anil ne women and children were
moved ~ means = beats
Gondiolas aould be a Cod send 10
South t.rsnI Rapids at this particular
time Boats fuFaish the only means q
communication for az least 80 persons
Everything from seoD 20 four otr.-i
saa vas pat % use e~ierday afternoon.
ani 0nmen padded from one h0ase 70
anotbfr maSing friendly calls and dis.
'c,Is-lny he m The second story - a sub
Merged dwelling
Every thing tinatcd.
No,-i~heeis ehh ken coops and snail
oufbu tnss afr seating around = he-c@o.
eFer the enfrert iisfefh. An erea -
several bhicss from Lstsliier STREET q
Eives street ovcrfioVrd yesterday morn.
iur The water - from one 10 81 feet
ueep lae WaAin Leather com pisrys
works are surrounded by water. with
he excepflon q a spur from the Lake
Sbors tack. which runs into the ware
b uee Al the HOUSES along West
Wealthy avenue are partially under
4ttef The houses 90 straight south
frla Earle street are ia similarly IN
f'tanatc condition. The water j. from
fes- ns fsci ieep in this vicinity and
many q the families hare moySt The
sitiefii<- rf~e xifh With the water and
htve rre.i anchored BY means q piles
driven hto TIE ground. - the inhahi
tants are not -rre peiiesi - use boots to
81 away from the HOUSES. Tine q the
si<1is yesterday afternoon waa q 10
yraf go <iri taxing fhe children IN a
tspsf from q house % Vest Wealth -
nrennf. ohr pai'r,i a sfea.iy car AMI
sceHisd perf.rtig a. home a. she pasI.lis4i
n,fors fh~ hek ssrI an,l tnt, Olive
street Al ihe feu.e. rcar the corner
81 1ise sod ieteiiset sffeet- are ia. afr.l.
Chunn AMI Iolf "a street, ase as-rf.i
Yesterday afternoon tzo youngsters
So 90 the porch q hanse en- Olive
street and as1ed The dwelling vas
fFs hseks frna shore sad fho water
wae Fifiin xht inche@ = 80 f-.rrA. hut
fhft ftt'ut aeeu o. mind AID s~hs.r. With
tte fsff'rce - = man fhsl ex.e,tesl -
esfen soraefhins aifima'e
HAS f,rtvpe.i chiesen.
Near ieteiiier strrst uas a hair a,h
nielxssi rticx~ra rcer 81 f.ase.l h ths
esfrr tnd ~ fte rref saf haf dsFrr
d.sf ens. IAtr 's.s~inx foris Afraid = ~
aad 49, d,srosnPgss fo tank n lsvlns
egg I
hstnt nsssn re water raat.e4 a kr4aI
Though iAe West N-airan frsca n~Af
f4daa rrefk sn.i began - ,teu- iut, tae
t.e tfeh and tsunntetn srentp Tie
ssesa ffrtn ihe fseonafi track ~ Fl4
En- sfletf rae ~ innsense nsrd lnka
o. ffIef nrferits from bufiers fsh
arelsts fo @stiry sff~et ssti y go - N.i
~ Street -ergsa,s danaen haa t.s,s,