The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-22

The rainfall of esterday surpassed any
rainfall on record in this county.
From 4:3O a IN. 10 a. m. 1t rained 81
inch and from a. N. TO 10 a. m. 1t rained
.03 inch making the rainfall from 4:5o to
rs 81 inch.
Five hours and ) minutes then went oy
without drop falling.
A. 1920 rain commenced to fall again
and 1 y inches fell during the next hour.
From 100 TO ESQ there fell 70 inch.
From $50 Till $50 % inch fell.
From $3.50 till 4:30 "A inch fell.
From 4:30 till $50 40 inch downpour
prevailed.
From $50 till $50 the fall was "a inch.
From $50 till the rain was not heavy
and only IL inch fell and from to SD
Oh inch fell.
Total for two and one-half hours in the
forenoon 81.
Total for hours in the afternoon $50.
Grand total for two-thirds of the day
f. OF inches.
During the seven years that the gov
ernmeut signal station has been
established here the greatest rainfall
for twenty-four hours has been g. - so
that this rain is clearly by far the heaviest
rain that has fallen in the county during
that length of time, and probably the
heaviest rain that has fallen In the history
of the county.
IL the rain that fell between 1890 and
1:50 continued without Abatement all day
two feet and q half OF rain would have
fallen in twenty hours
During the IL hours from 4:3O a. N. to
$50 D. m, the rain fall was Is inch more
than during the twenty -four bours that
Jewell the rainmaker WAS working IN
this section OF the country, operating at
three points Another noticeable fact Is
that the conditions then were precisely the
same as the conditions that prevailed pre-
vious 10 the rain fall of yesterday. This Is
a matter of record in the signal service
station and is ugh.impeachmen of
the claims of Rainmaker Jewell.
The nearest approach TO the rain OF yes
terday was that which fell on May 10,
1891, when g. 10 inches of water fell III
twenty-four hours.
The sewers were inadequate to carry
away the rainfall of yesterday and Com
missioner Fitzpatrick has had his hands
full all day removing caps and opening
man holes. He trotted around from place
to place all day like a pirate of Penzance,
dressed in rubber from the crown OF his
head to the soles of his feet.
The water at the corner OF Topeka and
Douglass avenues reached the floor level oil
| the MAMMALIAN DOtel dt Que tune, bfic Siuc-
walk being completely covered On south
Main street the. water extended from curb
stone 10 curbstone giving the street the ap
pearance of a canal. At the corner Of
Main and Lewis the sidewalks hoated and
the water was nearly IL not quite a foo'
deep in the front yards of the residence:
| adjacent.
At the corner of Douglas and Water
the foot crossings on 10th sides were
| carried south on Water street nearly 20,
Yards By the flood. At this poiut the
street had the appearance of a big rivel
| for there was actually rapid curren
| there.
All the low bottoms south of Lewis
street and extending rs far as the fai
grounds are covered with water until tina
| part of the city looks like vast lake.
Little river is raging and the Big Arkan
sas was rising rapidly last night. 1t 4
| feared that the floods that will follow viii
be worse than those of last week in tn
Walnut, Minnesota. Cowskin and White
| water.
Several of the trains were delayed OWNS
to weak tracks but up till midnight n
! serious damages were reported.