The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-10-14
YES, IT RAINED.
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come to light in connection with yester-
DAYS storm is one which stamps the per
petrator as the personification OF unimiti-
gated meanness. 1t happened near the
corner of Westminster and Courtland
streets, between and 5 O'Clock yesterday
afternoon. Two little girls, aged and 7
years, were standing under an umbrella,
trying 10 keep from getting wet, when
Young woman came along and dor
rowed" the umbrella just long enough
to GO into a nearby apothecaries, and the
little children let her have II. After wait
ing some time, in the meantime becoming
drenched, they began to cry because the
umbrella had not come back. Two la
dies and a city hall employe became In
terested in the case, but could not mo
the person who took the umbrella. 1t was
discovered though, that instead o. going
to the spothecary store, the culprit had
boarded car for downtown. The young
er of the two victims in named Burke,
and lives at IL Benton street.
row boat belonging TO the city engi-
neer's department was blown away from
it's moorings at the foot OF India street,
between 1 and 3 O'Clock this morning.
II is q good boat, and was used In con-
nection with section 16 of the sewer de-
partment works, which IL included In
that part OF the big sewer tunnel building
now nearing completion. The city would
be pleased to have the finder OF the boat
return II.
GOOD FOR MILLS.
The long continued drought in Woon-
socket was broken by the storm which
set in Saturday and continued for 80
hours. The precipitation was 3-S inches,
being the biggest rainfall since the big
frSshet in 1886. Mills that have been shut
down entirely or running on half time
will now have water enough to last them
for two months, even IL there is no fur
ther rains. The Blackstone river Is un-
usually high, and huge volumes OF water
pour over ali the dams from Millbury to
| Pawtucket
DELU GE IN BOSTON.
Boston, Oct. 4.-The total precipita-
| tion of rain which fell hcre Saturday,
| Sunday and early this mnorning was 3. ga
| inches. The drought in the immediate
vicinity of Boston, where the heavy rain
fall had not been very serious, although
| q number of cisterns were dry and newly
seeded land needed rain. All water sup
| plies in eastern assachusetts must be
| full now.
LOTS OF 1T IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
NASHUA, n. H., Oct. Ia. The record OF
rainfall during the 40 hours W h ich the
storm lasted in Nashua was 5. AZ inches.
| MILL WORKERS BENEFITED.
| MANCHESTER, N. H., Oct. 14.-Up, to
Saturday the drought has been very pro-
! nOunCeu mere tue JtucIsOh MIL,
very large concern, was obliged to shut
down in consequence. There were four
inches OF rainfall in "a hours, which will
give ample supply to run all the big in
dustries depending upon II for power.
| The heavy rain did very little damage
here, although II came down in torrents
and was accompanied by a very stron 9
wind.
WINDY IN MAINE.
| Doo-, Az Octohav "A The
drought which has prevailed here for
some time was broken to SOME extent by
the rain storm of yesterday and last night.
Reports from other sections OF New En-
gland, however, indicate that the rainfall
was heavier in Southern New England
than in Maine The precipitation was
very light in Eastport and moderately
heavy here. The storm in Maine, how
ever, was accompanied by heavy winds
which did more or less damage.