The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-06-16
ON THE STREETS
Storm Causes Damage to City
Work.
Peter Saenger Loses Part of His Livery
Barn, Together With Some
Vehicles.

The storm of Sunday and Sunday
night did more damage to the streets
and the property along the creeks
than was ever done before in the his
tory Of Mankato. The water flowed
down from the bluffs ia torrents, ano
the CT eeks undermined the retaining
walls in several places, and damaged
the culverts in some instances. Th'
city will be obliged to do considerable
work to put the streets back whert
they were before.
Warren creek went on tear anf
played havoc all along the line afte.
it had reached the artificial contine
ments in the re Sidence section that ii
passes through. The stone culVert
put in over Fifth street last year be-
came somewhat clogged with manure
washed down from above and was In.
adequate to carry off all of the water
Sunday At about nine o'clock,
the water overlooked the street ano
washed out sectionof the fill, about
hundred feet long and forty feet
wide, and displaced some OF the
heavy stones used in the construction
of the culvert. The water ran over
Warren street for time, and filled a
cellt of tenement house owned by
Mrs. John Goodwin.
No further damage was done until
L. A. Linder's residence property
was reached. There the retaining
wall in the rear of his lot fell with a
crash at about nine O'Clock, and the
soil gave way, making several sod top
ped terraces. The creek wall back OF
W. P. Collins dwelling partially fell
in.
The creek did the greatest damage
just west of Front street. Itruns un-
der Z. buttons barn, occupied' by
Peter Saenger's livery. An old frame
building in the rear was used for part
of the horses and some of the vehicles.
At about nine o'clock last night the
creek became roaring torrent
several feet deep and washed away
the foundation of the frame building,
causing it to collapse before the
horses or vehicles could be removed.
All of the livery horses were rescued,
although it was necessary to cut a
hole through the debris in order tC
get one of them out. One horse thai
was stabbed there, belonging to Mrs.
j. A. Willard was drowned.
The vehicles suffered the me ST
They were carried down stream and
/. broken and twisted. A surrey and
couple of traps were among these
Mr. Sanger's loss will lot be much
Y less than $500. The damage to TIT
: barn will probable not exceed 500.
n Glenwood avenue was nearly block
r ed in one place by landslide. ant
: several trees slid off from the embank
: ment and are standing upright in tn
middle Of the road, with the soil at
{, tached to their roots. There was al
6 so a small landslide On Bunker hill.
0 Guenther hill suffered the creates
from sliding earth, and is completed
b blocked, so that travel has to take ar
l. other route.
Thompson's creek, in the north par
IS of the city. also did considerable dan
age. Where it crosses Fourth stree
q the wooden culvert was carried out las
evening The culvert at Third stree
is badly washed out, and at Mr.. Swar
sons sixteen foot opening has bee
made by the bridge.
The water rushed so furiously throug
the stone culvert on Main street tina
the top of it was carried away betwee
y the Omaha and Milwaukee tracks On
l. side was washed out near the milwaukee
elevator and the water ran under tn
II elevator.
< The bridge which the city construc
ed on Mound avenue near the Oman
r track has gone out.
lie The water in Warren creek backe
G. up so much near Front street that
1t filled A. M. Haynes house and cause
the family that occupies it to move GU
81 1t also overran the lower part of R.
l. Hubbard's lawn.
Numerous instances of damage {
lesser magnitude than those above r
ferred to have been reported from va
rious parts of the city.
ut The storm was SO extraordinary in i
extent that it could not have been for
seen, and no one is blameworthy for I'll
at damage wrought. The council NEE
Friday night and will no doubt tax
m prompt steps to repair the streets an
1t culverts.