The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-05
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STORM DID SOME DAMAGE
WEDNESDAY NIGHTS DEIHGE
CAUSED CONSIDERABLE Loss.

C]AOon11O OONSAOERABLE LOSS.
City Engineer Claussen believes that the
damage to the streets and sewers Of the
city during the recent rain storm Will
amount to $1,000. A large force Of men
ought to be put to work at once repair
ing the damage, but lack of funds VIII
not permit extra Expenditures of any
large amount
Many sewers were clogged up by the
onrush OF water, carrying along with it
sand and dirt in immense quantities.
Inc worst case was on upner jackson
street, where the rain could get at the
pare cuts and washed down tons and
tons of earth
All the sewers will be cleared by this
morning, but where sra les have been
washed out, it will DE some time before
repairs can be completed.
Merriam Park and The West side came
in for their share, and in many cases it
will be impossible to undo the damage
until next spring. The shortness of the
street and sewer maintenance fund is
severely hindering the department
Lightning Wednesday struck he house
Of F. O'Grady, 1913 Charles street, damag-
ing it slightly. A blaze was started il
the roof, but 1t was exsinguished with
little effort by the department There
was small loss, and no one was injured
Lightning also struck the Adams school
house, on West Seventh street, damag-
ing 1t slightly.
A large hole was torn in the roof, and
shingles scattered promiscuously There
was 10 damage from fire.
The rainfall at st. Paul for TWENTY
four hours amounted to 2.54 inches; that
of Wednesday evening being 217 inches
This is the largest noted ct any of the
reporting stations.
The rainfall since Oct has been !. IS
inches, which is more than double the
normal rainfall for the entire month Of
October, running over a period of years.
The bridge planking over the sewer
across East Fourth street, in the vicinity
of the railroad yiaduct was lifted by the
storm water.
About $50 feet of the pavement On Etce
street, between College and Summit ave
nues, was torn out by water during the
storm.
There was a washout at the corner Of
Isabel and Livingstone, and a telegraph
pole at Stryker avenue and Congress
street was blown down.
lightning struck the residence of p. j.
Casey, at Smith and Goodrich 1880 Fire
was started in the cupola, but this was
put out by the rain
The heavy rainfall caused serious wash
outs along the different street car lines
Two Como interurban cars left the track
for an hour. a Hamline car was derailed
at Lexington avenue, and a West Sew
enth street car left the tracks near Fort
Smelling. A Rondo car left the rails at
Arundel street, and there was also a
blockade on the Mississippi street line
Tho heavy rains Tuesday and Wednes-
day nights created considerable trouble
for the railroads entering ST. Paul The
precipitation south of st. Paul as far as
Mankato and Winona was little short of
u cloud burst. Nearly all the Chicago-St.
Paul trains " ere delayed.
Near Lake City the Milwaukee tracks
were washed out and their passenger
trains were several hours late. The Wis
consin Central experienced some dam
age by the flood and its trains were be-
hind time The Milwaukee, perhaps had
the most trouble for at Mendoza also
their tracks were submerged
The Chicago Great Western. Minneapo-
lis & St. Louis and the 500 lines had DIFF
ficulty with their traffic in consequence
Of the heavy rains.
The Great Northern and Northern Pa
cif1c were mere fortunate than the South
ern roads as the rain was not as heavy
in their sections.