The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-09-06

| blocked from two TO six hours by the
fearful effect of the storm and flood.
Every road entering the city was ter
| ribly handicapped by sand and dirt
| which was swept over the tracks.
Several washouts occurred, the worst
| being on the Lake Shore near Gordon
park, where the tveStle was butfeted
about by the force Of the water until
| rendered almost worthless. The dam
age to the railways, which Will also be
great, cannot be even estimated until
the large force Of track hands, sent
| out on emergency calls, can be heard
from. The mail service from the east
| was completely tied up from ten
o'clock in the morning until eight
! o'clock ut night, when a train got
through on the Lake Shore. But the
vast amount of damage falls upon the
householders within the flooded dis
trict.
Residences Flooded.
The great sea Of water reached .
depth Of one foot on the first floors
of scores Of the East end homes,
boiling up from the sewers and pour
ing in off from the streets, carrying
! everything that came in its path
along with it. In many cases the
fear-strickeu residents battered down
| cellar walls in order to give the tor
rent an outlet and prevent the
swapping of their entire homes. A
remarka bic feature of the storm
! which caused such terrific destruc-
ton is that up until six o'clock this
morning hardly drop of rain fell
; west of Wilson avenue, while during
the morning hours the East end was
being fairly swampcd in a perfect
! delugc of rain. Another remarkable
| thing is that no thunder and light
ming accompanied the record-break"
| ing downfall While thousands OF
citizens in the most ar;stocratic Sec
ton of the city were aroused, see
ing thousands upon thousands OF
collars worth of their property be-
| ing crushed and destroyed, another
and greater portion OF the city was
wrapped in slumber, totally obliv"
! ious to the danger surrounding their
fellow-citizcns. \ remarkabl thing
is that comparatively little damage
was done along the banks OF the
river outside of the washing away OF
loose piles of lumber. The damage
to houses and their effects cannot be
estimated accura tely, perhaps for
! DAYS, but it will reach close to the
half million mark.
Residents along East Prospect
street near Lincoln avenue, on Lin
coin avenue and Glen Park place,
were aroused between four and six
o'clock in the morning by the sound
of the booming waters. The water
continued to steadily rise until it was
eight feet deep. by six o'clock the
residents along Lincoln avenue COM
menccd to move furniture and val
uables to the second story as the
rushing torrent reached the level OF
front porchcs and in number of
houses swept into the first floors.
The water rushed back from Lincoln
! avenue until the big space just east
of the avenue and between East
Prospect street and Euclid avenue
was one great mass Of angry water
from four to ten feet in depth. Barns
and huge pieces of lumber were
swirlcd about like light corks and
banged into many Lincoln avenue
homes, threatening their destruction.
The residents along the north side
Of East Prospect street from Lincoln
avenue to within 4 few feet OF
Billings avenue were pennctl in their
homes like stranded islanders. The
water came up to the porch steps.
| and within a few feet of the porchcs
| it was from four to five feet in depth.
Ono Fnmily'~ Experience.
The family of Mrs. V. f. Newton
on Willamette court had q terrible
! experience with the food. Mrs. New.
tons mother, Mrs. Caroline 11amm,
aged SO years. is in serious cond-
ton as a result of The fright and cx-
posture. For three hours the woman
| sienaled for help from their house,
! which sits down in little valley
which placed it ut the absolute mcr-
! cy of the rushing waters. The barn
! and shed were swept from their foun-
dations, and this added to the terror
! Of the two women, who were alone in
! the house. AS the water reached Il
depth Of six feet and commenced to
| pour into the first floor the women
| became almost frantic. No boats
we're at hand, and as wading was out
| of the question, ncighbors called to
the frightened women to remain
| where they were until other means
| of rescuing them could be secured.
A rude raft was hastily put togcth-
! cr and the families rescued.
Drowned in Pool Of Oil.
Marion, Ind, Sept. 2.-Henry Pin
gree, tool dresser in the Marion
| oil field, met death under peculiar
! circumstance Sunday. He fell from
an oil tank into Il small pool of oil
which forlne<4 on the ground near the
tank. In falling his head struck the