The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-02


Shore, near Gordon Park, where the tres
tie was buffeted about by the force of
the water until rendered almost worth
less.
The damage to the railways will also be
great but cannot even be estimated until
the large force of track hands, sent out
on the emergency calls, can be heard
from. The mail service from the East
was completely tied up from 10 o'clock
IN the morning until o'clock tonight.
when a train got through on the Lake
Shore.
The great sea of water reached a depth
OF one foot on the first floor of scores of
East end homes, boiling up from the
sewers and pouring in off the street. car
along with it. G
In many cases the stricken residents
battered down cellar walls in order 20
give the torrent an outlet and prevent
the swamping of their entire homes
NO RAIN IN WEST END.
remarkable feature of the storm
winch caused such terrific destruction is
That until o'clock this morning
hardly drop of rain fell west of Wilson
avenue, While during the morning hours
the East end was being fairly swamped
IN a perfect deluge of rain While
thousands of citizens in the most aristo
thousands upon thousands of dollars
worth of their property being destroyed
another and greater portion of the citv
was wrapped in slumber. totally obliv-
1ous to the danger surrounding their fell
low citizens
A remarkable thing IS that comparative
ly little damage was done along the
banks of the river outside of sthe wash.
ing away of loose piles of lumber.
Inc damage to houses and their Of
fects cannot be estimated accurately,
perhaps for days, but it will reach
close to the half million mark
The city will also lose heavily on dam
age to streets, culverts, bridges and pave
ments over the district covered bv the
water. Residents along East Prospect
street near Lincoln avenue, on Lincoln
avenue and Glen Park place, were
aroused between 4 and 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 d
O'Clock the residents along Lincoln ave-
nue. commenced to move furniture to the
second story.
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 water from to 10 feet deeD.
Barns and huge pieces of lumber were
banged
INTO many Lincoln avenue homes, threat
ening their destruction The residents
along the north side of East Prospect
street from Lincoln avenue to within a
lew feet of Billings avenue were pinned
in their homes like stranded islanders.
The families of Mr.. E. v Newton ana
F. Warren on Willamette court had A
terrible experience with the flood Mrs.
Newton's mother, Mrs. Caroline Haqnrn.
aged eighty-siX years, is in serious con-
d1tIon as result of the fright and ex-
posure.
For three hours the woman signalled
for help from their house which sits
down in little valley, which placed it
at the absolute mercy of the rushine
waters. The barn and shed were swept
from their foundations and this added
to the terror of the two women, who
were alone in the house. AS the water
reached depth of six feet and COM
menced to pour into the first floor. the
women became almost frantic No boats
were at hand and as wading was out of
the question, neighbors called to the
frightened women to remain where they
were until other means of rescuing them
could be secured. A rude raft was hast
lily put together and the families rescued.
disastrous washout occurred on the
Lake Shore road near the Eddy road, in
Glenville Two hundred men are at work
took place at the Nine Mile creek The
temporary trestle at Gordon Park was
damaged by the flood and force of men
were put to work repairing it.
The Nickel Plate railroad embankment
in the rear of st. Josephs cemetery was
badly washed out by the flood A switch
upon which were stationed a large num-
ber of freight cars, gave way, precipitat-
ing them into the brook
The damage caused to the telephone
and telegraph property in the CITY viii
be considerable.
Dearing street which runs parallel 10
Euclid avenue, was a scene of indescrib-
able excitement. The lower end of the
stret was completely flooded The upper
windows of the houses We're filled with
frightened men and women, who were in
a state approaching panic. Two police
men carried a boat on their shoulders
from Wade park to the scene of the
flood. With this they at once began the
work of carrying out of danger those
who were penned up in their homes No
less than nine households were saved by
the timely work of the officers
Today's rainfall was the greatest in the
local history of weather statistics From
o'clock this morning until in the even
ing there was precipitation of 4 rs inch
es. This exceeds all previous records.