The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-06-04


Al Barrett's durg store, Gordon and the
avenue. there is a handsome clock visi-
! Die through the smashed out windows,
and the clock was still running WeGnes-
Gay afternoon, with the exact time, to
the minute. The stock of the Barrett
store will be found in a pile in the mid
die Of the floor and it would be costly
investment at any price
SMALL BUILDINGS WRECKED.
There are a number of '-shacks' along
/ the avenue of one story and cheaply
constructed, which are practically IN
ruins.
Mattern's marble shop has lost its
front and south sides and is propped up
/ with two-by-fours while the owner, with
/ big revolver strapped about his waist
ana sun bigger SCOOP shovel in his
4 hands, assists several men to shovel the
+ Drlcks and mud out from among his
+ tombstOnes.
Matt Gamlowski candidate for
councilman from the First ward in the
+ last election, had a little shoe shop in
f the 900 block The building is now
/ very shaky. and looks as though it
might float away or fall down on slight
provooation
A photograph gallery at COS Kansas
4 avenue in little building. is wrecked.
At go another little building is so
I badly demolished that the State Jour
nal reporter could not detect any evil
/ dence of what it had been used for.
AT 919 there is a little boot and shoe
shop almost totally demolished
two story brick building at 926
separated only bv a vacant lot from the
North Topeka fire station. is tottering
and win have to be pulled down. The
walls are cracked and saggiue and it
+ is a wonder that the building is Stand-
ing the strain SO long. This looks like
a very old and badly worn building
and not suitable ol withstanding the
current Of rivers ten feet deep.
MILLINERY ESTABLISHMENT
CLEANED OUT.
-f47r.x Inc, -+f a
/ leading establishment of the kind on the
north side, has nothing left to indicate
whether it was a millinery store or
i blacksmith shop except the sign on the
window. and one of the windows is
smashed out
The store. 50 far as can be seen
/ through the windows. is completely
stripped of anything that looks like
! creations" are still to be dug out Of
4 the wreck Of show cases and shelves
+ and brass hat stands. but it is doubt
ful whether the mud bath treatment
+ has served to improve their looks
There are so many wiadoWs smashed
/ out along the avenue that it is the ex
ception rather than the rule to find
window intact
VAST QUANTITIES OF STRAY
LUMBER
Resides the great blockade of lumber
/ in the Union Pacific park and surroun7-
ing localities, there is another big pile
of lumber in front Of the Sturg1s Hard
ware company, at Laurent and Kansas
avenue Besides lumber, this jam IN
cludes wooden pumps. wagons. fences.
/ a collection of miscellaneous Wreckage
4 broons. tables, chairs and about as nice
! a collection of miscellaneous WreckaSe
as is to be found in any one place
There is another great jam Of lun-
her back of the Ogee place. at 927 Kan
4 sas avenue The lumber has caught ia
the apple trees, and between Ogee's
place and DR.. Raub's there IS stock
i Of all kinds Of boards and timhers,
+ backed up by a flock of barns in assort-
4 ed sizes The Jam is nearly as large a
the house. IF anyone finds his barn
i missing it may be dug out OF this pile
The big building at Laurent and Kan
sas avenue occupied by Morns & Ny
/ ers' grocery seems to be in first-class
4 condition 1t was reported that this
building was wrecked The sheet iron
4 awning has been battered down. but
this has served TO protect the front OF
4 the store from drift wood.
The big canvas awning over Pr1ddys
store had also fallen. conceal1ng that
building from view
T. NJ James store. and the other
buildings north of it, seem to all be ia
very good condition. thought half full
/ of water.
i There is q large vacant store building
I between Aaron Sheetz grocery and Ia
fcev's drug store which illustrated the
+ complete destruction wrought to mar
: chandise The large plate glass WINDOW
4 in this store is entirely gone, aud 50
I much wreckage has floated through that
IT is piled UP as high as it is in any
I If the buildings which were occupied
/ before the flood
GABRIEL'S LUMBER YARD
The biz lumber yard Of d. T. Gabriel
at Fairchild and Kansas avenue has all
disanpeared except the row Of sheds
aione the north side of the yard This
4row of sheds Is well hlled with lur1bar.
/ which will be partially saved Pas Of
i The sheds have collapsed. The office
stiu stands. but the lime house is entire
+ lv burned up All Of the lumber in the
south part of the yard which did not
burn up has fioated away
ont in the residence portion Of town.
the chief difficulty is to dodge barns,
which are standing around promis-
ciously in streets and front yards. A
great many windows are smashed our'
but this makes no particular difference.
as windows do not keep out the mud
and water anyway
The household goods on the first floor
/ of the houses are practically ruined.
i Pianos and arm chairs are floating
about in grand confusion, and it is
common SIGHT to see chairs and tables
+ floating about the streets or hung UP
/ by the aood in trees.
CLEANING UP THE TOWN
In the various trips which the State
Journal reporter made to different parts
Of North Topeka Wednesday, there was