The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-28
STORM PLAYS HAVOC
WITH PROPERTY IN
THE Twin CITIES
Trolley, Telephone and Tele-
graph Wires Torn Down. In
terurban Traffic Stopped and
Houses Unroofed.

Probably no storm that has occurred
in this city in years caused so much
general damage and Inconvenience as
the one that came yesterday morning
between 2 and 8 o'clock.
In addition to the widespread dam
age to Geographic, and telegraph COM
munication, men were prevented from
getting to their work for hours, gar
dens were devastated and signs by the
hundred and many sheds were rem
dered total wrecks.
For a space of five hours the rain
came down in torrents, until the total
precipitation reached well on to one
and one-half inches. With the rain
came heavy wind, and its course is
marked in the suburban districts By
the wreckage of sign boards and dis
mantled trees.
Sections of sidewalks were over
turned and telephone and telegraph
poles were torn down on several of the
streets.
The storm appears to have been "a
it's worst in the Midway district. Along
University avenue, near the city limits,
half mile of poles were blown down.
and much damage was done as the re-
suit of The washout.
The Interurban car that should have
got. to the city at a. m. arrived little
before noon. The Como line, however,
was in operation by o'clock.
Telegraph Lines Down.
The main lines of the Western
Union between the two cities were put
out of service by the storm, and por-
ton of the feed wire on the Como Har-
riet line was blown down.
At st. Adams and Marshall the light
ming struck on the side of the boule-
ward and dug up1a deep hole, but for
| tunately nothing else in the neighbor-
| hood was struck.
On Belvidere, Kansas and Stickney
| streets the washcut did considerable
| damage, and the city engineer esti-
mates that it will take over $4,000 to
| repair the damage Kansas street is
| unfit for travel, the center of it being
/ deep gully; about six feet deep.
Trains were delayed at the crossing Of
| Belvidere street for more than two
| hours.
At Carroll and Milton streets sec
ton of sidewalk was torn up and over
turned, and on Annapolis street and
Livingstone avenue the culverts were
washed out.
r. C. Seegar, of German avenue, suf-
fered most from The hail. Over 1000
| feet of glass was broken in his con-
| SerVatory. and many flowers damaged.
/ Hundreds of trees were blown down
on West Seventh street, and also at
| Merriam Park; while all over the city
| limbs of trees were torn down, and in
many instances carried a considerable
| distance by the wind.
! On the West side, in the vicinity Of
State and Concord streets, the cellars
| suffered IN account of the sewers be-
ing unable to carry off the water fast
| enough.
On the West side the damage to the
| gardens appeared to have been the
worst. Cabbages, tomato plants and
| flowers We're cut up and strewn around
| while small shrubs and trees were cut
| to pieces.
Did Damage at University.
The storm of last night worked great
destructfons at the state university.
Very little detail was furnished in this
report but it is known that the library
! building which is comparatively new
| structure has large hole through the
roof and that the interior has been
considerably damaged by water in
| consequence. The roof of the old main
| building also is badly damaged in sew
eral places and in nearly all of the
buildings windows were broken.
| Trees were blown down in various
places and limbs were torn away from
may of the other trees and the grounds
were still further damaged by wash
outs and the destruction of shrubbery.