Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-07-02
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peared threatening. The storm dog was
growing and the flashes of bitten were
frequent Finally at about eleven
O'Clock, the deluge came. 1t seemed
as if the weather man had accidentally
upset his tub. 1T never rains but It
pOurs," reads the old saw 1t didn't
pour Sunday, it simply fell, and II
seemed as if the aforesaid W. m. had
siphon connection with the Pacific
ocean. During the afternoon at one
time the water fell in such volume that
sewer catch basins were inadequate to
carry it off and the consequence was
that lakes formed at street corners.
Regarding the storm we make the fol-
lowing annotations:
Up ON Sixth street a lake, not quite
SO large as lake Winnebago, was the re-
suit of clogged catch basin. The
water backed into cellars and one man
who had his cow in the cellar lost the
animal by drowning. Our informant
states that at the Wm. Degner saloon
in the basement Of the Rutzky store,
the water rose to such a height that the
bar tipped over and turned turtle.
On East hill the water flowed down
Franklin street in an Alpine torrent and
washed out the macadam, so that it
will be necessary for the city to go over
the work again.
In nearly every section of the city
easements suffered. In the Peschman
store up on Sixth street lot of goods
were damaged. The cellar was flooded
and as the owner was out of the city
and no one had key that would fit the
doors, the goods were allowed to stand
and soak.
The Stinchfield creek sewer proved
large enough 10 swallow all the water
drained into it. 1t was the first good
test it has had since being built.
The new Y NJ G. A. basement had
about a foot of water in it, most of
which fell instead of being drained
into it.
At one tine during the afternoon
hail stones as large as croquet balls fell,
and i'll would have Jared bald headed
man had he been caught out at that
time without his lid" !"
The masons who built g. b. Birds
foundation wall for the residence
which he is moving from Warren street
will have to do this work over again.
The force of the downpour was so
strong it washed the stones out from
their bed of mortar.
While the st. Paul scoot was return
ing from Brokaw it was ditched near
the pumping station The water washed
out the sand from one side of the track
and allowed the engine and one car to
tip partly over. Luckily the train was
running slow at the time and no one
was injured. A crew started work i'm
to clear the track. After
breaking ropes aud chains in an effori'
to pull the car and engine back on the
around the wreck, which was not COM
pleted until long into the night This
held up the southbound passenger train
which did not get in until 8 a. m. the
following day.
The Wausau Electric Co. and the
Wausau Telephone Co. both suffered.
The former company had several trans
formers burned out and some of the
xuirao mana IroBar dour,
The wind was strong enough to blow
the whiskers off billy goat Evidences
of this could be seen in every yard
where there are shade trees and much
damage was done to the latter
The Wausan Canning Co.'s Early
June Peas may have their name
changed to Middle of July Peas. Mr..
Head drove out to a number of farms
the next morning to ascertain what
damage resulted. In every locality he
visited he found that the crop had been
greatly harmed and in some instances
almost ruined, the vines being twisted,
broken and lodged so that the yield
will not be anywhere near what it
should be. 1t is likely that the peas
that are lodged will rot OF the ground
1t was intended to start the cannery in
operation about July 9th
At the foot of Jackson street, near
the Stewart Lbr. Co.'s mill sand was
washed onto the Northwestern Ry.
tracks to considerable depth so that
no trains could be run over it until the
sand WAS shoveled off
The Geo. Jung & Son slaughter
house situated northwest of the city
was struck by lightning and destroyed.
1t was situated so far out that the fire
department could render but little aid.
A slaughter house situated on the same
site was destroyed from the same cause
few years ago
Lightning respects neither people or
buildings. This was illustrated Sun
day when house of worship was
struck. A bolt entered the steeple of
ST. Stephens Lutheran church and tore
a large hole in the same splintering the
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The people in that vicinity felt the
shock but no one was injured.
The home of VIM Ko-nig at the cor
ner OF Seventh and Hamilton streets
was struck and damaged. Gotlieb
kunz's residence, at No. 1101 Cleye-
land Ave. was likewise damaged The
home of VIM. Ringle at 1920 N Fourth
Ave. was struck and Immediately
caught fire. The fire was discovered
before it had time to gain any headway
and was extinguished by members of
the family.
The storm appears to have been pure
ly a local one and lodged back and
forth over small territory. Farmers
coming in from short distance north
and east of the city report that very lit
tie rain fell in those sections. In the
southern part of the state there was no