The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1908-06-26

fell to fill Minnesota avenue, stree
l20 feet in width, with water on
level with the curbstone, and tn,
sewers did not begin to take it off
Hail stones fell to the depth of twt
inches and the ground was white
Some of the stones were as larg,
as a pigeon egg. All gardens wer,
completely destroyed and growing vege
tation looked as if it had been fiat
tened out with heavy roller. Through
out the greater part of the county tn,
damage to small grain and potatoes il
very heavy and in Belgrade, and
through part of the townships OF
Nicollet, Lafayette and West Newton
and CORTLAND was the fury of the
storm felt.
At the state hospital the entire base
ment was flooded. The institution is
situated against sidehill through
which several ravines pass. Over one
of these about a mile from the in
stitution bridge had been built of
stumps of trees and small logs. The
water washed these out and brought
them down the ravine and forced a
dam near the north detached ward.
j
that it broke the dam and the whole
mass of timbers, some single pieces
weighing nearly a ton, were picked
up and rolled along as if they had
been but mere twigs. Stones out of
the gutter were torn loose and tossed
about like pebbles. The whole mass
of the dam was thrown against the
north detached ward when it broke,
and the windows in the basement
were torn out and the entire base
ment flooded in a minute. As all the
buildings are connected with tunnels,
the entire institution was soon flood
ed. The damage was especially great
in the nurses dormitory, which is the
lower of the buildings. The female
nurses use the basement of this
building to store their trunks in.
Lake Emily, fishing resort a mile
and a half east of town, and located
on the crest of the hill, rose over
five inches within less than an hour
after the storm had abated, and the
Minnesota river about foot in three
hours and nearly three feet over night.
Spring islanders Isolated.
Dornberg hill in Spring Island is
washed into the ravine and Swan
sons culvert at the front of the hill
is washed out; and in consequence
Spring Islanders are prevented from
their strawberries in Man
kato
The Milwaukee railroad crossing, one
mile north of Rapidan is buried deep
under landslide. The country roads
are in a frightful condition, making
travel by vehicle almost impossible.
During the storm on Saturday Mrs.
Jerry Jones and children living in
South Bend, were severely shocked
by tightening and have not yet re-
covered.
The farm of Mr. Melvin in South
Bend was hit by the storm, the wind
mill was blown down and the hail
broke every window in Mr., Melvin's
home.
The slough above Pleasant street
had the appearance of a lake this
Some of the sidewalk boards
that were blown off Saturday afternoon
got into the culvert and damned it
up, so that the water rose and ran
over the roadway foot deep, washing
it out and making fall that sent
out road like small Niagara.
Some of the boards foated down
to the Front street culvert and damn
ed that up so that the water rose
nearly to the top of it and backed up
in that part of the slough, also men
were put to work today getting the
boards out.
In North Mankato a number of trees
were blown down Saturday and several
barns were moved from their founda-
tions.
Warren creek rose last night to a |
dangerous height and overlooked it's
banks and nearly came to the culvert |
under Front street.
Creek Does Damage.
Thompson's creek went on ram
page, and washed out the cement re-
tanning wall that the city constructed
to protect Mrs. H. F. Shaw's proper>
away, and also a lot of Jacob Swan
sons property, entailing damage to
the latter of $500. The culvert up in
the ravine was undermined and render
ed dangerous.
Roads Cut Off.
The Silver ravine road and the Bun
ker hill road were both cut off by land
slides that went clear across them
The slide in the silver ravine road is
much greater than the one that occur
red some time ago.
Front street was flooded again from
curb. to curb near Plum because the
Milwaukee road has thrown some stone
down at the mouth of the main sewer
blocking the flow from that.
Ready to Pump Sewage
The city is rigging up the sewer
pump and getting ready to close the
end of the sewer and pump out the
sewage when the river gets little |
higher. 1t is almost up to the highest
point reached in May and is expected
to pass that point by tomorrow, and
then, it will be necessary to use the |
sewer pump, or the sewage would
back into the Easements.
The board of public works has
hired extra men for street repairs,
as damage was done by the rain all
over the city.
The weather prediction for tonight
and tomorrow is favorable, and the