The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1909-02-23
HEAVY RAINFALL
INUNDATES ROADS;
WASHES STREETS
More Than Two Inches Fell
Between 1 and z O'clock
This Morning.
County bitches Are Converted
in to Torrents.
MUCH MINOR DAMAGE RESULTS
MUCH MINOR DAMAGE RESULTS


fell the first few hours of this morn
ing. For the 10 hours from o'clock
asst night the rainfall was 2.40
inches, but practically all OF 1t fell
between 1880 and z o'clock this
morning.
The streets were flooded and many
comical scenes were witnessed. Peo-
pie found foot of water standing in
their door yards and walked along
fences, only to ind the streets for
blocks up and down rivers of muddy
water Nearly every street car ran
through water that In some places
touched the bottom step.
On the depot line a careless passen-
ger leaned gracefully against a gate
that wasn't there and fell full length
in the knee deep water on the street.
At Twelfth street and Broadway a
horse got down in the gutter aud
difficulty was experienced In getting
| 1t up. The water Gas nearly up %
! its body.
From Thirteenth street and Broad
way past Eleventh street the water
stood over the curb and the center OF
the roadway and South Twelfth street
resembled a millrace.
The rainfall for February so far IL
over seven inches. the biggest record
for several years.
! Cause of Floods.
The cause OF water backing up In
many of tine streets was because the
Iculverts across the streets were too
small to convey the water to the in
take of the storm sewer Street In
Ispector Ernest Bell with his employees
were cut early this morning removing
tai rubbish from the intakes. A.
FRANKIE, sewer Inspector. was busy in
specting the sewers to prevent rub
tdsh from blocking the water IN the
sewer pipes.
Trains Make Time.
Although water completely sub
merged the right of way In many
places practically all of the trains
were in on time today. The bridges
were almost submerged but were
equal to the rush of the water and the
train passed over in safety. All Of
the early morning trains were in on
time with the exception Of the Cairo
train, which was held out at Cairo,
lowing to connections.
| Engineers on the trains report that
the rain was general. and that the
I fielcs In the lowlands are one vast
sea OF water. Between Paducah and
Cairo water covered ground that was
never known to be covered with back
water before. Rain fell In Cairo all
yesterday afternoon, and the water
was deeper in the Illinois city than IN
Paducah.
Reports From County.
Reports from the county do not
place the damage as high as was ex-
ipected, although many Of the smaller
bridges have been washed away. Most
of the larges bridges are concrete and
substantial, and stood the gush OF
water. At Maxon Mills the water was
reported seven feet deep across the
road in one place. Horses had TO
swim the overflow IN order to reach
the city.
Water was eight inches deep in
the salon of John Moore, Seventh and
| ADAMS StTttlSs anu WdtCA aioC cHe'N-
the store of McChesney, Twelfth and
Jefferson streets. The damage was
slight In both instances.
Loses His Horse.
Mr.. G. II. Chtlders, prominent
lliveryman OF Kevil, lost one OF his
fine horses this morning by drowning.
Mr.. Childers' younger brother was
driving a double team from Kevil to
Maxon early this morning and the
road was covered with water. The
horses fell into a culvert that had
washed out and the driver had to cut
the horses lose from the buggy to
keep from being dragged into the wa
ter himself. One OF the horses was
drowned.
WindstoIm at La Center.
terrific storm visited LaCenter
early this morning and damaged prop
ertv in that neighborhooi to the ex-
tent of SO 900. The Christian church
at LaCenter was wrecked at a loss OF
81, 500 and several dwellings were
damaged. Roofs were blown on
number OF buildings.
Damage at Louisville.
Louisville. Feb. 23.-(SpeciaD-