Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-02

the south lows Central yards hoWed
into the car and paint shops, where It
stood when It it, highest to = depth Of
eighteen, inches.
While It did some damage. the prin-
cipai LOSE will be In labor employed to
clean out the shops and make them At
to,work in. The ordinary business OF
these departments was tied up today
white . force Of men was cleaning out
the deposit of mud that the water left
over everything II touched. Many
loose timbers and much lumber used IN
the car shops. weres catered about or
washed away by the water.
+ Csal ohFipss Flooded.
One OF the three coal dealers, whore
offices are on the low ground Of the
railroad property, suffered loss by
the Hood water. The offices of both
the Consumers Coal Company and
George o. Coburn We're under water,
which also flooded the floor Of the lat
ter's buildings, in which he stored ce-
ment and lime. "A quantity Of both Of
these building materials was flooded
and damaged: ana Mr.. Coburn could
not say. this morning how much his
loss would be The water lacked
only a Few. inches of also flooding the
storage houses Of the Consumers Com
pany and the Gregory. Coal, Coke and
Lime Company.
Streets Under Water.
b The Hood water covered South Third
avenue from the union station almost
TO the Linn creek bridge. The most Of
Center street from the Iowa Central
tracks to May street was overlooked,
and the East Main street road from
Linn creek east for good deal Of the
way. to the river was entirely or partly
under water. At many places in the
city the surface water from the streets
was more than the storm sewers could
carry of, and the surplus spread over
adjoining property. In many places
cellars were filled. The torrent Of water
that poured down the steep grade OF
South Third avenue was 50 strong that
loose bricks OF the worn out pavement
OF the avenue. near Market street, were
picked up and carried to the North
westerns property.
Bio Sewer 10 Destroyed.
Perhaps the most serious damage in
the city was TO the big storm sewer on
North Third avenue. Already in bad
condition 1t caved in In a number Of
places and Councilman Herman said
this morning that its usefulness had
been destroyed and new one would
have to be built.
A section of the elevated sidewalk
on South Center street was washed
away and the street was impassab bic
Sunday A number of culverts in the
city were washed out or damaged.
Two Bridges Washed Out. *
Two township bridges. one in Mari
eta and the other in Timber Creek.
were washed out, and many culverts
were destroyed. In places the high
ways were badly cut up by the surface
water and in others. where the flood
was the deepest, as in the creek var
leys. fences were torn down by the
current Timber creek. like Linn, was
also out of its banks and overlooked
the low land.
Between Moninger's and Minerva on
the Story City branch the ballast I'M
der the track was washed out for
distance of six or eight rail lengths.
The damage was repaired Sunday and
no delay to trains resulted.
The water receded almost as rapidly
az It came up Shortly after o'clock
Sunday morning It had begun to go
down, and by noon had dropped
eighteen inches or more. This morn
ing Linn creek was little more than
bank full.
The Iowa river. which came up rap
idly Sunday, began to fall during the
night. BY noon today it had dropped
two feet.
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