The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-03-16

Overhowtng the reservoirs and fill-
ing them with surface water tearing
VI newly laid street paving and un-
dermlning street car tracks were some
o. the results OF the heavy rainfall OF
yesterday morning. Street paving was
$1,000, but by far OF mora Serio,,s
consequence was the flooding 81 the
reservoirs OF the city water depart
nent with surface water. To oefuo.
this the city board Of health veste--
Gay met and issued a notice adyfsinE
residents to boil water used for h,,r,.y
consumption for the next ten davs.
for time yesterday morning the
CITY was without water, for the drain
ase OF the northern part of the CITY
was not sufficient 70 carry Off the
great volume Of water and the eres
tinguished. GA
PAVING rs DAMAGED.
Inc newly laid paving on Eighth
avenue and Gadsden streets vae Sann-
sseo TO considerable extent sDd
much Of it viii have to he tor, 80
ana laid again. The water from Cssds1
zen Is ana jackson streets turned dourn
hlsnth avenue, and when the vast
~ guahtltles or sand clogged the inlets
'.s Mater rushed down the avenue
and
curbing. The paving bas ontv rageo,,t
~ oeen laid and the cement fo,nds.
properly set N@u not
on East Gadsden street there was
also some damage, but this was ,,r,,,N
cHally confined to the dninv ana
ESLrDlng, the latter also suffering on
East Gonzalez street V'
Sad car SERVICE INTERRUPTED.
OF the greatest Inconvenience
incident to the rain was tbo '.t.
rnpuon Of street car service Tbo
Washing out OF Eighth avenue ana 49,
~1li'ler ~ mining of the tracks ~, "a
caused long delays In reacbinp the
city, and hardly any attemrt u,ss
made to run cars on any sohad,,Ie
several transfers had TO be rna6e ~
SCI 70 the city from East Hill.
Wneh the cars started out earlv
Yesterday morning they ala not e., go.
oetore the crews had to leave the cars
ana use shovels to clear the tracks ~
the sand, and this Continued Ali The
way around the East IIuI Una -
Elsnth avenue. where II was found tbo
tracks had been undermined
~ IS not known when conditions on
- isnIh avenue VIII be remedied and
the regular service resumed
heaviest SINCE 1909
Ihe precipitation was the hsaviast
since 1903. 1t broke no records ,oo' ao
cording TO the weather bureau hnt
Vas far above the average tn mr.
clpltation amounting 20 4.OI inchas tr
TWO hours, with a total OF 517 - .hl
- hours. The heaviest of this FAN Ma
Ircm 1913 to 1898 a. m. Nrnen -
measured 1.26 inches for the twepty
-Lii.1 .tLlii Oes. another excessive fan a
s.iot o. time afterwards was from 100
~ =agk A.
IL ches In thirteen minutes.
Other heavy preciritatjon yoco-dr
curing the month OF March vera ~
march 10 and IL, 1899. when tb~r. -,
total OF 5.1S inches, and on Nxa.ob
and is, 1902, with 5.47 inches for H.
twenty-four hours. ''io
me heaviest rainfall on record IN
PENSACOLA was on October "a 1ena
". wnen there was fall Of 422 inches 4,
% minutes. Others that are Of record
are as follows: Nov. 1aos zoo
ihches In ] hour and 39 minutes. Sent
ana
Immediately upon being Informed
that the reservoirs at the vvata~ st.
ton had been filed with water fro-,
the streets and that the water corninp.
through the pipes was unit for use
III. III. w m ID. Mobiles, city health officer
s, ges.eIIay morning Issued call for a
special meeting OF the city boar5 ~
heaIth to consider the matter and 20
tske the necessary precautions for ths
public health. The result OF the met
ing was that a notice was tes,,.I
Yls.ng people in the city 20 boil the
t, m@te[ from their hydrants before
TO DRAIN RESERVOIRS.
Inc reservoirs are being drained
ana Wiz De thoroughly cleaned as
soon as II is possible to do the work
ana everything viii be working
smoothly within a very Few ds,,s I,
Is thought One reservoir vrsit ta
cleansed and then 71ied
and all the water will be fl,rrisl,od
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