The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-08-12
CITY WAS VISITED
BY A HEAVY STORM
FLOOD IN STREETS
Several Streets in South End
Looked Like Scenes
in Venice.
YOUTHS USE CANOES
Waters Enter Number of
Easements and Consider
able Loss Caused.

Richmond was visited by the heav-
lest rain storm of the season yester-
day, over half inch of rain falling
within a half-hour's time and streets
in several parts of the city were flood
ed and many Easements filled. Dur
ing the night there were two other
heavy rain storms. What small dam
age was done in the city was offset by
the benefit the crops received from the
downpours. In the south end a minia-
ture flood caused by the crowding of
the waters from the east hill and the
inadequate sewerage system, filled
several streets with two feet of swift
rushing water, overflowed the side
walks to impassibility for some time
and made Cesspools of sewerage in the
cellars throughout the district. A loss
which has been as yet unestimated,
was sustained by Walter Bullerdick,
when the swift water poured into the
teenth and G streets, filling it, damag-
ing potatoes, vegetables and other
staple goods stored there.
Canoes on Flooded Streets.
On North c street where the sew
ers could carry away only small
part of the heavy downpour, several
boys who had made canoes for use on
Morton lake took advantage of the un-
usually deep water and gave them
their initial dipping up and down sew
eral squares of the streets, where
boating was great sport for some time
The cellars of the Adam H. Bartel
Co, of GIL North E street where a
heavy loss was sustained just a year
ago when a cloudburst visited the city
resulting in the bringing of an action
in the circuit court against the city,
which suit is still pending, were
slightly flooded again yesterday after
noon. Mr.: Bartel said that an investi-
cation of the inadequacy of the sewer
system there should be made as early
as possible and prompt remedies pro-
vided
A horse belonging to the Hoover
Bond Co. sank in belly deep at South
10th and B streets where a new sewer
had recently been filled in. After an
hours work by means of heavy ropes,
the unfortunate animal was extricated
completely coated with gray, Shiny
mud. 1t was said that the horse of
Fred Charles, the city engineer, had
shared a similar fate along the same
street
Waters Rose Very High.
On Eleventh street between South
B and South streets. the water rose
to the first step leading to the thres.
holds of the homes. 1t was feared for
a time that great damage would be
done to the yards, and the flower beds
in that section of the city. The gradual
rise of water caused by the continued
downpour also caused the women to
think about removing rugs and carpets
from the first floors of their homes.
The sewers were filled to overflow.
ing by the draining of the hilly east
ern section so that the surface waters
from South Twelfth to South Eighth
streets, formed a large lake of filthy
sewerage, wrom which there was no re
| lief until the rain ceased and the hill
section was drained. The residents in
the flooded section were very much
aggravated yesterday over the threat
ening situation and will demand that
the city provide some relief
Reproduce Flood Scenes.
Following the receding of the wa
ters, the scenes were similar to those
witnessed in Dayton, Middletown and
Hamilton, the residents. in disgust, got
out their shovels and hoes and wheel.
| barrows, cleared away. the muck and
! slime and with the aid of garden hose
sidewalks were again made presenta.
| BILE. North street was badly Quilted
! by the terrific force of the water
! Street Commissioner d. c. Gem said
this morning that there is only one
| way to relieve the periodical flooded
| conditions and that is to tear out the
ancient sewer on North c street from
| fifteenth to twentieth streets and put
in large modern grade sewer
The total amount of rainfall as re
ported from the pumping station was
| 81 inches. Owing to the distance OF
| the station from the city it is believed
the rainfall in the downtown section
was considerably greater.