Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-07-08

tons. Long View park. presented a
beautiful spectacle during the storm
The walks and roadways caught the
water from the land on either side
and were converted into winding
creeks, while in some places the steps
took on the appearance Of miniature
waterfalls, and the "Babbling Brook
at the park had rivals on all sides.
Flat Flooded.
Perhaps the greatest damage was
done at the SaIa apartments on Nine
teenth street Here the water backed
uD from the street into the alley and
rushed from the alley into the cellar.
In the furnace and laundry rooms the
water was four feet deep, while the
rooms on the first floor were flooded
with two feet of water. Carpets and
furniture were ruined and it is esti-
mated that the damage viii easily eX-
coed $1,000.
Damages to the extent Of at least
$500 was done at the building Of the
Electrical Construction company, Nine
teenth street and Third avenue The
water reached a height of two and q
half feet. The Trio Manufacturing
company, which has Offices in the base
ment, sustained damages of nearly
81 goo for materials which were water
soaked.
WooIworth's Five and Ten Cent store
had half foot Of water in its base
ment Merchandise, however, had been
carried out Of danger and the damage
was slight.
A half foot Of water stood in the
basement of the Safety building but
little damage resulted.
The basement of II. Tremann's Sons.
street and Third avenue,
was flooded, but goods in the cellar
had been moved in time to prevent any
loss.
Stops Auto.
A jItney bus coming west on Third
avenue near Twentieth street was
stalled during the storm. During the
high wind Id was blown 10 feet TO the
north and it was with difficulty it was
started
A grocery delivery boy when near
street and Eleventh ave-
nue. was forced TO pick up a sack of
-four from the bed Of the wagon and
hold it on his lap to prevent it from
being soaked by the water In the
street
A man living ia q low house at 1902
ing the storm was awakened by the
water which came up around his bed
A metal ball OH top of the building
on Nineteenth street, formerly occu-
pied by the Central Union Telephone
company, was hit by lightning. It was
knocked off and fell through a win
dow in the Rock Island club and finally
caught in the wire netting which is
placed above the skylight. which
covering the dining room, Glass was
shattered all over 20 tables. Water
also got into the cellar.
Rink Is Natatorium.
The Kerler rug works was almost
flooded out, The water was nearly up
to the tables and considerable stock
was damaged. The old skating rink
would have made an ideal bathing
beach and the Exposition grounds was
a veritable sea, especially around the
track.
A porch on a building at the corner
Of Third avenue and Nineteenth street
was torn away from its moorings and
carried a considerable distance.
The Empire theatre, the Y. NJ c. A.
the Rock Island postofce and prac-
-icaIIy every other building in the
down town business district had water
IN the basement and sustained some
loss.
1t is figured that II viii cost about
$1,000 to clean up the streets Of the
Some Of the pavfngs were
given good washing but others are
almost impossible because Of the
iebris, Flushers were put to work
his morning by Commissioner JuhI
CrippIes Phone Service.
Four hundred pairs Of cable we're
put out Of commission at Sixteenth
street and Third avenue. This meant .
ripping of telephone service for 500
phones in the district west of Sixteenth F..
street.
Finds Gold Fish.
The storm was not without freaks, I
probably the most notable one being
he finding of a gold fish at the corner
# Ninth avenue and Twenty-second I