The Mankato free press., 1916-07-21

their beds, unmindful of the danger
.. and totally unconscious OF the fac
that the water was actually in thei
house.
\ Frank Hides three horses wer
saved by the fireman from drowning
in the barn. In the barn of the mex
i door neighbor, some other horse
would also have been drowned were i
not for the firemen. Some of the fire
men actually had to swim to reacl
'Isome of the horses, and they rod
Through the water, swimming on thu
horses backs. Next to the dwellin,
lof Frank Hidde man was marOOnet
7, and called for help. The firemen res
'icued him by forming human chain
I The firemen were later called upo1
to pump the water from the base
ment of the Kruse Brothers clothing
store! also from the Huettl barber
shop and the basement of the SteiT
Iclothing store. The big fire truck was
not used for this purpose, Chief Leas
having heard of such expensive ma
! chinery being spoiled in another city
by being put to that use. Another
piece of city pumping machinery was
used for that purpose.
| The retaining wall next to the resi-
dence of Leo Hiedwinkle on NORTH
Fourth street, was washed away. This
is the only serious damage done in
Dukes addition that has been re-
ported.
A false report was circulated this
morning that man was drowned last
night in the water on Glenwood ave-
nue..
During the heaviest rain last night
1.-THE water covered the street car
tracks on Front street but cars were
operated at that time without much
trouble.
Tore Through Cellar.
One peculiar feature of the flood
on Glenwood avenue was the way in
which it tore through certain eel
lar, rushing in at one cellar window
and out at another The water moved
with a rapidity that had the appear
ance of coming from a dam that had
gone out.
In the Poplar street district many
people had to leave their dwellings
in a hurry. Autos taxis and other
vehicles were called, and the people
were rescued with much of the more
valuable and indispensable of their
belongings, and carried to places OF
safety.
One woman in this district was re-
moved from her sick bed. She had-re-
Gently gave birth to a child. Another
family was removed, with two or
three children who were ill with
measles.
Much attention was attracted this
morning by the children along War
rem and Broad street, wading in the
deep water there, and occasionally a
boy would be seen actually swimming
in the muddy stream.
Some people of North Mankato, who
for years have been more or less
joked by people on this side about the
floods in North Mankato, today had
the chance of turning the tables on
their city neighbors and telling them
to come over to North Mankato il
they wished to escape floods. North
Mankato was comparatively spared in
the great cloudburst that occurred
last night. There was little annoy
ance and practically no damage in
the village from the heavy downpour
of water.
Railroads Suffer Damage.
The railroads last night suffered a
considerable amount Of damage from
the heavy fall of water.
There was much damage on the
Milwaukee road between Mankato and
Rapidan station. Two culverts washed
out near Rapidan. There were four
large landslides in this neighborhood.
These were where the right way
cut through hills. Two of these were
near the LIE Sueur river bridge. One
was at the old sand pit this side OF
that bridge. The creek that drains In
dian lake flooded the tracks for 400
feet. On account of all of this dam
age the track was made impasSable
between Mankato and Rapidan. The
train that was to leave Mankato this
morning at six o'clock for Wells was
abandoned. The 1910 a. m. train
from Wells was also abandoned. The
train coming at 2:55 this afternoon
from Wells this afternoon did not go
on to Wells, but stopped at Mankato.
Washout On Omaha.
On the Omaha road washout oc-
Cured four miles south of Lake Crys-
tai on the Elmore branch. The re-
suit was that No. 8, due at Man.
at 7:35 a. M, did not reach here un-
til about three hours later. The de-
lay was caused by this train wait
ing to make connections with No. 40
from Elmore Along that stretch Of
the Omaha between Lake Crystal and
Garden City, culverts were taken out
by the heavy floods. Last evening
trains passed over this track for 200
yards through eight inches of water.
The train moved very slowly.
From what can be learned the
heavy rainfall was comparatively 10
cal in character, Not drop of wat
er fell at Wells, Winnebago, Owa-
tonna, Blue Earth, Window, st. James
and other Southern Minnesota points.
The firemen were occupied this
morning in flushing the mud off
some of the principal streets of the
city.
In the midst of the storm last
evening Harry Carney's Cadillac car
was driven into the side of Stude-
baker car, that belongs to the D. &
c. Car company, which is located in
the Bradley garage. The right fender
of the Studebaker car was smashed
in. The accident was due to the fact
that the Studebaker car was turning