The Mankato free press., 1916-07-21

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idence, a great gully was dug out
! the hillside. The water poured owe
, the edge of the street into Warre
creek last night, making temporar
waterfall.
The water did damage to furnitur
land hardwood fignish in the cafe
(, the basement of the Elks' club build
ling. Here the water was about fiv
inches deep. 1t was much deeper
the engine room, reaching to heigh
of about five feet.
| The telephone companies suffere
their full share of the damage an
and Inconvenience of last night
storm. The Citizens system had
great deal of lightning trouble. !
pole was washed out of place on Glen
wood avenue, putting some phone
out of commission. A tree was washe
out in Thompson's ravine, falling o.
the company's wires and putting then
out of service. The damage suffere,
by the Northwestern system wa
mainly in the water getting into tn
manholes and interfering with the un
derground cables. The long distanc,
service was seriously handicapped.
WideII Company Hard Hit.
Probably no concern suffered mor'
from the flood, unless it was the Wi
dell company, than the Kruse Broth
ers' clothing store. There the base
ment was flooded within short dis
tance from the ceiling and shoes
|overcoats, clothing of other kinds
furniture and fixtures, to the amour
of $4,000 to $4,000, were utterl!
ruined. The worst feature of it al
is that there was no insurance.
Next door in the same building, the
Barber shop of Louis Huettl was alsC
drowned out. Here the water rose
within foot and half of the cell
ing. The barber tools and other fix
lures to the amount of $4,000 were
ruined. Mr.. Huettl has some insur-
ance policies covering this property
but he did not know this morning
whether he could recover on them fol
such a loss as occurred last night.
The loss that the Widell company
suffered could not be estimated this
morning. One of the great derricks
had been swept out of sight by the
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en- all of six feet. The temporary rail
bridge was under water, anu the cof-
ferdams were very badly smashed
1t will prove sad setback to the
of the new bridge. Low
water was what the company wanted
Damage at SibIey Park.
1t is estimated that about $500 dam
age was done at Sibley park last
night. The road along the river is
completely under water, walls caved
in and hills were smashed down.
Park Superintendent Staley report
ed today that the rain guage at Sib-
ley park showed rainfall this morn
ing of 2.21 inches for the twenty
four hours. This is very heavy fall
for one night, but it does not seem
probable that it adequately represents
the downpour that swelled Warren
creek. The rainfall was exceedingly
irregular.
Bananas On the Way.
Two carloads of bananas which
were coming to the MankatO Fruit
company over the Milwaukee road,
have been stopped at Ramsey and
w III UC oHIppCu " 4hdhhoto Wy "oy
of Pennington, owing to the fact that
trains cannot come through Rapidan.
The arrival of the bananas will re-
lieve the banana famine which has
lasted for about week.
About six O'Clock last night New
Ulm was visited by a very severe
downpour of rain, veritable cloud
burst
Rapidan Off the Map.
Rapidan will be off the map for a
few days at least, the road over
Rapidan Hill now being impossible.
The bad condition of the road was
mentioned in The Free Press yes
terday, and the heavy rains last
night finished the work of destruc-
tiOn.
Main street leading over the hill
was found almost impossible this
morning, and pedestrians were COM
PEELED to pick their way, first on
the sidewalk and then in the muddy
street in order TO get to town.
Kron's Leader store was one of
the places to be injured by the
flood last night, the water running
into the grocery department in the
basement, and doing about $1,000
worth of damage. Eight men work
ed all night in the basement and it
took most of the forenoon to clear
the basement of the water.
About seven foot of water ran
into the boiler pit at the Mankato
Laundry, and it was impossible to
run the plant this morning, men be-
ing busy pumping the water out
most of the forenoon.
At the Mankato Fruit House the
water surged into the basement
washing out the back water valve,
but as nothing of great value hap
pened to be stored in the basement
very little damage was done.
At the Gamble & Robinson Fruit
house crew of men worked all
night to keep the water out of the
basement, only about three inches
leaking in, although the water stood
about ten feet deep on the vacant
lot adjacent. The produce in the
basement was moved out of harm S
way and small damage resulted.
Track Was Undermined
The main track of the Northwest
ern near the bridge at Main street
was washed out and undermined to
such an extent that it was necessary
to use the Omaha track for a time
for the Northwestern trains. There
was quite a large WaShOut on the