Daily Kennebec journal., 1925-07-23
HEAVY RAINFALL
DOES MUCH DAMAGE
IN WATERV|LLE

Ihe heaviest rainfall ever recorded
In Waterville fell late yesterday oft.
ernoon, causing considerable dar,
10 property in all parts of the citv
Inc rain came in a number Of show
ers rapidly following one another. and
between the hours of 3 and &. 40 q toto,
1all of 2.S inches occurred. accord,n
70 the guage at the Bangs power stu
tlon. This figure does not renresent
all the rain that came down. as it norr
ed Its hardest between $40 and eso
Durlng the greater part of the tir,a
strong wind was blowing, making IT
Impossible for one to keep drv. no
matter how carefully one was dressed
Inc last of the series Of showers was
accompanied with bright flashes of
isntnlng and heavy peals of thundsr
"ahnoies soon became plugged bv
the oeprls carried by the torrents of
Ma,er winch rushed down the cutters
Gnu the street department was kent
ousy until late hour last evening
Dne VI ene worst spots was near tho
son memorial bridge, where the
sewer was stopped up for q Iongnr
time than in most other places. Eort-
unately no houses are located near ~
uraln which was out Of order and No
damage was done by 1t, On Watar
street numerous drains could not b.n-
oio the great rush of water or he-
came plugged, and here considera HE
damage was done by water WORKING
us way into the cellars of the houses
"hlch line the street. The manbo1es
q
at Gray and Water streets and at Ped
lngton and Water streets reouired
huch work on the part of the crew of
men which was kept busy. Another
Oao place was at Heath and West
streets, where there was an immense
puddle, and Ash street and College
avenue and at Maple and Ticonic
streets.
At the corner of Maine and Temple
streets the drain became plugged and
water was forced into the cellars of
numerous stores, especially smiths
shoe repairing shop. Cooks book store,
the Verzoni fruit store and the B. F.
Steele market. In some of the base
ments the water reached a depth Of
eight or more inches and no little
damage was done to the stocks of the
! various establishments.
q AT the DeOrsay drug store a drain
pipe became plugged and the water.
| instead of running off into the sewer,
| was poured into the cellar A clerk
heard the water just in time to 60
| into the cellar and save six large bar
rels of sugar. about a ton in ALL More
than six inches, of water covered the
| flood and, despite the valiant efforts
Of two Of the clerks, some damage
was done.
At the city dog pound at the police
| station was one of the handsomest
dogs that has been picked up this
| year and one which the police are very
| for. 1t had not poured great while
before there was the best part of a
] foot of water on the floor of the
pound. the drain having been plugged,
and although the dog suffered consid-
| erable discomfort the drain was clear
ed by an officer before he was in any
great danger. The dog appears to be
a cross between a collie and German
police, is we'll hammered and would
| make an ideal pet on some farm.
Electric light and telephone wires
were not affected by the storm suffi-
I ciently to cause much trouble, al
| though the two telegraph companies
. in the city were confronted with lit
| tie difficulty.
Much comment was heard to the ef-
| feet that very seldom does rain fall so
| heavily for such a long period Of time
as It did last evening. The water lit
| orally fell in sheets and each time IT
| seemed there would be cessation In
| the storm the rain set In harded than
ever.
About 7 o'clock the clouds. lifted and
| there was a beautiful sunset. This
was OF short duration. however. and
later in the evening clouds again be-
gan to gather.