Indianapolis Journal, Volume 54, Number 86, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 March 1904 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1904.

Dr0 lyerf

PERFECT AN ELEGANT TOILET LUXURY Used by people of refinement for over a quarter of a century PREPARED DY on East Market and East Michigan streets and carried the blocks hundreds of feet from their former location. The loss t the city from thi source will be great, bur thi3. too, cannot be accurately determined until the water has subsided and a careful examination can be msde. In places along the railroad tracks the blocks were piled up , by the first sweep of the water and then left stranded in such heaps a3 to stop the passage of trains. A number of trains found it necessary to unload their passengers at the little station on Massachusetts avenue, as they could not get through to the Union Station. Thousands of sight-seers were drawn to the various parts of the flooded district in, spite of the torrents of rain that fell. The fact that some of the greatest damage was being done in the very heart of the city eemed. perhaps, the most remarkable fact In connection with the whole situation. The destruction of squares of block pavement on Southeastern avenue was due to another cause than that on the North Side, as in the former locality the bursting of a sewer loosened a torrent of water that wept masses of blocks for nearly half a mile from the avenue. At 6 o'clock last evening it was given out by the Weither Bureau that the rainfall up to that time, marking from its beginning ' Thursday night, had reached the depth of 4.7 inches, the second heaviest fall in the history of the Indianapolis bureau. The only greater rainfall known was in 1833, when two Inches more fell than was registered at ß o'clock last evening. With continuance of the rain the prediction was natural that this former record would bo equaled. AVnter In Gn Plant. "Water from the overflow of Pogue's run In the basement of the South Pennsylyaniaitreet plant of the Indianapolis Gas Company threatened for a time to interfere with i the operation of the plant. Later the water subsided.- At one time it was nearly two feet deep. ' STRANGE SIGHTS OF FLOODED DISTRICT Persons in that Neighborhood, from Upstairs Windows, En- ' joyed Themselves. Many were the strange sights witnessed in the eastern part tf the city yesterday when Togue's run left Its embankments and flooded the ' neighborhood. From the windows of the house fronts along the submerged streets women and children hung far out watching with interest the scenes below them whsre the yellow water rushed along with rthe nimbleness of a mountain current, driving before it the city's scant driftwood in the shape of many strange objects. Floundering in the currents were many pedestrians seeking to reach the city or their homes. In Washington street the scene was one to make the-river lover rejoice. From Liberty street to Pine street the roadway was completely under water and at each end crowds surged back and forth to obtain a view of the strange waterway. As one stood at Liberty street and looked east 'as far as the eye could reach he saw nothing but a turbulent surface of water lapping between the two walls of building fronts. Moving back and forth along the stretch were strange-looking objects which natives , of an Inland city see but seldom. They were wngons, loaded to tfcv limit with men, dornen and chiiding holding on to each other for dear life as the vehicle made its way along the dangerous road. Women standing rn wagon beds, holding up their dresses with one hand and an umbrella with another, their hats jolted to one side and their hair stringing about their necks, brought laughter from the spectators in the hcune fronts. Several wagons were stranded and the drivers compelled to haul passengers from the wreck on horses, one at a time. A jam of blocks on the Lake Erie & Western tracks held up a train shortly after 2 o'clock and wagonlouds of travelers were held completely at the mercy of the rain for over half an hour. By no means did those within doors escape the flood. . Late In the afternoon the water rose so portentously that much fear was felt. In many houses the water flooded the lower floors and caused the occupants to flee for shelter to an upper floor or call for help from without. In a barber shop on East Tenth street six men were surprised to find themselves suddenly in water, and scrambled upen a table for safetv. Their calls for Bid were not heard and the water rose rapidly toward them. One of -them managed to reach the telephone and called up a friend, who sent a dray to their rescue. -Men working In the Waverly bicycle factory were completely surrounded by water, and it was necessary to carry them out by inert ns of, boats. Many similar incidents occurred during the afternoon, keeping excitement almost as high as the rebellious little stream that caused the flood. INTERURBAN CARS IN ROUGH RUNNING Schedules on Several of the Lines Completely Upset in the' Afternoon. Much difficulty was met yesterday by interurban cars entering and leaving the city because of he overflow of streams within the city limits. Togue's run played havoc with the Indianapolis & Kastern line and severed its traffic completely after 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Until the ,water recedes considerably these large tars will not be able to make the trip to Greenfield. Traffic on the Indianapolis, Columbus & Southern traction liu was also crippled by the dangerous condition of the bridge over Pleasant Hun at Shelby street. Cars could not get by this point, and were forced to stand there for some time before the blockade of cars could be straightened out. Those cars which left the city returned and service was abandoned until the water recedes. On account of washouts on the line of the Indianapolis & Martinsville Traction Company traffic was abandoned after 12 o'clock yesterday. The last car making the trip between Mooresvllle and Indianapolis reached hre at 12 o'clock. The motorman reported washouts at many points and did not dare to make the return trip. The floods had caused washouts at the Fielt road, at Valley Mills, near Friendsvllle and several points beyond Mooresvllle. AH other lines encountered more cr less trouble in operating cars. RESCUE BADE ONLY A FEW HOURS OLD Mother and Little One Are Carried from Bed to a Patrol AYacron. o A baby a few hours old and the mother were earned from a bed in the Sehwanse home at 522 Highland avenue by the rescuing party yesterday afternoon. The water had rushed into the hou-e and the bedroom was covered with three or four inches of the muddy water from Pogue's run. Members of the family wading about In the house wrapped the little babe tenderly in blankets and it was carried by a big policeman to a wagon at the curb. The mother, carried In the arms of the Hk-tT, followed. The two were taken to a friend's honn a square away. List night the babe was sone the worse for the experience, the attending physician aid. but the mother was pufTerins; from a shock attending the ft&dleinc&t.

Streets of Indianapolis Flooded and1 Great

r w ''.H- ' v v.-t--n ft : ' SCENE AT COKNEIt OF BROOKSIDE EFFECTS OF. THE FLOOD ON STREET-CAR TRAFFIC Three Important Lines Out of Commission Afternoon and Night. OFFICIALS WORK LATE Despite the torrents of water which submerged many parts of the city yesterday and made roadways Impassable, the streetrailway . company managed to keep it3 system practically intact with a few exceptions. Many of the lines were confronted with trouble In the outskirts of the city and forced to abandon traffic to their terminals, but within the city limits cars were kept running pretty regularly, although schedules were badly disarranged. OlfiCers, employers and employes of the street-railway company spent the greater part of the night at their posts. Men were stationed at every dangerous point along the lines ready to report to headquarter should the flood wash out the tracks. President McGowan. Vice President Jones and the clerks of the main offices were on duty until late into the night, keeping themselves Informed as to the conditions of the different lines. IN POGUE'S RUN DISTRICT. It was in the eastern- part of the city, where Pogue's run leaped from Its embankments and drove people from their very doorsteps, that the car lines were crippled for the entire day. The three lines crossing Pogue's run on, the east side were completely out of service and it was only with the aid of boats- and wagons that residents of that part of the city were able to get to their homes last night. From 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon until this , morning- the East Washington-street line was impassable between Pine street and the center of the city, cutting thepeople off completely from that part of the city. At noon the water, raging through the bed of Pogue's run. began to run out on the" street and by 2 o'clock it had flooded Washington street In many places to a depth of three feet. From Southeastern avenue the water washed thousands of paving blocks, distributing them along Washington street and Jamming the I... E. & W. I tracks, stopping both railroad trains and r street cars. The Irvlngton car which was due down town at 2 o'clock made a heroic effort to push 1 through the flooded roadway. The conductor ou the front fender, with a broom in One hand, attempted to clear the black blocks from the track as the car advauced slowly. However, the car "went dead" in the water's deepest point, aud only the fortunate presence of a man with a dray rescued the unhappy passengers. WATER ROSE STEADILY. After 2 o'clock the water rose steadily, and street cars 'ceased to attempt the passage. Efforts were turned towards perfecting a schedule between Pine street and Irvington, which was finally done. Those passengers who were able, to hang to wagons and other vehicles reached the city about 3 o'clock, speudiug over 'an hour in the trip of four miles. By evening Washington street for a quarter of a mile east and west of the I E. & W. tracks was a river of yellow water peppered with black blocks from Market street and Southeastern avenue. The car service between Pine street and Irvington was maintained throughout the evening. Some, fear was felt for the Washingtou-street bridge over Pleasant run, which had flooded that part of the country. However, at 7 o'clock last night the water had almost three feet to rise before it would reach the danger mark. The same conditlous were met by East Michigan-street cars and the East TenthFtreet cars at the points where they cross Pogue's run. Traffic on ' the former line was abandoned altogether, but East Tenthstreet cars ccptinued to run to the little depot at Massachusetts avenue and Tenth street. Insurmountable trouble was met on the Shelby-street line at the point where it crosses Pleasant run. The water had risen from the creek bed and flooded the entire street and bridge, making passage dangerous and well-nigh impossible. The company decided to tun the cars only to this point and back to the city. xOTI!EK LINES AFFECTED. Othtr car lines which were affected by the flood at their terminal points are Illinois street beyond Shideler's, a point about one-half mile from the park; Prospekt and Blake streets beyond Eighteenth and Montcalm, where the water flooded the tracks to a depth of several feet. Cars were kept running regularly by tlv; company to the.se points. South Meridian-street cars were run unobstructed to Raymond street, and Garfield Park to Lincoln fetreet, which is practically at the end of the line. The Garfield cars could not make the turn, however, at the park because of the "V" being under water. English-avenue cars ran to Laurel street on regular time. Beyond that they could not go because of flooded trackway. Although Fall creek was a raging river last night the water had not quite reached the billige at Northwestern avenue, where the cars cross. However, as a precaution, the company had the cars transfer passengers across the bridge. Vhree cars beyond Fall creek carried the passengers to their homes. Central avenue was blockaded only at the tfrminal at Thirty-fourth sireet. where the cars were unable to make the "Y." If the water remains high throughout the early part of the morning the above schedule will be maintained by the street-railway company. At 12 o'clock last night reports from watchmen on the different lines to the company s offices said that the flood was rapidly receding and conditions were much improved. It is thought that cars will be running on regular schedules this morning. VI RES OUT OF CITY ' IN BAD CONDITION

rf - ...... X-,.. , , , mty '. : A-. 'I. . W .,.r-n-r-:

"... ';"wwifc-

All of the wires of the Western Union and the Postal Telegraph Companies are in a serviceable condition this morning. Up to late last nisht the service between Chicago and St. Louis was very poor. For u long time half of the circuit was useless. The twenty-two wires of th? Western Union to Chicago were' down and also the twelve wires to St. Louis. Early yesterday morning large gangs were sent out by both companies on repair work. This work was mostly on broken poles. From reports that were received from Cleveland. O., it was learned the wind had attained a velocity of forty-two miles an hour; at Buffalo, N. Y., Hfty-two inile; at Duluth, Minn., forty-six miles; at St. Iouis. forty-eight miles, and et M sorehead. Minn., tlfty-two miles. The maximum velocity in this city was forty mile. All of the Western lines of the New Telephone i'ompuny were down yesterday. Not a point north of this city could be reached lor a time. i

' " vi" - ' Ta. ? . I 10 PlW " ' "" "" ' """j K

i I - ' X I ' H 1-2. r

1 l

. kJi; i I i. ; : "" t AVENUE AND EAST TENTH STREET. -STREET STBRESjARE FLOODED Water Rushes Through Doors, Basements Full of Water and Much Loss to Stock. SALOON MAN'S INVENTION From 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon until late last night the merchants located on Washington street between East and Davidson streets fought back the water from their doors. Idle men were given employment and while many were making every effort to pile high the goods' out of the water's i tach others with brooms and mops were working against terrible odds to keep the water from reaching the doorsills. At 2:30 o'clock it was seen that efforts in this direction were useless end the water even leaked through small dams constructed across doors with the paving blocks washed from Southeastern avenue. At 5 o'clock last night a visitor in the stores in the inundated points was presented with a sorry sight. The water at that time rising every minute, was creeping up ou table legs in the stores and threatened to reach the stock piled high. The merchants along Washington street were given proper warning, but no one believed that the water, which at noon was scarcely over the L. E. & W. tracks, would reach East street, over a square away. They laughed at the predicament of the residents of the East Side who, unable to cross the tracks on the ars, were compelled to pay from 13 to 25 cents to "ferrymen" to be brought across the flooded area. Passengers on cars stopped by the water who waited to witness the fun found themselves prisoners, and those who wanted to leave the car were carried to dry spots by the conductors fortunate enough to possess rubber boots. Three cars waiting for orders found themselves in tire very deepest part of the flooded area. It was with difficulty that the motormen were able to back the cars on to the dry tracks. At 6o'clock last night the flood was at Its very worst on Washington street and a great deal of suffering was caused among the people who live above the email wooden buildings between Liberty and Noble streets and in the small cottages on Liberty street. Along the south side of the street the water had reached a depth of over a foot on the sidewalk and was rushing through the doors of the stores. Although the damage will not reach a high figure as the greater part of the stock was above the water's reach, yet every merchant along the street suffered to some extent. In the stores of the Wisconsin Paper Company, Novelty Printing Company, M. Sachs, Louis Schoen, W. Rice. Sample Shoe Compauy, W. Hoffman aud Brown's saloon the water had poured in through the doors and caused seme damage. On the north side of the street the water had not reached such 'a great depth. It had poured down into the cellars of all the stores and goods stored In the basements and not removed before the water crossed the tracks was greatly damaged. Some of the merchants who have passed through similar floods were wise and perishable goods were removed from the cellars and piled on the first floor out of the reach of the water. In some of the basements along East Washington street the water almost reached the ground floors and boxes, shelving and other heavy things stored away knocked against each other on top of the water. In three or four saloons on the north side of the street the water was kept back partly by small dams made from boxes and paving blocks. In one saloon a bridge led from the front door to the bar and the man behind the bar walked about on big blocks to keep from getting his feet wet. The water at this point did not commence to recede until late last night. CHAIRS AND TABLES FLOAT IN SALOON Drunken Man Swims to Safety Kegs Battered Against Walls. Two saloons In half a square of each other on Highland avenue caught the full effects of the flood during yesterday afternoon. The cellar of the saloon of Henry 4 Mayers at Michigan street and Highland avenue contained about six feet of water and the bottles and small kegs could be? seen floating around. The saloon of Frank Moesllen, at 1202 East Michigan street, had over two feet of water on the main floor. Chairs and tables were playing ping-pong with the wall. A man who had imbibed too freely was standing about half a square from the saloon, being detained from getting there by the high water. Nevertheless he would make the .attempt, and when he would get into the water about his hips he would fall. He was rescued about three times and the last time the rescuers, becoming tired of their Job. left him. The water seemed to sober him and he swam out. ir if

1RVINQTON CAU FLOOD-UOUNU ON WAütil.NUTU.N bTlUIUT. XEAU WNiS TlWkZr.

VALLIAHT IRK OF RESCUE IH THE ra DISTRICT Women and Children Carried from Water-Bound Homes by Patrolmen and Firemen.

TWO .MEN IN A BOAT Some Amusing Incidents of the Afternoon's Work Great Zeal Shown. Although at no time yesterday was there any danger of loss cf life from the flood if proper precautions were taken, more than one almost thrilling rescue was made by members of the Indianapolis police and tire departments. Shortly after noon when reports first reached the police station telling of families imprisoned in their homes by the waters from Pogue's run a squad of police, under the direct supervision of Superintendent Kruger and Captains Ilyland and Boylan, patrolled the inundated district and carried people from their houses to dry spots. The patrolmen were assigned to points from Washington street to Urooksiue Park, and the work of rescue was commenced at once. Captain Locke, of No. S's truck company. and his men worked untiringly in the heavy rain of the afternoon, wading in water over waist deep carrying people from their floodbound homes in the neighborhood of Ohio and Davidson streets. Over one hundred women and children were carried on the shoulders of the strapping big firemen to the truck in the street and then taken to the homes of friends in other parts of the city. These men worked on Davidson. Dorman, Pine, Fulton and Ohio streets. The situation was the worst on Davidson street between Ohio and Market streets, and for two hours the firemen worked in that neighborhood. When they reached this point in some of the houses the women and children were standing on tables making efforts to keep valued household effects from the reach of the water. HATED RIDE ON BACK. The firemen tell many amusing incidents of the afternoon's work.. In one home on Davidson street, the women of the family were high and dry on the dining room table, and when the firemen, attracted to the rear of the house by screams, offered to carry them to the trucks on their shoulders the screams increased. "What would the neighbors say?" was one of the remarks. After insisting that if they left the house the furniture must go with them the firemen turned in disgust. They were called back and the entire family was carried away on the backs of the firemen. In one home a woman, a sufferer from heart disease, was prostrated when the firemen entered the house. She was lifted tenderly to a chair and carried to a carriage which, had been summoned. Her condition was noticeably Improved when she arrived at the home of a neighbor whose house the water had not reached. At o'clock last night, when the water began to recede from Davidson street, the people who had been taken away in the afternoon commenced t return, and by 11 o'clock the water was off the first floors of every house In the neighborhood. Captain lxcke and his squad. Including Mike Corles. John Gibbons, William7 Mueller and David Williams, worked until late at night. POLICEMEN USE BOAT. Every available wagon and boat was put into service yesterday on East Michigan and Tenth streets, where the flood situation was the worst. The police patrol and fire wagons were used to transfer people to dry places, and often the former was sent into places where the heavy horses atr tached were almost compelled to swim. A small steel boat, manned by two of the bicyclemen Dernauer and Duncan carried over a hundred people from their perches inside the house to the wagons at the curb. The little boat plied about the street, entered yards through the gates and was even paddled into front doors of houses. This boat was used on, Michigan street, from Highland avenue to Dorman street, all afternoon. During the work of rescue one of the occupants of the boat, frightened just a litfle and overzealous to reach a dry spot, shook the boat and all three tumbled over into the street. A number of .articles of clothing taken from the house were swept down the street. Mrs. Fossie Frlsburg, living at 522 Highland avenue, was held a prisoner in her home for over an hour, awaiting the arrival of the patrol wagon. She was carried to a neighbor's house. By means of ibe boat and the patrol wagon Laura Eulie and Mrs. It. O. Fittick were taken from the residence at 522 Highland avenue and Sarah Battey from 1114 East Michigan street. CONDITION OF RIVER NOT THREATENING Hugh J. McGowan Secures Information from Anderson and Noblesville. At 7 o'clock last night President McGowan, of the Traction and Terminal Company, called the water company stations at Andersorf and Noblesville by long distance telephone to learn the weather conditions and the stages of the river in those places. The engineer of the water company at Anderson informed Mr. McGowan that the river had risen thirty Inches since yesterday morning and that it was then rising very slowly. The engineer said that the river was still seven feet below high water mark, and estimated that if the rise continued in the same degree during the night, the river this morning would still be five feet below high-water mark. It was raining very lightly at Anderson at 7 o'clock last night and the indications were for fair and colder weather. The engineer of the water company at Noblesville said that the river had risen four feet since yesterday morning. He stated that the rain had ceased falling, although the river continued to ri?e slowly, the rate being about four or five Inches an hour. He also said the indications seemed to be for clearing weather and that they did not fear a dangerous rise of the river at Noblesville. X' ,

v J

. . . .- -Kf

Damage Done to Property

I - l-V. jtC : Tt i aiitn, BLOCK PAVEMENT TORN UP BLOCK PAVEMENT TORN UP BY OVERFLOW OF SEWER Great Flood of Water Sweeps Down Length of Southeast- . ern Avenue. in nruc rv ddtth awav Great damage was done on Southeastern avenue by the washing out of whole squares of block pavement, about noon yesterday. The torrents of rain filled the sewer to overflowing, and this condition grew worse during the morning until at noon a break in the sewer occurred, loosing a great flood of water that swept down the avenue toward Washington street, tearing up a long stretch of pavement and carrying the bloks with it. A, part of this great mass of blocks was carried first to Washington street and thence to Pogue's run, which swept it down stream. Other blocks were stranded at points along the street, and on the Panhandle and Big Four tracks, impeding tha passage of trains for seyeral hours. The torrent of water even swept to the sides of the avenue, spreading out to the south along Leota street and as far as Shelby street, nearly half a mile from the place at which the blocks had formed a part of the Southeastern avenue pavement. The water quickly subsided, carried away by the sewers and absorbed by the sandy soil, leaving quantities of paving blocks in small heap3 and long rows in the ßtreets and sometimes over the curbstones in vacant lots. Residents of the district were at first at a loss to understand the cause of the unusual condition, as they were too far from both Pogue's run and Pleasant run to be Included In the overflow from either of those streams. ES Bf FAIL CREEK Family Taken to Police Station and Given Shelter Cries for Help. POLICE TO THE RESCUE The dozen little houses, occupied mostly by negroes, comprising "Cantown," at the Tenth-street bridge over Fall creelc, was threatened by the raging' waters of that stream at an early hour this morning. The occupants of the houses were driven to the second stories, and were screaming for help. Boats carried them to high ground on the Crawfordsville pike, several hundred feet to the west. The patrol wagon from the police station was called to the place at 2 o'clock, and a half dozen police aided in the work of rescue. The water threatened to reach the first stories of the houses early in the evening, and none of the occupants ventured to retire for the night, fearing further trouble. Mrs. Wilkerson first reported to the police that the water was near her house and that she was afraid to occupy it, but had no other place to go. She was given shelter. With her three childreu, at the police station. A blind negro named Latterback, with a family of five children, living in the old pesthouse above "Cantown," were rescued by the police at 4 o'clock this morning. They had called- for help for two hours. RAINFALL RECORD IS ALMOST BROKEN Only Once in History of Weather Bureau Was It Greater for Twenty-Four Hours. But once before in the history of the establishment of the weather bureau has Indianapolis been visited by such a heavy rainfall as that of the last twenty-four hours, ending at 12 o'clock. In that time, according to the statistics of the United States Weather Bureau, over six inches of rain fell. At 7 o'clock last night the rainfall was 4.7 inches. After that hour, however, there was a heavy downpour, lasting for more than an hour, and throughout the evening much water fell, making the total rainfall over five inches. This is the heaviest rainfall ever recorded by the weather bureau with one exception. In 1S:5 there was a rainfall of 6.8 inches during the twenty-four hours of Sept. 3 and 4. Reports from the weather bureau say that Indianapolis is the storm center of the rain, dispatches from outlying towns reporting but slight rainfall. Prospects are that the rain will cease early this mornine and be followed by a period of colder weather. c nrpnr? j?rmPPT kvj t pp W A . W w M. V W V A X A-4 A.4 14 A . . OVERCAME OBSTACLES However, When He Reached the Circuit Court Room He Was About "All In." Robert Keller, a Circuit Court Juror, living on Jefferson avenue, was one of the victims of the flood yesterday. He had gone home for lunch over his usual route, but upon his return he found the "accustomed way blocked by the Mood. Having been sworn to di.ciarge hU rtuty faithfully, he felt obliged t- reach the courthouse, even if it became necessary to "sink or swim." One or the other he determined to do. and started across the ticet. which was a temporary river. He landed safely on the west si l , lut much tho -.vor.se for wear, and whn he arriv 1 at th- courthouse he was i.i a mueh-dl'v;vtld condition, lie "wrung" the water from nls treusers kg, ient the page after a. new pair of soOac, placed his phiK on the radiator to dry and in a little while was rady to go ahead with Iho dispensation of

. t-, v - f ix.-", mm

E

FROM

ROM

,,..J. ... h J ' 1 I !

m; m t , :-' : - ON SOUTHEASTERN AVENUE. LOSSES CAUSED BY FLOOD "" WILL BHCyiGH FIGURE Standard Company Will Lose $10,ooo Hitz Bakery Is Crippled. DRIVEN OUT BY WATER Although an estimate of the flood damage is an impossibility, the results will be felt for weeks. It closed down factories in the inundated portions and ruined valuable machinery. Stores with valuable goods stored in basements were among the heavy losers. The basement of the main store of the Standard Tea and Grocery Company, at Washington and New Jersey streets, was flooded by the high waters yesterday. The celkr JjS heavily stocked with groceries of all sorts. About S o'clock last night Chief Coots, of the -fire department, sent an engine to the store to pump the water out of the basement. Mr. I. .A. Jackson, proprietor of the store, thinks that his loss will amount to J10.O00. He says that he invoiced the cellar a short time ago and at that time there was a stock in it valued at $40.000. The engine pumped all of the water out in about three hours. The three gas engines in the Hitz bakery on South Alabama strert were stopped by the fiood of water which poured in from the railroad tracks on the south. The power was shut off and last night all the dough in the large bakery was kneaded by hand and all bread was made as It was twenty years ago. The force of men was doubled but the output of the bakery was greatly reduced. At 1 o'clock this morning the engines were in running order after the water had been pumped from the basement by an engine of the city fire department. The basement of the elevator of William Rouse & Sons, in the same neighborhood, was flooded with water. All the buildings along the Union tracks suffered. North of Washington street and between Michigan and Tenth streets there were many sufferers. The A. I. Meyer Company was almost driven from its offices on Michigan street and the water rushed into its yards. All coal and fuel was oüt of reach of the water. Over thirty horses in the company's barns were driven out and removed to other barns of the company. The water was four feet deep in some parts of the yard. The Garstang Fuel Company was also a sufferer, as was the Greer Wilkinson Company and the Home Lumber Company. The water did not commence to recede at Michigan street until after 6 t'clock. FERRYMEN" PLY ON FLOODED STREETS Lines Are Established and Unfortunate East Sider Pays Out Money. The minute it was impossible for cars to cross the flooded district of Washington street yesterday wagons and carriages were on hand, "ferries" were established and the east-sider who cursed his luck and had almost reconciled himself to an afternoon at home was able to get to dry ground at East street by the payment of a 25-cent piece. For over an hour two vehicleshad a monopoly of the buflness and three men were accumulating a fortune rapidly. 13ut the word spread and transfer men who had stood out in the rain about the courthouse square the entire morning without a customer hurried to the flooded district and prices went down. By 4 o'clock a dozen different "ferry" lines had been established between East and Davidson streets and wagonload after wagonload of people who supposed that a dinner downtown was in store for them were able to reach the car line. "Ferry" lines were established at almost every crossing of Pogue's run where it was possible for a . team of horses to cross and the busines of carting people across the flooded streets was a source of revenue for many. PATROLMAN DUNCAN 4 . ALMOST OVERCOME He Suffered .Exposure While Working, in the East Side Flood District After working all day In the cold water in an effort to rescue people from endangered residences, Frank Duncan, bicycle patrolman, was found lying exhausted in a bathtub at the fetation" houre last night. Early in the afternoon Duncan was in a boat which upset, and as. it was in a very deep place he was compelled to null off hin rubber boots and his coat to enable him to swim out. He did not stop to put on othr clothes, but kept on at work. It Is thought that he became chilled through and through. Sergeant Hagerman. noticing his condition, ordered him to go to the station hou5e, but Duncan did not wish to go until he was sure that every one was out of the threatened district. Sergeant Hagerman forced him to wrap a blanket around hlmdf and get into the patrol wagon. After getting to the police station he got into a bathtub and was found lying there in a stupor by Ricycleman Hull. Stimulants were administered and he was soon able to Pit up. FAIR PASSENGER AND OFFICER IMMERSED Woman Is Xervy, but Big Policeman Embarrassed One of Many Falls. i During the work of rescue in the neighborhood of Highland avenue and Hast Michigan street the idice were appealed to by Miss May Stump to carry her to the home of her mother on Highland avenue, a half square away. She said her mother was old and sick and she feared that she was unable to Hand tho fhovk of the excitement in the neighborhood. The wagon wuh dricn close to the curb and Patrolman Ilcriiaiitr started to carry the woman to the houre. At the curb he stumbled and the ollicer and his fair passenger were Immersed. The uatcr at this point was waist deep. Miss Stump was game and did not utter a complaint. liu&hingly tehu thanked the embarrassed ollkcr.

Hood's Sarsaparilla Has won success far beyond the effect J of advertising only. The secret of its wonderful popularity is explained by its unapprcachablo Merit. Based upon a prescription which cured people considered incurable, Hood's Sarsaparilla Unites the best-known vegetable remedies, by 6uch a combination, proportion and process a3 to fcavo curative power peculiar to itself. It cures of scrofula, eczema, psoriasis, and every kind of humor, a3 well as catarrh and rheumatism prove Hood's Sarsaparilla. the best blood purifier ever produced. IU cures of dyspepsia, loss of appetite and that tired feeling make it the greatest stomach tonic and strengthrestorer the world has ever known. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is a thoroujrhlv pood medicine. Begin to take it TODAY. Get HOOD'S.

4 TRAIN SCHEDULES ARE COMPLETELYjaiOCKEO OUT Heavy Rain of the Past TwentyFour Hours Washes Away Small Bridges. 1 RAILROAD MEN AT SEÄ t The schedule for all trains entering and leaving the city were completely disarranged by the high water, and It was the opinion ot the officials at th Union Station last night that not for years has traffic been so interfered with. All trains on ail roads w?ro delayed, and on some divisions all trains entering and leaving the city arJ annulled. Sich is the case with the Indianapolis ui?5ion of the C, H. & V. weut of Connersville. About 11 o'clock last night all traffic on this road was suspended until further rotlce. because of wash-outs. The MlJIPiL IJLI. I i lit.llLfll LU 11 aillL V I II lilt was this wasii-out of the Julietti. bridge. Trains 3S and X, running between here and Cincinnati, were annulled and Tr.itn S4 detoured oy tne Indianapolis division th I'anhanJ!. All trains that ont?r Indianapolis vi t.ie Iasachusctl:-avenuo ftation are s-nt around over ihe Uelt lo the Union btatlcn. The same Is true of trains leaving the city over this route. This waaj made n;c?sary by the hlh writer at lha Union tracks over Washington street. All trains on the Dig Four of the St. L.ouis division were dotoured to the Vandalia tracks via Gretncastlt, caused by the weakening of the railroad banks at Avon, which made traffic over the road at this place dangerous. This was the caus of all trains from St. Louis and the West over this division being unusually late, and th Knickerbocker, which is due at the Union Station at 6:13, had not arrived at midnight. No trains were run on the Louisville division of the Panhandle up to an early hour this morning because of the weakening of the bridge over Pleasant run. It was reported, however, that this bridge would be in sufficient repair to run trains this morning. J Trains Xos. 21 and 47 on the I. & V. wore annulled last night and train No. 2 was run iuto Indianapolis from Gosport over other tracks. All wires on the Indianapolis division of the Panhandle were torn down by the storm and up until an early hour this morning no communication had been secured with Columbus, O. Linemen had been ent out and were at work, but at midnight no l vuniif vuuii ut.eu wane auu uvs uvimatlon had from the other end of the line. SOME SMALL BRIDGES WERE ENDANGERED One Structure Over Pleasant Run Badly Damaged by the Flood. Pleasant run, though not doing the damage that was done by Pogue's run, spread far over its banks and assumed such .proportions as it had not reached for year before. It completely covered several bridges and washed out an abutment at the Barth-avenul bridge, putting that structure out of service." Other structures that had ben declared unsafe by the street commissioner were further damaged. In Irvington the run created some alarm for a time, but did no- great damage. At Emerson avenue and Washington street the stream was lost in a lake nearly an eighth of a mile in width, that had been formed by its overflow, while the teel girders of the Washington-street bridge were completely submerged, with the water up to the floor of the bridge. In places the stream changed its bed. disclosing an unfamiliar aspect when the water subsided later. A number of smaller bridges in different parts of the city received attention from the street commissioner's department, and one bridge, over Pogue's run at Wilklns street, had to be anchored to keep It from floating away. A small bridge over Crooked creek, on Sherman drive, was washed j w 3 y On East Michigan street, east of Highland avenue, a sewer was washed out, flooding the neighborhood fjpr a time. Sewers all over the city were greatly overtaxed, and gangs from the street commissioner's office and the street-cleaning company's force were kept busy clearing away rubbish from the gratings of drain pipe. COMPLAIN THAT CAB RATES WERE DOUBLED Companies Deny Story Circulated Every Carriage Kept Busy Day and Night. When street car traffic on East Michigan street, Washington street and East Tenth street was stopped ytstcrday, and it was im"possible to cro?s Posue's run afoot the transfer barns of the city were rushed with orders. Complaint after complaint was heard that enormous prices were charged and that in the face of the many demands for carriages the companies had doubled the rate. This was -denied by the Frank Pird corcpany. Horace Woods and the other downtown companies. ADMIRAL BROWN ON WATER ONCE MORE Boards Transfer Wagon and Crosses East Tenth-Street Lake. Admiral George Prown was on the waters again ytstrrday. Corr.insr. from his home In . i - ..... 1 11 Water In More II n Meinen t. Four or live inclu s of water .flooded the basement of the New York tre yesterday afternoon. Very slight damages was done, however, as the water was immediately taken care of. "Inadequate sewage facilities" is the cause given by the superintendent of the store, John L. Feasy. F04 a thort time buMnts was supeirled around the odu fountain, where the trouble started, but was soon resumed. Other t-toie on Washington street alS9 sufftrcd somewhat from the tame caut.

Pi