| Show I BROKEN PIPE I SENDS WATER i Six-Inch Six Main Drives Torrent Which Floods Flood Homes Fills Cellars and Coats Northeast Streets With Layer Layel of Ice PRACTICALLY LLY the time whole northeast I bench beuch from K E to II 11 streets ant and from Crom Second to Eighth avenues a was flooded b by torrents of water es escaped es- es CaI from Com a six-Inch six water main bursting bursting- at Eighth avenue enu and G street at o'clock last night Cellars Cel lens lars were verc flooded and streets practically practical I cel-I 13 ly Impassable One car cor on tho the Sixth a avenue lino IIno was stalled for tor two two hours hour The main maui 15 Is a ml reinforced on one six Inches In diameter placed along time the west side orG of-G street stroet Another of like 0 dimension go goes goes- s' s down the east side sille but did not break Time The break it R i is ea buiJo was caused b by t the H contraction of ot the thc PiPe by ly the col cold and tho time p possible noes- noes Ing lug of the water When hen the torrent began to run murm down own the streets tho time night emergency crow creW at City CIt creek colt was as telephoned When the tho w workmen rl n arrived d they the time flo How l by turning off time the water In that main maui But though th they drove u In a alight light lIht wagon sagon with will all at speed It was a a. I. I half hour before th they 3 could cot get there there- Meanwhile the floods went seething ng toward the time lower lo streets ets tearing away aWA roads In iii their wa way vay flooding loading a an and causing havoc oe n the residential yards ards At the point or of l breakage a t- t lug big gey- gey soi r spurted up UI boring out tho time ground mound It for t twenty cubic yards yar I cr-I or 01 more moore of or dirt One stream took the time gradual slope westward along J Eighth avenue flooding lower loner lawns and mutt andl l banking layers lavers er of sand on omm time tho street This ThIH however Vc S was a Ii minor humor The Flie larger larg one went straight t down G street IC J to the tho center r till It reached Seventh c a U I r r ire rc At i. Seventh SC avenue till the street slope steeply t l towards downward l' l Sixth avo are nue Car Cai l pek run rUlf alon along tho the latter tatter street authoring impetus by the sharp descent th time the onrush of f water struck the car track with rc redoubled force Corce Continued on an 3 C Column 0 I BROKEN PIPE SENDS WATER HER OVER BENCH Six-inch Six Main Drives Torrent Which Floods Homes and Fills Cellars Continued from Crom Page Pago One throwIng gravel grafl and sand upon them and then descended southward The greatest damage was wan done at this corner corner cor eor- ner nor G street and Sixth avenue The collars of or the B. B M. M Olson grocery and the time Sixth avenue meat market were flooded The Larson and May resIdences residences resi reel dences westward and on lower ground had water vater to their floors Water Vater cOllected collected collected col cOl- in pools to a n. depth of a a. foot toot or more A big work car was sent to tho the re re- re hot HoC of ot the stalled ono one on the Sixth avenue line It t crept eastward on the left hand track got as far aa ns F 11 street stroet and stopped More ore than an hour of or work woric was necessary before the track could bo be cleared The stream of ot water not on only went sou southward on G street bu but t turned eastward eastward eastward east east- ward on Seventh Sixth Fifth Filth and Fourth avenues and westward on Seventh Seventh Sev Sev- oath and Sixth avenues Even Third and Second avenues es felt its effects G street Is on the top of or a gentle g ridge and water going down that street had the option of ot wandering t where it willed F street also LIAO received a liberal sprinkling of water Most of oC the houses bouses alon along this street aro are built above th the street level leel however and cellars were not flooded to any considerable extent Sixth avenue from E to G street wa waa was wasa a frozen marsh I Streets AlmoNt The damage damaso done road traffic was waa large Tho The hill streets havo have been made mado slippery almost impassable The rhe cold froze the water almost Instantly wherever ever evel the smallest pool was formed Pedestrians Pe Pc- going down G street after atter the tho break of or the main were forced to walkin wall walk in the time snow About half halt tho the hous houses s In the tho entire flooded district were kept aught alight till midnight and be beyond ond while owners estimated es damages Residents on F and G streets from Fifth Firth to Sixth avenues were especially active An Aim Investigation Into the cause of or orthe the time br break ak in tho thio water main will be made mado toda today b by the tho water Inspectors although h the reasons for the break arc are tolerably well wen determined Tho The nl night ht I emergency enc shift after en ending ing tho the Niagara Niagara Nia Nin- NinI I gara Jara on G street treet were called to tour four houses to fix overflowing overflowIng- or Ice- Ice stormed storme pipes Water ator pipes In the Lafayette school froze early carly last evening and bursting b released large volumes of or water ater which commenced flooding tho the basement Atten Attention Attention At At- ten tion to the case caso first was called to tho the fire department an and then employee es of r th the water department were sent to the time school where the they timey shut hut off ott the time wa wa- wa ter tel |
