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Show BROKEN WATER MAIN FLOODS BUILDINGS CHICAGO. Aug. 4 By the breaking cf a thirty-six Inch water main, the courthouse, court-house, one of the principal hotels and adjoining skyscrapers received a 'I'tod -Ing today thst did thousands of dollars' worth of damage and attracted hon Ircds of persons to the scene. Randolph street suffered the worst. A picturesque sight waa afforded In a hotel where many stmployeea, chiefly women, were kept busy at property rescue res-cue work In water which rose sbove their shoe tops. The person In command of the force waa the assistant chief housekeeper, house-keeper, a woman. After an hour and a half a gang of men arrived from the city pumping nation. |