| Show Bifi CITY RESERVOIR GIVES WAY Houses and Barns People Damage by Gallons of Water at Grand Rapids Michigan Grand Rapids July re reservoir ot of the city water works aye tm tern burst today toda letting loose a deluge or of more than gallons of water upon i a thickly district on the hill hili lid side beneath tt It nI The daml damage Is II at hundreds of thousands ot of houses and ami barns barn were wen washed away others w were b and a district three blocks square quare was M partly wrecked None of oC the houses In that district c escaped dama damage Walt Maity a are With aan The Grand Trunk railway tracks were undermined so 10 that trains trail had bad to tobe tobe be sent lit around by the Pete Marquette Mra Mr Wm Win Cooper aged 10 0 was wa swept away w b by the hood and Uld burled buried In a mass mila massof ot of sand land and wreckage lIer injuries lna may prove fatal tatal her lIer husband was a abe badly injured A number of at ot others sum tamed minor Injuries The be district wept swept by tb the flood Is II occupied by the houses o 06 aad tIM the lOR are the more deeply fo tit lI lIThe Time The district was Jay by about I Waa Many were 1 others othen w were badly calDA damaged and all those within a dIstrict for Cor three blocks square were lither either whollY or partlY pamy Oiled with sand Not Nota a 1 hone hOUM within the weep sweep of the flood escaped dam damage a The Th traca of tilt the Dt Di Dimit trott mit Grud Graid Haven and ancs railroad a short distance north of at till tho r were scud tn on that road were obliged to kt 5 tour via other The break blak wu Suit seen about I Im I m in by Hurt Burt a boy 1191 rl It WI Was thee ottly a tiny stream tream but realizing tit the clan danger the bet boy aroused d hundreds from IlP md urged them to The Ie gave way at the pt gala house near pouting down bill i tr m 31 rt feet wide and It ten feet deep A number of 01 wre swept rom from their ii carried awa sway on the toed d C cSome Some were torn tOrD to a of at feet teet Mrs Cooper ot of Clancy treet w was at II literally wept swept out of her laer Iou th the flood sad 4 carried to tit be bottom bottO J I her peck the bill hili sad ead burled to sand lid w was alive but bat win preb probably ably die dieNo dieNo No other or di t Were reported Rough estimate plU the dama damage at The Tbt wu was on the t thili of a ahill I hill hili ot of considerable height t tp street on the south read reaches ea the gate Ete ot of the reservoir East OIl 01 u street tr t tile the land descends bl which are alt w tl series by Coil Coli aa aveese sAd North lAfayette t street |
