| Show BIfi CITY RESERVOIR GIVES W AYt r 2 Houses and Barns People Damage by Gallons of Water at f Grand Rapids Michigan V Grand Rapids Mich July reservoir ot of the lie city water works eye system tem burst toda today letting luo n a deluge or of blots than gallons of water upon I a thickly populated Ill district on on the lull hili side Immediately Immediate beneath It The Th damage Is at ot of thousands ot of dollars houses and nd barns were walh washed d away a badly damaged and a district three blocks block square was partly wrecked None ot of the houses In that district damage Many are filled WIth sand The Orand Trunk taUa track were undermined so 0 that trains had to tolie tobe lie be sent lit around by the Pets Pere Marquette Mrs Mra Wm Vm Cooper a aged IS wa was swept ept aa away b by the flood and burled In a mass massof ot of sand And find and Wreckage Her Injuries mA may prove proe fatal tatal husband was flU also bAdly Injured A number or of others ins minor injuries The district swept b by the flood Is II occupied by the tite hou houses o oS and nd tb the losses are consequently the more deeply tell felt The district was peopled by bout about persons Man were away others were wre badly damaged anti and all those within a district for tor three blocks square squar fre cere either wholly holl or partly filled with und And Not Nota I a 11 house wIthIn the sweep of Ue the hood Heaped damage The tricks of tM the S molt Grand Hav Haven n and railroad a short distance of e r reservoir were weN and aDd tn trae Oft on that road mad were obliged to tub make de detour tour Via Ia other toads The break was u bout about I 8 I a Im arn rn m by Burt a I boy lieU defit tt a morning It Wi waa I Ia a tiny but realIzing th j d the boy boT aroused l hundredS V p d dand and urged them to The la gave wy way at al th i I house houle near k down bill blU a stream trem 31 feet teet wll wI t ten feet deeP I A number of wre re swept ept trout frOm their n fi nd 4 carried Ia on OD the flood and nd fj tom Itra streets ta were tarn tora up tJ t a t t th O I of feet teet Mrs ot of Clancy tr ho hoU her h 11 t ot of out was U literally swept the flood and carried to Ute the bt the hlll bill end aDd buried 10 her i 1 11 Mt bat vi FoI 1 V lUlU wU Tal aU alive j ably bly die dieNo No other fatalities or II j wre reported Rough I tt th the at t OlIO 10 The reservoir wu WaS on the top of f fhi 11 hill hi ot of considerable height I M alt iI t 2 tt on the south lOuth rea if r J 1 the rate gate ot of tM East V land no 1 street tile the 1 which are I 1 series by bT Coil Coli avenue I j i North te stroM r V |
