Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-08-16 | Page 1 | $7,000,000 Damage from Toledo Storm

9 (710,000 DAMAGE FROM TOLEDO STORM SECTIONS OF I PAVEMENT ARE I FLOATED AWAY I Traffic Paralyzed, Cellars Are j Flooded. Automobiles Are I Washed Down Streets M CRIES OF DISTRESS FOLLOW DOWNPOUR One Building Collapses: Others Damaued by City's Most Severe Storm TOLEDO, Aug. 16. Dam-I Dam-I age. estimated at $7,000,000, I was done here today by a severe rain storm which float- 1 fl ed away great sections of pav- I ing, flooded cellars and para- j lyzed traffic. It was one of j lhe worst storms that ever I slrrck the city. Rain swept in sheets through the streets when f crowd-? were trying to make their way to work Automo- biles parked at curbs either were floated away or stood J with their floors flooded. Telephone service was tern- f porarily handicapped and in- 1 terutban ca.s ran with diffi- Jfl City authorities estimated j that the damage to wrecked H pavements would run close to $200 000. A number of , streets are out of commission. f The block surfacing on one J street floated in the lobby of j a building. Damage was heavy io buildings, one collapsing. From all parts of the city distress dis-tress calls were received. No casualties were reported.