THE LEITH TURBULENT

Evening Star, Issue 18257, 23 April 1923, Page 4

THE LEITH TURBULENT

UHION STREET BRIDGE DAMAGED, STREAM FORTUNATELY RECEDES. The peaceful Water of Leitli last evening became a roaring, turbulent stream, seemingly bent on an errand of destruction. Early in the evening it began to rise ominously, and residents near tho banks, mindful of former damaging invasions, bad misgivings as to what would happen. About 6 o’clock it was level with its banks at the Woodhaugh bridge, and at the Forth street crossing it was driving against the bridge with great force, the water rushing on to the roadway. The worst was expected dining the night, but fortunately the water dropped early this” morning. The greater damage appears to have taken place in the upper roaches, where several bridges have been damaged. The bridges in its lower readier hare not suffered to any great extent. Practically no damage has been clone to those at Leith street, St. David street, ami Dundas street, but the bridge at Union street, near the entrance to the University, is in a precarious way. At the city side of the bridge tho waters cut deeply into the bank and made a, hole which has rendered the approach to the bridge dangerous, while damaging one end of tho bridge. This morning the was dosed to traffic. Largo crowds viewed the damage all morning. In its rapid career the stream has cut deeply into its banks. Underneath tho corner of tho Dental School nearest to the bank the stream has scoured out a large quantity of land and left the corner in the air. Fortunately the incursion was not big enough to cause any damage to the Dental School itself.