New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-05-20
Nema1ork Daily Qribu,ts.
STORM AND FLOOD IN THE WEST.
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.
RAILROADS AhD CANALS DAMAGED.
rrrRRnrprroNs OF TRAVEL.

The pspsrs II Indiana. Illinois cnl other Western
Stats give fa accounts OF the great storm which sweeps
over that section last week. We condcnse some INC
.tscner,s Frsi, We take from TIE lgdtGgittS SsH's-
Hcl OF tic 18th i-s.., ss fellows:
About O clock on SATURDAY evcaE- the erEzins ran
which he'll been falling a. intervals ia.ng te Ii! m
way IL h-h Wind. which between all e.oek swo-ie'
into ,-et siortn accompanied win heavy tai OF ram
and cont ., with ht;le inC Emission II! !! clock iaeFc
wrs lin 10 ihunde- bv the roarins storm wis an'et
del. . .ia tic irs a. L.lckness % the night was un-
broken : single hasc a. li-n:nn,S-
Many sNcre blown ..own along mo Ahe o. Az to
-oacr crr.ir- herr nDs all me trains due during Ihe
i'm Sic cam ,on.inu,d. al such time ~ required
hem e. pas through delayed by me iaah tli-
her Tie lavIe cctrrsh roin due at u c"cS came "a
about 10 hayi Hrs. lDs. he storm only few nes oui.
II ran into ,rec acrs 'e irack. winch wa broken on
bv The cow-cat,her. and The stamp struck the Syndos-
head and damaged i little eri Ho' s"'ns'eh'y -
prevent il coming in With the iIa'n
The Central train due on Saturday night did not get IN
till l.v zen land O'Clock Sunday morning About 10
miles out the engine struck tree was THROWN OF tne
track end is said to be very seriously damaged Inc
train was hot injured otherwise. believe, aud no person
was hus;. ,,o..,.,,
cane In about , having the storm near fenoeton'
Some, twenty tree had b. cut oil the rack IN coming
down between peueton and here and II one place tour
r a.. Ven, leaned together. II Is said that trees several
times close the tram |. renamed upon e U1S~'
AID the conductor placed all the passengers IN me cete
of ~, stead. toul as II was lciNu '"~s '"N "'
III trein on iho ,aIne road due about O'Clock GA san
day morning. came IL about H. haNnl t"cu' So
e-a tre, few miles above the city Wh'h hdd eh ''c
n. other train passed. We believe Z suffered no paE0
ular injury further tran the delay.
The storm seems from all have been able - aEi;
~ have extended further and more violently northward AM
eastward than in any other direction. Ii came prime pay
from the south wlcnit grew most violent Oh al ue o'-
hing blew from The east ami southeast. .
TIE fon Telegraph OF the same date contains ''' '''-
lowing:
During Friday neht this vicinity visited by one ct
the hadest and Aoaycs; rains which has fallen ;or long
time. /, continued with Little cessation th"u-ou' ~;
DAY forenoon, doodIng our streets until ue la
miniature seas, and doing very considerable dans@e 20
culS,rts cellars aud foundations The Storm set IN tfoh
the northeast but the wind specy sAle9 aoun" - tu1
West and blew with driving fury. Immense damage was
done 10 some the rendering tcm impossible es-
r,caiiy those with high embankmenis.
Tie Culyeft pasd Creek jGst erecod by 'lo pro-
,rietors II Pasa Foundry, swept down ny me No
ieace of the water which poured through Tor thry OF
forty feet. The foundation wals and the arr net%,"g
around hem also washed away II l. Thought uo
entire work VIII have be rebuff, before the walls OF inc
new Foundry building can be ere rel.
The leavy foundations belonging 20 Mr.. u. swceuy on
p;as,st above seventh were undermined by the wltcr
r. itline around them and have fallen down. ihey arc
total loss ..ooo rho Ier.evyiIle
Pankroad has in many places been very heavy me en-
larkmen in some places being entirely cut through a''t
Carried away The road in one or two places ' sue Vi
the summit is badly injured NJ to be hpassaole
We have seen statement o o quantity oil RAIN W0u
fell bu, il must have been very large. Inc sunpe iact
that the river during Saturday morning raised an men an
II
an ordinary shower. The river continues To RISE
Favotte Indiana he storm has been very desruc,
tive on the canal and The railroads. Ih' lorH" OF ihat
place furnishes the following particulars OF adoVas's'nS
food occasioned by the storm;
The La Fayette ami Indianapolis Road il badly washed
in several places anu the bridge over Pcta'oe Creek
completely carried away. III, -,
* main was sent out from here Yesterday provided
with large row. boat in which passengers 81 IN indiaa
oils were ferried the creek: The accommodations
this road will he suspended until the o"""se i IT,
paired. -. , ,rh;.,
CIV sustained but little damage. The trains arrived al
the REGULAR hour Yesterday Blu between this ami Cra"
lorsvie the damage great The bridge over the Wen
and several large embankments are washed away Nj
Foster the agent ri the " A. and = H. H., ihihkS now
over that railroad municaOn between ms ana traW
.ordsv lie can be resumed in three or four days .
The mo-, serious and extensive damage from the Hood
has been on the canal Ii is impossible 10 tell the exic
number Of breaks bat they very numerous There arc
40 les than eleven this side of Wild Cat. Ii will take at
/ least ten days "a place IL in complete repair.
THE Wabash this point fifteen feet IN loss Than
that many hous The lowand on the opposite SIDE OF te
river inundated and considerable property daiSed
/ The river is now rapidly recediig.
The storm appears to have paid VISIT to ,ncn-
matt. The Times OF the 18th inst. says:
during the heavy rain last night the eurbstone M the
corner Front and Sycamorest- caved into vault con-
structng under the payomentin rontOt Broadw puuu
ing which admitted all the water from The gutter INTO mo
cellar the corner, AMI then through the walls II i0una
its way along 10 Miller X Co.'S and Rabbit Good Co :,
Frout-st, and up lar as Dayiss on SycaInorest
The depth of the water az the corner was several ec ana
did much damage 10 {. Collins Il Co. druggist, IN the
paints and dyostu Miller Co., are the heaviest losers
having some nifty hhds. sugar submerged, together with
some molases and fish Their loss will be some $4,000
Rabbit Good& Co.'S cellar had some ten inches water IN
IT, vet little damage was done Geiz n Bro sufior
by being compelled to repack large quantities OF
glassware ~ NJ Forer succeeded in getting their bacon
out without any damage