, 1865-08-11
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THE GREAT STORM.
Heavy Fall Of Rain on
Wednesday Night.
Sudden and Unparalleled Rise Of
The Desplaines Riyer.
Railroad Tracks and Bridges
Washed Away.
Severe Injuries 10 the Rock
Island, Alton, and Illinois
Central Railroads, and
Ill. 4 Mich. Canal.
Great Flood at JoHet, 1sAoF"
ris, Wilmington anu
Kankakoe.
Deaths by lightning at
Morris and Matteson.
Ar,flroad Train Thrown off an
Embankmcnt near Wilmington.
Eyc. ETC., Etc.
Deaths by lightning at
Morris and Matteson.
Apaflroad Train Thrown off al
EmDankmcntnear Wilmington.
Etc.,

The trtruCr rdOus Etofm which E~epf our city On
W1encsday was much more extensive IN tta fkrgc
lh:n wa. generally euppcsed By those who Wit
messed itr violence here. 1t to Ok in the whole
surrounding country ia itA eourtc. expetdtuc It's
fcry principally, however, on the sections eouth
md wcet Of this city. The rain, which fell in
torrents here lad It's fn1 counterpart Al! around.
tnmb,1rg down 1sther In bucket fnl1s Than In
70 3D. eobcr. steady drops, IL Its normal wont.
I,.e very eeldom indeed that Chicsgo hrs such
q v14ttattou; slmcst cut Of the range OF huEan
experience that such a rain fall thould be met
with over euch grcat exparee of county,
In the TEsnIEE Of yesterday We wrote A. lu-
c:d!y ss wat possible amid the prevailing dark
neet, Of The phenomena Witnessed here. But
they we're scarcely circamstsnce t. the blind
ing lightning, the sweeping torrent which visited
The cenn'ry. The thick falling rain whieh satu:
rsted our city to the skin, WIS not 10 be COM
p.r.d 70 that Wholesale storm, which seemed Al
II the c.onds themselves were tllinE in one
nichty avalanche rather than diss0lvln2 thcm-
se1ves "into continuous troppings." 1t was a.
most as II the obe grand overwhelming sheet OF
the grtat El.gata had been lifted from it, ordt.
nary course ind dep!o3ed [uiatafy terms ere
fasbit nlble 1ow) to th. West. BIT 1t Il Of no
use to attempt TO describe how 1t WIS: eut5ce II
70 ssy thst 1hr effects OF that unparalleled swsep
r:phtn il broad deep !akce On our Wide pra1ries.
"pcn ate eoseleo ~. les ~ 80. :. ..,s ~
eoon'.s ., .ae g , ~ 4.' ~. :. "a .aa
als annutl tampaeeuas t.ss non 10 ~. ~. ~.
n1Neo oss. 'ae ASo.' .;|, 49, .-s...-~.,
hcusee, in field Of way1rE graiu turned to rotten
nese, md large fIpansea Of country lait wasts II
h the hand Of the test1o5ing angel We hs".
but very imperfect adTlces OF the dArasge done,
owing to the {act thIt tho rsuS! avenues cf con
rrnicatlon haye been stopped BY tns sto:u,
80. ...'o-,, 1.,s1a"a .s.o,s;sa.,h,r s1a.
nov, ano - 'pet 4atEaas ~. ~
oss esi ess,ene 1
r. ~ ~ pnh,,e Tnrta win eyer n ,ve IL The
str- s,s n H. hn.ne.s MT nv sre to:fr
rh,, n.ss,h,e and The rutters nil III &c ,oer for the
crtnce T1e rb,nres trr .h., yo,h-- dive ifsent
ont IN son,e of eur tubu,bsn ,ho,ou, ,hfare., ,woud
ona m mi for tte rn,e Of her fot. but the lak.
Is very conveniently nigh at fush rmc, ana t.sse
,no.tn,e ,ne1 m e r. nc e1esnsr c,s fsr Ike oner.
tIonf wh,rh bs. bcen worth 10 NJ thc p,,ce Of ten
thorsana sweeping machines such Is are rsad IN
.o1rr o,hcv cttfc,.
No. ,n nntsise: .bere ,be v.,r-v seeuunl stions
,,e for 7,moyrd frou, 1ecn,.,.ra ars,nxve and
nov forep MAZE ,stct for themselves. ennrejnr
rr,n.s ~ rcnntrv and hre +t,ne aoxn every ot.
s,.s,s ~, .ze,,,se - ~ -. ,,,tt R,vn,stshsve
hasr .wa,,c, ,ntn ,ntch.x +7Te,s nd n. 1tt..s
49, h<< nern,ne ~ oeas, whos. t,d., -.1ve en-.
rn1nh. r. ,ts n..t.tc the v,.- uf INNS hands
i,le straws s-.-n-.1eu up In tke mae!-tron. We
L--~ a1 yet no ne~s Of tie devas alton: along
the eourte Of tho MlsFitttppt. or even the Illinois
river; they are doubtless great Judging from the
setults nearer home there Is little douot that the
etofm fcok toote rtTets within its comprehensive
kTeep.
The sa:'aus railroad 1'nes htve fuftred Sc
Sfrely. uath mare than the gent emsn c5nsrol-
1cg them a1o Wiling to aduat. Tracks h.ve been
"ento away III ctes1 anuaoanee. buoees ana
eots a1s osorsn uo~n. snn 'nuen .s.m LIT. ofopef.
~ o ~ sue 1'il".s ano
-..-.rS,., -. ".e HN0 "o"A ~ @Ao
n. ..ssI - ~" 1n.~-1. r.N.1.,
.-.- ,nst ha,o.. T...an ''e va. na:aea
o,,+ +.c.,a-a.v-.,.-ts-c ". -. et. ~ aaa. "eas
10 rrt,,,n h.;n1 n..hs. ~ ~. 49,. W.. IT,
rsnarement .ert ont for.s 81 80. rA ;+,, te
peetAtAry mA..ri.l. md Il I. r.nrctrd thst the
roaa viii be in running order to.ds1- The dsr-
ees, SO far Is krowu, il condncI 10 threc bre.k,
in the trpck. Another etoppaRe wns mai n, Kan.
k.ksc. where the night express coutn- nnrth IN.
ot1iRed to 1ay over damage sltcht. No word WIS
received from po.uss south Of Esukskee. hut ,be
track IL believed To be ali rfpbt
Tke Michigan Ceutra] fpad IL rntntured. IN far
as ssse1tatued. The trains nre III 1uuntnr a.
ueual. Tbs +torm visited points nosth Of Chiea.
20 very .tc1&y.
Tne Chicago. Burlington and op,ncv Rn,a h,.
suffered material damage. but the traIn, be.nr rnn
on The GAlena Roa6, no interruption 70 trayel ia
exp&rterred. Il bridge On this side OF Aurur.
wna bsdly damaged The PASSENGER train out
yestsfdsy morning returned to Chicago. The
oa1..s ~ oe 1epnfea to ds5.
~. G.,sr. n..an ~ .a'e,enee ~'ta the truck
U,n exnrrtrneed rssr EsnsT, 4@oso
-
1he Floed an xhe Torr 1~,.na r,.u
roAd-AnAira 1t JoIlet-Ranks or
ne ,n GAnAi Mkahed Away-The Al
RocE f.1s,a a4eA W ueaomerg sd-The
Aray-Hrtdxe7 DezrroEed AZ 'tept
O1e OF our repor4cr, ,t.,ted fo, 1o,,.. -
Via the Rcrk 1e1ana Rs,fro,d hn, 49,. ..s,s
rtach that city. TIE follow,ne far,. wSra ah..s.s
from IN eztermtstpr ear4, Of te;et,,,n, ,.n,,.
vi had been rsrtearutf connr- -, ~. q,
Eecton: r.
The seve1e etc7a Of "Wednesday last had \ re,v
disastrous e1t Ct at Joliet the L1ttIe Ds7n.,in..
Elver and ite t1ltuts.iet 1ie,ug in few hours
trcra p,eAsaEt brock and basbljnr stres n1ete
to mighty torrents which tpyed with the strong
e.t works Of Dan lying within their reach
The stream began 10 s9e11 with the
6rtt r1t1, but no sunrehens,on. yers
entertained OF 4 dcluge until After tbe
N cond heavy rzin which took place lite in the
II ernotn. The wares ,hea rolled r.p,d,y nm 1he
ReEt}y aloplnR b.nks Of the eEclltn- etre,rn en-,
c1oschine on The t,nd ~ A., ~ 49,. s,,,4 ~
Lte ;iueon,,nr ,,,c .rd - ~ ns ewnt plaoss Of
popts aDd e,resm1et. fo,n -, ~ xa.as, s1g o.net
IN the hfphr, lana. sn-o.5 -. su. euo"a
.s. on tbe 1eve, land ~ ~ 49, a.s.s seuo*
rhe l,ou,es In ali the iowrr nv. ~ - 49, eaos
,a:ck,y fu,rour5+d b, ~,t,- ras.s.se. "s1e
lary means xas cur a. and tha f,h.hit,n,s ~. sa
.ssycn to the unn.r stoy,e, .nd ~rn 49, 49,
teyed tta tuc.eare. n The 1pve1 and 1o-1,nd y.
II out 10 tbe Penitant,srv ~. ro.a-.s ~
abaAt nt rae. p.rs.s "As eo.Hseu ~ |
'Ae'% VI "9~e4' 0J An46 4111e II VIE qptt9 dark !