, 1866-09-21
THE INDIANAPOLIS INUNDATION.

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.oman question.
THE INDIANAPOLIS 1NUNDATI0N.
Af,oat-ereak Destruction
of Propexty-Three Men Drowned
Incidents and Accidents.
[from the indianapolis journal, 18th fnst1
Within the last twenty -four hours our city
.sez visited this section since he sound Of
he first settlers axe rang through the forest
where now the city stands. In The spring Of
1858 occurred q ffeshet which carried aWay
bridges and trestle work, and did consider
able damage, but It was alight rise COM
pared with the de1uge that now Hoods our
streets and dwellings. The wretched little
streamlet, which In dry weather furnishes =
hardly water enough to float 4 duck, has as-
sumed the size and force Of river, 1eayins
It's proper bed to suhmergc all the coutigu
ous streets, and inundate the su1rounain..
country.
The continuous rains for days past hat
swollen Pogue's Run nearly hauktEef, anu
the very heavy fall Of water during Monday
deluge, At nine o'clock the water reached
the lower timbets of the bridges at the Vir-
ginia avenue, Delaware AID Pennsylvania
streets crossings, and Was breaking against
the trestle,wors Of the Indianapolis and Gin
The culyert under Meridian Street aod the
Union depot was running Its full capacity,
but was too small to afford an alequate out
LET for the immense body Of water supplied
By the IL iarTe t1ss:,, tssst d.; drained by the
thus accumulated caused rapid rise,
and soon the Union Railroad tracks were
under water. Heavy trains Of stone-laden
cars were run upon the threatened bridges
while the rising water made a clean breach
over then- The floating drift wood and
lumber were drawn ont above the reach of
the waves or sent through the culyerts to
prevent choking At one time the piers upon
which Newman's warehouse rests were In
accumulation Of rubbish drif,ed against
them. The water was soon backing up
Pennsylvania street, and covering the
level lard between 1t and Virginia avenue,
tersectiou Of those thoFoushEares. Every
| thing that would Hoat was In motion A
/ huge boiler SWING into the cnr7eut In front of
Sinkcr & Co.'S machine works, and josLlcd
| against the promiscuous feet of tubs, boxes,
barrels, boards. shingles, &C., but finally filed
sud went down some distance below its
starting point. We saw several women led
from their dwellings through the water waist
deep, to place ofsaiety- One Of these car
ried Young child, which looked around with
wide-open eyes, and sucked its thumb in
happy ignorance Of is danger; The food
reached Meridian street. but still showed no
sign Of abatement, though the rain fell less
heavily. It cEcrt along the railznad track.
it hisscd through the creviees In the bridges
and crossings, Il rose round the feet Of the
multitude that we're 1ookeEs.on st this
second Venice, and pressed them hack By
one O'Clock the depot stood ankle deep in
water. The south wall Of the new depot
was seriously Threatened by the furious un-
der tow that edded below the mouth Of the
cu1yert, but ton or 90 OF stone, topped by
few cart 1oads Of brick, saved It. The
bridges below the depot still resisted the
! current that nearly covered them but made
fast to telegraph pole near the depot wall
was q 1loating mass Of fEame work used in
building the arches, aud this. being cut AWAY
to save the telegraph, drilled with great
force agninst the ioot-bridge OH South street
and carried it over against tho main struc-
tnrc. The whole rested here for q brief
while, butt rise soon tore 1t free, and away
it went Hit struck the Illinois street bridge,
!: making the splinters dy and dernolishing
| the railing, but doing no further damage.
That new brick block Of Seidenstickcr s
Co., in process Of erection, inst south Of the
: depot, was nearly demolished: The water
/ / saturating the sand on which it stood, 1oos-
ened Its foundations, and the partition walls,
five or six in number, fell with q crash, c.S:
rYing flooring and timbers with tllcm- Scye-
raj Of the stone pillats In front fell, and the
whole structure Is badly damaged. This was
the only instance VIC heard Of where build.
! and foundations we're pEobably more or less
Foster, Holloway i Co. 1o.c very lrcayil,
I In groceries, The water filled their ccllal
! their main waferoom. besides tilling thel
e hear their loss stated at $4,000. The eel
: lar Of the large building, owned and occu
2 pied By Andy Wallace, corner Of Delawar
= and Maryland streets, was completely alled
= | but tra vs,fo oSre1fafrk f1tf. n
J. damage sustained. The lower story q
T. Sinker s. Co.'s machine works was lille
4 several feet deep, but the machinery, Vt
e. presume, was not materially injured
Il of non!ds. and the injury to the foundry
g arc considerable. AL the buildings alon
!. Poguets Run, and as far away Us Marylan
! street, were more or less damaged. We NJ
e ticed a car loaded with lime, and q s1na
q q building filed with the same material. b,
j | tion last night, and his coal yard was for
ss time almost Invisible. The gas works Wet
~ | submerged, and will not be IN running ords
II for several days, even should the riin ceas'
Il which at this writing 1t gives no promise
Il doing.
e. Wallace Bros. on South Delaware stree
20 lost heavily in tobacco stored in the celia
lc- The cellar of the Fitzcihbon building VI
70 filled, causing considerable loss to Dailc
7. Senior & CO.. Connolly s Wi1es, and othe,
"a somewhat damaged. cottrcll j. Kaigh
1st plumbers ard gas filters, estimated the
be loss at s. COO tv 5000. Root & Co., foau
.c,, crs, suffer very heavily Many other hea'
ed losses occurred, but We have not s4I1lcie
=: information to give them in detail.
* Mckcrnan & Piercc's addition and all I
ion country adjacent to the rolling mill "
cts under water. There are many teneme
y. houses IN this locality, and the inmates th
Or OF. driver! from their homes will suffer Il n
'ss cared for BY those ab.ye the reach Of I
wares. The Union boardfcg i0usc, cor
Of Illinois and South streets, was partial
undermined. The rolling mill is consfde
big injured, but to what extent cannot
-. now asce1tained. The furniture factory
1st SYcgc1, Theus IS Co, Oh East WashinSt
III street, was badly injured.
In the outskirts Of the city much d1n3a
led ing buildings. The water in the shallow
n vine which Fletcher and Virginia ayenl
,n- and Huron and other streets cross was mu
to swollen. and the insufficient culverts uu'
those streets prevented the free passage
ury water, and al1ed all the adjacent cellars, .
eei- In many cases reaches we'll up into
[ns, ground stozics- The culverts were ba'
ned damaged, and 1t Is to be hoped that In
We pairing them they will also be enlarged
TTe We hear Of damage in all parts Of the e
ons bnt can not yet give particulars, unS
rear hill.s mill is pretty well unaer WAFER. {
era1 casualties occurred, and three deaths
Eas drowning. Henry G. Coils, foreman Of
ten plumbing department Of Cottren & Knig
ose | establishment, was drowned near his p1ac
lers business, while attempting to navigat
aue ! beat made Of a half hogshcad. He "
ow- young man Of promise, unmarried, and
cnt- sided, previous to coming. to this city
prit Philadelphia Jason Smith, engineer
m Fred Rnsch, got beyond his depth and
e at drawn beneath the driftwood and drow1
q Of 4 we'll known citizen named Wishmcyt
raE rfaf1 $ef hay hoaT7 n dr1tr1 n
, by trail Railroad, at it's crossing of Pleasant :
me, These are the only fatal casualties nc
ues- heard Of
pro- 4 rather exciting scene took place. a.
hat South street bridge WIS swept AWAY.
and young ladies were standing on It as 1t b
to move One was Immediately rescuet
BIT a bystander, but the other was borne .
who ! by the rapid current till she neared LII
the | street, when she was rescued bJ gal
ever gentleman named Howard, who oo
did breasted the ewol1eu torrent, and b1o'
had 4 her safely to shore.
m ,nre Canada Threatening to Declare \
nan on the United States,
Fith From the Montreal Herald, Sept, 17th j
|ack = The strength of the Tn
in- States, even while their Government
That passiyely conniyes at Fenian designs, Is
e in tualIy thrown upon the side of those Wht
3We constantly menacing us with pi1lage.
here merely military aspect, 1t Is manifest
but the possession Of q territory over which
the invaders chi march in safety and secrecy
tae to the very point they desire to attack,
had On which they can again find at any NOR
1red refuge in case ofdefeat, is an adyanta{
had them and danger to us which can neT,
e re- possessed By any countries engaged in
ular warfare. We might point ont othe.
on, cumstances which would show that
ritz tematfc war upon Canada from the III
ally States, is really var upon Canada By
< as United States. We believe that It Q
he now, at any rate, to be recognized
the treated as such, and that the Americaui
60" gagged ought to be told that the continu
erce OF the menaces and preparations for wa
cnn. an Canada In their fRrrifnr.1 nil he Eetto