Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-01-27
THE GREAT STORM !

THE GREAT STORMl
The storm Of Sunday night and
Monday morning was widespread
and destructive. In St. Louis i'll
did considerable damage, and caus-
ed a panic in two crowded theaters.
in MurFreesboro and Nashville,
Tenn, buildings were blown down,
houses flooded, and very much
damage done At Cave City, Ken
tucky, the tornado seems to have
done its worst. Ten persons were
killed outright, eleven mortallyI
wounded, and many others slightly.
Sixty families were rendered house
less, Between Glasgow Junction
and Cave City, a distance of six
miles, it is said every house has
been blown down, In Dayton, o.,
the Third PRESBYTERIAN Church had
one end blown off, and several 9th
er buildings we're prostrated. The
extensive food Of water has wash
ed break in the Miami canal, and
so filled it in several places with
sand that it is not navigable. At
Columbus considerable damage was
done and the Scioto is reported
higher than for 20 years On the
Little Miami, Atlantic & Great
Western, Sandusky and other rail
roads, trains are delayed by destroy
ed bridges and foods Of water over
the tracks. Reports from every
place show that all the rivers are.
very high, and rising rapidly. The.
OHIO is rising all the way to Pitts
burg, At this point the rise has
been about 5 inches an hour. There
are 26 feet Of water in the Kentucky
river, at Frankfort In short the
storm seems to have been the Sc
verest that has occurred for some.
time. In every direction houses
were destroyed trees 'lProo'eI'
cn.tle @ ana human yves ueSToyea'
Wluer spread Vhah the tornado was
the rain, Although little has been
heard rom Ioe eastward YGt IL
would seem the storm ragged there
also' o'-lClh' UazeUIe' lo'l'
We extract the following from
the Columbus journal Of the 18th
Tbo uotor IN +bo eoioto n,oo 1oI
- IT., e thn,, q Vb H. hoo,, ""9 ;,,,o
tho lor cront erosbot oc 1917 m NG nnd % IN
one of the warehouses in the lower
part Of the city stood bigber than
| in 1S47. The water in the morn
inc rose at the rate of 12 inches per
hour. this continuing from 6 a. m.
until 10a. m. The entire rise was
about five feet. After 70 o'clock
the increase in volume ofwater was
vcrv slow as shown bv the rise
ihnt os tho loveas were breal,ing and
tbo m wotor rnshino over n creator OK
font @ of conntrv the rise ne shown
| hv tbo cougca Of tbe mornino did
not marx tIe increase Last even.
inr at q o'clock tbe wafer stood atl
tho biohost marx for soma time
neither falling nor rising. TheI
breaks in the levee were not as se-
rious as at first supposed. Tie ca
nal was flooded, as were the adja-
cent lands, so that no estimate can
be made Of the damage.
Considerable damage was done
to the Hooking Valley railroad, |
and the evening train came in with
difficulty The water was so near
the INNER bridge that the train
crossed on the Little Miami bridge. |
During the after part of the day the
river was quite free from corn and
lighter drift, but bridges, doors and
parts OF houses, barrels OF pork, &c.
tumbled down with the vigorous
current. Though these articles ap-
preached near the shore at times,
and though persevering efforts were
made to capture, all were unsuccess.
ful,
Ahout bolfnast snvon O'clock
Cno y ,,, wafer N Ohe river con'hehceu
~ 'ap'n9 y,
heporss IRON, o'rcloVllle IepIe' p
seht tnaU "a, lhe epllre country y noou-
eq Inc coacheS on the Onl'llcothe
stage rouIe came IN yesterday ioro-
noon ana departed as usual None
came II last evening however,
apu none WenV ouO' any ano
none VIII DC sent ouO tnls
morning no waVer coyeteu W n w. Ine
to"u uoou' "a ,ulies lII'', l',o o.'g
70 sue uvptn % se'el"i ieeS anu
shuV on a'l travel
The passengers on the evening
k,,a a