The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-08-19
TERRIBLE STORM!
Rain, Hail, Thunder and Lightninga

Rain, Hail, Thunder and Lightninsl
Last w ednesday afternoon. about
4 O'Clock, the most terrible rain
storm, accompanied with a sprink-
ling of hail. visited our city, that
was ever witnessed BY the oldest
inhabitant For over two hours
it seemed as If the "windows Of |
heaven" were opened and the rain !
descended in q manner very sug-
gestive of q second deluge In
half on hour most Of the streets
were submerged, and before the
storm aba,ed, water was running
over the sidewalks on Main street,
filling many cellars. The low
grounds in the north and south
portions of the city, resembled
vast lakes
Marion and Noble streets and
Fort Wayne avenue suffered most
severely.
On Marion street the current
was so strong that il carried away
the covering of the culvert at the
intersection Of Marion and Walnut,
weighing about 1000 pounds, and
flcated it fifty yards. All the street
crossings south OF Walnut were
carried away. When we state that
the water was three feet deep on
No Engine house floor. it is not
necessary to say that all the cellars
in that locality were flooded, and
that much damage was done.
The water from Ninth and the
streets east OF that came tearing
down Noble street like a mill tail
The finishing room of Hutton d
| Co.'S coffin factory, in the base
melt was soon filed to tie depth
Of four or Eve feet, submere ing
their oils, paints. varnishes and "a
large number of ceffins ready for
flushing, and large quantity OF
dressed lumber. The loss Of this
firm will be about $1,000 Benz
johnson, Grant & Co. and Swayne
& Co each suffer considerable loss,
as The foo covered their p emises.
damaged their machinery amt
lumber, aad caused them to sus
pend 0, eratioBs for shor; time.
From Seventh to Fifth street. on
Noble, all the cellars were filled
with wafer W. w. Foulke had q
large lot OF hubs, spokes and bent
wood work in his CELLAR, which was
considerably iaj red. A portion OF
the foundation wall Of the building
belonging to the Shoemaker es-
tate, was undermined and fell
down
On Fort Wayne avenue there
was an immense body OF water col
lected From Vine street north,
the sidewalks we're flooded. and
many cellars we're flied. Howard,
Grubbs Il Co., finding their store
in danger Of being overlooked, Gu,
holes through the floor, letting the
wal er into the cellar, but with theil
utmost care, considerable damage
was sustained. VanAeruam's no
ton store was flooded to tho d. ptt
of three feet, and his cellar filled
His loss is estimated at 81 800
Eiihu Morrow and Harvey, Shroy
e: j. Co.. each suffered to the ex-
tent OF about $50. R. S. Knollen
berg suffers TO the extent Of SlO(
by the iiIIing of his cellar by wa.
ter. George II. Fetta had lare,
lot of fine tobacco in his celia
when the water commenced run
ming in, hut he succeeded in savin!
the greater portion in good condi
ton. His loss will not excee,
500
GA Waslingtou avenue the tioo,
took possession nf the Quaker Cit,
Machine Works and the SpriD,
Foundry, causing both establish
me ITS 10 suspend operations 70
the time being The only los
tlley " i'll sustain will be the cost @
!. cleaning up, and tue dansge to tn
machinery. --
The railroad track, from Wash
ington avenue to the Fair Ground
was under water. and At the mai
crossing to the depth Of three fee
On Washington street there wa
consider allie damage. Aside irol
cellars being filed with water
6 Curme. Dunn & Coffman's tan yor
was injured to the extent OF abot
$500.
In this vicinity the storm occ,
si..ned much damage. Lare quar-
titles OF uI'ri;,e fsui. was knocke
from The Il eeS many tields Of cor