The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-08-02
DAMAGE BY TIE FLOODS.

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iThe Heavy Rain Ycstesday-Land-
slides and Detention Of Railroad
Travel,
The rain yesterday afternoon was un-
paralleled In its fury and the destruction
of property in this city and Vicinity.
Though of brief duration its violence was
unequaled. Along Freeman and Linn
streets cellars were filed from the over
flowing cutters, street cars were thrown
from the track, and on the latter street
the food covered the ground from Ev-
erett street to Liberty. The water COW
cred the floors of the houses standing
low on the street. The new sewer ON
Wade street, near Baymiller, caved In,
and the cellars in that neighborhood. were
all submerged.
The water, rushing down the western
hills in torrents, burst O culvert in the
Twenty first ward and tore up the street
car tracks for long distance.
Little damage was done in the south
western part Of the city except the I'LL
ing of cellars with water. At Riverside
the flood carried off all the loose out
HOUSES duu Wd5ucu away bO muCu VI bu0
Lafayette railroad track that no West
bound train could 60 out.
The fills at Red Bank were destroyed,
and no train on the Little Miami rail-
road could pass.
Al Spring Grove Cemetery the road
way under the G., Ii. 81 d. railroad track,
was impossible. This has never hap
pened before.
The sewer In Eastern avenue, opposite
the Marine Railway, burst, and the out
flowing waters covered the streets.
The water, rushing down the hillsides,
completely flooded the house of Mr.. Glis-
tener, ON the Terrence road, and for
some time it was thought that the house
would be destroyed.
A house on Eastern avenue, occupied
by Mr.. Flynn, was covered TWO feet deep
on the ground floors.
On Kemper Lane, the damage done by
the water is terrible, over eight houses
with stables and sheds attached, being
washed dway or tumbled down the hill,
over twenty families being turned out in
the drenching rain, with all their house,
hold utensils that could possibly be
saved from the flood. One house the
property of a Mr.. Kelly being turned
completely on end, total wreck; other
houses, the property of Messers, Doyle,
Handley, -Speakman, Thompson, Thorn
| berry, and others, protected by large
retaining wall, are in ruins, the great
food of water in this direction coming
from the Eden Park quarry at the top Of
the hill Immediately back of the houses.
The water coming down in perfect tor
rents, washing huge logs and stones com.
pleteIy through the houses at the foot Of
, the hiii. The water stood four feet deep
| in some of the dwellings.
The foundation Of MIR. Cramps houses,
on the corner of Fourteenth and Elm
streets, was washed away and the cellar
| filled with water.
John Wertz, living near the head of
Vine street, attempted to secure wagon
that was being washed away, but the
water threw him off the ground with
such force against one of the wheels that
he sustained severe injuries.
Catch-basins all over the city were
choked, and breaks reported at The fol-
lowing places: One at the corner Of
Peete and Sycamore streets; at the cor
| ner of Mulberry and Locust; at Vine
and Mulberry; on Browne street, near
Ravine; on Hamilton road, near Vine,
and at the intersection of Liberty and
Sycamore streets.
On McGregor avenue near Montgom-
cry road. boy about ten years old was
carried of by the current to the mouth
| in had the opening not been closed by
some of the doorsteps that had been car
ried there.
Sycamore-street hill was entirely torn
up by the raging flood that swept down
the street.
The paving and tagging on Ravine
street are entirely destroyed.
Hamilton road west OF Vine street is
entirely covered with gravel and stone
Of 200 pounds weight that were washed
from the hills. A sewer, that is situated
under Sohn's brewery, burst and tore
open the pavement.
A two-story house on Mclean street,
Mt. Adams, was struck by the light
ming about 3 O'Clock yesterday after
noon and split in half None Of the in
mates were hurt.
Innumerable landslides are reported
at Brighton, Millcreek bridge and other
points.
Trains on the /. & c., between Indian.
apolis and Cincinnati, running as usual.
No bridges gone.
On the Dayton Short-line they are
running on slow time, as the water is
very high between here and Cleveland.
Night trains both ways passed over