, 1875-09-10
THE DELUGE.
Accounts Of Great Destruc-
ton Caused by Yester-
days Storm.
Three Disasters Caused BY WASH
outs on the Northwest
ern Road.
Freight and Passenger Trains
Wrecked, and Several
Lives Lost.
A List Of the Victims---Dam-
age to Iowa Roads.
How the Floods Cane Down in This
City and Vicinity.
The Low Places Flooded and
Much Property De-
strOycu.
A List of the Victims---Dam-
age to Iowa Roads.
How the Floods Gene Down in This
City and Vicinity.

RAILROAD DISASTERS.
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RAILROAD DISASTERS.
BRtbuEH WABuED AWAY.
10 such 1aIn.B:orm as tt1at which prevailed In
Lie southern part OF Wisconsin "Wednesday night
has ever bcforo occurred iu that section. On
tho Wisconsin Division Of the Chicago North
Hostern Na1road, for d circuit of about rs miles,
and espccinIly betwcou Lawrence aud sbop.eer,
Tie rain came down in torrents for nearly tksoo
lour3. 1t is the Goncr1l opIulon that water
spout must have bursted over that point. TIC
rivers md creeks hoon became terrific asreams,
carrying along everything in their path. Destroy
ing nearly all the bridges mud uutuberless c,ll-
verte in that section. knd great damage gen-
orally resulted particularly to tho railroads. A
number OF tralus on the Chicago & Northwest
oIu ltailroad
WE'RE plTcuEp AND WRECKED,
ma tho lo.s Of human lfis was quito conbider-
hbo. Tho moHs aovere Of tho accldouts occurred
nt Ln"ronco, small station On tbs Wiaconsln
Division Of the Northwestern Road, abou: C5
milcs from this city. AT this point tho pas
Eongcr tratn No. 8, which left this city At 1915
being p!unged Leadlong into tho Bt1cam At that
Point tho bridge having boen washed AWAY. Tie
cugine, tender, baggage car. express car, aud
pn9 Bocond.class car Wero completely destroyed,
while tho other passenger carr were moro or lcss
damaged. Tho engineer. baggageman, uawsboy,
and QUO passenger were killed outright, 1hiio
four other passengers sro reported severely
wounded.
TIE scENE
on The wrecked train after being plunged into
tho abyEs uaa tevond description. Fortunately
the stream "as shallow, and thus many Of tho pas-
aenCors wefo Bazed from death by drowning. Tho
people Mt thu p!neo wore on hand promptly, and.
together With tho able-bodied mon on tho train,
did al 10 their power to exsricate this passengers
from tue debris and take caro- Of the dead aud
wonndod. Tho natno Of tho engineer Was Henry
Norris. and TINT Of tho fireman James Ferry.
Both hare bacn iu tho employ Of tho Company
not be learned, but it ID understood that ho Tas
= resident ot this city.
A. soon ~ tue news Of tho accident was re-
ceivcd BY tho Companya special trnIu was Bent
OF which Hero tho oticinis Of the road and SOY.
eral surgeons.
ANOTHER SERIOUS acc1nrvr
occurred near narTard, about mlies this aide
Of Of L.HEonee' on tho KenoahA i Rockford
Branch. At this poIuta frcighs-ttain uas pre-
c!p!tatod downa culVert Which had boen washed
away by tho storm. tbs train raa badly wrecked
aid tho fireman Was killed.
Near SAopicro
AaorHEn Frr1duT.TpAIx
raa preclPnated down culvert, and the cnst-
noot and 1ro1nau instantly killed The u1mo Or
the engineer was 7. Dolsn, aud that Of the fro
man could not b. aRcertaiped.
Theao nrc all the'Aecidenta reported lii rl,s
city. Tho road. however, has suffered mher SO
vcro damage BY tho flood. at Belot part Of ttIe
bridge over Turtle Creek was destroyed, By tho
l1ood This ia on tho Madison Division OF tue
Northwestern ltohd. One beud Of tAe bridge
Of the enlbanlkment has given nwny. Tho rest
OF. the bridge resnaino intact. Ona aud halt
miles from Roscoe 4 stone abutment Ia also
carried AWAY. aud tho Onsbankutnt ia DESTROYED
for distance Of 80 or 40 toot and Ia Or II feet
doep.
CONSTRUCTIONS 1nArss
lett tho city yesterday will a large torta Of
Morkingncn md mechanics, and tho oiticlas Of
the NoEthwestorn Hallway are confident TO have
everything In running order to-day.
Tho rain was also unusually bcsyy on tho
Iowa Division at tho road, and On the No,theu,
Division OF kho Illinois Central, tho Chicaga
Rock Island pacifc, and the Chicago, DurtinE.
ton Quincy Railroads. but no damage Of spY
consequence has tliuu far beeu reported,
ADDITIONAL.
5rsetol gtspateh 70 Ths Chieaqo 7+,ban<.
NocxroRp. ILL.,, Sept. s.-Newa WAS received
IN thls city Today that ono tra4n On tho Madison
Lins broke through BRIDGE Not known
how many aro hurt. Another train brole
through onlvert neAr Lawrence, On tho Wiscon-
hin line. 1ho engineer and fireman were killed
tnatantlY a number were wounded. Another
Train broke through bridge It Sharon. on tho
Wisconsin line. Eleynn persons wore billed out
right and t*onty-tlse wounded. All caused by
tho storms Of laat night. Two frsght-traine
ato on tho track between Harvard and KeaosAa.
A4A1kEn AHD INJURED.
MILWAUKEE Bept. 0.-The nauncs Of tho mon
Killed at shoptors aro RALPH Toleu And Eoser
McDarmott. At Lawrence, where sAo night
raaaengsr.tratn vas wrecked, Henry Morris.
Frank niab aud James forrs wero killed. aud
llonry Hall, A. Mayhov, and others badiy in
1used. Near Harvard. on the Kcnoaha Division,
James Harrick usa killed.
4 train Was wrecked ut Alden'e Grove, On tho
Western Union, and ono man IL missing. Hon,c
tho felds. Cuverts betwoen Clinton md i}elo1t
arc gone. and it will DO several days before
ttains can nuyo.
At AID NEAR exLo1r.
6ptefa& NspateA to yAs CAseIaa Trfbun<
Bz1orr, Via, soEt. 8.-1ho wosat Hood orer
known hets occurred lat night md to-day. II
1alnsd torrents nearly al mglt, land this rlor,-
!Dg found Turtle Creek and its tsibutarlea
higher aud moro destructive than sysr before
a.: on sse wssts'a Gaos Gasss'sesa s.ilTosa 1,a
feet hsh, ahou. q miles e.at of horc, wrccl1ag
oseryahlpg o1espt the sieepng-car iuju-ing tho |
Mrs.. Mssla a. Patch, Of Mc0regof: Mrs.
l.. Hoyt AID Mrs. Mary Curtis. ot Wot-
ster, Iowa. weso good deal bruised. |
aiEs. Curtis WAa slso severely out On tho lead.
A!l aro comfortable, aud will recorer. Tho
sleeper remsnea On tho track. and brought tho
ptaaengera to tho depot without any tuglne, 1t |
bsin8 down-Gzads Ill the way.
cu4Vest vent out At 8 ;. q.
miles south on tho chlcago /
Northwestern nailroad. letting III two frcight |
cars and the teuder. The break the1o IL I or s |
rolls wi:to, aud tho bridge IA damaged. noees-
Aitatlng two tTausfofs for Ut, Paul passaugora.
The Western Uniuu llai,oad bridge Aato In |
also destroyed; al4o. tito lons wagon bridge
cant OF town. Much damage IL done to tos,ces |
aud 4taa!l bridges, sto.. IL tho country. Mora |
rain to-ulgnt.
oT4tHR pA4l0k.
6pte,ol RsEasch u T1s Chicago 1rtttwu. |
KEoEux, H.. Sept. 9.-The storm which visit !
ID thia locall.y ast uAaht sad today MAJ oi,a OF