The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-07-08
THE STORM.
Last Nights Disasters at Various
Points.

POINTS,
This seems to be a pretty good time
for heavy storms. Another fierce and
destructive rain storm, accompanied by
vivid lightning and pealing thunder,
struck this locality last evening, be.
tween 8 and 8 O'clock, coming from the
northeast, which did considerable dam
age and caused general alarm within
and about the city. 1t lasted fully an
hour, and the amount OF water which
fell In that time was immense.
In the East End the Marine Ways
were flooded, families in Sullivan's Row,
near tine Little Miami Railroad crossing,
were driven out OF their houses; a large
culyert In the vicinity burst aud over
flowed; the street car track was block
aided for two hours. A row of trees
on East Third street, near Martin,
were torn up by tue roots, and near by a
frame house was partially unroofed.
Galley Harris windmill was completely
wrecked, fences on the Terrence Road
were destroyed, and the whole country
was inundated by the torrents which
poured down The hiIlsides.
At the Marine Docks, where number
of boats lay moored, the wind was very
severe; the Thomas Sherlock and the
dismantled Nick Longworl h were broken
loose and driited TO the Kentucky side,
| Tue G. B. Church, Ii. s. Turner,
and Emma Graham also broke away,
| but were captured by the Granite State.
| The chimneys OF the Julia No. 2 were
blown down, as we're also those of the
Ashland. She was a short distance
above the Newport Bridge on her way
up. The roof of one of Warner'a
barges was carried away.
In The northern part Of the city much
damage was done by the rush OF watef
from The hill tops. The sidewalks at
Thirteenth and Main streets caved in.
The Sycamore Hill payements were
damaged. Catch basins stopped up
at Liberty and Sycamore streets,
and the cellars In that neighborhood
filed with water. Trees were blown
down on Seventh near Walnut, on Wall
nut near Ninth, on Longworth near Cen
trail avenue, and many other points.
| The lightning, too, was busy. A bolt
struck q telegraph pole on McMicken
avenue, another one struck an awning
| at the corner of Central avenue and
Ninth street, shattering the windows in
Pages hat store, and on Third near Mill
street a brick house was nit and the
plastering considerably loosened,as was
also house in the Nineteenth Ward,
one at No. 213 Central avenue, and q.
Helmers dwelling, No. 224 Poplar street.
| Ed. Armstrong, Superintendent of Po-
lice Telegraph, who was standing near
the "machine" in the Ninth-street Sta
tion when the fluid made dash tor it,
melting off the wires, took tumble over
the raining of Lieutenant Bifnbaum's in
closure and landed astride OF the stove
almost. Then he got up ana ''liJ out, y
and is probably hooting it yet.
Sergeant S. s. Bassler, OF the Signal
Service, who is stationed in this city,
says that s'the ram began at L. NJ, and
up to q As +. NJ. one inch and two-tentht
had fallen, as measured by The Observer
The wind at $3.50 p. NJ. WAS blowing al
the rate OF thlrty-s x miles per hour.
1t will be rendered that during July,
1875, 963 inches OF rain fell. This month
up 10 Z. M. last night, the amount o
rainfall is 81 inches, and twenty-foul
days yet to hear from.
The heavy rain-storn last night choket
up the sewer that runs from RIvint
street under the canal near the NJ ohawl
Bridge. The accumulation OF waLel
finally burst the sewer. and just under
the canal between the foot-bridge a
Benninger, Ireland Il Bailey's pork
packing shop and the Mohawk Bridge
an immense hole was created, and tn
water OF the canal rising in spray sanl
into the opening. The excavatIOt
widened quickly and soon swallowed III
the.entire water in the bed of the canal
1t was novel sight 10 see the waite
going on a backward course, and theI
alter driving around in "a great whirI
pool suddenly disappear with grea
noise in the abyss beneath.
The canal this morning looked as
the water had been let out. The boats
some loaded and others empty, wer
lying around in every direction las
night, the owners not having anticipa et
such an incident and not having time tS
moor them securely.
The steamer Ashland, while going u
the river near the Railroad Bridge yes
terday evening during the rain storm
had her chimneys blown down. To
rain moreover opened the seams of he
steam pipes and necessitated the boa
To Law lID q the foot of Walnut strait