The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-21
DREADFUL DISASTERS.
Sea! BY Flood BY Rail! ny
Sub-terranean Horrors!

~ 10 river has been like a vast nianu
a mighty food, in some places ten
b. wide. and two hundred feet deep!
he melting of the snow and ice, joined
Nh continuous rains, swelled all the
mailer streams, and they united
way down de ribber, on de C-hi-oF
Whole cities are enguifed in water,
Mo some small towns have been wash
- away. completely. The town OF
.awrenceburg. Ind.,-as large as Raj
eiph.-has not a foot OF and bov wa
an. More than 1000 houses, IN the
mLurbs of Louisville, were submerged
Il lie roofs. and the inhabitants Were
II, ned with great difficulty. At New
,zort XIV. the soldiers were drivea out
~ their famous barracks. All naviga-
Bon on the river is suspended; and few
nilwav trains are running. At Jetfer-
opnyille. Ind, 5000 people are home
les and hungry. In Cincinnati only
railroad was above water at last
accounts and the Union depot had
Been utterly washed away. Many
Blocks of houses and the lower portions
ID the city are under water; and the
only passage from house TO house is by
boats. Tie police go about IN small
carrying bread TO tie imprisoned
tennle IL the upper storys OF their
homes. Many buildings, five storys
high, have only the upper floor out OF
and the boltmeu hand their loads
n Al the 5th story window-50 feet obore
M lcrci Of He yidewaH or course the
dumaae to property is terrible. And as
IN, flood subsidies the pestillential fe-
rers al carry death and disease to i'll
DuIurraile homes.
by MINEs.-Seventy lives lost,
Drowned Ike rails in thei" holes. In
Illinois. at a place called Eraidwood,
arc extensive Coal ni:.es. 4 telegram
savs:-
The country is lcyc. as Il floor. with
a Slight inclination toward the mines.
1he heavy rainfall transformed the
lr. irie tito Il lake. and water stands
nom siX inches to three feet i'll depth.
With scarcely any warning there APP
l,ared an opening into tie mine, and
ID { surface being covered with water, ii
took only a short time for the water to
lerneate the entire mine. There was
lIltie time % give an alarm. and every
occupant of the mine at the time must
'laye been drowned. The galleries
Nyere low and narrow, and only by pain
fully slow crawling could the victims es-
cape. No noise accompanied the rising
Iof the water. and the first indication had
.of their danger by many of the lead was
tine chilling sensation of cold water
.trickling along the pathway in which.
they lay at work. There was an a!
shat. bat the water come in too rapid,
to allow all to reach it.. The mine was
not considered especially dangerous.
though a break had occurred once be-
fore at about the same place. There is
no chance of escape, but the general
manager has gone to the scene of the
disaster with two steam pu"ps."
By RAIL.-Railroad engineers and
fr"non ought IN rnrnive better pay than
any other class Of mechanics; for in ad.
ditiOn to the hardships of their life. the
~unceasing routine of duty (sick or welD,
the cea>eiess Uotchf uIuess, the heavy re-
SEoHstbttSty, the wear and tear of the
nervous system occasioned by the con.
t.nual shaking of the engine,-and the
loss of sleep,-there is a degree of ac.
tual danger not realized by the general.
Ity,ot persons. There has not been 9
day of the past two months that did not
report from II to ten railway accidents
III various parts of the country. and al
most invariably resulting IN tie dealt
OF the engineer. " fireman, OIL both. Il
is so common. that YOU no longer fee
suffi, tent interest To finish the sentence
and usually TIE LANES are not given
merely a paragraph saying-'Broke,
rail df led tram No. One, on the Blank.
rifle Il. H.; engineer md fireman killed
Last veek. the long rains brought q
shower of accidents. A bridge fell, on
the East Tennessee and Va. r. X. al
Raccoon. killing the engineer. brakes.
man, and Il passenger. Near Roches.
ter, "A bridge fell, and fireman was kill.
ed.
That poor Western y. {. r. r,
scc,as fatcd to all sorts of deviltrv. The
legislative committee which went tC
MorGmtOu to examine the S400, 900 pal.
ace Tor TIE Insane. were returning on
Sunday GOA a special train, as the regu-
lar trains IRE not allowed by law to run
on Sundty) when suddenly the axle
bro:,s., tie car arose to a question %.
personal privilege, aud SO many gentle.
mea took the floor, that matters seemed
serious Tor Il time. senator j. y. Whit.
tor!- and Dr.. w. III. Cowell were pain.
fully bruised. but no bones broken, We
hear.
by ACCIDENT.-Mr. Geo. Bennett in
Fd@eeombe went coon hunting, telled 9
tree. aud broke his neck. But he haC
no worse luck than Mr.. Jas. Jordan, il
Cumberland county. who was helping t.
build Il church, and fell and was killed
An alarm of fire in IA 3-stOry schoo
III New York caused a paaic. and Il
children were crushed to death!
At Bracket, Texas, four small children
Of Michael Mcdonald. one of the oldes
settlers, were burned in their beds las
night from the explosion Of a lamp LET
burning by the mother for the return o
four daughters who we're at a ball. TIL,
mother escaped with her infant babe.
BY SUICIDE.-Rerdeli. one of tn
Star Route thieves. has turned State
Evidence, and produced proof that tn
Whole gang were rogues of the gullties
dye. Mrs. Vaille. wife of one of tn
gang, whose home is a palace costin.
s4o,too, committed suicide when she re
alIZed that her husband would 90 to tn
pehifentlary.--At Bastpop. Texas
"A lev weeks ago. Mrs. Col. j. ROs'
Greene. wife of the wealthiest man il