Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-02-17
The Overflo,viup River.

"AAshOCIs on RAILROADS IN WESTERN NEW YORK.
ROCHESTER, n Y, Feb. 11-Washouts occurred
this morning on the Rochester and Pittsburg rail-
road at Gainesville, and the bents OF the bridgea
the Bua Ie and q
OF Arcade and other points, and ali trains have
been laid up on the sdings. No trains have been
wrecked The Genesee river rising. 1t rained all
night here, and at intervals this morning.
DAMAGES IN ONTARIO.
JARVIS, ONT, Feb. 1.-THE Cheapside and Nan.
ticoke stage has not been able TO reach this place
to-day on account OF the high water In Dusky
creek creek and other small creeks: The bridge ovS
away.
THE OHIO SLOWLY FALLING
CINCINNATI, O., Feb. l7-At O'Clock this IN orn.
ing the river was 62 feet 10 inches high: at =
O'clock It was 62 feet eh inches; at 6 O'Clock, 90
az az 1ee5 s. ,ast at O'clock e. feet inches and
only half an inch in the last bour It rained nearly
an night, and the weather is much colder this
morning. The wind and falling water disturbed
many houses 1t is still cloudy, and the wind is
from the west
CONTINUED RAINS
special to the Times Star from Marietta, Ohio,
says: Ii rained hard all night and is still raining
Inc river rose all night, ana Is still rising one
Inc, 1mch per hour II is raining at Wheeling VI. Va.
being four feet
The Terrible Disaster I'm Illinois.
SEVENTY PEOPLE PERISH IN A COAL MINE-REsuLf
OF THE HEAVY RAINs-A LAKE is FORMED WHICH
BREAks THROUGH AND POURs INTO THE NINE
BRAIDwoOD, ILL.,, Feb. 17.-This city is nlIed with
lamentations owing to the terrible disaster OF YES,
terday which resulted In the death OF seventy per
S1T sons; VINO nc were were over GyerWhemed by landslide
place where the accident occurred was ia the
northeast side OF shaft No. OF the Wilmington
The shaft In which the accident occurred has been
working for the past eight years 1t is situated at
Diamond a little village about four miles SOUTH
west OF Wilmington and two miles northwest
OF Braldwood The country thereabout is as
level as a noor,. with. perhaps. slight
and heavy rainfall have transformed tie prairie
into lake for miles and miles. About Diamond
sne water stands from six inches to three feet in
depth. With scarcely any warning there suddenly
appeared an opening from the surface of the earth
into the mine. The surface being covered with
permeate the whole mine, drowning ali who were
unable to get out before the rising water caupht
then them I'm IN opening this mine shaft Is feet deep was
Of the and about below @eS 'ns M
spurs rise and fan with the ledge Of
sss fsss ssmet@es 81 sne susses 5sns wshn ,s
break occurred. While lying on his back.
have fallen upon the doomed miner Through the
opening thus made the water poured In, ,flling one
the central shaft There was little time 10 give
an alarm, for in less than an hour from the time
the break occurred
EVERY AVENUE OF ESCAPE WAS CUT OFF
and every occupant OF the mine at that time muN
have been drowned These galleries were low and
narrow, and only by painfully slow crawling could
the poor victims escape No noise accompanied
the rising OF the water, and the first Indication
had OF their danger by many OF the dead was q
chilling sensation OF cold water trickling along
the pathway In which they lay at work. There was
an air shaft Offering additional avenue OF escape
OF which many awaited themselves but the water
came In TOO rapidly to allow all TO reach It The
mine was not considered especially dangerous,
though q break had occurred once before at about
the same place There is no chafce or a rescue
but in order to reach the bodies OF the dead Mr.
Fordyce, general manager OF the company, has
gone to the scene OF the disaster with two steam
pumps IL Is said that an effort viii be made to
reach the mine from shaft No. I, but there is not
the remotest possibility OF finding any OF the men
alive; only drowned or sufTocated remains can be
recovered. The wages paid averaged between $50
and &75 per month and the majority OF the men
owned their homes There will be suffering but
the miners as class are not improvident The
majority OF the workers underground are foreign
ers-Engl1sh, Scotch and Irish.