Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-05-14
/ TERRIBLE STORM.
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WORK OF WEDNESDAYS CYCLONE.
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mares, outlines OF the great disaster ~
X.pi. are vet obtxinable. From this
IL appears that the rainfall last night
was the worst ever known in that part
Of the State. II was q heightened
cloud. burst, beginning at s o'clock and
continuing until after 10. The Shawnee
run, which rms through . portion Of
the town, with cottages built on its
banks, rose 10 en- unprecedented height.
From fifty to one hundred buildings
were swept from their foundations,
and the inmates suddenly found them
selves in an angry food.
How many HIVES were lost Ia not yet
known, but at 1890 rescuing parties
bsd secured twfnty-iour bodies.
II was estimated that number moro
would be found, The storm is described
rs the most disastrous ever known. On
the Little Miami railroad the nearest
approach any train could make to the
city was three miles. Bridges were al
washed away. The track Was also
taken away in many places, trees were
swept down, and fences destroyed. The
crops are also ruined.
II will require days to repair the
railroads.
FATAL ACCIDENTS IN COLUMBUS.
COLUMBUS, OHIO, May l3.-Sev-
ertl accidents from lightning yesterday
and last night are reported, most of
them fatal 10 one or more persons.
The foundation Of several houses at
Springfield, Ohio. were washed out
and the houses fell. At Dayton, Ohio,
the drainage Of the city led the water
TO the main street, where the business
blocks occupy all the ground. The
tbsrpughfare became river, aud
flooded all the store cellars, destroying
goods, especially in the groceries, shoe
houses, and hardware stores. No loss
of life is reported in Dayton, but no
end Of damsge was done. Washouts
are reported on every road out Of
DAYTON this morning. No trains have
arrived since last night at 9 o'clock.
All kinds Of extravagant rumors are
afloat.
FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.
INDIANAPOLIS, May l3.--The east
bound passenger train on the lndianspo-
lis, Bloomington and Western railroad
which left here at o'clock last night
ran into q washout near New Castle,
Henry county, towards midnight. The
engine, bsggage-car, and first passenger
car plunged into the abyss. j. V.
Treynar, engineer, and James Hudson,
fireman, both of this city, and an I'M
known passenger, were instantly killed.
The bsggage-master and conductor were
severely injured. ALI of the passen-
gers were more or less bruised, but not
seriously hurt.
BRIDGE BLOWN DOWN.
ATTICA, IND. May l3.--The bridge
over the Wabash river was blown down
yesterday. Several persons were on it
at the time. and all are supposed TO be
killed. Two brick houses were blown
to pieces and q great many houses and
barns.
EXTRAORDINARY STORM.
LANARK, ILL, May 13.-Yester-
days extraordinary rain-storm brought
a cyclone. For q space four rods wide
everything above the ground was swept
away, while on either side no worse
harm was caused than could be done
by the unlimited downpour. A butcher
drove his wagon under shed for shell
ter. and the shed was blown away. A
fly ing stone killed the butcher.
A LIVELY HURRICANE.
CHESTER, ILL, May l3.-Yester-
days storm was o hurricane, and the
cir was filled with fragments of houses,
fences. and trees. The Government
fleet lying up here was blown from its
mooriDg and part of it carried down the
river.
UNUSUAL ELECTRICAL DISTURB
ANCE-DAMAGING FLOODS.
CINCINNATI, May l3.-There has
been an unusual electrical disturbance
here for the past three nights. On
Monday night there was almost unin-
terrupted lightning from ii p. NJ. until
& A. NJ.
Tuesday night similar condition
existed. accompanied by heavy rain
and hail, the latter Of very narrow
range. Last night there was another
electrical storm, with wind, heavy
rain, and hail.
THE STORM AT XENIA.
The Xenia storm, however, was
much more furious. The counties of
Montgomery, Clarke, Butler, Warren,
and Greene lie adjacent in Ohio and
form an elevated plateau, with but
shallow valleys and low hills. In these
counties are the towns of Dayton,
Springfield, Hamilton, Lebanon, aud
Nenia. In the eastern county Of In
diana, adjoining this district, is Con-
neisyille. At all these places the
rain of last night was Of the heaviest
volume ever known.
Dayton measured four and a half
lECutS III aUOut thiSS uOuios -NVhho " 40
situated so as to get the worst results.
Shawnee run trayerses that portion of
the city adjacent to the Little Miami
railroad, which lies lower than the mean
portion Of the city. The railroad eur
bankment rises above the general level,
and the stream flows through il in
large culvert. Last nights rainfall was
entirely too Euch for the capacity Of
that calvert. The water rose, and at
last swept away the embankment, and
with accumulated force rushed upon the
small cottages located in the low lands,
and. without warning, bore them from
their foundations.
The work Of finding bodies still con-
tinues tonight. The mayors office has
been turned into morgue, and there
are now twenty-five bodies there. The
loss Of property is great. Whole lum-
ber-ysrds and all the bridges are gone
completely. The scenes in the devas-
ta,ed district are indescribable. Forces
Of men are busily engaged clearing
away the wrecksge, and hundreds OF
people surround the places.
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