Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-05-20
dsrson and wife; Nm. Ed. Lindss,
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Anderson and wife; Ms- Ed. Lindsay.
PROM ASoTfzER SOURCE.
CoLuMBUs. May ls.-The State jour
ndrs xeniaspeciai says About o'clock
last evening terrible clouds were seen
gathering and terrific lightning, fol-
lowed by pealsof thunder. This lasted
till Q o'clock, when an extraordinary
clap OF thunder seemed to open the
gates and the rain fell In torrents Peo-
pie living In the houses on Water-st.
escaped by every way possible. The
spout seemed to vent Its fury on that
portion Of the city. For a stretch of
$50 yards the Little Miami r. Is swept
away. The spout struck houses on Wa
ter-st. and tore them TO pieces as II they
were shells. A resident Of Street states
that within two minutes after the clap
Of thunder he stood In water to his
waist, he being about twenty-five yards
from the creek. When the waters
reached the residence of Aaron Fergu-
son 1t was swept away with nine In
mates and lodged against the bridge,
where they were afterwards rescued.
The next damage was at the coal yard
Of Samuel Clark, in which was located
tenement house, occupied by family
named Powell, nine in number. Up to
8 o'clock p. M,
NONE HAVE BEEN HEARD FROM.
The next point of destruction was in
what Is known as the bottoms. A doz-
en- houses, occupied mostly by colored
people, were swept away. Dozens of
horses were lost, and the raslroads lead
ing out Of the city We're swept away, SO
that 1t Is impossible to hear from out
side points. At least dozen trains are
here and within a few miles of this
city. Telegraph wires are down and
business Is suspended.
One family by name of Morris were
swept away. The last seen of them was
at the Miami street bridge. when the
man was seen at the window by the
VERY STRICKEN CROWD
waving lighted lamp. The next in
slant the house collapsed and they were
gone. Only a boy of Is years has been
found. The work of finding the bodies
still continues. Tonight the Mayors
Office has been turned into o morgue
and there are now twenty-five bodies
there. The scenes are heart-rending.
Whole families lie disfigured OH cots.
The loss of fproperty is great. Whole
lumber yards and all their contents are
gone completely. The scenes in the de-
vastated districts are indiscribable.
Forces of men are busily engaged clear
ing away. Hundreds of people surround
the places and strangers began to pour
into the city from every direction. The
council has appropriated 81 900 for inn
mediate use in the burial Of victims.
The private subscription has already
reached into the thousands. A COM
mittee is doing the city for clothing and
bedding. The rink has been turned in.
toa
REFUGE FOR THE HOMELESS.
All aid possible is needed form every
source. The losses viii aggregate
something like 100000. The Little
Miami r. has about sixteen miles swept
away.
A LITTLE BOY FOUND IN A TREE TOP
OTHER MENTIONS.
DAYTON, May 14.-Ed. w. More.
house, Narrow Gauge conductor, Is
anxious about his mother who lives in
Xenia, and walked from here there to-
day and back again, because by reason
of fallen timber debris and wreckage no
one can ever ride horseback and the
streams swollen and bridges gone. AT
Trebin station, while being ferried
across the Little Miami river, he and
the oarsman discovered living boy
child in drifted tree top and rescued
him. He had an arm and leg broken.
He had drifted four miles down Shau-
nee creek from Xenia into the L. Miami
Hurriedly they started in a buggy with
the child, but it died before they got to
Xenia. The town is in sackcloth and
ashes over the preparations for the
funerals Of the twenty-five flood vic
Tins. Business is suspended and the
country people and villagers are assem-
bled there. The streets and sidewalks
are crowded with people aghast at the
sublimity of the terrible disaster. Con-
stant reports are coming in of miner
wrecks, etc.
The damages in the nine counties oi
Greene, Clarke, Madison, Miami,
Darke, Preble, Montgomery, Butler and
Warren foot up 81 ,0O0, 900.