Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-05-14
STORMS AND FLOODS.
PWNs, Ws,o,s rs STRUCK WITH WIND

- INDIANA, OHIO MDl
lwETSss Is STRUCK wlrn WIND.
x,oner Of People killed
arg Torp 10 Pieoes-Horses anu
'''1s Railroads swept Away
,,,s Ohio. May 13.-A special
LvMSea ,a ohio, to the Estate jour
b AepM; Hout 7 o. o'clock last evening
Ely 9e',SsStping was followed by peSls
inc is, ny This lasted till O'CLOCK.
Fnunues, eas,,trsordinsry clap Of thunder
zen 81 o. nran the gates and the rain
Rnso ovrepts. suS The people living IN
III y ,U an water street escaped py every
lses Ths gs spout seemed to vent its Iury
N t1o o,tton Of the city. For stretch
.a', in ssrds p the Little Miami Railway
sgept away horsss on Water
y, !. spd az tore them TO pieces as II tney
te' .saiis SeT A resident Of the street
'IT ,Sat within two minutes after the
les >. tT@ .Sunder he stood In water to his
\. u he bsing about twenty five yards
the creek. When the waters
Passd ,be residence Of Aaron Fergu-
/ cn'~ !, va, ' swept away, with nine in
~, ~ and lodged against q bridge,
'a o ,hev % were after wards rescued.
rbs next damage was ut the coal
IN of samuel Clark, in which was
a,ad a tenement house and occupied
" family named Powell, nine In
.mher. Up to 8 p. M, none OF them
Sosn heard from. The next point
|lestruction was in what is known rs
4 Rot;oms, A dozen houses, occupied
mostly colored people, were here
.ept away.
bt1sns cf horses were lost, and rail-
In leading out Of the city were swept
In 40 that it is impossible to hear
Ii ontside points. At least q dozen
Ina are here and within a few miles
The CITY. Telegraph wires are down,
business has been suspended.
.Oue family by the name Of Morris
re swept away. The last seen oi
Im was at the Miami street bridge,
Ien man was seen at the window
the terror-stricken crowd, waving a
|b,ed lamp. The next instant the
pse collapsed aud they were gone
" one, boy 10 years old, has beer
Ind.
he work OF finding the bodies still
tnues to night. The Mayors Office
been turned into q morgue, and
re are now twenty-five bodies there
scenes are heartrsnding. Whole
|bilies lie disfgured on cots. The
nues Of Montgomery, Clark, Butler,
lnen aud Greene lie adjacent In
10, and form an elevated plateau
ID but shallow valleys and low hills
N these counties are the towns of Day
Springfield, Hamilton, Lebanon
Xenia In the eastern county o.
llama, adjoining this district, is Con
kyille,
1t all these places the rain Of las
t was of the heaviest volume evel
Vn. Dayton measured ~ inchei
bout three hours.
Springfield the flood was of nearly
lsl volume, but the drainage wal
esr East High street bridge wal
srmine1, and Is mass Of ruins
+ the eartern and southeastern por-
ls Of the city many families wer,
yen from their homes by the en-.
pching food. Dosens of bridges
the streams were washed away
Losses cannot be estimated, bul
be exceedingly heavy.
i Lebanon, Ohio, the Methodist
scopal church, the Lebanon House
mill, warehouse and several resi-
ices were unroofed, SHADE tree
Fe nearly all uprooted and nearly
y railroad across the State was Grip
some will require several day
repair
AYIoN, O.. May 13.-Dayton /
a'el LaViug NO trains or mails in o
and all telegraph and telephon
IS sfe down. A storm of wind ant
struck here at $ o'clock last night
ali streams became rushing torrents
Ile Mlaml river, rising nine fee
me- IL hours, inundated fifty acres IL
rum ward, drowning horses an,
. AZ kinds Of crops are totall,
aol lhe greatest destruction is Ii
~ " sa'i lFom the Big Miami to tn
.alVliie Reform Church, four mile
Of Dayton, was razsd.
y, y eAuieh at Beavertown, wher
u meeting was in proSres,
demolished, but none O
o,.Ga pGauaS,'lllcken worshipers wer
special train, with supsriptepde,
to' tHe.' was wrecked near Osburl
mot n",,1 ana Elk others were injured.
ciDa.. hUt.a -ooald freight train on th
SsI SGa ia Hamilton and Dayto
,G m,,al u'o washout at Possum Rur
I',es loos south of Dayton and the 3
hi ISYl,o!.se tSo ,p! was carried $50 fe,
= ,han .ne mighty torrent before sinkin
'ava rolled over and over. At da,
icss 'a,uef at mile across the watei
frai,nss 1G ~ ,slslS OF distress, and rescue
Ivn,,l rSp.snt crew from tree iops,
tSCiSSATl, May l3.-Tha storm
Nj su' " which did such fearful work ,
Y III ID 4, y was far reaching. 1t
and a. N l.anols and through Ind
s haU Ind. May IA terr,b,o stor
bansss Tsss .ais ., city last night, unroo
-'TSes T5a and destroying gain al
n S9;6 pe o,a damage will amount to
y rt,ILiAMsroEr, Ind, NAV AT,
IA tGrr v"o9a belonging 10 Henry Bn
AVA %tn !, Gown by the wind last eve
SDIAN,' w. butt was badly injure,
Im HnaAr2Lis. nas Ind, May ia
y ga cast Of Lafay cites on ths I'm III
lOck G ias, " estern Railroad, about 8 :;
fiaa do @a. !. :, evening, unroo6ng house
h. evsrI,,eea tseea and fences and On
kiHss ssrything before it. One me- NJ
bopsl oG, g and number are renort.
Do ST. strpcR rGRlsf, \ Ind, May ia to
Eve min MIN Attlca at 6.1O last eyenin
Dyed ;no'' nules several houses were d
the GvbHi;uulng the Revere Hon
blpbt bo0alcago and Grand Son,Sa, %
eIs rssis house. Many bns;nsss sooHSnsl Hu
\ killed leos sR. are In ruins. A lai
.iously !, AM; anu several other nerso,
Fn was wsssoS, on, Ind, May 1s.-Tb