Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-05-19
GOING FURTHER EAST.
Terrible Storm. at Xenia, Ohio-Houses
and Their Inmates Swept to- Destruc-
tion-Nearly Thirty Lives Lost-The
Damage In the City Estimated at
100000.

A terrible wind and rain storm
struck the town of Xenia, O., on the
night of the 18th. The flood OF water
was so sudden and overwhelming that
the damage was done almost before
the people were aware that the storm
had begun. The water backed up at
the east end of the town to q lake
against the Panhandle Railroad. The
bank gave away suddenly, and the
flood came dashing through the town
along Shawnee Greek in waves fifteen
or twenty feet high, and swept twenty
or thirty houses away in twinkling.
The gas-works were flooded and the
town was in darkness and terror.
The cries of the people in the flooded
district were awful to hear. Many
acts of heroism in saving the drown
ing are reported. Bonfres were lighted
and the people worked all night.
Whole families persisted in the flooded
districts. There was great damage to
property all around in the country,
but it's extent cannot now be even APP
proximated.
The following are the killed and
missing: Mrs. Nellie Anderson and
sister, Lydia Casey, colored, both
widows past 60 years of age; Mrs.
Samuel Corcoran and two sons, aged
IL and 20; Mat Evans, colored, day
laborer, wife and child-the child
nlsslI Orrin Morris, white laborer,
wife and five children, three girls and
two boys, the eldest girl Is years of
age and youngest babe of 10 months;
Stephen Denton, colored, laborer.
VIM. Powell, cart driver, wife and six
or eight children. One child escaped
from the house, as did Henry Brazel-
ton, son.in-law of Powell, and two
children, who were found this morn
ing. The rest are missing. Lewis
Anderson and wife, colored; Mr.. An
derson is missing. Mrs Ed. Lindsay;
Mr.. Powell and two children.
The loss of property is great. Whole
lumber-yards and all the bridges are
gone, completely. The scenes in the
devastated district are indescribable
The City Council has appropriated
81 900 for immediate use In the burial
ofthe victims. A private subscription
has already reached into the thou
sands. A committee is distributing
clothing and bedding. The rink has
been turned into a refuge for the home
less, who are many. All aid possible
is needed from every source. Among
the losses are: Mcdowell & Terrence,
lumber, $4,000; Miami Powder Com
pany, 1875 900; Little Miami Railroad,
$125, 900; private individuals, $780,
600. The city engineer places the city
loss at $4,000. The Little Miami
Road has about sixteen miles of track
swept away. Two more bodies were
found next day, being children. They
are not identified. The complete num-
Der of dead whose bodies have been
found is twenty five, with eleven still
missing.
Serious damage to property and loss
Of life from the storm are reported in
all directions in Ohio and Indiana. At
Attica, in the latter state the follow
ing casualties occurred: Killed: Mrs.
Joe Davis. Fatally wounded: Mrs.
Morehead, Mrs. Abe Nathan, VIM.
Van Deventer, James Idle. Seriously
injured: Mrs. Kirby and son, Reed
Brady, Bob Paris, Mrs. Moore, Court
ney Morehead. The last named is
son of Mrs. Morehead's. The loss will
exceed $4,000.
A Greenfield, Ind, special reports
that news has reached that point from
Wilkinson, fifteen miles distant, on
the Indianapolis, Bloomington &
Western Railway, thatIthe storm blew
down all the buildings in town except
three. Samuel White was killed and
his wife fatally injured. a boy named
Shaffer was also killed, and about
twenty persons seriously hurt, several
of whom will die. The wires are down
and direct communication is cut off.
Two people were killed and number
of buildings destroyed in the vicinity
of Danville, Ill.
The most serious damage to rail-
roads fell upon the little Miami road.
From Corwin to London, a distance
of forty miles, eight bridges are gone,
and the track is q series of small and
great wash-outs. Fortunately the
Muskingum Valley road is intact and
the little Miami trains can use it tor
their through traffic and for reaching
Columbus. The Cincinnati, Hamilton
& Dayton road has two bridges out,
one at Carrollton and one at Miamis-
burg, but it can use the Bee Line track
to Dayton. The wash-outs on the
Bee Line are beyond Dayton.
News of damage by the storm con-
tinues to come. Madison County, O.,
suffered to the extent of more than
100000. The streams in that county
are generally low banked and the un-
precedented food caused nearly all
the road bridges to be carried off. In
Fayette County the waterspout was
SO pronounced that q food of eight
feet came tearing down Paint Greek
on the 18th into Washington
Courthouse. All the lower part of the
city was inundated and many people
driven from their homes. Dozens of
bridges were washed away. In Clinton
County the chief damage was by wind.
Five barns are reported destroyed and
the timber is Frustrated over a large
area. In Butler County also there
was much damage by wind. Fifty
feet of Woodsdsle bridge over the
Miami River was blown off and fine
iron and wood bridge on the Elliott
y