Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-14
In -FOUR STATES.
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Virginia
Visited by Storm Of Wind,
Rain and Hail.
twenty-five People Killed at XcnIa.
0hio--rhe Destruction Of
Property Immense.
''"""ss"A p People Homeless Wire ana
""'ifoee Communication Cut
oh-Aid Solicited,
Awrur Loss on iirr.

AWFUL 1858 or itFr
CNciNNATr ONO, Mayls. The city o
Aenia, Green con ", IN this state, Il re
ported Inaccessible by railroads from an,
direction because of washouts by M,
storm last night. Archer creek. which
flows from the east under culvert nea,
tue depot, has damned the culvert with
drift and formed great reservoir which
broke the railway embanAment, swept
through the town, carrying houses ava,
and causing loss OF life; besides sweop,
Ing away six hundred feet of railway
track. At 1910 a. m there ia sun ma
Geographic communication with Xenla OF
Dayton, bnt from railroad officials IL 1
ascertained that twenty persons are re.
ported Killed aud large number Injured,
The wind blew down trees and telegram
poles until there are no communl.
cations With Cincinnati whatever.
| Only the merest outlines Of the great
disaster AZ Aenia are obtainable. From
these IL appears that the rainfall lnst
night was the heaviest ever known in
that part OF the state. IL was q leugth-
ened cloud-burst, beginning at O'clock
ana continuing till after 10.
Shawnee river which runs through A
portion Of the town, with colleges bullt
on Its bank, rose to an unprecedented
height, swept away fifty to one hundred
buildings, and the inmates suddenly
found themselves helpless IN an angry
food.
How many lives were lost IA not yet
known, but az l2 $50 O'Clock the roscuine
party had recovered twenty-four bodies.
IL was estimated that number more
would yet be found. The storm is de-
scribed as the most disastrous ever
known. On the Little Miami railroad
, the nearest approach any train could
make 10 the city was three miles. The
bridges were all washed away and in
places the track also. Trees were blown
down, fences destroyed and crops ruined.
rnE SOME An NINA
NENfA, May 10 The principal stream
flowing through Nenia is Archer creek,
which Is generally a small stream with no
destructive powers The creek flows
through cnlvert under the Panhandle
railway depot. Last night frightful
storm ragged from 8 O'Clock untll after H..
The stream became SO greatly swollen on
account 0f the heavy rains til
the culyert was taxed TO It's utmost TO
give the wa,er passage way. When drift
wood commenced coming down the
swollen stream II was caught at the Gull
vert until perfect dam was formed
The citizens perceiving danger worked
earnestly TO dislodgo the timbers and
drft-wo0d, which kept increasing, but
the force Of the current wedged them IN
so tight that their efforts were futile. The
water backed up, soon overlooked the
banks, and ere long formed an extensive
reservoir The people all over the city
began 10 grow alarmed, but before any
definite action was taken the water broke
It's embankment and rushed through the
town, tearing down trees and washing
away houses. More than one hundred
houses were swept away. Many resi-.
dences were swept down the current with
their inmates The house OF Aaron Fergn-
son thus washed away contained nine
persons OF his own family and three OF
John Burtche's, who fed there for safety.
A GENERAL RESUME.
CINCINNATI, ONO, May l8.--The storm
last evening which did such fearful work
ut Xenia was far reaching. II Is heard Of
IN Illinois, through Indiana aud Ohio, and
at Winchester, Va. Here there has been
unusual electrical disturbances Tor the
past three nights. On Monday night
there wae almost uninterrupted lightning
from | ] p. m. 90 a. m. Tuesday evening
similar condition existed, accompanied
by heavy rain and hail Last night there
was another electrical storm with wind,
heavy rain and hail. Tho Ncna storm
was much more furious. The couD-
ties Of Montgomery, Clark, Butler,
Warren and Greene, lie adjacent
the Ohio and form an elevated plateau
In these counties are the towns Of Day
ton, Springfield, Hamilton, Lebanon aud
Xenla In the eastern county Of Indl-
ana, adjoining this district, Is Corners
Vile. At these places the rain Of last
night was Of the heaviest volume ever
known At Dayton II measured IA inches
in about three hours. Xenia was
so situated as 10 meet with the worst re-
suits. Maumee river traverses that por
ton % the city adjacent to the Little
Miami railroad, which lies lower than the
main portion Of the city. the railway
GmbankneDt rises above the general
level, ard the stream flows through II
IN a large calvert. Last nights
rainfall was too much far the cal ecity Of
the cuyert. The waters rose and swept 1
away the embankment, aud with great
force rushed ON the cottages located In
tho low banks aud without warning bore /
them from their foundations.
At Springfield tho food was of
nearly the same volume, but the
drainage was better. East HIGH
street bridge was undermined aud ~ q
mass Of ruins. Ia the eastern and south
eastern portions Of the city many families
were driven from their houses by the
food. Dozens Of bridges
over streams were washed away. The
losses cannot be estimated tonight, but
will be tomorrow. They are exceedingly I
heavy.
AZ Lebanon Ohio, the Methodist Epls-
copal church, the Lebanon house, a eYist
mill, warehouse and several residences
were unroofad. Shade trees were ruined
Nearly every railroad across the state
was crippled Some win require several
days TO repair.
DAYTON ISOLATED.
DAYTON, Ohio, May l8.--Dsyton II
Isolated. There are no trains in or out,
The telegraph and telephone wires arel