Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-16

out. Advance. oldest inhabitant. and tell
Us if you dare. that You ever saw a storm
OF rain which would begin +" compare with
the storm OF last week Though no one has
Vet applied the name water spout" Ia the
storm which swept over central ONO, there
is little doubt that the rain here WAS aS
heavy as in many rain storm which are
dubbed 10y the title of water SpoutS. Nc
such storm was ever known in this vicinity
II seemed as if Springfield was a bad boy.
whom Neither Nature had taken up ON her
lap. to ht washed and scrubbed until his
face shnur; and SprlngtieId'S face does
shine. Given three months and several
hundred men, assisted by the entire fire de
partmemt. and the time would be too short
tO effect such cleaning as that done by
the storm. The effects of the storm have
been 80 ably treated in the local press that
only few points. which have been missed
in the vastue>> of the subject, can be added
The scene at the circus grounds was
thrilling. As is well known. wild animals
brcOnr frantic in a storm, There is some
thing in the imceSSant play of the blue light
ming. and the deep organ music Of the
thunder, that touches a responsive chord in
these savage beasts. In the jungleS of In
dia, during the terrible storms 50 common
in that latitude, the roarS and ShriekS Of the
lions and tigers are said to be terrible The
storm "Wednesday night had a similar effect
on the lions in the Miller. Freeman X
Okrl'N circus. During the flashes of light
ming, they paced their cages. utterng the
most frantic howlS, and chating against the
iron bars, which kept them from Sprnging
cut and revcling in the storm. Coupled
with the tltful flashes of the lightning the
bursts at thunder, the momrntary glimpSes
of the imky sky, and the deugeS of wat, r
the weird ShriekS Of these wild animals
heard them. They paced their cages with
eyes like Goals of fire and names ruffled
with rage, but luckily the bars held and
none escaped.
"Will No ) be- any latc?" asked Young
know whether he would get his train out
that day or next week. The engineer could
only glare at him and gasp.
''l"nk"r here. young man. don't want
t" do anything rash, but il you make an
other break like that I'll have to kill you"
The dirt was washed out from between
the railroad ties. and the ties themselves
We're washed so white that railroad track
from little distance looked like the Skele-
ton of some vast worm, creeping along the
ground.
Besides long reports to all Ohio papers,
specials We're sent to the New York World.
Hcr0Id TribIuIc, and to Chicago, Pitts
burg and indianapolis. by their representa-
tivrs here.
Hundreds Of tons of sand were washed
through the railroad cut under High street
bridge. down on To Main street, and the
streets in that vicinity. Atno point can the
enormous force of the water be realized bet
ter than in this part of the city. | saw a
siN-fOOt picket fence a short distance from
east Main street, of which only few inch
cS Of the tips of the pickets were showing.
The rest of the fence and yard were buried
in 1--WE feet of solid earth and sand
Two dogs which occupied kennel in the
back yard of a house just below the High
street railroad cut, fell prey to the torrents
of sand and water, and are buried as effect
ually as if they had been inferred with the
greatest care,
THE railroad cut at the High street