The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-05-20

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pe uneasy started 10 cross the bridge on tbe
sprngnc.d track 10 go and tell them he wps
Win him ne s,d s'e IL PED on the bank Il eayed in
rent beneath. His long rubber coat was
~ wrapped around him that It was
UTMOST Impossible 70 help himself. He
,nns, ~, hkhlnst the side wall, and with al.
m9sl supeerhuman effort managed TO get Oh
nus coat. He called for help and some one 10
urin6 MIN aropo. But before he got a ropc
spne one came 70 his rescue. and he threw UP
punk liy that means he was drawn out OF
~ ~ uppicnshht quarters. Harry says be
innnght his last hour had come, sure.
ny nst OF the dead a MS follows: Mrs. Nellie
Ell hhs,qioIs9h ana sister, Lydia Casey (coloredl,
,oln ION WIDOWS pnst sixty years OF age, lived In
nrr LOTIONS. Mrs. Samuel Corchoran and
Nv" xs,a,.s so,ls hEed about twelve and twenty-five
2paIs' Mlnow anu sons OF the late Samuel
.,,orchornh. better known Es "Rnm Patch:S y
,Nen Just across the creek, on King street, In
we tne bottoms near the depot. Mat Evans
w,4ii11rqa, .,,;i1 ~, day laborer. wife and
ennu, llved on the. creek Just west OF White
man street. The child y missing. Orrin Nor
rs, white, laborcr. wife and Ave children,
.hIeo nIeo girls and two boys the oldest a girl
OF ten months, lived on West second street,
near The creek. Stephen Donton colored la
pol pporerl lived N Barrs Bettoms. William
v"uu. So ~. cart driver for Sam Clark wife and
Liq,t street, between the north and south
iprts ot shawnee, Ono child escaped from
me house. as DID Henry, lirazelton son-in.
liis morning, the rest missing. Lewis Ander-
son and wife, colored. lived In Barr's Bot
IONS; Mt; Anderson is missing Mrs. I'd
nas, nar.o, ny9a s On % ne foot of the creek near
The incidents OF nm exciting nature are
almost beyond description. A lineman was
stsnding on AN eubankment, and before
he could realize his danger bo was In the Hood
nnd swept a mile by tho raging waters. A
tcloHraph operator got into the water, and
niter noating some distance he caught onto
tree. A house came down ia the Hood and
sank the tree he was perched on. He clirned
on the house and started down with the cur.
rent until ho came across another tree. lie
cllnched y, and remained there until he was
rescued several hours later.
~, Z. Smith, OF Pittsburgh, worked no.
bly, all night insisting the suffering. "A lady
went INTO a house to help another, and soon
advised the woman TO leave. She refused,
and the lady who was there TO help rushed
out and WIS caught In the delnge Mr. Smith
caught her. and. after she was RULED ashore,
sue was nearly dead from exhaustion. He
drew flask from his pocket and poured a
good, stn slug OF whisky down her throat,
thereby bringing hor 20 and saving her life.
!, A mans wife called TO her husband that she
thought water was running into the cellar Of
their hou Q. The husband lighted a lamp
and started 20 go dewn 10 the cellar, but In
nm Instant the water wns up 20 his chin In
the room where he and his wife had been
sleeping.
when II was learned that the gas works had
been disabled and rendered useless and the
electric wires were down, the citizens gath
cred wood aud started bonlres to enable
them 10 soc how 10 carry on the work OF res
cuing the sufferers.
Joe walton Is one of the unheralded heroes
who risked his life more than once by taking
boat and r. scuinR people lie took the Ter.
Rlaon family OF nine people out of the
waters, ana landed them safely on the shore,
Immediately after which their house tumbled
TO pieces aa though Il were n shell.
IItMarrnr A MAJ IA -frho ..rf..a a - 49,.
der storm which passed over Butler County
Wednesday night cut on Hamilton from all
telegraph. telephone, railroad and mail
except Cincinnati Reports from the the
surrounding country come in slowly
and are very .fncnRcr Four barns
were struck by lightning. and the buildings
this vicinity were carried away. Two rail-
road bridges ON tho c., H. G. and two
bridges on the O., II. ID, we're carried away.
No trains are running on the O., H. * Z. or O.,
II. d, The loss 10 grain. trees houses, etc,
In Butler County Is very heavy.
In this city the schwab brewery and Kahn
stove foundry were submerged. The Meth
odlst church and public school NJ Seven
Mile were badly wrecked. Throughout the
country thcrc are reports OF houses un-
rrootcd; The barn OF Isaac Dick at
Rethor with all tho Implements and con.
tents. II was the finest barn In the county;
insured for g., 100. The barn and contents OF
samuel nNktlls IN tut western purt Ot the
county, we're also struck by lightning and de-
ttrOycd: loss unknown. a number OF fine
groves hayo been laid waste and small lossos
innuinerable 10 90 make up nm aggregate
that Will fall not far short OF 100000.
DAYTON. o.. May i3.-At $3.50 last night a
sharp thunderstorm came up, and rain al-
most Immediately fell In torrents. altornnted
with hail. the hailstones ranging In size from
hnzel-nnt 10 an almond. and were gath
cred In hs great curiosities. Reports came
ia gradually OF disasters near the center OF
town aud matters grow serious, but about
II o'clock the message came 70 the ccnter OF
ncws that Wolf creek levcc, which protects
Miami City Tor West Dayton). had broken,
and kemptown, as II Is called. bplng the lower
part OF Miami City, was swept away. People
hurried TO the scene only 10 And that the dis
asttr was more than was told Some six
hundred feet OF the levee bad been broken
by the sudden torrcnt which came rushing
down Wolf creek, and lI0 acres Of that part
OF the city were verod with water.
In kemptown terrible distress occurred A
score or more houses with thoir sleeping oc-
cuphnts were swept away from their founda-
tione aud overturned, or lodged against walls,
or cnrricdinio the Miami and borne away, no
one knows where. That portion of the city
was aroused, aud the entire male population
that dare epyaRo In the business,
Hooded district carrying out the distressed
and ehrleking women and children 70
places of safety. II was In vain 10 telephone
FOR aid 10 the east side OF the Miami, for IL
ly dangerous TO attempt 10 reach the scene
with horses and carriages. There was not
much to do but wait for dawn. To add 20
the distress the electric light works were
Hooded, and all portions OF the city, lighted
by electricity, including Kemptown were In
total darkness. Flashes of Lightning
Afforded the only light for the
distressed and rcscuers. To-day thou.
sands of people ar visiting tho spot and
wonder that any of the unfortunates escaped
alive, In almost all the houses IN that part
OF town tho wnter rose 10 tho height of a bed
o. even table. In one beautiful little one
story cottage. man and wife lay asleep.
Awakened by the rush OF water and the
shrieks of neighbors. the husband rose TO
fHd hinsclf and wire In q floating house and
no means OF escape. The water rose
higher every. minute. and the only way TO
air and safety was through the roof.
Ing above him, while standing on his floating
bed Through hole inthe ceiling no clam
hered into the attic and drew his wife after
him. Then he cus his way 10 the roof and |
there the coupe sat In the driving stormunti |
an light brought resef, being powerless 10 |
DO anything but pray. The house was caught !
by wall about two blocks from Its foundn- |
lion, or i would undoubtedly have been car
ried 10 the Miami and lost. II Ia tho chief |
point OF curiosity to-day.
Albany, o., May ls.-A tornado passed |
through Columbia Township MeiRs County. |
about flve m les from this place. last night |
carrying death aud destruction with II. |
Mrs Mnrgaretta NcComas, nged sixty,
was instantly killed; also her nephew, /
Hathman McComas. aged twenty-one |
Lizzie McComas was seriously injured, but
Mil probably recover. The house In which
he Mctomssee we're killed was entirely de-