Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-08-22
A SUMMER TEMPEST
SEVERE RAIN STORMS IN
 SEVERAL LOCALITIES.
WHEELING AGAIN VISITED.
MORE THAN c25o,00o OF PROPERTY
 DESTROYED.

Five New Baltimore ard Ohio Bridges Destroy Considerable Damage in and Around Bo>ton-Traius Delayed tho New Haven and Hart ord Railroad Houses and Barns Demolished Along the Chesapeake Bay obstruction Else where.
 WHEELING, Aug. z2.-A severe storm has been in progress here s.uce Il. m, and 1t is still raining this morning. Wheeling Creek valley Is an angry flood, and the damage can only be estimated by the wreckage that dashes thrr"Ch this city. At 8 90 the stoue bridge over Wheeling Creek on Main street fell with awful crash, and the waters lcapcd sixty feet into the air. Water, gas, and natural gas mains, sewers, telegraph and telephone wires, electri> light and street car power conductors wero carried down. The losses will reach S250,O0o
 Five Baltimore and Ohio bridges, rebuilt after the former flood, have been de- stroycd, and the Wheeling and Elm Grove Railroad bridge over Woods Run IS also gone.
 All trains have been ordered abandoned :on the Ohio river road. About POO dele gates 10 the Repubiican State Convention at Charleston to-day are stuck on this road at Sstrrsv.Ec, forty miles south on the river
 RosroH, Aug. o3-Rain began falling In torrents at D. m., and continued until af- ter midnight, The wind blew gale from tho Northeast, Stony Brook, Rox- bury, has ovorfowcd, and the ueghboring territory is fOoGed. Huuy families have been obliged to move out of lAc low dis trict. The JouiTtdl basement Is flooded to such an extent that any further rise will interfere with the issue of the paper. Many other basements ar flooded and great damage hAs undoubtedly been done.
 '',: .''.4~s: Cpuu., Aug. -. Tho tralu on the Naugatuck djv!s on of the New Haven und Hartford Eatlrv;.d due here at nine o'clock last night did not arrive until nearly midnight, owing t q washout at Seymour. Fortunately the rails remained in position, that tEey could be lacked up for the lra.n to pass over them in safety.
 The storm in Waterbury has been very heavy and the streets hero have been badly flooded.
 NrwBURG, N Y.. Aug. &2 Tho heaviest rain storm Of the season hero began early yesterday morning and continued all day. Water is running through the streets knee dCcu. Considerable damage has been done.
 BALTIMORE, Aug. 22-From various points III SOuthern Maryland come pHrticu lars of severe storm last night, which swept up both sides Of the Chesapeake Bay, Causing considerable destruction to property and creating the widest sort of excitement. Houses and barns were de- molished and two schooEers were capsiZed, but no loss Of life has yet been reported. An immense wuterspout formed at the mouth of the bay and was carried with ter rltc force across Poole's Island. The full extent of the damage cannot De estimated as reports thus far received are rather in- definite The storm came from the South and was accompanied by heavy ram.
 NEWPORT, k. l., Aug 22.-The storm, which began early in the evening increased in violence. Tho Sound boat for New York remained hero after coming from Fall River. This was by all odds the most severe storm of the summer.
 STILL. POND, Md, Aug. 22 -krehbs can nery wns totally destroyed hy d cy yclone at four o'clock. Nine pes sons were killed outright and many others wounded. The wreck took fire, but that was soon put out The other damage there will be great
 NEW ORLEANS La, Aug. E2.-The losses by the storm in the South are far greater m extent than reports heretofore forwarded show, and will probably reach into the millions. High tides on the Gulf coast and the breakwater in the rivers aud bayous have destroyed a large proportion of the ricc and sugar crops. Houses have been moved from their foundations, uHrOofed or blow down, railroads have been washed out and sugar houses on many plantations arc destroyed. ltls estimated that possibly y one-third of the sugar crop is damaged.