Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-06-21
FLOOD DAMAGES.
Heavy Rains in Missouri Cause
Much Loss of Live Stock-Rail-
road Washouts.
Southern Minnesota and Dakota
Visited by Heavy Rains and Disas-
trouS Winds.
Serious Fire at Baxter Springs Twenty
Freight Cars Destroyed at Phila-
delphia-Etc.

NORDORNE, Mo-, June 16.-One OF the
heaviest rains ever known fell in this VI
cinity yesterday morning, commencing at
about one o'clock and continuing until five.
All of the lower lands are flooded aud the
creeks are out of their banks. Four miles
east or here the water Is i've miles wide
and three to five feet deep. Parties living
IN the flooded districts were compelled to
leave their homes and most of them left
during the rain. Those that did not leave
were boaJed 10 safety. Nearly all OF the
hogs and small stock were drowned and
many head of cattle are reported lost.
White Bros, large stock raisers, are the
heaviest losers, they reporting 4OO hogs
and nearly 100 head of cattle drowned
Several thousand acres of corn and wheat
are q total loss. 1t is estimated that SloO,-
600 will not much more than cover loss OF
stock and crops. The Wabash and Santa
Fe railroad tracks are washed IN many
places.
DAMAGE AT CARRoLLToS.
CARRoILroN, Mo-, June l6.-A storm
which ragged in this section Thursday
night was the hardest ever known. Reports
from ali sections of the country note great
damage 10 growing crops, roads and
bridges. The Wakenda river is on the
rampage, and the low lands adjoining for
a distance of ten miles and covering an
area OF twenty square miles are sub
merged. The track of the Santa Fe is
washed out three miles west of here for a
distance of 200 yards, and traffic was sus-
pended yesterday. The same is the case
with the C., b. & K. Z. The regular pas
senger train pulled out of this place at the
usual hour but returned at noon and re-
ported a heavy washout about fifteen miles
north. The Rock road" leading south
from this place, on which are The three
depots, is almost entirely under water.
Trains are running only on the Wabash,
but communication is Shut off. The water
is still rising.
ANOTHER STORM IN MINNESOTA.
ST.. PAUL Mimi, June 16-Further ad-
vices from Southern Minnesota and Dakota
indicate that the losses by the severe
storm of Wednesday and Thursday will be
heavy. At Forman, OAK, the storm ap-
preached the magnitude of a tornado. ira
versing the country from northwest to
southeast. Several buildings were blown
down and one or two were destroyed by
lightning. At Rutland. eight miles south
east of Forman, the new opera house was
completely demolished, Byste Bros store
blown down, Ross store wrecked and
building adjoining the Journal Office car
ried away. A dwelling house was also
upset and numerous barns and other build
ings were badly damaged. No loss of life
is reported. At Fergus Falls a building
belonging belonging to II. 5. Cole was de-
moished and he Grant Hotel seriously
damaged. There was an enormous fall OF
rain. At Rushford, Mimi, the Root river
has risen four feet and is going up four
inches an hour. At AitLii, Mimi, the
Mississippi is raging.
FIFTEEN BUILDINGS BURNED.
BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan, June 16.-Fire
was discovered Thursday morning IN w.
S. Tutt!e's bookstore, and before it could
! be extinguished the entire block OF fifteen
buildings burned. futile lost his
whole stock, but was insured; Z. z. Nc
Oregon, nearly all OF his stock, partially
insured; Colonel Alexander Warner, OF
Connecticut, three buildings, insured; Mrs.
Helen Blood, of Louisville a good build
ing, insured; and j. NJ Cooper, two build
ings Among the smaller losers were w.
w. Jones, w. H. Horner, j. Bishopberger,
]. B. McFadden, Bert Duncan. j. Is. Opper-
man, Colonel William March and w. Z.
Tyner. The block will De rebuilt at once.
HORRIBLE DEATH.
CINCINNATI, June 16-People who were
In the vicinity of the post-office building at
e'even o'clock yesterday morning were
Mortified to see frantic horse running
close to the curbstone dragging his rider,
a boy, whose foot was fast in the stirrup,
and dashing his head against the curbstone
from time TO time. When the horse was
stopped the boy was dead. He was Solo
mon Strauss and was a rider for horse
auction on Fifth street.
STOCK KILLED.
. MARSHALL, Mo-, June 16.-This section
was visited by very severe electrical
storm Thursday night, accompanied by
leavy ram. No serious damage was done
in this city. bat in The vicinity OF Malta
Bend several head of stock were killed.
The barn of R c. Hanna, near Miami, was
struck by lightning and burned with two
horses and "A mule.
FREIGHT CARS WRECKED
PHILADELPHIA, June 16.-A collision oc-
CURED on the Pennsylvania road near Fifty
second street yesterday afternoon by which
twenty freight cars were wrecked. One
car was loaded with refined oil which
caught fire from a hot box and the cars
were almost entirely destroyed with the
greater part of their contents. The loss
Yves $50. OOO on which there was insur-
auca- No one was injured.