The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-20
DELUGED FROM THE SKY.
FEARFUL RAINS AT CHICAGO, GIN
CINNATI AND ELSEWHERE.

First Floors Flooded with Water
Chicago's Transportation Facilities
Unable to Meet the Demand on
Them.
CHICAGO, July 19.--About 10 o'clock last
night one of the heaviest thunder storms of
recent years visited Chicago.
AT l o'clock on Thursday morning the
thermometer registered SG0. The weather
did not grow any cooler during the night,
and all day yesterday the heat was fright
full. Moisture surcharged the atmosphere
and made the suns rays almost unbearable.
Last night the rain poured
down, the streets were flooded and
the cutters were running over The audi
ences at the theaters were driven out of
shelter just at a time when the fall of the
rain was fiercest. In ten minutes after the
theaters closed not carriage or cab OF any
description could be had. The street cars
were crowded to their fullest capacity. The
towns transportation facilities were ex-
hausted and hundreds OF people congregate
under awnings and in doorways.
LIGHTNING's VIVID FLASH.
The electrical display that accompanied
the rain was remarkable. A number of
buildings and residences were struck by
lightning, but the damage in all cases was
slight. Rains flooded the cellars in
the southwestern portion of tho
city and many Easements of down
town business houses, doing great damage.
Many cheap basement lodging houses were
flooded and their dodgers driven out on the
streets The rapidity of the rainfall was
unprecedented in this locality. In period
of twenty minutes it aggregated one inch,
and altogether reached l.64 inches. In
many of the basement Chinese laundries
Cinnamon were found perched on their
tables this morning.
FELL IN TORRENTS AT CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, July 19.-About 3 o'clock
this morning heavy rain storm came upon
the city from the north, accompanied bv
severe thunder and lightning. The rain fell
in such torrents that all the hillside streets
were flowing with angry streams The
bank of the Ohio canal at YOTk street broke
and water poured from the canal In great
food. The collars and first floors of several
dwellings at that point were filed with
water, and q stream several feet deep
ran down York street and Central avenue.
The occupants of the first floors ia some of
the houses were rescued with difficulty. A
house on Walnut hill Yves struck by light
ming, the fluid passing down the chimney
and consuming a trunk full of clothing
packed for a summer journey by one Of the
ladies' of the household. The loss in the
city caused by the canal overflow is esti-
mated at $4,000. The ~ nfall here was
2 40 inches.
ALL OHIO WELL WET.
Advices from other parts of the state
show that yesterday afternoon and last
night heavy rains fell in many places. A
cloud burst is reported at Lancaster, which
caused a big washout on the Columbus,
Hooking Valley and Toledo railroad.
AT Logan, o., heavy rain caused much
damage to crops.
Lightning struck house in the village
of Georgesville, Franklin county, and set it
on fire, and the flames burned half the town
also.
At Marysvllle, O., great damage was
done. The lightning struck the electric
light works, ruined dynamo and put out
the lights of the town.
A CLOUDBURST IN WEST VIRGINIA.
CHARLESTON, w. VA, July ia cloud
burst on Elk river this morning did great
deal of damage to lumbermen and farmers
1t rained all night.
MILK VALLEY wATERED.
ST. PAUL, July 19.-The Pioneer Press
special from Fort Belknap, Mon, says:
1.-The heavy rains of the past ten days cul-
minated last night in G tremendous thunder
shower, which flooded the entire Milk river
valley from Assinaboine to point twenty
five miles east of Chinook. The streams are
rapidly rising and fears are expressed for
some of the railroad bridges, only few
inches more of water being needed to carry
them off,
HEAT FOLLOWED BY WATER.
GRAND FORKS, OAK, July 19.-The past
few days have been extremely not. Tues
day night there was one of the heaviest
rainfalls that ever visited this section. The
counties Of Bottineau, Rolette, Ramsay,
Nelson and Trail all needed rain, and they
got it in profuse quantities. Cass county
failed to get dipperfuJ Yesterday the
sun fairly baked everything, and now it is
feared that damage has been done to the
crops in Grand Forks, Walsh end Pernbina
counties. There is much depending on the
condition of the weather during the next
two weeks.
A BAD FLOOD IN WEST VIRGINIA.
PITTsBURG. PA, July ia special from
Parkersburg, w. Va, SAYS: The greatest
disaster which ever befell the Little
Kanawha valley came last night in tie
shape of terrible cloudburst, which has
completely flooded the country, destroy
ing many lives, carrying OFF thou
sands OF dollars in property and
running crops for many miles. The deluge
fall in torrents, doing much damage in the
city. The worst Of the storm struck the
lower side Of the Kanawha, filing its small
tributaries from bank 30 bank and ending
IN the worst flood within the recollection Of
the oldest inhabitant In three hours the
Kanawha rose six feet and ran out with
such velocity that it carried everything be-
fore it. At this point thousands Of logs
and a number of boats went out
or were sunk. Mrs. Isaac H. Tucker,
Martin LawleSs and an unknown man
were drowned Further up the
stream the destruction was still greater.
The Big Tygart valley is completely ruined.
A big mill near its mouth went out and
took the Tygart bridge with it, In the
valley all the fences, crop aud much live
stock were lost. At Chester vile, small
town about ten miles above, half the resi-
dences were carried off bodily and left in
the corn-felds. In the Clay district fine
church and three dwellings were wrecked.
STEAMERS SUNK.
about noon information was received
that the steamer Oneida had beon wrecked
and sunk at Enterprise, above. A still later
report comes that the steamer G. G. Martin
was sunk at Burning Springs. The Little
Heatherington's store, Capt. Spencer's resi-
dence. c. Cooper's residence. and that of ]
w. Smith are completely demolished, but
no lives are reported lost as yet.
MANY LIVES LOST.
"The worst story comes from Norris
town, small village near the head Of
Tucker creek, where a cloud-burst concen-
trated in all its fury, coming down in the