Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1889-07-20
NEWS ny I6'6SIdp Il
FROM ALL QUARTERS.
IA TERRIBLE CL0UD-BURSq
Death and Devastation in
| West Virginia.
lAFATAL FAMILY FEUD IN ALABAMA.
Fishing Steamers Seized for
Violating the Law.
JACK THE RIPPER STILL AT LARGE.
Senator HOar's Views on the
Annexation of Canada.
JACK THE RIPPER STILL At LARGE.
A TERRIBLE CLOUD BURST

The Little Kanawaha Valley a Scene
OF Terror-Rain Falls in Torrents,
Causing Floods Which Wreak
Awful Mischief-Many Lives lost
and Great Damage to Property
Chesterville is Almost Completely
Wrecked-A Freight Train Crashes
Through q Trestle.
PTrTsBURe, July ia special from Par
kersburg, West Virginia, says: The greatest
disaster which ever befell little Kanawaha
valley came last night in the shape of ter
rible cloudburst which has completely food
ed the county, destroying many lives, carry
ing off thousands of dollars in property and
running the crops for many miles. The del
uge fell here about dusk and continued to
fall in torrents, doing much damage in the
city. The worst of the flood struck the lower
side of the Kanawaha, filling smell tributaries
from bank to bank and ending in the worst
food within recollection of the oldest inhab-
liant. In three hours the Kanawaha raised
six feet and ran out with such velocity that
it carried everything beforei it. At this point
thousands of logs and number of boats went
out or we're sunk. Little Kanswaha Lumber
company lost 1000 logs, Vests mill ten RATS,
barges with ties, several of which were caught
below, Beaver & Co. lost Eve barges of coal,
Charles Wells four barges.
In one hour five thousand logs went out.
Mrs. Tucker, Martin Lawless and an unknown
man were drowned. Above the destruction
was still greater. Big. Tygart is completely
ruined. The big mill near it's mouth went
out and took the Tygart bridge with it. In
the valley all the fences, crops and much
live stock were lost At Chesterville, a small
town about ten miles above, half the resi-
dences were carried off bodily and left in
corn fields. In Clay district fine church
and three dwellings were wrecked.
About noon information was received that
the steamer Oneida had been wrecked and
sunk at Enterprise, above. Still later reports
came that the steamer G. G. Martin was sunk
at Burning Springs" The little Tygart is
also reported completely ruined. Heather
ington's store, Captain Spenoer's residence,
G. P. Cooper's residence and that of J. W.
Smith are demolished, but no lives are re-
ported lost as yet. The worst story of
all comes from Morristown, small
village near the head of Tucker creek, where
the cloud-burst concentrated in all its fury,
coming down in the village about midnight
and totally destroying it, together with
/ many of its people. The first report gave
! the loss at eleven but later news seems to
fix the loss at greater number. The
houses of citizens are said to have been
hurled against each other In such short
space of time that no time was given to
escape. Among those lost are James Higer,
his brother Joseph and Thomas, a man named
West and wife and child. The body of a
man believed to be another Morristown VIC
| tim was found on Richardson's farm this
/ morning. At Philbrush all bridges and Gull
verts are washed away and 1t is impossible to
reach that point or any other on upper waters.
It is impossible now to enumerate the loss
! as the river is still rising and
tearing everything loose. A family boat con-
tanning three or four persons went out dur
| ing the night aud is believed to be lost, as
! the last seen of them was when a woman
held up a child in her arms and beckoned for
assistance as the house disappeared in the
| food.
LA1ER-A freight train on the Ohio river
broke through trestle at barrie Ferry,
completely wrecking the train and fatally in
| juring William Nepture. an employe. The
| wreck was caused by heavy washout. Bal
| timore and Ohio trains delayed by washouts
at Kanawaha station just reported. Lock
| No. l, just above the city, hes given away.