The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-07-26
A CLOUD-BURST.
n Sweeps All Before :. 1t with Its
Resistless Force.
The Little Kanawha Valley I'm West vir-
ginis Flooded-several Lives Lost and
Valuable Property Destroyed
storms I'm Other Places
RUIN CAUSED RY FLOOD.

PARKERsBURG W. Va, July 25.-ln the
flooded district the waters have subsidized
and farmers can now see where they stand.
Many have lost their all and will be COM
PEELED to ask charity. 1t is now known
that eighteen persons lost their lives by
the flood There may have been other
drownings In Jackson County. All the
bodies have been found but two. Six good
iron bridges went out, besides many
wooden ones, in this county. At Norris
town thirteen houses We're swept away
besides many others in that neighborhood,
and much suffering is the result In Brax-
ton County the soil was washed on low
lands to depth of six feet
PARKERsBURo. w. Va, July 25. The
body of Jacob Alkire, a victim of the re-
cent food in Kanawha valley, was recov-
efed yesterday. This raises the number of
Lost to twenty-five, of whom fourteen have
been recovered
LANCASTER, O., July 22-One of the most
disastrous storms ever known In the Hook
ing valley eliminated Saturday In the
breaking OF Sharp's dam at Sugar grove, on
the Hooking canal The dam held in store
"a large body of water that supplied the
lower levels Of the canal. The heavy rains
had filed the reservoir to the banks, when
suddenly the dam gave way, and with
mighty roar the sea of water went out
through the valley, taking with it every
movable object
losses Crawford County has sustained for a
long time was caused Friday, when cloud
burst entirely destroyed Lake Gray, a
pleasure resort, six miles from this place
Loss so, 600.
IN COLORADO.
DENVER, Col, July "a very heavy
rain fell here Monday night, considerably
damaging the streets and flooding cellars
The storm was general throughout the
State, and great damage was done to crops
and fences The railroads also suffered,
and no trains left Denver or arrived until
late Tuesday afternoon. The Santa Fe and
Rio Grande roads are washed out between
here and Pueblo
IN KANSAS.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July 25-The heavy
rains of the last few days in Kansas which
were welcomed as a sure preventive of the
hot winds and as the saviour of the corn
crop, seem to have done almost as much
harm as good The rains were the heav-
lest in the small grain sections of the State,
where much of the wheat and oats had not
been stacked. The damage in this direc-
ton will be considerable.
At Topeka, Kan, that part of the city
known as Walnut Grove and Parkdale ad-
ditions were flooded by the overfowing OF
the Shunganinga creek. No loss of life is
reported, although many families were
compelled to abandon the lower stories
of their houses and seek safety
above. Many families which occupied ono
story houses had narrow escapes from
death. Some were able to wade through
the waist-deep water. to places of safety,
while others could only be rescued by boats.
The lower portions of Fredonia, Kan,
are under three feet of water, all the
small streams being out of the banks.
'Washouts have occurred there on the
Frisco & Santa Fe tracks and all trains are
delayed The Rock Island tracks were
washed away near Bellville, Kan, and it
rained SO hard that trains were delayed
flyo hours