The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-07-25
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Terrible Result 0f q Cloud Burst In West
yirginia-Thc Village Of MorristOwn DE.
stroyed-A Number Of Persons Drowned
and Much Property Ruined disastrous
storms in Other states.
PAKKERsBuRG, W. Va. July y3O.-Thursday
nights storm along the valley of the Little
kanawha was one OF terrible violence. and
the rush of water down the channel of the
river and over the lOwlands bordering IL
was unprecedented in its suddenncss and
| about as urge In volume as ever before
known. It Is impossible at this writ
ing to speak definitely of the loss
Of life, but 1t is feared drownin0s
have been numerous in. the narrow valleys
up stream along the tributaries of the
river The storm extended across the Ohio,
and railroad washouts, wrecked bridges
and ruined crops are reported over large
area in Ohio. The storm burst about mid
night and the rain came down rs though
the bottom had been knocked ont OF
| the clouds. BY o'clock in the morning
the river had jumped up twenty feet, and
| at daylight the scene presented along tho
channel in front Of this city was an alarm
| ing one. The entire surface of the stream
was covered with a tangled mass Of logs,
!, barns, fragments OF houses and RATS OF
| valuable timber.
About o'clock Mrs Isaiah Tucker went
| to the door OF her boat-house opposite this
| city to view the wreck-cOvered river. As
| she stepped upon the deck huge raft OF
| logs struck the boat and she was tossed
| into the water and never rose to the sur
face She LETT family of five children in
the boat, who were saved Another shanty-
| boat passed the city about daylight said to
contain three women. A shert distance
below it was overturned and all were
| drowned
| The Ohio river railroad Is broken at Har-
| ris Ferry, the Baltimore & Ohio at Kama
| wha station and the Cincinnati. Washing
ton & baltimore at Londonderry MANY
| lumber firms have lost about all their sum-
| mer cut of logs. and thousands of acres Of
| crops are totally destroyed Details Of
losses are constantly coming In and the
aggregate damage will exceed 10000.
The worst story OF all comes from Norris
town. small village near the head Of
Tucker creek, where the cloud-burst con-
centrated in all its fury coming down on
| the village and totally destroying it. to-
gcther with many of its people, The first
| report gave the loss OF life ut
eleven, but later news seems to fix
the loss at q greater number. The
houses of the citizens arc said to have
been picked up and hurled against each
| other in such short space OF time that no
chance to escape was given the people.
Among those lost Mt Morristown are Jake
Kigcr, his brothers Joseph and Thomas, q
man named Bailey, Oryille Vest. wife and
child. The body OF q man believed to be
another Morristown victim was found on
Richardson farm Friday morning
! The worst OF the storm struck the lower
side Of the Kanawha, filing small trbu-
taries from bank TO bank and endin. in the
worst flood within recollection of the
oldest inhabitants. In three hours the
kanawha rose six feet anil ran out with
such velocity that it carried every thing
before it. At this point thousands of
logs and a number of boats went
4 out or were sunk.
I Above the destruction was still greater
Big Tygart valley is completely ruined
The big mill near it's mouth went out and
took tho TygarG bridge with it. In tho
| valley all the fences, crops and much live
| stock were lost. At Ghcsteryillo, q small
town about ten miles above. half tue resi-
dences were carried off bodily and left in
corn-felds In Clay district fine chul Oh
and three dwellings were wrecked.
About noon information was received
that the steamer Oneida had been wrecked
and sunk ut Enterprise, above. Still later
a report came that the steamer i. G. Mar
tin was sunk at Burning Springs. The Lit
| tie Tygart Is also reported completely
ruined Heatherington's store. Captain
Spencer's residence, G p Cooper's resi-
dcnce and that OF J. W. Smith are COM
pleteiy demolished, but no lives are report
cd lost as yet
PEORIA, Ill. July n-The storm here
Thursday night was one Of the worst known
Tor years Great damage was done to
crops and cellars were flooded in this city,
destroying much property. The race track
at the Lake View Driving Park was
washed away, causing termination
OF the races which were in prog
ress there: The trains Of the Chicago, Bur-
lington & Quincy road have been aban-
doned owing to the washout at Edwards
station. Bridges and paving in the upper
end of the city have all been washed away
1t Ii the worst storm in years
CIScINNATL July D-About !; o'clock
A. III. heavy rain storm came
upon the city from the north, accom-
panied by very 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 ut York street
broke and the water poured
from the canal in great flood.
The cellars mud first floors of several dwell
ings ut that point were filled with water,
and astream Of several feet deep ran down
York street and Central avenue. The oc-
cupants of first floors in some houses were
rescued with difficulty.
Adyices from the other parts Of the State
show that heavy rains fell in many places
A cloud-burst Is reported at Lancaster,
which caused big washout ON the Colum-
bus, Hooking Valley 4 Toledo railwsy. Al
Logan, o., heavy rain caused much dam
age to crops Lightning struck .
house in the little village OF Georgesville
in Franklin County, and set it on fra and
burned half the town. At Marysvi1se, o.,
great damage was DONE Lightning struck
the electric light works, ruined dynamo
and put out the lights OF the town.
MILL WRECKED By LIGHTNING.
ALpESA. Mich. July aO.-The large and
splendidly equipped mill of W. l. 4 w. H
Churchill. corner of First and Wales streets
was struck by lightning Yesterday morn
ing and burned to the ground Only the
boiler house being saved One hundred
and thirty-five men are thrown out OF en-
ployment by the fire. 1t is expected thu
mill will be rebuilt Immediately. The los
is given at $l2l.0c0; insurance, $4,000.
SWOLLEN STREAMS IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK, July 70. Dispatches from
several points in the Mohawk valley, thi
State, indicate heavy rainfall and swollel
streams The West Shore tracks ar,
washed out IN Herkimcr County, and til,
Delaware, Lackawanna 4 Western road
bed Is carried away at points between Utic,
and Norwich
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Fatal Collision In Indiana.
GREENsBuRG. Ind, July "a collision
took place ten miles east of here Thursda,
night on the Cleveland. Cincinnati, Chicag,
! 4 st Louis road between tho went boun.
express and tho east-bound fretght-th,