Fisherman & farmer. [volume] (Edenton, N.C.) 1887-19??, 1889-08-02
FURIOUS ELEMENTS.
MOrristown, w. Va, Destroyed
by ClOudburst.
Rain and Thunder Storms Over
a Wide Area.

A dispatch from ParlIersburg, W. Va,
SAYS: The greatest disaster which ever befel
Little Kanawha came during the night in the
shape Of a terrible cloudburst which has COM
pletely flooded the country, destroying many
lives, carrying off thousands Of dollars in
property. and running the crops for many
miles. The deluge fell about dusk and con-
tinued to fall ii torrents doing much dam
age in the city.
The worst Of the storm struck the lower
side of the kanawha, filing small tributa-
worst flood within recollection of the oldest
!nhabitants In three hours the Kanawha
rose six feet, and ran out with such velocity
that it CARR d everything before it.
At this point thousands of logs and
number Of boats went out or were sunk.
Little Kanawha Lumber Company lost 2OOC
logs, Vests mill ten RATS, Barrmger
several fleets, W. P. Padden five barges
below; Keever 81 Co. lost four barges of coal;
Miller three RATS and 200O ties Taylor one
feet of timber, Charles Wells four barges.
In one hour 5000 logs went out.
Mrs Isaac H. Tucker, Martin Lawless and
an unknown man were drowned
Above the destruction was still greater.
Big Tygart Valley is completely ruined.
The big mill near its mouth went out and
took the Tygart bridge with it. In the val
ley all the fences, crops, and much live
town about ten miles above, half the resi-
dences were carried off bodily and left in
corn fields. In Clay district a fine church
and three dwellings were wrecked.
The steamer Oneida has been wrecked and
sunk at Enterprise above. The steamer G.
c. Martin was sunk at Burning Springs.
The Little Tygart is also reported completely
ruined. HeatheringtOns store, Captain
Spencers residence, G. P. COOpers residence
and that of j. w. Smith are completely de-
mOlshed.
The worst story of all comes from Norris
town a small village near the head Of Tucker
Greek, where the cloudburst cOncen-
trated in all it's fury, coming down in the
village about midnight and totally destroy
ing it, together with many of its people.
The first report gave the loss at eleven, but
later news fixed the loss at greater num-
Der. The houses of the citizens were 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 at Morristown were Jake
Kiger, his brothers Joseph and Thomas,
man named Bailey, Orville West, wife
and child The body of man believed to be
another MorristOwn victim was found on
Richardson Farm. At Pill Brush all bridges
and culverts were washed away.
A family boat containing three or four
persons went out during the night, and all
were lost. The last seen of them was when
a woman held up a child in her arms and
beckOned for assistance as the boat disap-
peared in the food.
A freight train on the Ohio River Railroad
broke through a trestle at Harris's Ferry,
completely wrecking the train and fatally
injuring William Neptune, an employee.
The wreck was caused by a heavy wash-out
Lock 1, above the city on the Little Kama
wha, has given way before the flood.
A dispatch from Bismarck, Dakota, says:
A wild terr0rizing scene was witnessed near
the Standing Rock Agency late in the after
noon, when a terrific thunderstorm was at
its height. The lightning was darling
hither and thither striking in numer-
masse bowling and WhOOping in abject fright
and superstition to the shelter Of their wig
vans At last,a binding flash Of lightning,
accompanied by a deafening clap of
actually shook the earth. The light
ming struck a wigwam a few rods below the
agency in which were huddled five terrified
InGians instantly killing White Horse and
Black Eagle and stunning another fatally.
The other two were unconscious for many
hours and were restored after hard labor by
friends
A fierce rainstorm accompanied by thun-
der and lightning swept over Cincinnati, OhlO
early in the morning. It flooded the Miami
Canal, which broke its banks and worked
great havoc in the vicinity of York street and
Central avenue, causing g loss Of about $50, 900.
Several families were driven from their
holaes while the binding storm was raging.
The firms sustaining the greatest loss are
Metz & Co., ice-dealers, and Maescher, pork
packer.
A cloudburst was reported at Lancaster,
Ohio, which caused big washout on the Co
lumbus Hooking Valley & Toledo Railway.
At Logan, Ohio, heavy ram caused much
damage to crops.
Lightning struck house in the little vii
lage of GeOrgesville in Franklin County, and
set it on fire and burned half the town.
AT Marysyille, Ohio, great damage was
done.