The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-09
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Their Grief s~em. .. br ~ .hs rsns-vp
Klna ~uda~niv Let sso--t Few sr-ein men
Tears frsn VAR ,ms Localities. Ansl IN :
Rcsuits Of Their Sudden drop.
PLAt~FisLp. ". j.. July 81. The great
est Hood Pllin field has ever known follow
ed the heavy and uuusal down pour 81
rain Yesterday afternoon aud a number
or washouts aud broken dams are re-
ported
Al four O'Clock coddngton's dam on
Stony Brook gave way. ani ine large
body ~ water carried away the coidins-
ton ice houses and Threatened the trsen
Valley with total desoiation.
The damage will prove 10 be heavy. for
many barns and other buildings were
washed away.
Attwenfy minutes 10 six o'clock. Seer's
Dam, on Green BrooS collapsed. pr~cipi-
tating water directly through til, cen
ter OF this town. Green Brook divides
the counties OF Somerset aud Union. and
running through the town centre, j.
built entirely over. When the water in
4 great torrent rushed down the stream
and blocked by buildings forced its way
into the streets, Somerset street was
completely flooded, and many mall
buildings were washed away am d-mpl-
iShcd. several houses along the brook
were hpoaci ana the inhabitants were
compelled 20 move ia short order.
French's mill and carriage factory are
threatened. and II the rain continues they
willlrobably 20.
All the cellars and first floors on SOM
ersct street are flooded. and the damage
10 prop rty will b. great.
10.
NEWARK. n. j.. july 3i.-Tle rain storm
ye>icday an last-uight did great dam
age 10 the northern part u New Jersey.
The Fritz dam burst and Hooded Ross
Park which had been fitted up at cost "
$4,000. Tho Delaware. Lackawana y
Western tracks near MoriiStown are sub
merged. anl trahlc over the roai sus-
pended There l. great fear u the Or
ange Valley lest the reservoir viii over
flow. Three houses have been swept away
and three persons are reported drowned.
At Milburn the damage already done il
estimated at SiJO) The storm i Ger
taiuly the most severe that has visited
this locality for many years. la Newark
many factories were c,n;psled 20 shut
down As the cellars were flooded.
with the force ..f . Cyclone.
HAvKRnrLr- Mass. July 3l.-The Sc
verest storm which has visited this sec
tion for many years came here with Inc
force ~ a cyclone yesterday afternoon.
Trees were uprooted. houses unrooted,
fances leveled and telegraph wires blown
down. The pathway q. the storm was
about half mile wide. Travel was de-
layed for several hours at Elm Corner.
where large tree was uprocted AMI
thrown directly across the road. While
the storm lasted business had 70 be almost
entirely suspended. owing To the intense
darkness which prevailed.
Terrific Ha,n->torm ~ EImirs y v.
ELMRA. y. ". July :D.-A terrific rain
storm that commenced al three o'clock
and lasted until half past six this morn
ing raised the chemung river
i've feet to-day. Considerable dam
are has been dcne along the
ereeks The bridges in Watkins Glen
were damaged by the food. The Fall
Brook railroad in the cowan .sque Valley
has hecn badly damaged aud shippers
here have been notified by the Delaware.
La, havana q Western road that no
reight FOR the Cowanesque Valley will
- received until further notice.
wind and Rain.
CoxconD. \. H.. July ia violent
storm ~ wind and rain struck this sec-
taor yesterday afternoon and the result
ing damage 20 property amounts :"
many thousands Of dollars. The roof OF
the state Arsenal was blown OF and car
ried away. as was also the roof of Cum
minsr furniture store, which was badly
damaScd b. rain.
Thons.snsSs u Acres 80 C"tt0n aud Corn
Submerged.
Nnw ORLEANS. July 3l.-Thc Times
Democrat Duck Hill tMiss.) special says;
The rain Fall Monday night aud yester-
day was the hardest for years IN this Sec
tion. AL the large streams have over
flowed their banks. Thousands Ok acres