The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-24
FLOOD IN WEST VIRGINIA.
VALLEY OF THE KANAwHA pELueEp.
One village Said to be Totally Destroyed
Many Buildings in Other Towns
Carried Away@serious Loss of
Life-Everything Flooded.

PARKERsBURG, W. Va, July 19--The great
est disaster which ever befell Little Kanawha
valley came last night in the shape of a terri
BILE cloud-burst which has completely flooded
the county destroying many lives, carrying of
thousands of dollars in property and running
the crops for many miles The deluge fell
here about dusk and continued to fall in tor
rents. doing much damage in the city. The
worst of the storm struck the lower side of the
Kanawha, filling small tributaries from bank to
bank and ending in the worst food within the
recollection of the oldest inhabitants. In three
hours the Kanawha raised six feet and ran out
with such velocity that it carried everything
before it.
At this point thousand, of logs and a number
of boats went out or were sunk. The Little
Kanawha lumber company lost 1000 logs:
Vests MILL ten RATS; Barringer, several fleets;
w. p. Padden, five barges with ties several of
which were caught below; Keever & Co. lost
four barges of GOAL; Miller, three RATS and
1000 ties; Taylor, one fleet of timber; Charles
Wells, four barges. In one hour 5000 logs
went out Mrs. Isaac II. Tucker, Martin Law
less 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 Ty-
CART bridge with it. In the. valley all the fences,
crops and much live stock was lost. At Ches-
terville, small town about ten miles above,
half the residences were carried off bodily aud
left in corn-felds. In Clay district a 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 a report
came that the steamer G. c. Martin was sunk
at Burning Springs. The little Tygart is also
reported completely ruined. Heatherton's
residence and that of J. W Smith COM
pletely demolished, but no lives are reported
lost as vet.
The worst story of all comes from Morristown,
a small village near the head of Tucker creek,
where the cloud-burst concentrated all its fury,
coming down on the village about midnight
and totally destroying 1t, together with many
of its people. The first report gave the loss Of
life at eleven, but later news see ms to fix the
loss at a greater number. The houses of the
citizens are 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 are:
JAKE KIEGER.
JOSEPH kIEGER.
THOMAS KIEGER.
- BAILEY.
ORVILLE WEST. wife and child.
The body of a man, believed to be another
Morristown victim, was found on Richardson's
farm this morning. At Phil Brush all bridges
and culverts were washed away and it was i'm
possible TO reach or communicate with that point
or any other on the upper waters. IL Is impos-
sible now to enumeIate the loss even here as
the river is still rising and tearing everything
loose. \ family boat. containing three or four
persons, went out during the night, and it is
believed all are lost, as the last seen OF them
was when the woman held mp a child in her
and beck Oned for assistance : the nOnen
disappeared in the food.
Later-A freight train on the Ohio river rail.
road broke through trestle at Harris ferry,
completely wrecking the train and fatally in
iuring William Neptune, an employe. The
wreck caused by heavy washout. Bal
timore & Ohio trains were delayed by washouts
at kanawaha station.
1t is just reported that lock No. 1, above the
city on the Little Kanawaha, has given way be-
fore the food