Telegram-herald., 1890-02-27
RAGING RIVERS.
Fears Of Great Flood Along tns
Ohio
RAYS SWELL ITS TRIBUTARIES.
6ixh wiads C<1.s Great Destraetisz
"a kFsVsrty Ia Parts IF ksataekJ,
Issaessss. Ark4ns&s sad
Other ststss-

CHCIsSATL Feb. "a All ths els-
meats Of q disastrous nOOd IN the
Oolo river seen - be nos pres
ent- Continuous vet weather has
saturated the earth 50 that the
excessive FsiHfaIls Of the past
three or four days have all found
their outlet in the tributaries OF the
river. Along the entire valley OF the
Ohio ths rainfall has been enor-
nous From the Kentucky side
the Big sandy river comes With
boom almost unparalleled. while
kanA~ha river further up also
poars out its swelling volumes The
seioto. Hooking, Auskingam in Ohio
as well ss the two Miamis, keep the
river bed full, while rise is coming
down from hssdwaters A food is
inevitable; its proportions depend on
the weather OF the next few days.
HAMILTON. o.. Feb s5.-The water in
the Big Miami river IS higher than il
mas been known 10 be in the last TWEEN
" years The Straub House, one of the
principal hotels In the city, is surround
ed by water which has submerged the
basement and covers the floors of the
first story. All the business houses
and residences on the west side of the
river are flooded. and the tenants have
been obliged to remove their house
hold goods to higher ground. The tor
rent from above early in the evening
brought down a number OF farm houses.
CLEVELAND, O, Feb. 26.-Dispatches
20 this city from Mount Vernon, Lima,
Findlay, Springfield and other points in
Ohio report great damage by high water
and the floods constantly increasing.
The railroads about Springfield are
badly embarrassed by washouts. the
New York. Pennsylvania & Ohio and
the Ohio, Indiana e Western suffering
the most At Tudmor, a small station
on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
railroad. the south bound Cincinnati ex-
press was saved from running into
washout by the vigilance of a farmer,
who discovered that the bridge had
been carried away. At Findlay cellars
of prominent manufacturing estab-
/ lishments are flooded and the contents
ruined. Damage has been done to
the natural gas supply of both Findlay
and Fostoria by the carrying away OF
pipes. All pixies and high roads in the
localities named are in an impossible
condition owing 70 the carrying away of
culverts and bridges At latest reports
the water was still rising. with pros
poets of greatly increased losses.
1SDIANAPoLIs, Ind., Feb. 25.-Consid-
erable damage has been done TO railroad
property all over Indiana by heavy
rains In this city and vicinity several
small bridges have been washed away,
and cellars are flooded in parts
of the city. The Evansville &
Terre Haute's bridge over Eel
river at Brazil is so weakened that
even foot traffic is not permitted on it,
Franklin is practically cut of from rail
road communication. The Pan Handle
bridge over Mad river, this side of
Columbus, o., was washed out, and
trains on that division are compelled to
go around over the Little Miami road
At Laura passenger train came through
water so deep that it put out the fire
under the boiler.
CAMBRIDGE CITY. Ind, Feb. ga
cloud-burst Monday night caused Mar
tindale creek, near this place, TO rise so
quickly that a woman and three chill
dren Of the Hall family were drowned.
They belonged to party of gypsies en-.
camped near the stream. The bodies
have not yet been recovered.
WRECKED BY THE WIND.
HoPKISsvuLE, KY, Feb. 26.-One of
the most violent and destructive storms
ever known in Southern Kentucky
passed over this section Monday morn
ing, destroying several houses and
dong great injury to property. In
the vicinity of Belleview, village south
of this city, six tobacco barns, with all
their contents, were destroyed and a
dozen houses unroofed and blown down.
The loss is estimated at $4,000 The
rain fell in torrents, and the wind blew
a perfect cyclone over this city, doing
great damage The river at this place
is almost out of it's banks, being higher
than ever known before in years
MEMPHIS. Tenn, Feb. 26.-Browns-
! vile, Tenn. six miles northeast of
Memphis, on the Louisville & Nash
/ Vile road, was struck by cyclone at
o'clock Tuesday morning. Half of the
business houses OF the town were un-
rooted and many materially damaged.
| while several buildings are in total
/ state Of destruction. The cotton COM
/ press was uurooied. The Northern
! Methodist Church was demolished. A
brick mill was unroofed. II next struck
/ the handsome building of the Browns
! Vile Savings Bank. The roof
| was picked OF and fell 10 the street with
tremendous crash. Three squares Of
buildings across the street just north Of
The bank were unroofed. with the ex-
/ ception OF the house of J. r. Phillips
! 4 Co. Only one residence is reported
as having been damaged, that of
T Mrs : A. BsyRsou. Washington street
Just following the cyclone came a great
/ food Of rain that completely drenched
/ the goods in the various uuroofed houses,
causing almost complete destruction in
I most cases
The losses will aggregate $50. 600
I TIE only loss of life reported is that ~
woman about tnres miles from
Brownsville. vho was struck by fall
I ing tree and instantly killed. Her two
I children were severely injured.
MARION. Ky, Feb. 2s.-A tornado
swept over this town ~ II o'clock Mon
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