Telegram-herald., 1890-06-15
FIERCE FRESHETS.
Disastrous E1oO1s n May Parts
" ths Country
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sseez. SIX Ealies sooYs Asysyltls. raurs
a4y nlgag $50 d2r1 clouds net and
barsE The crsek J4uped over and .
swept Ike dr,fs seye-al dwelling
houses AL their frightened occupants
Tie stone calvert on the Ohesa-
ueaks Il Obi0 ra.lroal over
Bail creek wzs Wss1ed out
iRso the rlver. and stOut Il
o'clock thursday Hight While TIE
storm VS. al It's hsigat, the ~est- bound
freight train Fsn into wzshout eaas-
ing fearful wreck. Engineer C. c.
Roadcap OF Greonup County, Fire
nan Morris Hoaaker. or Lewis
County. I'D Brakeman Charles Eaton
wese buried beneath LAs wreck.
Conductor ~ K. Watts ant Brake
man " A Love Jumped from tha hind
car and escaped unhurt About a dozen
persons living On the bAnks OF Ball
creek Are reported drowned. The fol-
loving bodies have been found: John
Ruggles. Lucy z. Estler, widow, and
her two daughters, Bette and Julie,
and tWo sons.
Near Harrodsburg, KY, q big storm
did nach damage % the fences, trees,
etc, Thursday night Lightning struck
hock OF sheep vest of town on tho
farm OF Mr.. Deyine, killing twelve or
fifteen. and on the farm OF Mr.. At
wood DaV.ds IL struck a tree under
which some horses were sheltered kill
ing a valuable one worth between $500
and $500.
James Irwin had portable saw-nill
| located several hundred yards up Bull
| creek, aboyo the railroad The clouds
suddenly bursting caused rapid rise
in the creek, already badly swollen by
| the storm. Farmers say the creek
| rose two ieet per minute, and the
water looked like wall twenty-five
feet high when 1t got 10 the railroad.
The saw-miI was lifted from its fasten-
| ings and with over 100 big logs hurled
violen:ly against she railroad stone
| culyert This IS what probably
caused II to give way. Huge
stones weighing several tens were
carried by the creek long distances
! The creek rose two feet higher
than IL has been in forty years. The
! fury Of the storm caused many persons
| on Bull creek 10 abandon their homes
and take TO the hills, else the loss OF
! life would have been greater. The
storm did much damage TO buildings,
fences and crops in tnat portion Of the
county.
JOLIET INUNDATED.
JoIrrr, H., June IA cloud-burst
! doluged Joliet Friday night and was
followed by an all-night rain-the heay'
lest ever known here. The upper,
eastern and lower portions of the city
are inundated By from three to five fee
of water One house was carried away
and dashed 20 pieces on the Second
avenue bridge over Hickory creek. The
occupants we're rescued People in tho
southern portion of the city moved out
OF their homes in boats at
o'clock in the morning. The
electric street cars have been
stopped, and tho tracks are submerged
In places TO the depth Of four feet o
water. The railroads running througf
Joliet have sustained wsshouts whict
have delayed the trains. There is con
siderable general damage.
ROCKFORD FLOODED.
0RocKFoRD III. June IA. - tn.
heaviest rainfall known since 1887 oc
Cured Friday night The whole cit,
ia fooded by the overfiowing OF Kon
and Keith creeks. Hundreds OF peopl'
were driven from their homes. N
loss Of life 50 far reported, but II il
feared some people have been drowned
/ N Npyv YORK
UTICA. y, Y. June 1.-THE storm
through this section Of the State Thurs
day night did great damage 70 crops
roads and bridges Al Norwich large
portion OF the town was flooded. and tn,
water Was several feet deep in a por
tion % tho town that had never beer
overaowod before A. Oneida the en-
tire eastern part Of the town was sub
merged The Ontario < Western track
for distance or several miles wer.
under water A. Solsvlle. in Madison
County, a saw-nilL planing-mil, horse
barn and several sheds were washe,
away 5y the flood. as was also 20 600 fee
Of lum ber.
RoHE. y. Y. juno fs-The heavies
rain FOR years fell in this vicinit-
Thursday night O-iskauy Falls. txea
t7-two miles south Of here. was foodc,
by the broakin. oi txo ponds fou
miles above The village. No lives wec
lost but barns. a saw-mUl. bridges
etc, were swept away. Hop-ysrd
were flooded, gardens pleved Up b.
water aud other damage done
T. r. Miller a Co : woolen-mill an,
Hathaway & Bognoli's can factoTg wsr