Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-03-05
WIND AND FLOOD.

HAMILTON, o., Feb. 26.-.The water in
the Big Miami river is higher than it
has been known to be in the last twen-
ty 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 havo
been obliged to remove their house
hold goods to higher ground. The tor
rent from above early in the evening
brought down number of farm houses.
| HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Feb. 26.-Re-
ports from the Mississiucwa river on
the south and the Salamonica on the
north state that they are the highest
ever known. Both the first and second
bottom lands are covered with a raging
torrent The damage to stock small
buildings, fences and bridges is great
CLEVELAND, o., Feb. 26.-Dispatches
to 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 6S Western suffering
the most At Tudmor, q small station
on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
railroad, the south bound Cincinnati ex-
press was saved from running into a
washout by the vigilance of 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 to the carrying away of
culverts and bridges. AT latest reports
the water was still rising, with pros
poets of greatly increased losses.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. 26.-Consid-
cradle 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 &c
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 off 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.
HoPKINsvILLE, 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
doing great injury to property. In
the vicinity of Belleview, a village south
of this city, six tobacco barns, with all
their contents, were destroyed and q
dozen houses unroofed and blown down.
The loss is estimated at 100000. 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 its banks, being higher
than ever known before in years.
MARION, Ky, Feb ga tornado
swept over this town at IL o'clock Mon
day night, blowing away one wing of
the courthouse and wrecking the Meth
odist church and the opera-house.
About twenty residences were damaged.
At noon Tuesday another tornado came
along and destroyed what was left of
the opera-house and several dwellings.
No one was hurt, but the loss is large,
and reports from the country show great
damage.
MARION, Ill, Feb. GA cyclone
passing from southwest to northeast
struck this county Monday night about
o'clock. The path was about 800 yards
wide. Houses, fences and timber were
leveled to the ground, resulting in
heavy loss to those living within it's
reach. No lives were lost so far as
heard from, but some persons were seri-
ously injured. One school building,
the Lamuster school-house, was COM
pletely wrecked. Heavy rains attended
the wind, completely overfiowing small
streams.
CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind, Feb. 26.-A
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.
GAINESVILLE, Tex, Feb. 26.-A ter
rible hurricane passed over this city at
2 o'clock Tuesday morning, doing great
damage. The courthouse was unroofed,
the Masonic Lodge Hall torn to pieces,
the Santa Fe depot wrecked and some
twenty buildings blown down. The
damage is estimated at $40, 200. No one
was killed, but few persons were
slightly injured.
CARSON, New, Feb. GA terrible
storm occurred on Lake Tahoe Monday.
Small craft were smashed to pieces and
the wharves were severely shaken.
Trees, houses and woodpiles were
blown down. The snow is drifting
along the road here, covering the sta