Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-16
SWEPT BY A STORM.
The City of Cincinnati the Scene of
a Veritable Deluge.
AMAN DROWNED In THE STREET,
He Was Sucked Into Sewer and Never
Seen Afterward.
PROPERTY LOSS WILL REACH 100000
ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH,

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DIsPATCHI
CINCINNATI, June 15.-Cincinnati and
the country for so miles around experienced
a sensational storm to-day. 1t began at
noon and for more than an hour terrified
thousands. The wind was severe, the light
ming Of fierce disposition and alarming
frequency, the rain was fast, furious and
deluge like. At 4 A. NJ. severe rain had
flushed the city clean. but brought no cool
ing air, and up to noon the sun shone with
oppressive fury.
The storm came up suddenly as the
churches were closing, and the thousands
who thronged the cable and electric cars
were caught in the first down pour; curtains
offered no relief and windows were burst in.
Hundreds of ladies dressed in costly raj
ment were drenched to the skin and the loss
in that direction must be heavy.
STOPPED THE CARS.
As the storm grew heavier lightning be-
gan its work. All the three of the electric
roads were rendered useless and miles of
their wires destroyed. The food along the
Sycamore street cable line, running through
the most thickly populated portion of the
city, was so great that the cars could not
traverse the streets and the road was tenn
porarily abandoned.
In 15 minutes 2,700 telephone wires were
burned out and one lady operator was
dangerously hurt. The fire alarm system
was wrecked and lightning about spoiled
the new Gest street engine house. The ele-
CANT residence of j. F. Carlson, on Harri-
son avenue, was knocked to pieces by the
same bolt. By o'clock every sewer in the
city was full and the streets were amateur
rivers. State street, a narrow thoroughfare
lying very low in a valley of what was once
Deer creek, became torrent, water stood
and 3 feet deep in the houses and drift was
doing much damage.
DROWNED IN A SEWER.
Edward Lanahan, who keeps a grocery
on the street. was standing on raft near his
door warding off timber, when he slipped
and was sucked into sewer. His body has
not been recovered. The storm formed
ravine 20 feet wide and 10 deep from Slack
to Boat street through land worth $500
front foot. In all, 80 houses were unrooted
in the city, thousands of trees ruined, and
in the lower portions many thousand dol
lars damage done to goods on first floors of
stores.
Two people were blown off q shanty boat
near the mouth of the Miami river and
drowned, and thousands of dollars of dam
age done to coal boats and timber RATS.
The Chesapeake and Ohio road loses $50, OG0
by washouts and landslides within 80 miles
of the city.
ALL ALONG THE LINE.
Severe destruction Of property are re-
ported from Loveland, Hamilton, Milford
and Batavia, o. Near the latter placethe
o. & N. W. railroad track is washed out
and bridge gone New Richmond and
Ripley lost $40, 600 each. At Falmouth,
KY. three boys fishing in a boat are miss
ing, and doubtless drowned.
Covington, Bellevue, Dayton and New
port, KY, had Is houses unroofed and
persons hurt. Thousands of acres of wheat
just ready to reap are laid fiat, and the loss
will be great. 1t is safe to say that the loss
in Cincinnati and q radius of 30 miles is
$500. 900,