Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-06-24
LIKE ANOTHER DELUGE.
Inhabitants of an Illinois Town Driven to
the Hil1tops-Whole Town Under Wa.
ter-Four Feet of Water in the Streets
Causes the Denizens to Flee for High
and Dry Lands-Floods in Other Parts.

OTTAWA, Ill.,, June 19-About noon
yesterday terrific storm struck the lit
tie village cf Utica, eight miles west of
this city, and for four hours solid
sheet Of rain fell without ceasing. AT
O'Clock the water had reached a depth
of feet on the main streets, and the
people began moving to the high
bluffs on the north. The heavy rains
all along the Illinois River and in the
hills in the rear now added their waters
to the already inundated village. The
flood at o'clock last night was still ris-
ing, and at s had not yet ceased. At
that hour communication both by wire
end telephone was cut off, A courier
who arrived at o'clock announced that
several hundreds are on the hills above
the village, the streets of which are
running rivers. Several children were
reported as missing, and one as drowned.
BLOOMINGTON, H., June 10. Three
bridges on the Lake Erie & Western
road, between Crandall and Farndale.
west of this city, were destroyed at 10
o'clock last night by cloudburst which
flooded Farm Creek Valley. Five other
bridges were crippled. Several trains
had narrow escape, and ell were
delayed. The storm was local aud con-
fined to a small area.
PIrTsBURG, Pa, June 19.-Six dwell
ings were washed away and a nulnber
of persons injured by food at Leech-
burg, Armstrong County, last evening.
The flood was caused by cloudburst.
AS far as known no lives were lost.
LoNGMoNT, Col, June 19.-The warm
weather of the past few days has caused
an unusual amount of snow to melt in
ha ha IF HI of, les
that the st. Vrain River is overlooking
its banks, and in many places inundat-
ing the valleys, weakening bridges and
doing thousands of dollars worth of
damage to the growing crops. The
waters ere still rising, and further dam
age is feared.
TILDEN, Neb., June 19.-Three chill
dren living in limerick Township, about
five miles southeast of here, we're
drowned in the storm while trying to
reach the house from school. A ravine,
which the children were accustomed to
cross, suddenly filled with the flood,
washing them away.
CANTON, H., June ia waterspout
delnged the country north and east of
here and did great damage to property
At Pennington 800 yards of the Central
Iowa Railway was washed out. Six
ulIl6S uOTlucaSI Vi mere IIfIoO lllIl0 CIlIs
dren were drowned. The waters from
an overhowed creek flooded the house,
and the father attempted to take the
children to high land. He was knock ed
down by a floating log and the children
torn from his grasp and drowned.
ST.. LOUIS, Mo, June 1S.-Additional
particulars of the terrible catastrophe
which occurred on Sunday last near
the mining city of Catorce, in the state
Of San Luis Potosi, Mex, are to the
effect that the cloud burst on Con-
ception Mountain. A great stream
poured down the mountain side,
sweeping everything in its course. The
habitations occupied by the miners were
swept away and the tunnel of Guada-
lupe mine filed with water, drowning
several miners who were working in
side A number OF people living in
cliff dwellings were buried alive. At
Lacruces and Ell Potrero, on one side of
the mountain, and Los Catorce, on the
other, fifteen dead bodies have been
recovered, and there are believed to be
many more. The mining companies
losses are very heavy. Hundreds Of
pack animals were drowned and roads
destroyed. These are the meagre de-
tails so far received from this remote
district, though people here knowing
the locality believe that there must
have been at least fifty lives lost.