The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1891-08-27
FLOODED CITIES.
Heavy Rains Deluge Atchison, Kan, and
bloomington, Ind. - Live Stock and
Grain DESTROYED In Missouri.

Heavy Rains Deluge Atchlson, Kan, and
Bloomington, Ind. - Live Stock and
Grain Destroyed In Missouri.
ATcHIsoN, Kan, Aug. GA terrific
rain, wind and thunderstorm struck
this city about o'clock Friday after
noon and ragged with iunbounded fury
for nearly an hour. The streets and
alleys were flooded, and several large
buildings were demolished and many
unroofed Trees, signs and fences
were scattered in every direc-
ton. White Clay creek, which
flows through the city, burst it's
banks and carried several small houses
away. Several persons were badly in
jured. Reports from the country dis
tricts are that great damage was done
to growing crops and fruits by hail.
The rain caused landslide on the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad at Oak Mills,
which is causing great delay of trains.
At Leavenworth the brick buildings
Lelonging to E. Purdue and c. w.
" hite were unroofed and the stocks of
goods contained therein were badly
damaged by water. The loss amounts
to about $1,000. The corn cribs and
cattle sheds on the Anthonia farm were
blown down. The damage there is
$4,000. Much corn was prostrated
throughout Leavenworth county.
MACON, Mo-, Aug. 2s.-The heavy
rains that have fallen within the past
few days have caused the Charlton river
and Muscle fork, running through the
of 4,
overflow so that the water now reaches
in each stream from bluff to bluff The
hay, wheat and oats in stacks and
shocks are being washed away by tons
and bushels. The corntields and fences
are destroyed and large amount of
live stock has been drowned. The wa
ter only lacks 1 foot of being over
the Hannibal & St Joseph railroad
track, and it is feared the rail-
road and wagon bridges will be washed
out. The water in these streams is
higher than ever known before. 1t is
impossible to estimate the loss caused
by high water, but it is tremendous, as
the crops in the bottoms were heavy,
and the streams run for 80 miles through
Macon county.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, Aug. ga
special from Bloomington, Ind, to the
News says: The heaviest electric
storm ever known here passed over
this city about 10 o'clock Thursday
night, accompanied by a drenching
rain. Lightning seemed like sheets
of fire so close as to cause
general alarm. The residence of
John Beatty was struck and damaged,
and this was soon followed by a
stroke firing the top of the Catholic
church spire. Whistles were sound
ed and the fire bells rang the peo-
pie to the street in the midst of the
drenching rain. Meanwhile the
branch on the east side Of the city got
out of it's banks and flooded things
generally many houses being inundated.
Monon trains are all lying here await
ing the going down of the food. South
of the city a cyclone passed over, doing
great damage to timber and standing
corn. The barn of Henry Dillman was
destroyed by the storm.
COLUMBUS, Ind, Aug. 22.-One of the
most fearful transforms for many years
fell about midnight Thursday night in
Brown county. In Bean Blossom creek
bottoms fifty acres of fine corn in one
locality was swept away. For two
hours solid sheet of rain fell. The
family of William Carmichel were
forced from their residence to the
hillside, where they remained in an
outbuilding until morning. In the val
ley is drift of floating fences, trees
and farming implements that will re-
quire days to remove. In what is
known as the ''Bear Wallow'' neigh
borhood hail of large size almost COM
pletely destroyed the peach crop, just
as it was beginning to ripen. A large
barn belonging to Andy Gray was lev
eled by the wind. The rainfall was 21a
inches in two hours.