Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-06-10
HEAVY RAIN 5 IN OHIO,
An Inch in Seven Min utes-Stalnpede at ;
Horse Race.

Horse Race.
CINCINNATI, o., June 3.-At noon to-
day the weather was warm and fair.
Over 900 people were at Latonia when
the racing began At that hour dark
stormy clouds Clio wered on the North
western horizon. Driven by hurri-
cane they rushed swiftly on, displaying
that ominous green color with tleecy
fringes in front SO peculiar to dan
gerous storms Suddenly the wind
struck the grand stand at Latonia in
which were 5000 people, one-third of
them women. Then came the rain, first
in streams, and afterwards in sheets.
Horse-sheds outside of the race course
were picked UP and strewn clear across
the railway track, 200 yards away. The
iron anatomy of the grand stand shiv-
cred and creaked. Binding sheets of
water driven by forty mie-an-h
hurricane drenched everybody. A rush
to the center of the grand stand did not
help matters. The wind toppled the up
per seats over and rolled the toward the
front. Then, amid screams of women
wild rush was made for the broad
central railway that leads to the plaza
in front Of the stand Brave men
rushed into the crazy crowd and
averted a calamity. The crowd went
IL VI.
Many women tainted. One woman
cleared the fence next to the track with
a single bound and ran across the track
in the bowling storm. Another woman
is represented to have thrown her
baby over the railing onto the grass,
and afterward to have picked it up I'm
injured. Half an hour later the wet
crowd was sitting on moist benches
watching the races. No casualties have
been reported.
CLEVELAND. O., June 3.-The whole Of
Northern Ohio has been deluged during
the past forty-eight hours. In this city
nearly one inch of rain fell yesterday,
and this forenoon between Ii and II
O'Clock Gl-100 of an inch fell inside Of
seven minutes, the fall being at the rate
of 81 inches an hour. The streets were
turned to rivers, the water running over
the sidewalks and on the lawns IN some
places. The Superior Street cable line
was blockaded by a washout of sand
which covered the track to depth Of
four feet for about thirty yards. Sew
ers were flooded, and in Forest Street
the water undermined big water pipe,
causing it to break in two, adding great
ly to the food. The street was washed
out to depth of ten feet for quite a
distance. Little damage was done by
lightning.
At Lima, O., there was tornado late
last night, doing great damage to build
ings and crops. Several cattle were
killed in barns
\ young man named Samuel Bennett,
near Cavett, Allen County, was crushed
by a falling tree.
At Salem, o., lightning struck and
shattered the steeple of the Presbyteri-
an Church.
At Clyde, O., the storm was terrific,
hail-stones breaking windows and door
panels in houses and stores. Fifteen
windows on passenger car on the
Wheeling 4 Lake Erie railroad were
broken, the headlight smashed and a
hole knocked in the roof of the cab.
Hail-stones nine inches in circumfer-
ence fell there.
The storm at Laporte, Ind, this morn
ing ruined Fields warehouse, doing
about S., 900 damage.
At New Philadelphia, o., the storm of
rain, hail and wind damaged crops and
fruits. Lightning struck the public
school house, but seriously hurt no one.
At Seymour, Ind, a tornado tore up
trees, demolished the main building of
the ice factory, blew away the third
story of Shields high school building
but spared human life and limb At
Augusta, KY, trees were uprooted and
houses were unroofed. At Falmouth,
KY, the immense barn of Farmer James
Austin was blown down and Ms
Mamie Austin, his 16-year-old daugh-
ter, was killed. At Sabina, O., the
Friends Church was wrecked and eight
houses unroofed. AT Xenia. o.. barn
was blown away and timber and fences
were blown down.
PITTsBURG. Pa, June 3.-The storm
which swept over this city shortly after
2 P. NJ. unroofed several houses in the
suberbs and slightly injured several
persons.