The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-06-02

The Country Around indianapolis Covered
with Water-Other Places.


INDTANAPoIrs. June The food continues
20 increase in magnitude and disasters are re-
ported on every hand. White river and Fall
creek are flooding all contiguous territory and
many bridges IN this vicinity are expected 70
succumD 20 tho raging waters before the day 10
over. Several persons were reported drowned
this morning and the indication now is that
Indianapolis is about 70 experience the worst
flood IN her history.
Reports from points throughout the State
tell OF great havoc wrought by the waters.
In the vicinity Of Wabash many miles of
farming land are inundated. The Wabash
river is out OF its banks and Andrews county
resembles an immense lake. Corn has not
been planted in this county and the farmers
are growing desperate Several large facto-
ries are now under water and work has been
suspended
At Markleyile the Michigan division Of the
Big -Four has been washed out for a distance
OF 800 feet and freight traffic has been almost
entirely abandoned Six hundred feet OF the
track is washed out at Jonesboro.
At Farmland a wreck occurred on the Big
-Four and trains were delayed several hours.
freight. running twenty miles an hour. dl-
yided and jumped the track. Elmer Apple. u
BRAKEMAN was horribly manglcd and Con-
ductor King was slightly injured.
At knightstown Blue river loft its banks,
and near Carthage. few miles below the g.
W and ~ bridge was washed away. and tho
same company's bridge north of knigbtstowa.
over Fall creek. went down.
At hOkomo. .. Snyder was drowned while
trying 20 rescue his brother who WAS being
carried away by the swift waters. At Hart
ford City the Mississlnnewa river Ia ten feet
higher than ever before and many bridges
have been washed away.
Hours of Uninterruoted Rain In Texas.
DeNIsON. Texas. June /. For twenty-four
hours II has ralned unnterruptedly. The
storm ia one of the most violent of the pres
ent year. The whole country ls overfiowed
with water number OF bridges are re-
ported carried away by the food. The damage
10 crops cannot at present be estimated but
is very great. Trains are delayed by num-
her of wash6nts on the several divisions cen
tering here Similar reports of food damage
at Gainesville and Greenville reach here
Damaee by Flood In Oklahoma.
GrrHRgT. June Heavy rains have again
caused the streams 70 rise rapidly. and much
damage has been done. 4 report reached
here Inst night that an entire family of man,
woman and three children were swept away
and drowned while t0rdlug the Canadian
river.
GAINESVILLE. TEy.. June The hardest
rain ever known in this country fell here yes
ferday. The streets are running streams and
through several business houses and post
Office tho water was several inches deep. kain
Is still falling. Both Pecan and Elm creeks
are bank full. and should the rain continue
every one living near either stream will DO
driven from homo. Great damage has been
done 10 crops.
Lower Mississippi Levees Unsafs.
WrNNF ARK, June Rain has fallen in
torrents for twenty-four hours and no levee
along the right bank of the Mississippi be-
tween Memphis and Nicksburg il now con
l Tl.a "a alit itt,.r
near this point but the White and Arkansas
are still rising near the Mississippi. Thou
sands Of acres that were safe Yesterday are
inundated now.