The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-05-09
RIVERS On THE RAMPAGE
Great Damage by Floods in Missouri,
Illinois and Northern Indiana.
LOwlands Covered BY Deep, Turbulent Wsters
Dam Washed 0ut Near GOshen-Hun-
dreds Of Farms Partially Ruined.

KANSAS CRY. Mo-. May a.-The past
twenty-tour hours have furnished the cli-
max for all the rainy weather of this
spring. A heavy downpour of water has
been falling oil day. and since midnight
last night the creeks and streams havs
been rising. Accounts of foods have been
coming in from all over western Missouri
and eastern Kansas. telling Of flooding riv.
ers. overlooked creeks and streams. III
some localities the towns have been
flooded. and some damage is reported TO
dwellings. by having their foundations
washed ou& The floods came so suddenly
in other districts that farmers bad no time
to prepare for il and much of their stock
has been drowned and washed away.
Growing crops rave been badly damaged.
and thousands of fields will lave to be re-
planted.
In Salina county, Missouri, all the streams
are reported out of their banks. and tho
whole country has been turned into a lake.
Some houses have been washed away and
much stock has been lost. Along the Platte
river and the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES river
the whole country has been inundated and
houses and barns have been destroyed. In
Livingston. Grundy and Mercer counties
the Grand river and its forks have flooded
the whole country. and the district from
ChillicOthe TO the Iowa line is one sea OF
water. Much stock has been lost. All OF
the railroads in the district have been more
or less damaged and traffic delayed. and IN
some cases abandoned altogether. The
Wabash bridge here has been strained ont
of line. so that no trains can pass over.
In Oklahoma Territory q steady. pouri q
.asn 49,. 49,
hours and half the streams are out of their
banks Nearly all the overland mails have
been abandoned. The Santa Fe has suf-
fered several wash-outs and trains are
badly delayed. A small tornado accom-
panied the rain north Of Guthrie and did
considerable damage. The houses of John
Davis. Henry Smith and John Crockett
were carried some distance by the cyclone
and badly damaged. Many barns ana other
buildings were destroyed. There was no
loss of life. so far as is known.
All the trains from every direction, with
the exception of the Rock Island and
Union Pacific from the west, were late in
arriving In this city. All are delayed by
unsafe bridges. Iand-slides or washouts.
The rain continues tonight with undated
steadiness. The Missouri river. which is
very high for this season of the year, is
rising rapidly. and there is much appre-
hensiOn lest the steady pour of water into
ltfrom its tributaries Will cause 1t 10 60 on
the rampage and increase the already
heavy damages by floods.
Big Dam Near Goshen Washed Out
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
GOSHEN. Nav 6-The large dam two
miles south of town was washed out this
morning at 2:30 o'clock. About forty feet
of stone work and twenty feet of embank.
ment are lost. The loss to the Hydraulic
will amount to about S60, GOO. The
river below the dam Is higher. Manufact-
urers have lost thousands of feet of lum-
Der and the water is still rising.
An Associated Press dispatch says: The
high water caused great excitement in this
city yesterday and to-day. Friday night
the water reached the highest mark and
was at q standstill for a few hours. To-
wards morning 1t suddenly rose several
inches and scores of factory buildings were
10 great danger. Hundreds of men worked
all night and all to-day moving goods TO
places Of safety. while others labored in
cessantly to save the dam and embsnk-
ments. During the early morning hours
q large house went over the dam and tore
out q portion of the apron. It was feared
it would damage the bridges. but passed
under them without straining the piers.
At Bertrand the house struck the bridge
and carried away a section of 1t just as
Frank c: Nippold: of this city. was cross
lnk III u Dukkl. ii uOIbo duu Uukky were
lost. but Mr.. NippOld managed TO swim to
shore greatly exhausted. The water has
receded somewhat since last night.
The Swollen Illinois River.
PEORIA. May 8.-Thoussnds of people to-
day visited the inundated districts sur
rounding this city. The river is still q
raging torrent, with q roar that can be-
heard a long distance. The measurement
was taken this morning and 1t registered
twenty-one feet and seven inches, which 10
o rise OF seven inches IN twenty-four hours,
Since then the water hae been SO rough
that no measurement could be made. 1t is
believed that the river will not rise much
more, but the strong wind whioh prevails
ia dashing the water so furiously against
the bank that many bridges are liable to
be washed ont. The railroad companies
have large forces at work guarding against
this. The cattle pens of the lower sugar
works. in which thousands of cattle are
fed daily. are u foot under water and I'M
less the water quickly subsidies they must
be removed. In the Lamarsh district the
destruction continues. Many houses have
been dashed TO pieces by the driftwood and
by the time the water goes out nothing
will be left eXcept debrI6. The residents