The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1893-05-05
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LkwlsFoR. OAio. May A-Ths great
Mama river has he source In the Lewiston
ressrvois. The hrss break took away 100
Of wasteAway broke and in short time
the entise country for three miles south
was inundated three miles In width. Cop.
perins. tho chief engineer, " on the ground
to-day doing everything that can b done
10 repair the damage. He estimates tie
rsservoir loss at ei6O.0o0; loss 10 LGan
county In displaced bridges and washed
out roads, ti2O.O0. Farmsrs along the
river loss fenced aud crops. The wafer V
still speeading over tho country around
Lewiston. A soon - the level 10 reached
tho river will rise rapidly. People betwsen
DeGra6 and Sidney are watching aux-
iously for the result. Tho high wassr mark
Of the past will be moro than reached.
Low ground will b In great danger. The
warning has bssn ample, however, and no
loss Of life is Anticipated.
New YoRk, May A.-The heavy rain
storm of last night and this morning has
passed ofi. but reports from surrounding
sections indicate that II left su unpieasant
mark. The whole territory north of East
ern New York was drsnchsd by heavy
rains, and all streams ere swollen above
their hanks. The storm ragged throtish
Pennsylvania. The town Of Shenandoah
VAS greatly excited by the discovery to-day
Of large cracks In the dam situated about
Kcbley Run collicry. The people werc
warned during the forenoon and immedi.
ately commenced to move their goods aud
foe to the hills. The oollIsries along the
creek ordered tho men cut. The streams
throughout the Schuylkill coal region are
much swollen aud u 10 feared that work
will havc 20 ceasc Mt many mines.
In the Shamokin region most of the cal
lierics ceased work this morning. on At
lantic city thrcc-masted schooner sank.
Nothing 10 known Of tho fate Of the crow,
although u 10 believed tho tnsn managed
To reach boat near by. Trainnsen on the
fitchburR road report II bad landslides
and four washouts. All wires ars down
and no trains have run since midnight.
Much apprehension 10 felt along the up
psr Dssrtisld valley.of . break.
A two-masted schooner went ashore
three miles north Of Knobs life savinR
station, Biumc island. to-day. An At
tempt at roscue was futile, and soon sfter
the spars fell and with than -four men
who are supposed to have boon all that
were on the boat.
A. Rutland, Conn.,, hardly . dwelling
houss escaped injury. blinds, Windows
aud chiInnsys and roofs bsing destroyed.
AND THE WINDS BLEW.
A swash zoo Fee, wiAs Cat Ars.sA
sss Tswa sf Osssrd. n. C.
RAIEioR, n. C.. May "A eyclons
struck the town ef Oxford, % miles south
Of this city late yesterday afternoon. do
ine great damage In . swath A00 yard
wids thesagh ths town from southwest n
northeast. Frame houses were hlows
doua and brick ones unroofed and llsh'
structusoS of III kinds destroyed. Th<
town 10 = total darkness. Tho storm was
accompanisd by rain and hall which fell
in sssees unusually large. V ths
depth q four inches, besaking almosi
all ~ wiadows In town. A mum
bsr a peopls we're injured, Que eolerst
man fatally. The monetary damage Il
sstimstsd at 800. 900. The tornado swep
on with width Of quarter 20 . half {
mile, from Oxford TO Henderson q mile,
away. TIE track beyond here looks - q
burned aud swept. A. Graystone, small
rail station, all the houses were baowr
toWn. A. the granite quarry near vher'
the couvicts wsro st work. . nunber q
them were hurt. Al Henderson, the SAM
experience ~ at Oxford. Ten people wsr'
injured. four seriously. There are tndtca
tions Of another blow In this vicinity, bu
telegraph wires are down and no particu
lars are obtainable.