The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-05-10

New YoRK. May 1.-The heavy rain
storm OF last night and this morning has
passed of east at a iorty-eight-mile gait,
but reports from surrounding sections of
the country indicate that it has left an I'M
pleasant mark. 1t started in Texas and
moved northeastward, increasing in it's
fury as it came along. Its route was
along the coast and it was attended by
heavy rainf alls, breaking the drought in
Georgia, Alabama and the Carolinas The
center was directly over New York Mt
o'clock this morning and gave New York
the lowest barometer ever recorded in the
New York weather bureau. The barome-
ter recorded 29.l2. The rainfall accom-
panying the storm was over three inches in
this city at 10 o'clock this morning and
generally from two TO three inches along
the coast. The rainfall extended into the
interior OF the country about 200 miles.
The winds velocity this morning at
Block island was forty-eight miles an hour
and here iorty-two. 1t came from the
northeast, but turned TO the northwest,
from which point IL blew at 10 o'clock.
The whole territory north of eastern New
York was drenched by the heavy rain and
all streams are swollen above their banks.
At TT. Edward and Glenns Falls the
Hudson river is two feet above i:s usual
high water mark of spring freshets, and
mills at both places are unable TO run.
At White Hall the north wind has driven
the water up the lakes so that the docks
are flooded, and Wood creek covers the
flats for twelve miles south. The high
water in Champlain canal will prevent the
running oil boats tomorrow, when 1t was
expected that navigation would have been
declared open.
In Pennsylvania.
The storm ragged throughout Pennsyl.
vania. The town of Shenandoah is great
ly excited by the discovery today of large
cracks in the largest OF the four dams sit
uated above the Kelley run colliery in
the northeastern part Of the town. The
people residing IN the eastern part of the
town were warned during the forenoon to
leave. and Immediately commenced TO
move their goods and have He'd to the
hills. The collieries along the creek or
dered their men out aud have holsted
their mules. All the collieries above
Shenandoah from Yatesville down the
valley to Girardville. including the Decker
collieries, will be disastrousy affected
should the dam burst, beside the entire
MahOning valley will suffer great loss.
From Williamsport: A section of the
Williamsport boom broke this afternoon
About fifteen million fes of logs escaped
through the break and are passing down
the river.
From atlantic City-This mornings ter
rife wind storm sent down another vessel
off the treacherous Brigantine shoals
! Two three masted schooners laborlng
about three miles of the station sgnalled
for assistance, but the sea was so high that
il was impossible for the lite saving crew
to get out boat, Before any help could
be rendered one of the vessels went down
suddenly in about six fathoms of water.
nothing but her mast with the colors still
flying showing above the water. The
other vessel managed to get out OF the
difficulty and continued on her way up
the coast. Nothing is known OF the fate
of the crew Of the i'll fated vessel.
In New England.
New England also felt the storm. Train
men on the Fitchburg road report eleven
bad lands.ides and four washouts on the
road between Bard wells and Shellbourne
falls. Some of the lGndslides are said to
! be ninety feet long and the mud and clay
! on the tracks ten feet deep. At Zoar
/ another bad break is reported. There are
no accidents to any of the trains, so far as
can be learned. The wires are all down
and no trains have run since midnight.
From Newburywort, Macs. - Two
masted schooner, supposed to be the
| Brave of Deer Isle. Me-, went ashore
about one third of a mile north OF Knobs
! life saving station, Plum island, today.
! The life saving crew went off duty May l.
and nobody saw the wreck except Capt.
| Frank Stevens and Nathaniel Watson
who were stopping there. They got two
men and a boy to hop them and sue
ceeded in getting a shot line on board
the craft. A heavy sea, however.
swept the rope out of the hands OF the
crew who were in the rigging, and 1t was
then seen that they were doomed. Soon
after the spars fell, and with them four
men, who are supposed TO be all there
were on board. The wreck is COM
pletely broken to pieces.
From Rutland, W., old residents say so
severe wind has not prevailed here in
two years Nearly all of the root of the
shirt factory was torn of, while about
twenty i've feet of the roof OF the Bates
house was taken up bodily and carried
some distance. Hardly dwelling house
escaped injury, blinds windows and
chimneys being destroyed. Telephone
and telegraph wires suffered badly and
many valuable trees were blown down in
the heart of the city. On the outskirts Of
the city many barns are fat
From Portsmouth, ~ H.: The worst
storm of the season still continues with
out any sign of abatement. Business
/ throughout the city is practically at a
standstill. The harbor is full OF sailing
vessels which have sought refuge.
Reservoir Break Under Control.
BELLEFoNTAINE, O., May The breAks