Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-09-05
Wind, Rain and Lightning in Northern
Illinois and Wisconsin.
INDIANAPOLIS SUFFERS A DELUGE
Lightning Burns Out the En-
tire Telephone System.
PANlC-STRlCKEA PEOPLE ON A STEAMER

Caught on the Lake in the Storm and
Wildly Tossed About--Much damage
Done In KinderhooiS, Ill, and Other
Towns-Flood Destroys Thousands of
Dollars Worth OF Property in Indianap-
oils.
Associated Press Dispatch by Special Wires.
Chicago, I'll. Sept. 4. "A very severe
storm Of wind, rain and lightning
prevailed throughout the northern por-
tion of Illinois and Southern Wiscon-
sin last night. Much minor damage
was done and telegraph and telephone
communication was interrupted.
Reports from many towns in Illinois
north. of Bloomington state that the
storm was one of the most furious
known in years. Late reports from the
village of Undertook, where ii was
reported that three lives were lost, are
to the effect that the first stories were
erroneous 1t will be impossible, how
ever, for some time. to get definite de-
tails of the amount of damage done at
that place, as all wire communication
is cut off.
At 7 a. m. the storm was still raging
in the vicinity of this city. The City
of Louisville, one OF the Graham line
boats, heavily loaded with passengers
and freight, met with an accident in
mid-lalSe, last night, which delayed her
nearly two hours and caused a great
deal of worry in this city. As the boat
tossed about the passengers became
almost panic stricken. Many of them
possessed themselves OF life. preseryers
and those who did not take this pre-
caution stood as close to the lifeboats
as possible, to be ready in case they
were launched. The officers of the
boat finally succeeded in quieting the
passengers by assuring them that there
was no danger, and after the damage
had been repaired she continued on
her way to this city, arriving at her
dock at a late hour.
A DELUXE AT INDIANAPOLIS.
indianapolis, Ind, Sept. 4. As the
result of veritable deluge, which sci
in last night at 8 o'clock and continued
until o'clock this morning, this city
was flooded and thousands of dollars
worth of property destroyed, besides
| the Inconvenience of suspended street
car transportation and telephone com.
munication. The business portion Of
| tho city was soon flooded because of the
| inability of the sewers and streets to
carry the water away.
At o'clock reports began coming
into the station of great damage in
various portions of the city. IL was
nearly O'Clock before South Side
street car could be moved. In the
neighborhood of Pine and Washington
streets lake OF water appeared, and
no less than dozen families had to be
rescued by the police. The water in many
of the Easements along Washington and
Pennsylvania streets was five and six
feet deep. Many Of these Easements
were used as salesrooms and the damage
| is very great
At daylight the lightning started a
fire in the telephone building, corner
of Illinois and Ohio streets, and the
entire system was burned out, resulting
in extensive loss. Several other fires
we're started by the storm, but were
extinguished before material loss was
| sustained.
Up to o'clock this morning the
rainfall mad amounted TO 81 inches.
At O'Clock the rain had ceased.