The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1896-01-01
TOO MUCH WATER.
western Texas Suffers Severely-Reports
from Other POfnts.

Western Texas suffers Severely-RepOrts
from Other Points.
San Angelo, Tex, Dec. ~. - News
reached here Thursday afternoon of a
disaster in which seven lives were lost
and much property destroyed last Tues
day night. The wind and rainstorn
which swept over West Texas assumed
the fierceness of hurricane and del
uge at Hambrick's ranch, near Sterling
City, on a branch of the Concho river
about go miles northwest of this placs
Hambrick had a large flock of sheep
and a big herd of cattle being Locked
after by three Mexican herders. Or.
tano Cardez, his wife and daughter
lived in cabin and Juan Vergas and
Emilio Deltro, two herders, boarded
with them. The cabin was wrecked
and blown into the stream and the five
occupants were drowned. Two mile
further down the river Alberto lard. III
and Petro Sardis were drowned while
trying to escape from a sudden rlEe in
the Concho. The storm coming on sud-
denly at night time, the victims had no
warning and could not protect them
selves in the darkness. The whole
country in the Concho valley is over
flowed and many sheep and cattle have
been drowned.
Jefferson City, Mo-, Dec. 27.-The Gas
conade and Usage rivers are falling and
the situation is more encouraging. No
estimate of the loss to farmers has
been made yet. In some districts the
floods have left desolation and desti
tuition. Tie and timber men have been
heavy losers by the high water. Along
the Usage and Moreau valleys the crops
were almost entirely ruined and there
is much distress. At Bagnel the Usage
is still three miles wide and no traI
has been able to get within mile an i
a half of the two for four days. Only
the roofs of the highest buildings car
be seen in Tuscumbia, which is almost
entirely submerged. The propert; loss
has been exceedingly heavy.
Chicago, Dec. 27.--The entire Ohio
valley for the last "a hours has been
swept by storms of rain and sleet and
the Geographic service to the east.
south and southeast is badly crippled
The downfall extends from Vicksburg.
Miss, to Montreal, Can, and as far east
as Washington and New York. There
was hardly a wire working in the
storm districts at midnight, The wet
weather played havoc with the cleo
trio current, and the sleet broke the
wires, especially east of Pittsburgh.
AS a matter of fact no direct wires
were working between Chicago and
Washington, or Chicago and New
York.
indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 27.-One o.
the most damaging snowstorms in year
set in here early Thursday morning AM
telephone and telegraph wires in this
section are largely dismantled. TIL,
weight of the snow on the wires in this
city snapped off number of telephone
and telegraph poles along the - mel,
pal streets, while out in the resitence
part Of the city giant shade trees thu
had stood for quarter of a century
were borne to the ground.
Reports from the eastern and south
eastern parts of the state show tn,
storm has developed into almost biz
card. The heavy moist snow chung to
the wires, piling up until telegraph and
telephone wires became cables of ice
and snow two inches and even mere il
diameter. The Western Union lines
east of here snapped in many places
and the ice-bound wires became so
heavy as to break the poles. Hundreds
of poles along the railroads are down
and all trains from the east were de
layed several hours. The storm ragged
throughout eastern Indiana and into
Ohio with great severity.
Pittsburgh, Pa, Dec. 27.-One OF the
worst storms in long time for tele-
graph and telephone companies il. this
vicinity passed over Pittsburgh and
western Pennsylvania Thursday light
Wires are down in all directions AMI
communication with the east is badly
impaired. Rain began here early in the
afternoon and the downpour grad lally
increased until about eight o'clock at
night. High winds also prevailed, which
played sad havoc with the telegraph
wires. The storm seems to have been
at its worst east of Pittsburgh. Near
Hopewell, on the Huntington & Broad
Top railroad, tree was blown down
across the railroad track. trai,
crashed into the obstruction and a rall
road foreman was killed.
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