The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-02
LIKE THE JoHNsTowN FLOOD.

Stanton, Va, October 1.-The food mere
was caused by much the same conditions,
but OF course on a smaller scale as those
which resulted in the Johnstown disaster,
namely, the bursting of lake and the
empty.ug Of it's waters into n stream al
ready badly swollen by the rains. From
10 10 . O'Clock Tuesday night the rain
came down in torrents and soon changed
Lewis creek which runs through Staun-
ton, into a m II race The creek, after
1t enters Wellington, flows NoWn through
large arched sewer under Central ave-
nue., southwark near Main street. where
1t defects slightly 10 the right, sun Itir-
suing is underground course, turns TO tle
east after II crosse. j shn-oE street pathl-
lei with May street. This creek became
raging torrent and the water being too
large a volume to pass the tunnel backed
and Quickly swampcd tho ne ghh0rhood,
Including many large gardens. \ hand
some brick stone trimmed building. owned
by $ NJ Wilkes. and located on Central
avenue south of Main street, was totaily
wrecked the occupants barely escap ng.
Along the line of the creek in the SOUTH
arm part Of the city the water rose sew
eral feet in a ' e,,u ,Tgonus and adjoining
tbc fa r grounds lake, which includes near
lv the cnure space inside the haii lhl,e
race track and its natnral dra hra rs -
hanks and emptled hts waters into the
swollen Lewis creek with tho result mat
stanton experienced the most disastrous
''P mo N hcdles of James Smith. his wife.
daughter and erandchi-d have been recoV-
cred. ,,.,,,.,, ,,,ro.,
u,cro nrncfically washed out, hut II -
ieI ov,d that all tho inhabt ants escaped;
Tho food destroyed the gas works anu
wrought havoc about g raiiroad ya ain1i;
farm south OF the city also burst us banks
and. uniting with Others SWEPT o'e n,e az
least half OF st1unuoi:' ues'roS'"S
- two-story frame house occupied, ~
| , eamilv Of colored people was carried l5l
yards and dashed against : ralIW MA o'i'S'
The water flooded the neHtmc h,gnc
plant ana gas works. Five iS' livery yV stPbes
II, r.n-on industries were destroyed.
a'hi rcadv nfty horses and mules rave
drowned in DE llQou, some VI ''0 ''''
W. exnrt loss IN the city can ro- nr
estimated now hut will reach at I9tsl
! si56.GO0. The contractors geherdiy P'ao'
| the loss at $l5o@"'
washington. October 1.-Passengers and
,rainmen on the Shenandoah Valley tfain
~ ,he baltimore and Ohio road, which
.,,rived here at 1 o'clock today, bring con-
ft,n,ati1n of the report of disaster al
stanton caused by the sNrm IuesdaN
night They say the damage was acne py
fl,od rather than by wnd' ana that tle
flood was caused by the bursting OF the
dam Of a lake In the public grounds at
e,oun,on. causing the loss of several iiVes
an that rlace yariously estimated IRON ~,
| Tlve 10 eight The dam broke al y. III,
a and 70 70 e Unfortunate people drowned were
caught by the wtaer IN intense dn rr',ss
4 cattle dealer named 4, n, ih@"' ha,
| residfnr nj the town of NeWlnarkSl' w
ioS, Stanton, was also drowned. He was
riding along the river bank. wnfn We
ground. which had been undernllnsn; s gd,sr
| way and precipitated both morse AN" 'i'''
| into the swollen stream. -, n,
The damage at stanton s placed az
several hundred thousand dollars an, enc
vsre able to state, largely by inundation,
Many large buildings abutting on sfee's