The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-06

| were down all around the city. owing
10 the land-slides. Some of the railroad:
| whose general offices ara here hav'
been unable 10 communicate with Other
points on their lines. The flood extend
ed up the Miami valley. Dayton, Spring
| field, Hamilton and other points SUI
fering the same as the city. The Little
Miami river was very high. The Ohio
was rising ten inches per hour. The
rainfall stopped at noon.
| Trains on the Big Four were delayed
| on account OF landslide at Traut-
| mans Station, which carried away par
| Of the track and covered other parts
| Many houses in that vicinity were
| threatened.
| Anderson's Ferry was inundated from
| the surface flood, causing more loss than
| the high water Of the Ohio river. Al
the houses on the river front were in
| danger. North OF the city the flood was
beyond precedent.
The newspaper train on the Baltimore
! & Ohio Southwestern railroad ran into
a washout al Cochran, Indiana. The
engine and tender plunged into a hole.
| No one was reported hurt.
AT INDIANAPOLIS.
indianapolis, Ind, March 5.-Three
,wenty-one ilundredths inches OF water
have fell here, beginning at O'Clock
Yesterday afternoon. The resulting
food caused much inconvenience and
considerable damage. Street car traffic
about routes for several south side
was impeded and the flooded tunnel I'M
der the Union Station caused round
lines. The greatest damage came 10
Jackson Park on the north side where
200 acres were flooded by Fall Creek
overflow. The water stood three feet
deep in this locality this morning and
the residents were transported IN boats
The rain continued, but the indications
were that the worst was past.
Advices from every quarter of the
state today tel, of great damage by the
food. Nearly all the wagon bridges in
the vicinity of North Vernon were wash
ed away and the loss will be many thou
sands of dollars. Half the residents OF
Vernon were compelled to move to high
err ground. and number of houses were
carried off by the high waters.
Portland suffered a deluge and the
town was partly submerged.
Martinsviile has been completely iso-
lated and three-quarters Of mile of the
Big Four tracks were washed out.
Half of Washington is flooded and
many families are homeless. The fire
bells were rung for relief of the suffer
ers.
At Anderson, White river is out of its
banks and washouts are reported on the
Pan Handle, Big Four, and Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton railroads.
At Vincennes the Wabash river rose
one foot an hour and railroad traffic is
seriously impeded.
The hardest rain in forty years fell at
Madison and hundreds of homes were
flooded The Ohio river has been ris-
ing four inches an hour all day.
WINDS HAVOC AT CAIRO.
Cairo, ILL.,, March 5-A heavy thunder
storm, with rain and wind, struck this
section at $50 a. m, today. Roofs were
torn off, plate glass windows smashed
a frame church under construction was
destroyed, and one house blown down
and the wreckage burned. Eight per-
sons were injured, one killed and burn
ed in the ruins. No other lives were
lost. The wind had velocity of Sc to
so miles.
ST. LOUIS INUNDATION.
ST. Louis, March 5.-The heavy rains
of yesterday and last night greatly de-
layed all incoming and outgoing trains.
Nearly every train that pulled into I'm
ion Station this morning was from two
to four hours late. Several train did
not get in at ALL The Missouri Pacific
and Iron Mountain suffered most. The
tracks Of both systems lie along river
banks Before midnight they had wash
outs reported from Boles. New Haven,
Chamois, and Elijah. The trains that
went out Thursday night were held at
New Haven and Channels and told not to
move until morning. Incoming train
No. s, the through express and NO. 10,
the cannon ball, did not get in this morn
ing. They were combined at Sedalia and
No. s sent over the Wabash tracks.
1t had not arrived up to noon. The can
non ball did not get in until tonight.
Morning trains on the Iron Mountain
were sent out over the Illinois Central
tracks as far as Cairo. The Memphis
and Hot Springs and the Texas special
on the Iron Mountain were both unable
10 get in. The Mobile and Ohio St
Louis express No. 2. due here at 7:04,
was delayed The Vandeiia mail ex-
press cauld not get in until the Big
-Four tracks were cleared. The road Was
blocked by a washout at Highland,
Fifteen Illinois Central freight cars
ere ditched east of bingham. IL, by
spreading rails. That roads New Or
leans express pulled into Union. station
three and half hours behind time. The
conductor said they bowled through a
swamp from the time they left Cairo.
The region of heavy rain covered ali
of Missouri and central and southern
Illinois. All trains through that terri
tory with the exception OF the Big Four,
Wabash and Chicago and Alton suffered
from spreading rails and washouts. No
serious accidents were reported, as or
dcrs were sent out TO all trains during
the night TO tie up rather than risk
spreading rails.
The western suburbs were partially in
undated by the severest foods expert
eaced in three years. Acres Of ground
ware submerged and undermined prop
erty was destroyed and the tenants
placed in fear Of their lives. From the
north across TO the western city limits
waters covered the lowlands. In many
instances occupants found II necessary
10 await rescue from neighbors on high
er ground Policemen on horseback re-
leased many water bound prisoners
Great damage was done 70 railroad
property and the plants OF companies in
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