The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-03-06
FLOODS AND CYCLONES
Do Great Damage in Western and
Southern Towns,
REMARKABLE RISE OF WATERS
Five Inches Of Rainfall in Eight Hours at
Cincinnati Caused the River 60 Boom.
Indiana, uiinois and Kentucky FeeI tho
Force of tho storm.


Cincinnati, March Give inches Of
rainfall I'm eight hours is the unprece-
dented record made yesterday. 1t re-
quires but little computation to show
what such downfall would do I'm pro-
ducing sudden freshets. The marvellous
sight of the floods on high grounds met
the astonished gaze of early risers yes
terday morning. Three-hfths of the
rain had fallen before z a. m, and the
result was a leaping of waters I'm all
the little streams never before witness
ed. All the roads coming into the city
found their lines paraiyzed by wash
outs or overhows except the Louisville
and Nashville, Queen and Crescent
and the Cincinnati Lebanon and
Northern. At Loveland the track was
four feet under water. Something
never known before. BY night how
ever, there was perceptble fall, and
soon all of the streams viii run down.
Reports continue to come i'm Of losses
caused by the heavy rain. The town
of Lockland, o., is inundated. At
Cumminsvillle, in the northern part OF
the city the flood did more harm than
the recent high water of the Ohio, be-
cause the latter was still back water,
while this was a raging torrent. Houses
weakened by the Ohio river flood were
moved from their foundations by this
overflow. All small streams have be-
come raging torrents, while i'm Cincin-
natl the low lying smoke produced an
inl1y darkness. The rain was general
| from the Missouri valley to the Ale
| gheny range, and was heaviest in Illi-
nois, Indiana and western Ohio.
/ Great loss has been caused in the
I oil TfingfVoff la rrrats-
! flow of small streams. There was a
/ landslide at Trautman's Station, which
carried away part of the Big -Four rail-
road tracks and covered other parts.
Many houses in that vicinity are now
| threatened. Anderson's Ferry was in
undated from surface flood, causing
more loss than the high water of the
Ohio river.
A Kenton, o., dispatch says the Sci
| otO river has overhoWed its banks and
/ several bridges have been washed
away in this county. The bridge on
the Chicago and Erie railroad gave
way and IA cars fell to the bottom of
the creek The Lsavy rainfall and a
break In the canal banks of the twenty
mile level caused the greatest flood
seen in the vicinity of st. Marys for
years. The lowlands are completely
unutI Wdltlg lllt river anu tdlldi lloW-
ing as one body Many houses are
partly submerged.
A Winchester, Ky, dispatch says a
terrific wind storm struck Winchester
at noon yesterday. The track of the
twister was about one-half mile wide
and it came from the southwest. Will
lam Clayton's residence was demolish-
ed, a business house at the corner of
Maple and Washington streets was
torn apart, and along Main street
chimneys and shutters flew before the
gale. The greatest damage was done
in the vicinity of the Chesapeake and
Ohio depot, where a number Of build
ings were unroofed. Grlmth's restaur-
ant was carried from it's foundation a
distance of 20 feet Unverihed reports
from the country indicate considerable
damage and probable loss of life. A
negro suburban town, to the south
east, was in the path of the storm, and
several houses were blown away. Al
Hopkinsville a barn was blown down
. killing one negro who was stripping to-
bacco, and perhaps fatally injuring
three others,
At Dayton, o., a cloudburst and ter
hours storm did great damage. The
] Miami river is 12 feet above low water
mark, and still rising. Cellars are
j flooded, fires in furnaces Of florist
buildings drowned out, and flowers
ruined. Merchants suffer great loss
from damaged goods.