The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-06
ONE DAYS DISASTERS
rwrxTy-FoTR HOURS OF FIRE,
FLOOD AND ACCIDENT.
mig fire In worcestsr-aeavyR Rains
v,oaatnr the Ohio and Mfssfsstp-
nj yaiIeys-Hurricane sweeps
rren west Virginia to Arkansas
1--WE Fatal Railroad Wrecks
Mall Agent Cremsted In His Car.

WORCESTER. Mass. March s.-one OF
rhA most destructive fires that ever VS.
t,ed thls city broke out early today. as
s,,r-,rr snch alarming proportions that 4;
vas saam-a advisable 20 summon assist
arcs from Boston. Fitehburg and other
rIae4s The Day block. one OF the largest
in me city. was among the buildings de-
srroves Failing walls injured eight MEM
he's - th4 Ere department. but none were
fatally hurt. Following IL the list Of In
jIred:
p " Hall. shoulder hurt. injured Tn
ternally; Edward Brady. badly cut, IN
sura5 Internally; George ". Glenn. left
leg broken, badly cur and injured inter
naIly. 7 Il Waite cut and severe confu-
ssons on body; +. h. Barrett. leg nurt-
injured Internally: Capt Aaher. back IN
iured. Lieut. Bouies. injured about shout
der and back; Hoseman Cavanaugh, seri-
ousiy injured.
THE property loss is between ssso.eoo and
saeo.eo
Etxe-Ynch Rainfall at Cfncinnn
CINCINNATI. March 5.-From 8 p. m.
TO II a. m. the rainfall here was SO
inches. All suburbs along Mil creek are
under water, and hundreds OF families
homeless. Telegraph wires are down all
around the city, owing 10 iandslides.
The food extends up the Miami valley.
rsoiuts suffering. The Ohio river here is
rising ten inches an hour. The rain
stopped at noon
Etghty-NiIe Wind at Cairo.
CAIRO. Ill. March "a heavy thunder
storm. with rain and wind, struck this
section at a. m. today. Roofs were torn
OF. plate glass windows smashed. a frame
church under construction destroyed, one
house blown down. and the wreckage
burned Eight persons were injured and
one burned in the ruins. The wind had
velocity of fifty-six to eighty miles an
hour.
Greatest Flood I'm Thirty Years.
ST. LOUIS. March s.-The storm ex-
tended throughout the state and into
Southern and Central Illinois. Mail from
the East. West and South IS delayed five
10 twelve hours The Western suburbs
are partly Inundated by the most severe
flood experienced in thirty years. Acres
Of land were covered. houses undermined
and property destroyed. From north to
south across the city limits the water
covered the low lands. and many fami-
lies are hemmed in.
Hurricane Hits Huntington.
HUNTINGTON, ". Va. March S-A
hurricane lasting four minutes visited this
section Of the state al o'clock this after
noon, leaving destruction in its path.
Dozens OF industries here suffered enor-
nous losses. while churches. school and
other buildings were badly wrecked. Ad-
tacent Ohio towns suffered heavily.
Sweeping Through Arkansas.
HOPE, Ark. March 5-A disastrous tor
nsdo struck this place at o'clock this
morning and. while no lives were lost, the
damage TO property was considerable. Tho
Cumberland Presbyterian and the colored
Baptist churches are A mass OF debris
The smokestacks at the water works and
the Hope Lumber Company were blown
down. The electric light and telephone
wires were blown down and fences laid
fiat.
FORT SMITH. Ark. March 5.-A tor
nado visited this city last night doing con-
siderable damage. The heavy timber
trusses OF the new building OF the electric
and power company were weakened by
the wind and rain. and at II 30 today IL
collapsed Five men were in the debris,
two OF them, r. A. Brown and Harry
Cruch. being probably fatally injured.
Fatal Wreck Near st. Louis.
SIT. LOUIS. March 5.-one man was kill
al and his body cremated. another fatal
~ burned and third badly injured in
wreck which occurred at Bennette's mills,
100 miles west Of s. Louis. on the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad. at o'clock tonight
The dead man is w. w. Rosenberger,
mail clerk. Bloomington. H.. single. body
consumed. The injured: Edward Lus-
man. aged - fireman. St Louis. pinned
under the tender. body crushed and cooked
from the waist down, will die: Frank
LAUDER. engineer ST. Louis ribs broken
and head hurt. will recover.
Near Bennettes mill the train was run
ming forty miles an hour on a down
grade, when the engineer saw. appar-
entity. the whole hillside. go yards ahead.
slide onto the track. He threw on the
air and reversed the engine and attempt
ed 10 Jump. The engine. tender and mall
and baggage cars telescoped. Fireman
Iusman was caught beneath the tender
but tho engineer was thrown high in the
air and broke his ribs by falling on the
wrecked cars The rest Of the train was
Jared OF the track. but not passenger
was hurt or even badly shaken up Al
most before the passengers were out OF
the coaches the mail car was on fire The
body OF the mali clerk could he seen. bu.
ell attempts TO save IL failed All but
a few pieces % the mail were burned.
Sleeping Car Smashed.
CINCINNATI. March s-Early today
during the rain and a thick fog passen-
ger train No. los. west-bound on the MID
land branch OF the Baltimore & Ohio
Southwestern railroad. was stopped BY a
landslide near HHPr station. I'VE miles
west % Loveland. A heavy freight train
came Numbering along In the fog and
crashed into the sleeper. throwing the &C
curants out ~ their beds and psnloned
= EN- in agony IN the debris Of seats bro
ken glass and spllnters. The fatally In
tgrei are: r. II. Warder superintendent
% parks. Cincinnati. p. u. Dopbins
Wheeling. ". Va. ~calded. right leg
crushed. The seriously injured are: G.
II. Rtspe Richmond. Ind. scsRied and in
jured internally: l. Myers. ST. Louis. legs
and head bruised.
Port Biskeiey Notes
AfTs. Masters left this week with her
80 Va 4