The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 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 to Boom.
Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky Feel the
F0rcc Of the Storm.


Cincinnati Caused the River to Boom.
Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky Feel the
Foroo Of the Storm.
Cincinnati, March 6.-Five inches Of
rainfall In eight hours is the unprece-
dented record made yesterday. 1t re-
Quires but little computation to show
what such downfall would do in pro-
ducing sudden freshets. The marvellous
sight of the floods on high grounds met
the astonished gaze of early risers yes
terday morning. Three-fifths of the
rain had fallen before a. M, and the
result was a leaping of waters In all
the little streams never before Witness
ed. All the roads coming into the city
found their lines paralyZed by wash
outs or overflows 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 a perceptible fall, and
soon all of the streams will run down.
Reports continue to come in of losses
caused by the heavy rain. The town
OIL LOCkldHu, VI, ID liluiludteu' AT
Cumminsvllle, 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 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 in Cincin-
natl the low lying smoke produced an
inky 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
country about Cincinnati from the over
flow of small streams. There was
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. Andersons 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
OTTO 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 Il cars fell to the bottom Of
the creek. The heavy rainfall and a
break in the canal banks of the twenty
mile level caused the greatest flood
seen in the vicinity of st. Mary's for
years. The lowlands are completely
under water, the river and canal flow
ing as one body. Many houses are
partly submerged.
A Winchester KY, dispatch says
terrific wind storm struck Winchester
at noon yesterday. The track of the
twister was about one-half mile wide,
and 1t came from the southwest. Will
lam Claytons residence was demo!ish-
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. Griffiths restaur-
ant was carried from its foundation a
distance of 20 feet. Unverified 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. At
HopkinsviIle barn was blown down,
killing one negro who was stripping to-
bacco, and perhaps fatally injuring
three others.
At Dayton, o., cloudburst and ten
hours storm did great damage. The
Miami river is IL feet above low water
| mark, and still rising. Cellars are
| flooded fires in furnaces of florist
buildings drowned out, and flowers
ruined. Merchants suffer great loss
! from damaged goods.