The record-union., 1897-03-06
Unparalleled Not Only for the Extent Of
Territory Over Which II Ragged,
But for the Great Amount of Water
Which Was Precipitated.
Floods Reported From Almost Every
Telegraph Station From Pittsburg
in the East to Kansas City in the
West, and From the Lakes to the
Northern Boundary of Tennessee.

CHICAGO, March 5.-The storm
which ragged throughout the middle
West on Thursday night stands unpar-
allied, not only for the extent of terri
tory over which it ranged, but for the
amount of water precipitated. At
Cincinnati the rainfall reported by the
weather bureau was 5.3S inches, and
floods are reported from almost every
telegraph station from Pittsburg in the
East to Kansas City in the West, and
from the lakes to the northern boun-
dary of Tennessee. In some instances
the wind reached the velocity of hur-
ricane, and much damage to dwellings,,
barns, fences, etc, has been reported
from various points throughout the
district
Throughout Southern Illinois, Indi-
ana and Ohio, the damage to railroad
property in the form of washouts, make
traffic impossible and the wrecks
caused by the softening of the road
beds, is immense.
A not inconsiderable loss to the peo-
pie as a whole will be caused by the
washing away of the bridges and road
ways, which have been built UP in the
Of dollars, and which in many cases
have been totally destroyed.
Owing to the decentralization of rail-
way traffic, the mails, local to the de-
luged districts, have been greatly de-
layed, while the through service over
the trunk lines west and north have
been badly crippled, greatly to the an
noyance of business intrests involved
FEARS OF ANOTHER FLOOD.
CINCINNATI, March 5.-The unex-
pected and unprecedented rainfall here
has given rise to disagreeable forebod-
ings of another food. Rain began to
fall at 6:30 last night and at a. m,
about inches had fallen. Lockland,
Ohio, is inundated. AT Cummings
vile the flood is doing more harm than
the recent high water. The Ohio River
10 rising seven inches an hour. The
rain is general from the Missouri Riv-
er to the Allegheny Range and the
heaviest in Illinois, Indiana and West
ern Ohio Great loss has been caused
throughout the country around Cincin-
natl from the overfiowing of small
streams.
HUNTINGTON, CIV. Va.), March o.
hurricane lasting four minutes Wis
tied this section of the State at
o'clock this afternoon, leaving destruc-
ton in it's path. Dozens of industries
here suffered enormous loss, while
churches, schools and other buildings
We're badly wrecked. Adjacent Ohio
towns suffered heavily.
HOPE tArk.), March 5.-A disastrous
tornado struck this place at 4 o'clock
this morning, and while no lives were
lost, the damage to property was cop-
siderable The Cumberland Presby-
terian and the Colored Baptist
Churches are mass of debris. The
smokestack 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 Shiagle and iron roofs were torn
off. The store of NJ. NJ. Shears had
the iron roof torn off and the goods
damaged.
FORT SMITH (Ark), March "a
tornado visited this city last night, do
ing considerable damage. The heavy
timber trusses of the new building of
the Electric and Power Company were
weakened by the wind and rain, and at
11:30 to-day it collapsed. Five men
were in the debris, two of them, r. A.
Brown and Harry Cruch, being proba-
bly fatally injured