The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-02-24
4 TO HEAVY RAINS.
Tast Flying Virginlan" on the
n,oeaneake g. Ohio Wrecked.
;fD BY A WASREO-OUT TRESTLE.
: 10 Lost and Ten Persons More or
8 Seriously Injured-The Heavy
Rains Have Played Havoc
Along Other Lines,
,r,.t FIXING virglnian" wrecked.

,Fast Flying Nirginian" wrecked.
N D,rsvorru, o., Feb. 29,-The Ches-
10 & Ohio railroad Fast Flying
rinian" train was wrecked at Indian
Il three miles west of South Ports
IN at 6 n, m. The train, consist
Of two mail cars, two day coaches
8. two sleepers, passed here at
Il A. m. so minutes late. A short
ance this side OF Indian run,
smoll trestle had been washed
IA leaving a ditch 30 feet wide and
feet deep. The train plunged
~ this running at a speed of 40 miles
hour Everything went in except
4 sleepers, piling on the engine. The
81 and baggage cars were smashed to
bling wood.
n Npadmaster Stout, who was riding on
engine crawled out of the wreck
\ b. the bank, but died before assist
II reached him.
Engineer J. L. Fairhead, of Cincin-
IA was cut on the head and sustained
huised leg and elbow, not serious,
0thers injured were:
reman II. Myers, of Covington; hip
ii leg bruised.
Kchard Maddox, of Portsmouth; leg
II ined and bruised.
William Wolfe, Portsmouth; leg badly
&hed
h j. File, express messenger, of Gov
hon: bruised about the chest,
II A. Faulkner, baggagemaster; nose
aien, eyes and face bruised.
4 D. Bradley, right shoulder and
h bruised.
!. c, Turner, of Boonville, Va; leg
Hined
] Phn Aryin, porter, of Covington; cut
5ace,
i T. Gale, mail clerk, cut on knee
4 head
M the injured were in the day
Aches, There were about SO passen-
on the train.
hits Of the Rains in Eastern Kentucky
EXTINCTION, KY, Feb. disastrous
( 5ls are reported from many points
Eastern Kentucky. Jackson, which
b the north fork of the kentucky
Rr, 100 miles east of here, is flooded
Die lower sections, At Beattyville u
Of s. feet within the last "a hours
endangered much of the property,
4uding the large Herman saw-mill.
4 latest account says the river
ktill rising at the rate Of ten
shes an hour. 1t is feared
great 4,000-foot tunnel through
lnberland Gap will be greatly dam
gd The Lexington & Eastern rail
4 abandoned its east-bound trains
1 llay City At Torrent and National |
ige great damage is done. 1t is still |
ping throughout that portion of the
fe and it is feared the worst is to
b..
Fate news from Tazewell says that |
pes Caldwell, wife and children
fe drowned in Powell's river. The
Pd burst over the bank and caught !
|m in their house, which was swept |
ky.
u West Pineville the Cumberland |
er broke over its banks, doing inn
nse damage. Fifty families We're
eed from their homes. All the mines
the creek are flooded. All the trestles
bridges on the Middlesboro rail
" are washed away. The bridge on
Knoxville, Cumberland Gap & |
nisyille is gone, No mail has arrived |
&c Saturday, All trains are water
md
INC Suspended on West Virginia Lines.
lNcINNArl, Feb. %. kilograms from
w, Va, say:
rams on the north end of the Kenova
lSlon OF the Norfolk 4 Western rail
d have been annulled. tits reported |
e that the big Norfolk & Western
ase across Beech Fork has been
shed away.
= NiiNA " W. as OhS pliAV -
hg rapidly and families living near
water have been compelled to move.
tracks of the Powellton & Poca-
leas railway are under water and all
me Is suspended.
II Point Pleasant, w. Va, the river
eight feet. Trains on the Kanawha
michigan railroad have stopped be-
Se of washouts
rom Newtown, O., the heavy rainfall
Playing havoc. The Miami river is
OF Its banks and the bottom farms
covered with water and drift. Sew
families have abandonded their
les' The loss to farmers is heavy.
ulspatch from Sutton, W. Va, says
Elk river is rising rapidly. The lit
hanawha river is over the tracks of
Vest Virginia & Pennsylvania rail
ohio and Licking Rivers Rising Rap
idly.
NCINNATI, Feb. 22.-The Ohio river
u another rise. The Licking river
iSlhg rapidly and is running out.
,k Lick creek is away out of its