The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-06
RAINS RUIN.
The Ohio Valley Is Again Surtoit'd with
Too Mach Waller.

Too Mach waller.
CINCINNATI. Ohio. March Five
inches of rainfall in eighteen hours pre-
ccdIng noon to-day Is the unprecedent.
ed record made to-day. 1t requires but
little computation to show what such
a downfall would do In producing sud
den freshets. The marvellous sight OF
floods on high grounds met the aston
Ished gaze OF early risers this morning
In many places. Three-flf,hs OF the rain
had fallen before a. IN. and the result
was leaping OF waters In all the 1t
tie streams never before witnessed, All
the roads coming into the city found
their lines paralyZed to-day by wash
outs or overiiOws. except the Louis
vllIp e. Nashville, Queen & Crescent
aud the Cincinnati. Lebanon & North
ern. Al Loveland the track was four
feet under water something never
known before. BY night, however, there
was perceptible fall and soon all the
streams VIII run down.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. March D.
AdVicea from every quarter OF the state
to-day tell OF great damage by the
Hood. Nearly all the wagon bridges In
the vicinity OF North Vernon were
washed away and the loss viii br
many thousands OF dollars Hdif the
residents of Vernon were compelled to
mOveto higher ground and a number
of houses were carried of by the high
waters Portland suffered deluge and
the town was partly submerged, Mar
tinsyiIle has been completely Isolated
and three-QUarters OF mile OF the
Big Fonr tracks were washed out, Half
Of Washington Is flooded and many
families are homeless, The fire bells
were rung for relir; OF the suffereTg
Bridges are washed away and trains
ARE DELAYED by washOuts At Ander-
son. White River Is out OF Its banks
and washOuts are reported on the
Pan Handle, Big Four and Cincinnati
Hamilton q Dayton railroads. At Vim
Cenncs, the Wabash river rosc one foot
an hour and railroad traffic Is seriously
lmpedcd The hardest rain IN forty
yenrs foil at Madison and hundreds OF
homes were, flooded. The Ohio river
has been rising four Inches an hour all
day.
CAIRO. MS. March 5.--The storm
struck Cairo from the southwest, uc-
complnIcd by rain aud heavy thunder
with flashes OF vivid lightning The
residence Uf James Darnell, In the
tract OF the storm, was entirely de-
m0lished ana all occupants was more
or less hurt The ruins cauUht fire, but
the FIRE companies and heavy rain pre-
vented the hrr spreading to other
buildings. The badly wounded were
Mrs james Darncll. back broken; Mira
Carey. injured internally. viii probably
die: sol Petty. child. burned to death
Others In III" house escaped with
slight injuries These We're all the cas-
ualtics
great deal ur damage occurred
through roofs and skylightS being blown
on. The principal buildings damaged
we're the Douglngs High School, roof Of
one Wing; Lutheran church Just com
pIctrd, cupola blown down, Gilbert
block aud First Missionary Baptist
church. The storm was very severe
ponth on the river The steamer Buck
eve state. came into port with the tops
~ both rhlmney1 blown Of The wind
f5r five minutes at the signal Office rlgls-
tered sixty miles aR hour
SIDNEY. O.. March 6--Thls city IL cX-
porlcncing the grcateat Hood that has via.
itcd this community In the last sixteen
years, a. u result Of the terrible rnlna Of
last night and this morning. The Mia.