The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1898-08-04
A Cloud Burst Last Sunday.

l o'clock our town was deluged with
a cloud burst. The morning began
with violent dash of rain. lasting
ten minuets. The weather continued
muggy. At about IL o'clock the SKY
darkeued and all nature seemed to
stand in silent awful expectation.
There was no messengers of thunder
advising the storm kings approach.
The horizon al. round seemed to be !
clear or covered only with broken
clouds. The light air that stirred
the leaves in occasional whiffs came
from all quarters as though the ele-
ments above were wheeling in a
circle, and we had on the earth but
the lost puffs of the whirllng cyclone
above. The clouds appeared to
draw to common center and
whirled and tumbled over each other
in wild confusion. A few large drops
and the flood gates OF heaven opened.
1t didn't drop, it poured, came IN
splashes, like water thrown from a
bucket and again IN sheets whose
course could be followed like waves
on field of standing grain. The
wind came in angry gusts. not in a
continued blow, and after each quick
blast, the fall of water seemed
heavier. In the time of ten minutes
two inches of water fell. The rain
continued for an hour, tie total being
2.67 inches.
Goose creek was roaring torrent,
causing considerable damage and
flooding most of the cellars along its
course. The heavy rain extended
some miles east, overdowlng the low
lands along the Straitsville branch.
The force of the storm was in Logan
and a territory Of mile around
north and east.
OTHER NOTED CLOUD BURSTS.
By reference to our files we learn
that at 8 o'clock a. m. June 26th 1895
DIR. Dollison, Government Weather
Observer reported fall OF 2.5 lnch
in 10 minuets. This "Burst" was
accompanied BY terrific lighting, a
number Of telegraph poles and build.
,ngs in the city being struck. Cellars
on the lowlands were flooded.
| But the Deluge, the awfullest OF all
our local storms, was on Thursday
evening July 18th 1880. This storm
as reported at the time, gave ample
warning. The thunder growled
round on all sides for an hour or
more. The sky above was not
threating, clouds light and broken.
The barometer began falling rapidly
and the clouds were noticed to rise
from all sides around the horizon,
gathering to q center. Not a breath
of air was felt. The storm burst in a
moment, fash of lighting, q crash.
and the down pour. Three inches
Of water tell in 90 minutes. The
rain lasted an hour. Goose creek
rose higher than ever known, rise
at the bridge on Walnut street Of 20
inches IN minute. The very stones
of the abutmept of the bridge were
washed several hundred feet out into
the field. Walnut street was a
raging river from house to house.
All OF Bragtown was a lake. The
damage was estimated at S2O,o ,ooO'
This flood was of wide extent,
reaching almost all parts OF the
county. 90 bridges were swept
away and immense damage done to
hay and wheat.
This last food, like the proceeding
ones We have named, should certain
IL suggest to our city authorities to
do something toward the protection
of property on Goose creek. The
creek heads about mile above
town, has fishworm meander
through the east part of the town
1t is a source Of sickness in dry
weather, and disaster n foods, l,
= makes the lowlands and cellars vat
er pools. When flood comes, II
: takes Bragtown.
Col Rippey once urged that the
3 creek be taken out of town, carried
e along the base of the hill, out a safe
' distance and then given straigh
channel to the river. This he argued
!, would not cost as much as the loss
4 each time We have food.
The loss to the gardens, in th'
$ food of last Sunday, can soarely h'
G estimated, to say nothing of the
damage to cellars, and possibl
sickness that may follow. Let Coos