The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-25
LIVES LOST BY FLOOD.
Many Victims of High Water in
Indiana and Ohio.
TRAIN GOES THROUGH A BRIDGE.

Workmen Imprisoned I'm n Coach Are
Drowned Before Those Who Escaped
Could Rescue Them-serious Situation
at Dayton ON Account of the Floods
Hospitals and Other Buildings Crowded
with Homeless People.
Chicago March 25.--Over forty and
probably fifty lives and an estimated
property loss of over $11,0O0,000 is the
record of devastation by flood in Ohio
and Indiana. Almost continuous rain
fall for four or five days has over
flowed practically all the smaller
streams and made the larger rivers
bank full. The rains have amounted
to cloudburst in portions of Ohio.
Many thousands of people have been
rendered homeless and dependent up
on public charity.
The railroads are paralyzed through
out almost the entire extent of Ohio
and an enormous amount Of trackage
is either submerged or has been
washed away. From almost all parts
of southern Indiana almost equally
alarming reports are received. Traffic
on nearly all the railroads has come To
a standstill and many miles of tracks
will have to be relaid. The telegraph
lines are down in many directions and
large cities in Ohio and Indiana are cut
off from communication with the out
side world.
Worse Than Any Since 1884.
The rivers are still rising, and 1t is
feared the flood in the Ohio river will
| be worse than any experienced since
| 1884, if it dees not surpass that disaster,
The comple'e reports Will probably add
| largely to the list OF fatalities and the
amount Of property damage.
One result of the floods was the
/ wreck of the Pennsylvania work train
near Columbus, Ind. 1t left Columbus
to distribute large forces of laborers
| at the endangered points. While cross
| ing a trestle the structure gave way
and the train went down. One man is
| dead. three are fatally injured nine
teen are missing, and about twenty
persous seriously injured. The detailed
| story OF the wreck is told elsewhere.
| Throughout Illinois and Kentucky the
rainfall was heavy, but the resulting
| overflows have done far less damage
| than in Ohio and Indiana. Whole coun-
/ ties in Indiana have been turned TO
! lakes. Railroads, coal mines and fac
( tories are heavy sufferers,
Wreck of the Work Train.
The work train mentioned above had
| passed over the railroad bridge just
| south of Columbus and the engineer
| opened the throttle. He thought the
| danger was past Following the engine
was combination coach, with seats
| in each end, the middle for baggage.
| Behind this was a eaboose. The men
were all IN the ecach, Just a mile from
the railroad bridge was frame tresA
tle which had been weakened by the
high water. Upon this structure the
train plunged, and almost instantly
disappeared from sight. With hiss
the engine, No. 1888, sank in the yellow
flood. The caboose. in the rear jammed
into the coach, imprisoning the work.
men.
Then began struggle for life. The
window panes were broken and the
men escaped with broken limbs and
bruised bodies. The fireman caught in
tree in the river.
The Work of Rescue.
The work OF rescue was conducted
under the greatest difficulty. 1t is said
sylvania tracks on the Louisville di-
vision are in order, as there are be-
tween thirty and forty miles of track
washed away. The dead, fatally in
jured and missing are as follows: John
Connell, engineer, Logansport. dead un-
der the engine; nineteen unknown la
borers missing; William Whitson. fire.
man, Memphis. Ind, badly burned and
crushed about the hips and body: Frank
Iizenby, section foreman, Underwood.
internally injured, leg crushed; Harri-
son Lizenby. brother of Frank Lizenby,
section foreman. Underwood, Ind, body
crushed and back injured
Just few minutes before the wreck
occurred a train load OF Madison teach
ers on their way to the Southern
Teachers association, which meets at
Terre Haute. passed along. This train |
went to SEYMOUR where IL was re- |