The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-03-26
RIVERS ARE RAGING.
Enormous Damage Results from
Floods In Various States.
Ohio and Indiana the Greatest suf-
ferers - Losses Are Estimated mt
SII,OO0.0OO - Several Persons
Perish-Mnny Are Missing.

IT, reported throughout Indiana and
Ohio. Thousands Of families are home
less and many Of them are dependent
upon charity. Many cities report that
the water Is at the highest stage ever
known. Illinois, Missouri, Pennsyl-
vania and West Virginia also report riv-
ers turned into raging torrents, but in
those states the damage thus far done
Is comparatively insignificant. Whole
counties in Indiana have been turned
&c lakes. Railroads, coal mines and fac
tories are heavy sufferers. Wheeling,
W. Va. is cut off from the world except
In the direction OF Pittsburgh. with
which connection is maintained by the
Baltimore & Ohio railway. Many dwell.
ngs are flooded and iron works have
been closed down. Fashionable Wheel
ing island is under water From Owens
boro, Henderson and Evansville, on the
lower Ohio. come reports of large dam
age TO crops and stock by the overflow
OF lowlanis.
The death roll from Ohio at mid
night, which, II is feared is only par
tial, included the loss of three lives ut
Columbus, two nj GAINESVILLE with 80
persons missing), and seven at various
other points. Loss of two lives are re-
| ported in Indiana and one in Pennsyl-
vRnin.
In Ohio the damage is estimated by
correspondents at $10,0O0,000. The
principal losses are: Dayton, $1,000
900; Columbus, S500,00o; Musl<ingum
county, S1,00o,O00, and Delaware. $780,
600.
In Indiana the loss is put at 81, o00,-
600. II is likely the loss TO railroads in
the state may reach a similar figure.
1t is estimated 10000 people are
homeless in Ohio and 10000 in Indiana.
Two railroad wrecks have resulted
\ from washouts. One was in Ohio, where
Baltimore & Ohio passenger train
went through a bridge near Frazey-
burg. The other and the more serious
one was near Columbus, Ind, where
wrecking train met disaster and only
four of the twenty odd persons on board
escaped injury. Four of the Crainmen
were missing and may be dead.
The railroads are paralyzed through
out almost the entire extent of Ohio
and an enormous amount OF trackagc
away. From almost ali parts of south
ern Indiana almost equally alarming re-
ports are received. Traffic on nearly all
the railroads has come TO standstll,
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 Oft from com
muncation with the outside world.
Cincinnati, March PA peculiar and
remarkable flood is filing the banks of
the Ohio river II is peculiar in the cir
cumstance that from Wheeling 90 Cairo
no tributary on the left bank OF the
river makes the slightest contribution
20 this great freshet Had the inpour
Of water from streams on the left bank
been equal TO that Of those on the right
the flood would have equaled that OF
1884, perhaps surpassed il. There has
been n steady fall OF rain here since last
Saturday.
News from central points in Indiana
and from Springfield, Troy, Urbana and
GAINESVILLE, o., indicates fall OF from
3h to Az inches at these places with
one-half this precipitation within the
last 80 hours. Nearly all railroads in
central and southern Ohio are either
crippled or totally disabled fer the
present. This is because Of washouts
dangerous and destroyed bridges and
the like. All over Ohio and Indiana ex-
cept perhaps in the extreme northern
parts, railroad traffic is demoralized
GAINESVILLE, O., March 24.-Since mid
night Tuesday the Muskngum and
Licking rivers have risen IS feet and all
the Eighth ward and parts OF four other
wards are submerged. Four thousand
people have been driven from their
homes and very few Of them have saved
any of their household effects. The cur
rent of Licking river has turned down
Lee street a half mile and Is washing
out everything in its path. There have
been score OF narrow escapes and
more than 50 persons are missing. The
supply OF sliffs was wholly made.
quate to rescue the people, and il will
take all night 10 get them on dry land.
Every railroad entering the city Is tied
up and all Of them have experienced ac-
cidents.
The only bodies so far recovered are
those OF Mrs. Church and John Leach.
drowned in their homes before being
rescued.
indianapolis, Ind, March 2i.-Thir-
teen rainy days in March have brought
7.22 inches of water 20 the earth. OF
this amount 3.55 inches have fallen
since Sunday. The heaviest rainfall OF
the year occurred Tuesday, culminat-
Ing in n downpour in the evening, which
brought the total precipitation for the
day up TO 2.36 inches. White river, Big
Eagle and Fall creek are out OF their
low banks and hundreds of acres of low
lands are oyernowed and many families
have been driven from their homes.
The damage already done is consider
able.
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