St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1898-03-30
NEWS SUMMARY.
Gre. t Loss by Floods.

ure-t LOIS Dy FloOuSs
Reports from many parts OF Indiana
indicate that the loss from floods will
reach 100000. On the 23d inst the
situation was as follows: "All the
streams are overlooking their banks,
houses and railroad tracks have been
washed away, growing crops have been
seriously damaged in fact ger eral havoc
has been created by Indictments. Wrecks
have been reported from different parts
OF the state. Not passenger train
reached this city from the east or left
today over the Big Four and other lines
east are little better. At Shebyville
last night the levee broke and the resi-
dent portion of the city was flooded,
causing considerable loss. Richmond is
in darkness owing to the high water.
Martinsville and Columbus are isolated
from the rest of the state for the time
being. From many other points come
tales,of great woe All the bottom Aland
outlying Indianapolis is covered with
water and White river is slowly rising
but no great apprehension is felt.
p obabI. Los. at Sea.
The Santa Rosa sighted last week off
the California coast the bark Helen w.
Amy, Captain Hogan, which sailed
hence for the Alaska gold fields points
with twenty-seven passengers and acrew
OF thirteen on Sunday, March 10. The
bark lay upon her starboard side, with
her stern low in the water, her deck ham,
per badly wrecked, and several planks of
her hull washed loose by the seas which
broke over her. While there were no
signs OF boats among the wreckage, it is
not believed that her passengers and
crew escaped by putting off from the
vessel in them, as there had been very
heavy seas for several days past. Fur
thermore, no word has been received of
the survivors, il any exist, although the
derelict was sighted within ten miles of
the shore. and fully forty-eight hours
have passed since the wreck occurred.
When the Almy left the port she had
the provisions of the passengers and
their outfits. She was vessel of ouly
$50 tons, and was balasted sufficiently
to make her stiff"
The Brazilian cruiser Amazonas, re-
Gently purchased by the United States,
has been named New Orleans. The gov
eminent has given the name Of Albany
to the other Brazilian warship.
The Woodside Hotel at Colorado
Springs, Col, was burned Wednesday at
a loss of $4,000.
A Southern Pacific train was held up
by robbers near Fresna, CAL, Wednes-
day. The express car was blown up by
J., 10 aud nf the
lost their money and valuables.
The official report of the chaplain OF
the Maine shows that 257 of the crew
and two officers of the Maine persisted in
the explosion, and that seven more OF
the crew subsequently succumbed to
their injuries.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, the
well.known novelist. has instituted suit
at Washington for divorce from her hus
band, DR.. Swan M. Burnett. The novel
list has gone to Europe, where she will
remain until the bill of enforcement i:
granted. 1t is understood to be mu
tual agreement to disagree and that nj
opposition to the bill will be made by
DR.. Burnett.
Fire was discovered in the attic o
Hotel Claremont at Claremoht, N. H.
Wednesday morning about three o'clock
The center section of the hotel wa
burned down to the second floor Th,
firemen had hard battle to subdue thu
flames but finally conquered.
A storm on March % wrecked Il
houses and destroyed many smaller
buildings at Blue Mills, Mo. The only
house occupied, that of Martin Hugle
was carried distance of 120 feet
Hugle was internally injured and may
die. Neither Mrs. Hugle nor the children
were injured. The property damage wa
nominal.
An explosion occurred on March 2.
at the Manown coal mine near Monon
gahela City, Penn. Two persons arr
known to have been killed, FIVE injured
and Is were entombed in the mine.
1t is officially announced from Buffalo
in view of the present International ques
ton, involving possibilities OF war, thai
the time OF holding the Pan American
exposition should be postponed unit
1901.