The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-11-29
BY STORM And FLOOD
Damage in Tennessee, West vir-
ginia and Ohio.

Memphis, Tenn, Nov. 27.--Meager ac-
counts of casualties by food are COM
ing in from West Tennessee. A few
miles Iforthsof Dyersburg woman and
two children in buggy were thrown
into deep backwater by the sloughing
of levee over which they were passing
and all were drowned.
At the south fork of the Forked Deer
river negro trackhand of the Illinois
Central was drowned,
A mail carrier was drowned in Caney
creek near Glymph, Lauderdale coun-
ty, by the upsetting of his buggy as
he was attempting to ford the stream.
No names are known here so far.
Two Dend in Ohio.
Akron, o., Nov. 27.-Two people were
killed during the storm here Monday
morning.
Broke Hts Neck.
Pittsburgh, Pa, Nov. 81. - Several
mills on the South side have been COM
PEELED to shut down. The loss of one
life is attributed to the high water.
Frederick Kopman, aged &C years, while
down the stairs and broke his neck.
Snow I'm New York.
Buffalo, n. Y, Nov. 27.-As a result
of the Snowfall in this section of the
state the mails from the west Mon1ay
morning were an hour to an hour and a
half late. The mails from the east ar
rived on time.
Lake Erie on a Rampage.
Lorain, o., Nov. 27.-Thousands of
dollars of damage has been done by
storm on Lake Erie, which began Sun
day night and is still raging. Waves 20
feet high are coming to the shore. The
schooner St. Lawrence, which went
ashore a few days ago, has been broken
into pieces. The east government
pier is rapidly going and the harbor
is in danger of destruction. Over a
thousand feet of the east pier is gone
and the west pier is also threatened.
Cleveland, O., Nov. 27.-Another vio-
lent storm prevailed on Lake Erie and
throughout northern Ohio Monday,
the wind coming from the north and
blowing at the rate of 60 miles an hour.
The gale was accompanied by heavy
rain and sleet. The lake has been
dashed to wild fury and no vessels are
leaving port.
Great Damage.
Columbus, O., Nov. 27.-The damage
done by the storm throughout the state
will reach thousands. At Chagrin Falls
the telephone switchboard burned out
and set half dozen houses on fire. At
Cambridge several buildings were
blown down, and at Batavia Miss Anna
Hurd was drowned, driving into a
stream where bridge had washed out.
The Ohio river and northern Ohio
streams are rising rapidly. Wires are
down in all directions and trains are
| delayed.
Freak In the Canal.
Rome, N. Y, Nov. 27.--A break oc-
Cured in the 60-mile level of the Erie
canal, four miles west of here, at three
p. m. Monday. One hundred feet of
the bank went out and the water
rushed down the flats. The water is
swiftly going out and all boats on the
canal will be grounded where they are.
Reservoir Bursts.
Athens, O., Nov. 27.-As a result of
the heavy rains the reservoir near
Chauncey burst and flooded the town
mile away. The reservoir covered
three acres and was 20 feet deep. A
hundred yards of railroad track was
washed out and nearly all the resi-.
dences in Chauncey were flooded. A
hill DETECTING the course of the water
saved the Chauncey mine, where 100
men were at work, from being flooded.
In West Virginia.
Guyandotte, w. Va, Nov. Gloon
tinuous rain for the past As hours has
produced unprecedented foods in the
Guyandotte valley. The river and its
tributaries are overlooking their
banks and are bearing away guam
titles of cross ties, lumber and other
property. Some 1900 logs have gone
out, taking with them the false
works of the two new Guyandotte
Valley railroad bridges, south of Bar
louisville. Loss estimated at $4,000
to $4,000. The track of the new
Guyandotte Valley railroad, just COM
pleted to Salt Rock, a distance of IS
miles, has been almost ruined. The
river is rising above and still more
damage is expected.