Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-05-23
STORM BRINGS DEATH
Havoc Created by a Waterspout at
Covington, KY.
GREAT WAVE ROLLS DOWN HILLS
Houses Demolished and Number OF
Lives Lost-Damage In Cincinnati
and Vicinity Estimated MT
Over $1,OOO,OOO.

II o'clock Tuesday this locality was
stricken by Q terrific wind and rain
storm. causing the Loss of half
dozen lives and inturing many. The
fury Of the storm continued only
hah hour, but In that time over .
million dollars OF damage was done
In the business section of Cincinnati
end a. much more tn other parts of
the city and suburbs. Prior to the
unprecedented falling OF rain dense
clouds were seen to the south and
tbs city become as dark as at night.
A Waterspout.
It wns Afterwards learned that
there had been a terrific waterspout
ON the Lewisburg hills, in the south
ern suburbs Of Covington, KY. and
1t moved over the Kentucky suburbs
Into this city, passing up the Miami
valley, with damages reported as far
as Dayton, 0. While storm damages
ore reported throughout Kentucky,
the worst point seems to have been
IN the suburbs Of CoNngton, KY.
where there was waterspout. The
water rolled down the hills in o wave
" feet deep at places and was about
100 yards wide.
House.Dashed to Pieces.
The frame house of Edward Wehr-
ley was carried away for q distance
Of over four blocks and finally dashed
To pieces in the Coyington ball
grounds. The house was occupied by
four families-Henry Willen and wife
and four children, William Simpson
and wife and children, Henry Quail
brink and family, and Mrs. George
E4aehne<. All had narrow escapes
except Mrs. Flachner and Willie viii
Len aged four years. who were
drowned. Willie Willen was asleep
when the house was swept from It's
foundations. Mrs. Willen and her
other children were almost drowned
when rescued. It is believed that
MRS. f7achner, sister of Mrs. Will
len, lost hcr life in trying to save
Willie. Searching parties are still at
Work In Willow Hollow at the foot
OF Lewisburg Hill, where others are
reported missing. In this section out
houses and stables were carried
away. One stable with four horses
was swept over into the Coyinrton
pall grounds and the horses drowned.
1he house Of Mrs. Watson was SUBJ
merged. but she and her children
were rescued
Isedn nay1er, who was driving team
near the flood in the Kentucky SUI
bslrb, had his wagon overturned nv
the water and was drowned. The
buildings of the Queen City Bathing
CLUB on the river front at Dayton, Ky.
opposite Cincinnati, were demolished.
Damage In Other Towns.
All the towns opposite suffered
damage from broken windows and
houses being unroofed, but the
greatest damage on both sides of the
river, especially to the business houses
IN Cincinnati, and also in Covineton
and Newport, KY, came from cellars
being suddenly filed with water. The
sewers and cutters could not carry |
the water off as It came down appar- |
,ntly like waterspout everywhere,
and it poured into the cellars. The
water Yves for q short time deep in oil |
the streets, and traffic as we'll as bust
mesa was suspended. In the midst of |
darkness and unprecedented DOWN
Fall OF rein, there was for q short time
. general panic IN anticipation of a
tornado that would sweep everything.
Other Victims
At the Cincinuati 1norgue there are
the bodies Of three victims. George
Becker. widower, while driving beer
wagon was struck by telegraph pole
and knocked from his wagon. He was
pinioned to the ground and drowned
On one OF the principal avenues.
Ferdinand Rapp, a peddler. was caught
oy the water while trying to get goods
out of a cellar. D. w. C. Belleville,
was carried away with the
roof Of building on which he was
working and killed. There are very
many reported as injured, andDaniel
Grace and Louis Kern were seriously
hurt.
The damages in the cellars of some
Of the jobbers runs as high as S25, 900
and $4,000 each. Several small frame
houses on Price hill were demolished |
by landslide, but all of the occupants