Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-03-26
The Grand River Continues to
Rise and Much Damage is
the Result.
LOUISVILLE is
STORM SWEPT
Buildings Are Unroofed and One Resi-
dence Blown Down...No Loss of
Life Reported.

Louisville, March 26-Eight persons
were injured and extensive damage
was done to the city and suburban
property by the storm that swept over
Louisville. The storm was centered ov.
er central Mississippi and Ohio val
leys.
In Louisville the wind attained a
velocity of 60 miles and the rain fell
in torrents. The entire city was for a
time flooded, Third Avenue near the
Confederate monument being three
feet deep with water. The roof of the
main building of the Industrial School
of Reform was blown off. A panic en-
sued among the 100 boys sleeping
there. They begun to rush for the
ground floor but were stopped before
any were injured. A portion of the
roof of the Masonic Widows and Or
phans' Home was torn away. In the
city ten houses were unroofed. The
residence of Henry Du Bourg, mile
from the city limits was blown away
and the family of eight had remark
able escape from death.
Springfield Flooded.
Springfield, Ohio, March 26-The
worst flood in Springfields history
threw a thousand men out of work,
drove 25 families from their homes and
completely stopped street car traffic.
Many residents are still unable to get
out of their homes while some have
been rescued in boats.
South Isolated.
Louisville KY, March 26-Seldom,
if ever since the war has the entire
south been so completely isolated from
the north as today. The destruction
or paralysis of telegraph facilities by
the storm was SO widespread and un-
paralleled that no wire WIS working
south of Richmond, Nashville, Mem
phis or any of the great centers of elec-
trio control on the other side of the
Alleghenies too far beyond the Missis-
sippi. Anxiety is felt in commercial
circles on account of the critical sit
uatiOn in the cotton trade. There are
also rumors of a great loss of life and
pIOpCIJy dS JAC lCoulC VI tiiS SAoA e~oA
dinary storm.
Grand River on Boom.
Grand Rapids, March 26-On the
west side of Grand Rapids $500 resi-
dences are surrounded by water today
and the citizens are compelled to use
boats in getting from place to place.
The Grand River continues to rise and
has exceeded all it's high water rec
ords. Much damage has been done.
The water is within a foot of the top
of the piers of almost every bridge in
the city.
Six Inches of Rainfall.
Vincennes, Indiana, March 26-Brok-
en- levees, factories closed and more
than 200 houses surrounded by water
is the flood situation here today. The
rainfall was over six inches in 20
hours.
Temperature Falling.
Detroit, Michigan, March 26-The
temperature today is several degrees
below the freezing line throughout
lower Michigan and it is expected that
this will check the floods very materi-
ally. 1t is predicted that the temper
ature will continue to fall gradually
and be about eighteen below tomor-
row.
This will freeze over the tributaries
of the rivers which are doing the dam
age and will greatly relieve the situa-
tion.
Great Loss Of Life.
Port Louis Island, Mauritius, March
ga tornado caused widespread ruin
throughout this island on March Il
and %, and did enormous damage.
Twenty persons are known to pc
dead and thousands are without food
or shelter. Crops, bridges, houses and
telegraph lines were destroyed.