The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1904-03-29

Indiana railroad, near NOblesville. is
twisted mass of steel lying at the
| bottom of the river. A wrecking crew
! has been at work on the bridge Of the
Lake Erie & Western railroad since
daylight, but no trains have been able
to cross.
| A washout occurred under the grade
! Of the Indianapolis Northern in Ham
| ilton county, which can not be repair
! ed for several days. No cars have
been running since Saturday morning.
The southern part Of NOblesville,
which was supposed to be out Of
danger, is Sunday under water.
| No one was drowned, but there was
much suffering and seTHrnl deaths
may occur from exposure Hundreds
| of people were forced to spend the
night in empty storerooms and livery
stables.
The creeks in all parts of Hamil-
ton county are still out of their banks,
and it is reported that dozens of the
bridges will be destroyed. The Amer
lean strawboard works and the box
factory are still under water, and at
this time the damage can not be esti-
mated The water on Strawboard ave-
nue.. in the southern part of Mobiles
vile, has reached the tops of the win
dows in the lower stories of the
houses. Many homes with their con-
tents have been destroyed.
The NOblesviIle water works plant
and power-house are still flooded, and
the city is without fire protection or
light
Much damage was done at st. Paul
by the food The stone Quarries are
all under water, and the small streams
are raging. Flat Rock river and the
small streams are raging. Flat Rock
| river is higher than was ever known.
Bluffton, Ind, March 28.-The Wa
bash river has been rising steadily
snice Saturday night and Sunday night
! it was higher than it has been for
/ 20 years Hundreds of acres of the
| Iowlands are under water, and people
here are fearful that the reservoir at
Celina may break, causing great loss
of life. The road leading north of
! tae BlufftOn and another to the east
are both under water and impossible
DR.. c. L. Landfair, of this city, in
trying to reach town over the North
road narrowly escaped drowning. His
horse fell off the grade and slipped
down a steep embankment into ten
feet of water. The horse was drown
ed and the doctor stood on the over
turned buggy, almost submerged, un-
til rescued. in half frozen condition,
by Henry Reed and Wilbert Kellogg,
who reached him with ropes Families
of VIM. Fields, David Hurt and VIM.
DilbOne, living on the north bank of
the Wabash, were rescued in boats,
their houses being filed with water.
Terre Haute, Ind, March 2S.-The
water reached its highest stage here
Sunday night In West Terre Haute,
district where the high water has not
reached since 1883, so houses are un-
der water and about 200 people have
been driven from their homes The
national road is under about six inches
of water At Taylorsville, a suburb,
everyone has been driven from their
homes with the exception of Mrs. Tay-
Tor. widow Of the founder of the town,
who refuses to go.
The Trenton interurban line is I'M
der Is feet of water and the track has
been washed out north of Numa. A
500 foot fill which is just above the
| interurban line and on which the 9.
& l. tracks are located has been wash
ed out, leaving the trestle work with
no support. The trestles were weight
ed down with engines Sunday after
noon.
Delphi, Ind, March ga break in
the Wabash levee Sunday flooded
nearly the whole city to a depth of
about six feet The water rushed to
the Monon railroad grade, where it
/ stopped. There is only a small cul-
vert through the embankment and as
the water is rising rapidly the situa-
! ton is serious. The citizens are think
ing of dynamiting the grade in order
to relieve the city from greater ca
| lamity.
Wabash, Ind. March 28.-The Wa
bash at this point is receding. The
Wabash Paper Co. has sustained the
greatest damage. All manufacturing
plants which were closed ON account
of the flood will not resume operations
until the last Of the week.
Marion, Ind, March 2S.-T1ree lives
have been lost in the flood between
Gas City and JonesbOro. Teddy Nc
! Govern, Robert Howe and William
! Carter. in efforts to rescue the family
of James Martin from a dwelling
caught in the midstream, were drown
ed or frozen to death in the branches
Of trees and in the driftwOOd Willis
Garter, who was taken out of float
/ ing house after more than Y hours
spent in the flood, is dying from ex-
posure The family of James Martin.
! FIVE in all, were rescued unframed be-
! fore the house broke in fragments and
was carried away.
Mrs. jefferson Davis 4lI.
Atlantic City, N J., March 2S.-Mrs.
Jefferson Davis, widow Of president OF
i the southern cOnfederacV who came