Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1904-03-30
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: ,;.v.;o lie. KY, March 26 Eight nor.
sons we're injnred and extensive dania,,e
was I3one TO city aud suburban pronsrfv ]
by storm which swept over Louisvills
yesterday. ''''ttS
The entire city was for ) time flooded
Third svenue was three feet deep in y n.
ter Strest oar service was suspended
for several hours and one or two lines
remain at q standstill. The ROOT of tbe
main building at the industrial school OF
reform was blown completely of, falling
clear OF the building on the ground and
q panic ensued among the one hundred
boys sleeping In that section of the
school: The boys made rush for the
ground floor, but were stopped without
any one being injured. The building
About one hundred and fifty, houses
were more or less damaged. 4 Many real
dences in the fashionable section Of the
city were damaged by both wind and wa-
Ter and several plants devoted to manu-
featuring suffered heavily.
Two Hundred Families Homeless.
Cinncinati, March 26.-The heaviest
rain storms In years pre- vailed through
out Ohio last night and foods are caus-
ing damage along all the tributaries of
the Ohio. At Hamilton, Big Miami rose
niteen feet in four hours, rendering over
200 families homeless. The leyee north
OF Hamilton broke, flooding paper mills
ana tying up railway and traction lines.
There are no trains In or out of Hamil.
ton to-day and the traction lines are very
seriously washed out. All towns .west
OF Cincinnah along the Big Miami are
In the same condition. at Findlay, the
Blanchard river has flooded the city SO
that street cars are stopped and business
houses are suffering. The same condi-
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Maumee. All the creeks in Ohio made
sudden rises during the night.
indianapolis Suffers.
indianapolis, Ind, March 26.-All flood
records have been broken here and White
river is rising two inches an hour.
Several hundred houses are under
water and 600 families have been driven
from their homes. All leyees have
broken. The property damage is very
heavy
Lives and Property Lost
Portland, Ind, March 26.--John Lalley
and Otis Downing were drowned to-day
while making an effort to rescue David
Knoll, and aged farmer, who had driven
OF the levees with his team. Knoll was
rescued later. T-1
Eight hundred feet of Lake Erie and
Western railroad track has been washed
out. All bridges are in danger. The
loss will reach 100000 Reuben Miller.
aged 10, was drowned at Huntington.
Surrounded by Water.
Grand Rapids, Mich, March 28.-On
the west side of Grand Rapids 900 resi-
dents are surrounded by water TODAY
and occupants are getting about in boats,
II at ALL The Grand river continued to
rise throughons the night and is the
highest known. The large number of
west side streets have become yeritabIe
streams with the water rushing swiftly
through them to depth of from three
to five feet.
Railroads Suspend Traffic. ~.
Vincennes, Ind, March 28.-The W.T.
bash river is 10 feet and rising rapidly,
Over 200 houses are surrounded. Hun,
dreds of people are coming in from the
iowlands. Levees have broken and fac
tories have closed down. The Evansville
and Terre Haute railroad has annulled all
trains. The Baltimore and Ohio South
western has run no trains for twenty
hours. The rainfall has been over six
inches in two hours.