The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-11-24
.CL0UDBURST FLOODS
CITY OF LOUISVILLE
STREETS RESEMBLE MINIATURE
LAKES AND GOODS IN BASE
MENTs RUINED.
ELECTRICAL STORM
ADDS TO DAMAGE

! Remarkable Contrast In Temperatures
East and West Of Mississippi River
-Heavy Loss by Floods in Ten.
nessee.
Louisville, KY, Nov. 21.-The per-
/! sistent rainfall of the last three days
eliminated early Tuesday in an cleo
trical storm and cloudburst that made
the city tremble. Trees were struck
by lightning, the telephone systems of
the city were much disorganized, and
telegraph facilities in all directions
were impaired. Streets in many Sec
tons of the city resembled lakes and
1t was impossible for pedestrians to
move about without wading knee deep
in water. Easements were flooded
and stocks in several retail establish
ments were damaged to an aggregate
of about $4,000. The rainfall in
Louisville since Saturday has been six
inches and at Memphis, Tenn, it has
been ten and one-quarter inches.
Nearly all trains from the south are
arriving in Louisville from one to 16l
hours late.
| A Remarkable Contrast.
The formation of the present dis
turbance which has caused such wide
spread damage from floods over the
Ohio valley, western Tennessee and
Arkansas is such as to present a re-
markable contrast in temperatures
east and west of the Mississippi river
To the east of the river the tempera
lures ranged Tuesday morning from so
to u, while west it was mostly freez-
ing or below; thermometers in Mime
sofa and Dakota registered from zero
to ten below; In northern Texas the
temperature was % and New Orleans
reported 80 at 1920 Tuesday morn
ing. Snow is reported over the Mis-
sissippi valley, Kansas and Oklahoma,
and sleet and rain over the Ohio val
ley, Arkansas and southwark to the
gulf.
River Overflows.
Hopkinsville, KY, Nov. 21.-A
cloudburst here early Tuesday follow
ing heavy rains Of two days sent
Little River out of its banks and flood
ing a large portion of this city. The
damage is estimated at from $4,000
to 100000. Many stores on Main
street had from one to three feet of
: water in them and the three-story
brick building of James F. Garrett,
on Main near Ninth, collapsed, two of
the four stores in the building being
wrecked. Losses were sustained by
at least 20 business houses. The
large union tabernacle was flooded
three feet deep. u.
Heavy Flood Losses III Tennessee.
Memphis, Tenn, Nov. 21.-With the
rain still falling, at times reaching a
downpour, the situation in this section
of the state becomes more and more
serious. 1t is estimated that already
the flood losses will approximate a
quarter of a million of dollars in Shell
by county. In Shelby county IA county
bridges and nine miles of levee have
been destroyed, entailing loss estima.
ted at 100000. Ten thousand new
logs worth $4,000 were swept from
their moorings on Wolf river. Rail.
raod traffic is practically suspended
on several lines. The streets of Mem.
phis suffered great damage by flood
A levee camp and outfit were de-
stroyed with loss Of $4,000.
Texas Trains Snowhound.
Fort Worth, Tex, Nov. 21.-Reports
Tuesday tell of further Gripping OF
railroad traffic in west Texas. Be
tween Childress and Dalpart, Tex.
three passenger trains are snOwbound
with no means of communication
West of Fort Worth wire communica'
tion can be had only as far as Baird
200 miles distant. 1t is known that a
severe sleet and snowsrorm swept the
section west of there Monday. Con
siderable losses of live stock are sup
posed and much damage will be done
t. a large amount of cotton yet un
picked.
Trains Stalled In Kansas.
Topeka, Kas., Nov. 21.-As a result
OF Monday n1gntS SnOWstOrm 1Oul
overland trains on the Rock Islands
FL Paso division were stalled Tuesday
in the cuts between Bucklin and Lib
eral, Kas. They were Nos. Al, 43, 20 ant
30. No attempt was made Tuesday
to run freight trains on that division
The Santa Fe reported their main line
across Kansas open, but several trains
on that road are snowbound on the
Panhandle division, where the snow IL
from four to five feet deep in the cuts
Oklahoma Storm Continues.
Oklahoma City, Okla, Nov. 21.-Tht
storm of sleet and snow continued II
this section Tuesday. All trains from
the west were delayed and telephone
and telegraph service was interrupted
Republican Majority 10 SO.
Washington, Nov. 21.-The first on