The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1910-08-03
From the Storm Here
Wednesday Night.
STORM SWEPT EVERYTHING
Before 1t in Its Wild Sway
Greatest Rainfall Here
Ever Known.
CROPS WERE DROWNED OUT

One of the most severe and re-
markable electrical transforms this
section ever experienced visitedHart-
ford and the surrounding country
Wednesday night and continued I'M
abated until o'clock Thursday
morning. So severe and prolonged
were the bolts of lightning accompa-
nying the storm, many of the inhab-
itants of Hartford, either through
fear or inability, were unable to sleep
during the night. The oldest inhabi-
tants say they never witnessed a like
phenomenon.
The telephone system was paralyZ-
ed and news from the surrounding
country was meager. A great deal
of damage was done. The barn of
HUT Sinnett, a farmer, near here,
was struck by lightning and with it's
contents, consisting of this years
crop of wheat, was burned. The barn
of Mr.. Bert Coombs, a few miles
struck and wrecked. A team of
good mules was killed. On account
of the heavy downpour of rain many
head of live stock were drowned and
others killed by lightning. Bridges
were washed away and thousands of
acres of lowlands inundated and the
49,. thnroOn dactrnuad
Rough river rose II feet during
the night and a section of one-half
mile of new NJ, H. &. E. railroad was
washed away. Rural mail carriers
were unable to reach their destina-
lions Friday. Many homes were in
undated in Beaver Dam and the riv-
ers and creeks for miles around were
on a rampage. Damage done to crops
will reacn many thousands of dol
lars.
The bus line was stopped between
here and Beaver Dam and we had no
mail on that route Friday.
Torrents of water went rushing
over the fields of Daviess, Hancock,
Mclean and Ohio counties, sweeping
away crops, valuable timber, bridges
and practically everything in the
path of the swiftly moving currents.
The Green river section was visited
by the most violent storm in recent
years. The rainfall ranged from 3
to inches in different sections of
the district.
Railroad traffic on the Louisville,
Henderson & st. Louis railroad and
the Illinois Central road was prac-
tlcally suspended Friday.
The water in some places was more
than five feet over the tracks. Near
HawesVille there were fourteen sep
arate landslides on the railroad track
and several bridges were damaged.
The damage in Hancock county to
crops is estimated at 100000, not
including the loss to the railroad.
Conservative estimates place the
damage in this section at more
than a million dollars.
At Philpot, Daviess county, the
water went running through the
stores and residences four feet deep.
The people went about in skiffs. The
church organ fioated away, but was
rescued and placed on the pulpit. In
the lowlands of the county the water
was seventeen feet deep.
The majority of the wooden
bridges were carried away and many
of the stone structures were weaken
ed. So swiftly did Yellow creek. Da-
viess county, move that the trees car
ried away shot entirely across the
Ohio river to the Indiana bank when
they left the mouth Of the creek. Re-
ports from Mclean county are to the
effect that 1t will be weeks before
that section RECEIVERS from the effects
of the storm.
4 Lightning played costly pranks all
over the country and many valuable
horses we're killed and barns burned
down.
There are very few farmers in Da-
viess, Mclean, Hancock or Ohio
counties who have not suffered some
loss from the storms of the past few
days. In some places along the
Louisville ana Henderson railroad in
Daviess and Hancock counties great
piles of tobacco plants were seen
packed against the fences that with