The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-03-24
Richmond Experiences Part
of Wind Storm-White-
water Was 4 Feet Above
Normal This Morning.
BANKS ARE WASHED;
DAMAGE TO FARMERS
Happy Hollow Residents
Move Furniture to Second
Floors of Their Homes in
Fear of Flood.

At 2:30 this afternoon the
Whitewater river was steadily
rising and it was predicted that
if the rain continued the remain
der of the afternoon and this
evening the region known as
Happy Hollow" would be inun-
dated. Residents in that section
of the city are ready to leave
their homes at any time.
Richmond experienced a small part
of the tornado which laid part of
Terre Haute in ruins Sunday. The
blast shot into the citysEabout $3.50
o'clock yesterday afternoon out of the
northwest and was accompanied by a
rain storm which resembled cloud
burst Part of the roof OF the Penn
sylvania railroad shops was blown off
also part of the roof of the master
mechanics office taken away. In West
Richmond a fence surrounding a fac
tory was toppled over and several
trees blown down.
At 1915 o'clock this morning the
Whitewater river at the Main street
bridge had risen four feet above nor
NAL. This is the highest stage for
twelve years. At 10:15 o'clock the
water started to recede and it is ex-
pected that by tonight the water line
will be recorded as normal, unless
more rain falls.
Residents at Happy Hollow have
moved all furniture to the second
floors of their homes in anticipation
of a flood. All sewers leading into
the river have been flooded and some
have been completely choked by
branches of trees. papers and refuse,
washed into them.
In the cellar of the old Richmond
paper mills factory the water is six
feet deep. Other buildings in the riv-
er bottoms have been flooded.
| The west fork of the Whitewater
appears to have risen higher than the
east fork and the banks, reports say,
have been washed. Along the river
| proper the banks have been washed to
a great extent and bushes and small
trees have been pulled up by the rush
ing water and carried down stream.
| River and sewer rodents in great
numbers are seen on the banks of the
river, having been ousted from their
| places of hiding.
Farmers report that considerable
damage has been done to their fences
and outbuildings.
Damage At Glen.
Superintendent of Parks, Edward
Hollarn. reported that the culvert in
the northeastern part of Glen Miller
Park. near the Lincoln tablet, was
stopped up by brush which washed
down from the woods above and was
! washed out early this morning, carry
ing part of the road with it.
! The rush of water from the hill tops
has washed large guIlies in the side OF
! the hills, and in many cases has com
pletely blocked the roads with the
earth, stone and brush which was car
ried down by the miniature floods
The creeks and streams in the parI
have risen. II will be necessary Il
block the driveways for several days
until the roads can be repaired and
the debris can be cleared away
| The culbert which was washed out
is constructed of solid concrete and
has been open for twelve years al
| though the stream which runs througl
it rises easily and carries large de
posits of mud and brush. The flow o.
water over the road at the point was
so strong that the surface of the road
was destroyed and it viii be necessar,
to completely reconstruct it,
Hose companies were called out a
$50 O'Clock this morning to New