The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-01-23
JANUARY THAW
And Break In Natural Gas
Pipe Line Cause Inconven-
fence and Trouble.
ALL STREAMS
ARE FLOODED
Break in Gas Service Ties Up
Industries and Homes.

Warm weather and warm rains
falling Saturday night and Sunday
all day did a great deal toward
cleanding the streets and pavementS
of the masses of snow and ice that
have clogged them to depth of thir-
teen inches for nearly ten days. But
once nj the past thirty years have
such universal weather conditions
prevailed in this section.
The promise of warmer weather
was realized with a return of sun
light Friday and with the increasing
high temperature of Saturday, fol-
lowed by the rains the huge blan-
ket of snow soon began TO melt
away. The combination of rain and
warm weather created fog that
shifted, rose and fell all day Sunday
late in the evening totally obscuring
lights and making travel extremely
dangerous. The roads that had been
blocked to travel by the accumulia-
ed ice and snow were reOpened,
and country people who had been
snowbowned in their homes for a
week were enabled TO again estab
lish communication with the out
side world Some of them report
ed that they had not seen a vehicle
or received any mail in that time.
Automobiles were put out of COM
mission, and roads were cleared by
snow plows. The road from Bunker
Hill TO Paris, and the pike from
Paris to Winchester via North Mid
dletown, were cleared by a large
force of men in the employ of MIR.
Edward Simms. at his big farm near
North Middletown. Other pixies
throughout the county were cleared
DIV individuals and by the county
road scrapers.
The melting snow and rain soon
had the expected result, sending
branches and creeks of the county
out of their banks, and causing con-
siderable property damage. On Sun
Jay night the entire force of the
Paris Milling Company was called
out to move the -four and stock
from the first floor of the mill,
which was threatened by the en-
crouchments of the water from
Stoner Greek. Houston and Stoner
Greeks and all their tributary
branches were converted into rush
ing streams of muddy water, covevr-
ed with floating debris of all KINDS
several housekeepers. and business
men residing at the lower emo OF
Houston Avenue were In tnelr
homes by the overflow from Nous
ton Greek, and had to be rescued IN
boats. The big branch running
through Campbellsville became a
creek in size and drove people
from their homes. One woman re-
siding on Winchester street was
taken from her home together WIN
her small child, by rescuers VINO
drove to her aid in a buggy. one
had spent nearly the whole night IN
terror. being alone and unable 10
r,al,e anyone hear her. From an
over the county reports came OF the
destruction and damage wrought
by tbe flood. A bridge on the WIN
hester nike was washed out, cut
TING off communication with Farls
nd tbe surrounding country. IN
raanv nlaces the only means OF com,
,,un;cation was by telephone, ana
.nvthing like an accurate account
INC 70 the universal condltlons'
renort of the situation was haro 70
hto;n Three rural mail carriers
,,,ore forced to return, being. driven
bock nv the high waters In Ine
branches crossing the brioges IL
their territory. rt,, VOC
terday morning, tendlng 70 a.
tbe rising waters and bringing 1n'
rnsc;h;l;ty of relief from the conol
Ions that threatened serious Dam
oionS nronertv. So far as heard
from in the city and county ~
Les were lost and no serious acci
dents were reported. .;.oo,ofor
To odd to the general dlscomIor
md distress caused by the nooa
Lro.L in the main pipe line Oh LII
Central Kentucky Natural Gas w.
,Uh;cb supplies Paris, as wen q
o+her Central Kentucky towns n, ~.
o,,rrad between Winchester ana vi
Sterling. putting the line en1ilea
- of commission. The break wa
usod hv terrific Landslide Q
o-y ice and mud. The conlpa.
- once nut a big force OF men
S-ork building a temporary ptp
,,,,,Iv their customers, WIFI III
fuel. ohandoned tn
&c coal were the scenes OF muc
S;scomfort. and many pnslne:
..sn went TO his work breakIastle'
M man ate es a cold lunch. Coal oil he q,
or We're at a premium and the o.
and on coal dealers was unpL'
cedented in the ,I nls. %eye forced
ZONE not being prepared for co
heating. At the s,,v om of the g,
NEWS the shutdown .. inco
supply caused ,ss ,;n the es snd the hes
ing apparatus being put OUT " '''
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