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One Villas# to Totally Destroyed —FLOOD IN WKST VIRGINIA.VALLEY OF THE KANAWHA DELUGED.Maof Building* iu Other Town* 'C arrloil Away —*«rlou (.«•• ofUfa—Ererjlhtng Flooded.»Fafikermm'RG, W. Vs., July IP.—The greatest disaster which ever befell Little Kanawha valley cazne last night in the shape of a terrible cload-bnrst which has completely floodedthe county, destroying many lives, carrying off thousands of dollars in property and ruiningthe crops for many miles. The deluge fellhere about dusk and continued to fall in torrents, doinc much damage in the city. The wont of the storm struck the lower side of theKanawha, filling small tributaries from bank tobank and ending in the worst flood within the recollection of the oldest inhabitant*, In three j hour# fhe Kanawha raised six feet and mu outwith euch velocity that it carried everythingbefore It.At this point thousand* of logs and a number of Irfiat* went out or were sunk. The Little Kanawha lumber company lost 2,000 logs: Wv»t'» mill, ten raft*; Barringer, several fleet-: W. P. Pad den. fire barge* with tics, several of which were caught below; Keevcr A Co. lostfour barge* of ooal; Miller, three rafts and 2,000 tie*; Taylor, one fleet of timber; CharlesWells, four barges. In one hour 5,000 logswent out. Mrs. Kane II. Tucker, Martin U*-lersaud an unknown man were drowned.Abore, the destruction was still greater. Big Tyjmrt valley to completely ruined. The big mill near its mouth went out and took the Ty-gnrt bridge with il In the,valley all ibe feneeis,crops and much live stock win lost. At Chester vi Ue, a small town about ten mile* abore,half the* residence? were carried off bodily andleft in corn-fields. In ( lay district, a tine church and three dwelling* were wrecked.About noon information was received thatthe steamer O’Xeida had been wrecked andMink at Enterprise, above. Still later a reportcamr that*tb«- steamer 4f\ C. Martin was sunk at Burning Spring*, The little Tmrt is alsoreported completely ruined, licatherton *More, « apt. Spencer’s residence, C. P. Cooper’s r^idence and that of J. \V. Smith are completely demolished, but no lives are reportedlost as yet.The worM story of all comes from Morristown, a ‘ rnall village near the head of Tncker creek, where the cloud-burst concentrated all it,* fury, corning down on the village about midnight and totally destroying it, together w ith many of its people. The first report cave the loss of life at eleven, hut later news seems to fix thelo*« at a greater number. The bou«r« of thedtueofl are said to have been picked up and hurled against each other in such short space of time that no chance to escape was given the people. Among those lost at Morristown are:JAKE KI EGER. JOSEPH KI EGER. THOMAS KI EGER. BAILEY.ORVILLE WEST, wife and child.'[ ho body of a man, I relieved to be another Morristown victim, wn^ round on Richard* its farm this morning. At Phil Brash all bridges and culverts were washed away, and it was mi-poaaible to reach lt;»r communicate with that jioiDt ;ot any other on the tipp* r water*, ft is impossible now to enumerate the loss even her**, a* Jthe river i« still rising and tearing everything j loose. A family boat, containing three or fourpersons. went not during thv night, and it js j believed nil art lost, as the last seen of them 1wan when tii# woman held up a child in her ann* and beckoned for asMHancr a* the hlt;u •disappeared in the flood. 1Later—A freight train on the lt;hio river railroad broke through a trestle at Harris ferny,completely wrecking the train and fatally injuring William Neptune, an employe. Thowreck was caused t*y a heavy wahout. Baltimore k Ohio trains were delayed by wash out*at Kanawaha station.It is jti*t reported that lock No, t, above the city on the Little Kanawaha, ha* given way be*fore the flood.
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Indianapolis Indiana State Sentinel
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Wed, Jul 24, 1889
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