FLOODS IN AMERICA

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1948, 19 September 1888, Page 4

FLOODS IN AMERICA

Despttohes of August 21st from v&rloas parts of the United States apeak of the destructive effects of storms and floods. The damage In Ohio valley will be more than half a million dollars. Four railway bridges have been washed out m One oonnty alone and 15,000 people were without a supply of pure water, owing to the fall of the greet atone bridge across "Wheeling Greek. In Boston the" rain storm was atmcst unparalleled. Sewers borst m all direction*, doing particular damage In the v.'c'nity of Bowdon square. Hundreds of people were driven from their homes m the Roxbury districts by the overflow of Stoneybrook. In Pennsylvania, railway bridges wore washed •way by the d» zan, and i cores of families living m the vloinlty of rivers were foroed to fly for their lives by the booming waters. The storm waa particularly severe m Louisiana, and a coal fl.et on the Mississippi w»s wrecked, besides the steamers at Baton Rouge and several other tnwm »1 n* th« banks of the river, F.om Southern Maryland the rrport '• to the iff iot that houses and barns were demolished, the entire frolt O'cha-da were destroyed, and cornfield* s*pp o'e&n, besides vessels being oapa'2 d la sums of the small ports. In New York oity ?ain foil a 1 day on the 2lit, and the fall waa tho heaviest known. TbeEveret house reaUuraat was deluged, the tide being so hlgli trat tbe sewers Wore prevauttd discharging their ooaleuts. | toe fruit and vegetable de lera ia Washington market sustained a loss of 15,000 dols. The fishing steamer Montaok, valued at 60,0D0dols, was sank off Gardiner's lelacd. The Oohaaset yacht squadron was nearly annihilated. In Philadelphia the damage to olty property is estimated at 100,000dola. For the third time ia six weeks fljod vUited the Upper Ohio Valley, caubldk damages of over a million dollars. The tug* boat Cain wm oaught m a watar-ipout off Chester, and her decks were swept fore and aft, carrying the captain overboard. The tornado travelled through Kmt County, leaving a path of destruction about 50ft wide. Several colored men were killed m the villege of Oecllton. Nine persons who took refuge m Krebb's tannery, at Stilipond, were killed cutright, and many others were Injured. The building was blown to phoes.