Crawfordsville Weekly Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 31 July 1896 — Page 3

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We have too many goods on hand for this time of year, and to turn them into money we have inaugurated this July sale, which will be the biggest money-saving sale ever heli inCrawfordsville. Below you will find a few of the many bargains •, to be had:

6 pieces all wool novelty suiting only 19 cts, worth 35c. 3G-Inch Fancy Mohair Suitings, only 11 cents worth 25c. 6 pieces fancy tres9 Goods, 36 inches, only 7 c, worth 15c. 0 pieces Fancy Lawns and Dimities, that were 12 and 15c, now 7c. 10 pieces wool challies worth 15 and 20c, so at 8Hic. All our wool 60c Cballics go at 20c per yd. 13 pieces Absorbant Crash, worth 10c, at 5c. 25 pieces Dress Ginghams at 5c, worth 10c yd 15 pieces arood Apron Gingham at 3J^c vd. 10 pieces Fancy and Plain Duck Suitings, 1 at 8Mc. worth 25c Big lot Children's, Misses' and Ladles' Parasols at cost. Ladies' Shirt Waists from 25c up. 50 Ladies Spring Capes, embroidered all over, at 99c. worth $2. 100 pair Lace Curtains at^39c a pair."

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VOL. 49-KO. 3a ORAWFOEDSYILLE, INDIANA, FRIDAY, JULY 81, 1896—TWELVE PAGES

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THE STORM.

Loss of Life and Property Widespread Throughout the County.

THE HEAVIEST RAIN IN DECADES.

Tuesday's Storm Surpassed Anything the Memory of the Oldest Inliabl- .' tants—Much Damage Done.

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Heavy as was the storm of Monday evening, it dwindles almost to insignificance in comparison with the deluge that came at« dusk Tuesday. From a few minutes after six until seven o'clock the rain fell in torrents, the fall surpassing anything of the kind in this section in the memory of man. The down pour was simply enormous, its magnitude not being realized until after its cessation, when the effects could be 6een. The storm was in no wise local, but extended over a wide extent of country, causing inestimable damage to farmers, railroads, electrical systems and people in general. In this city yards and cellars were flooded, culverts washed away, while washouts in streets and sidewalks are too numerous to men tion.

On east Wabash avenue was a great lake, fed by a river that had John street for a bed, and drained by a raging torrent that rushed down Elston avenue unto the Monon tracks, down the tracks to the station and into the ravine to the east. The small streams and water courses about the city were swollen past all semblance to their normal state, Dry Branch and the streams at the water works becoming rushing-, booming rapids.

The most serious damage perhaps, is that affecting the Monon at the fill north of the station. Here, on the wefet side, undermined andloosened by the heavy rain, hundreds of tons of stone and dirt of the fill, rushed in a great avalanche into the ravine below, leaving the bare ends of the ties extending over a precipice, and entailing a loss of fully $2,000 on the company.

At the electric light plant, burntout converters and crossed and grounded wires, made running an impossibility, and citizens were compelled to resort to other means for illumination. A number of arc lights were destroyed and altogether the city is involved in a loss of about S150.

The telephone companies are considerably damaged and telephone communication much interfered with. Wires are broken, grounded and crossed in all directions. ,'

At the water works the destruction, caused by the heavy rain of last fall •was averted this time by the precautions that had been taken to prevent drift wood from clogging the mouth of the drain under the road. The fill on west Market street was badly damaged, large quantities of earth sliding down to the base on both sides, while the dry branch bridge that replaces the one washed away last fall narrowly escaped the fate of its predecessor, the abutments being badly washed and damaged by the high water.

The storm was a most destructive one, and its effect will be particularly felt by the farmers. Much wheat and oats has been standing in the stacks through the recent rains, and already badly damaged, is now completely ruined,"while much growing corn is either beaten down or drowned out. Crawfordsville seems to have been just well inside the southern edge of the storm as no rain fell five miles south of this point. The lightning and thunder accompanying the rain was terrific and incessant, trees and buildings in all directions were struck and that fatalities are so few is almost wonderful.

IIIGH WATER AT l'INE HILLS.

The Crawfordsville people in camp at Pine Hills had a rather rough experience as a result of the big storm, although it did not rain at the Pines during the day or night. About sunset the clouds began cutting all sorts of capers and threatening storm clouds swept in every direction. The people about Bluff'Mills feared a cyclone, and when the clouds seemed to unite off to the northeast, it appeared that their fears would be verified. However the storm swung around, but its roaring could be distinctly heard and caused no little anxiety.

was rapidly rising. The Kingfishers proceeded to pull their boats out on the bank and before the visitors from Hemlock Lodge could prepare to depart the driftwood had begun to boom by so furiously that they abandoned the idea of return and stayed where they were. The creek began to rise at a wonderful rate, and for a while arose at the rate of nearly an inch a minute. All night long the rise continued and at the Kingfisher grounds the creek arose nine feet by a. m. The Kingfisher landing went out about 1 o'clock and went whirling down the raging torrent with the great logs and timbers which were carried down at a speed of many miles an hour. The lawn of the Kingfishers' grounds was flooded and the campers were obliged to remove their tents to the cabin on the hill. The lawn was two or three feet under water and the campers enjoyed Wednesday in boating up to the "Devil's Back Bone," the back water thrown up Indian Creek affording delightful boating. The lawns of

Hemlock Lodge and the Cliff Dwellers were also submerged and the bridge at Pine Hills was in danger. The drift has piled up against the middle pier and the river raged against it with terrific force. The old inhabitants say the water at this point has not been so high since the memorable flood of 1S75,_ and at that time the creek rose gradually for several days, The drift- in the creek is composed of all sorts and conditions of things Great live trees, bridge timbers, debris from the fields and forests, and and brush and saw logs go rushing by and crash into the great pile at the bAdge, some remaining there and some plunging on over the dam. The dam age in the neighborhood of Pine Hills has been trilling, as no rain fell and what has been lost has been lost by the rising creek, which, while Hooding many fields, has confined its current to its channel.

The water reached to the porch of Hemlock lodge and also surrounded the Cliff Dwellers' cottage, but did no damage to either. Three of the large sycamore trees that grew on the bank near the Cliff Dwellers were washed up, roots and all, and sent whirling down the creek. It is thought Lhat the dam is broken and the mill is not able to run on account of the high water.

By dark the sky had practically passed over the Sugar Creek bridge at cleared, and the campers proceeded to place, and had scarcely left the enjoy the occasion. A part of the bridge till the latter fell with a crash Hemlock Lodge people came over to

CAPT. TALBOT'S REPORT. ,i

Capt. H. H. Talbot has an interesting report of the storm. He says that the center ofthe electrical disturbance seemed to be right at the Longview school house. The people of that neighborhood were all shocked and Mrs. Talbot and daughter did not recover until next day. But there was not as heavy a rainfall as last Sep tember by half. The guage then showed a fa:ll of nine inches and Tues day only four and a quarter inches.:

NOTES OF THE STORM.

The barn of Jackson Oliver, south of town, was damaged by wind. Lighting struck the house of Isaac Beaver, in Longview. Damage slight.

A horse belonging to Wm. Milligan, who lives near the Junctian, was killed by lightning.

Two steers and a number of sheep belonging to D.H.Davidson, of.Whitesville, were killed. Insured.

At Lebanon a fierce hail storm prevailed, hailstones as large as hen eggs falling and causing heavy damage.

The barn of Emerson Ballard, in Longview, was struck by lightning and burned, together with its contents- Fully insured.

At Waynetown the house of Orrie Warren and the barn of John Follick were struck. The barn was slightly, and the house considerably, damaged.

All Monon and Vandalia trains through here are annulled. The former is carrying passengers from Lafayette to Greencastle by way of Indianapolis.

Much inconvenience is occasioned by the lack of natural gas. The heavy volume of water passing over the pipe where it crosses Walnut Fork, northeast of the city, caused it to part. The break cannot be repaired before •Friday.

The house of Joshua Evans, two miles north of Whitesville, was struck by lightning, the chimney demolished and weather boarding torn off. The family were badly shocked but not seriously injured. Damage covered by insurance.

At Darlington Wednesday a catastrophe similar to the one occurring north of here, was nairowly escaped. The Vandalia wreck train called to clear away the wreck here,

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Kingfisher Club House and about 8:30 o'clock it was observed that the creek (Continued on Sixth Payc.)

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DEATH FOR THREE.

Train Men Meet Their Fate Washed Out Bridge.

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THE SCENE OF THE TERRIBLE WRECK

Nortli of Town on the Vaudalla Visited Uy Thousands—Two Injured.

Freight engine No. 125 on the Vandalia plunged through the rotten trestle over Walnut fork at 12:30 o'clock a. m. Wednesday with terrible results. The dead and injured are:

DEAD.

R. B. Fowler—Conductor, of Logansport. John Heiler—Fireman, Logansport.

Chas. A. McKinzie—Brakeman, Terre Haute.

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Road Supervisor J. S. Brothers, of this city—Hurt about legs and arms, not serious.

Engineer Frank Bowman, Logansport—Slightly hurt in breast. The particulars of the terrible acci dent as told by the survivors of the heroic crew are horrible in their de tails and are about as follows:

The northbound freight train arriving here about midnight was held over at the Junction by order of Roeulmaster Brothers, and its engine No. 125 was sent to inspect the bridge. Five men were on board the engine, the engineer, fireman, conductor, roadmas' ter and brakeman McKinzie. Enroute to the trestle slow time was made until immediately on the death trap, when noticing the bridge a foot or more out of line, Engineer Bowman .threw wide his throttle in his vain endeavor to leap across the mad waters with his engine and load of human freight. The engine plunged forward with fierce velocity attaining an almost instant speed of thirty miles per hour when with a terrific and deafening crash it plunged through the bridge and fifty feet below, where it lodged on the opposite side and almost in the clear of the swollen stream, but it carried with it a terrible death to three of its passengers. The noise of the falling trestle awakened William Whalen, residing on the west side of the hill, and in a short time he was on the scene with Allen Robinson, Thos. Whitecotton, George Clouse and others, who proceeded to rescue the bodies from the creek, while a messenger was hastily sent to the city to inform county coroner Paul J. Bareus. The engineer and Mr. Brothers, who were in the cab when the accident occurred, escaped miraculously and crawled quickly out of the remnants of the engine cab over the boiler to a place of safety.

Charles A. McKinzie, a brakeman, residing at Terre Haute, was found lifeless on the right running board of the mammoth engine. The dead man weighed 250 pounds and it was with much ditliculty that his body was picked from oft the wreckage. lie was most certainly killed outright, judging from the position and place in which he lay. Coroner Barcus and Chas. Stafford secured McKinzie's body by dragging him across the water with ropes. His face was cut open and his body was otherwise horribly bruised and cut. His watch had stopped exactly at 12:30 o'clock, the time of the disaster.

Attention was next called to the pitiful cries for help proceeding from farther down the stream and in a short time a boat was secured and several brave men residing near the scene commenced a heroic work of rescue. The current being so madly swift progress was rendered slow and harrowing but by the aid of wires ^attached to the boat they reached the injured fireman, John Heiler, of Logansport, who was yet alive .and floating on driftwood, but who died from his injuries before they could reach the shore with him. Conductor R. B. Fowler, of

Logansport, was lost in the wreck and all attempts to locate his body proved fruitless until near noon where he was found beneath the fire box of his engine mangled almost beyond recognition. His lead pencil was run through his face and he was horribly cut and bruised. The body of Conductor Fowler was taken from the wreck and brought to the city at 4 o'clock. The point where the accident occurred is two and one-half miles northeast of the city and the trestle has long since been considered a death trap. As it was the terrible disaster is considered a lucky one, for had this crew not rid-

den to their doom the frail and rotten

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bridge would have caught the south bound Monon passenger train which was compelled to run over the Vandalia line on account of the washing out of the Wea bridge between Lafayette and this city. The Monon train was due to arrive soon after the bridge went down, and it was in view of this fact that engine No. 125 was sent out to inspect the trestle. No one seems to be especially accountable for the wreck, although it seems a matter careless for them to have run on the bridge without first going ahead to examine it. At the time the engineer discovered the bridge out of line it was too late for him to stop hiB engine and he made a gallant effort to escape the fate they met. A wreck clearing crew from Terre Haute began the work of raising the bridge and engine at once.

The wreck is a most lamentable one and the old shell of a trestle Bhould not be allowed under another train.

MR. BROTHERS' CONDITION. A JOURNAL representative called on Mr. Brothers at his residence on Main street at 2:30

Wednesdayp.m.and found

him in a very nervous condition in addition to his numerous and painful bruises. Mr. Brothers could not account for his lucky escape and had but a faint recollection as to how it came about, any more than when the engine struck the* ground he was in water and all was darkness without save one small opening through which he could see light and he escaped through it by diving to prevent his being scalded or struck by floating timbers. His escape was by no means, an easy one, for he received a severe knock on his head by a floating board. Engineer Bowman called on Mr. Brothers in the afternoon and both related their experiences and, laid force to the statement'that they were in no wise suspicious of the trestle being out of order. The condition of the bridge was without doubt the result of the flood.

NOTES.

About 90 feet of the trestle work was torn away from its center. The railroad company will lose several ^thousand dollars through the wreck.

Thousands of people drove out to the scene of the wreck-in the morning and afternoon.

The ill-fated engine was attached to freight No. 06, and arrived in town at 11:50 Tuesday night.

The engine and tender was badly demoralized and it will be a hard matter to raise it from the river bed.

Conductor Bob Fowler, whose body was found under the engine, formerly resided in Waynetown and is well known here.

Said Allen Robinson, who lives just this side of the trestle: "I told them when they put that trestle up that it was a death trap."

The vehicles became so numerous at wreck in the morning that they were prohibited from driving across to the trestle through the field.

Section men crossed the trestle but a short time before the accident, but noticed nothing wrong. They came down to report washouts north.

Brakeman McKinzie was a Van conductor, but made this run as head brakeman while off duty. He was married shortly over a year ago at Terre Haute, where he leaves a wife and infant child. He was a prominent K. of P. member.

Engineer Bowman had bulletins to guard his run over sugar creek bridge near Darlington and Walnut Hill, bub had none for the Walnut bridge. Neither Mr. Brothers nor himself feared this trestle, hence they did not stop for it. The gravel pit this side was closely examined, however.

The meeting between Engineer Bowman and Iloadmaster Brothers at three o'clock Wednesday p.m., was a very pathetic one, they being the only survivors of the ill-fated engine. When the engine crashed through the trestle Bowman remained upon the seat, and as soon as he could disengage himself from the debris he ran to the nearest farm house to give the alarm. At the same timeMr.Brothers was floundering in the water, but managed to reach the embankment in time for Bowman to pull him out. The fireman's cries for help attracted their attention and they did all in their power to get him out, but were powerless. Heiber, the fireman, was conscious and talked to Engineer Bowman saying he was badly injured and knew he could not live. His dying requests were carefully noted by his companions, and the parting was one that can only occur in a life time. No cause can be assigned for the accident. It is one that will come at the moment when least expected, and one which no blame can be attached.

C. L. Rost, the jeweler, is repairing the gold watches of Mr. Brothers and C. A. McKinzie. The latter's watch was baldly broken.

Anil the Band Played On.

A large crowd of enthusiastic Democrats who assembled at the Vandalia depot Wednesday to attend the Congressional convention at Frankfort, were sadly disappointed when they learned of the accident north. As there was no other route, except via Indianapolis, they were compelled to return to town and spent the day throwing rocks at themselves.

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