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Show I HUMOREOS HOMELESS I! AMD MILLION IN l PROPERTY LOSS. IE Enormous Damage by Flood IB and Storm in' Michigan and Other States. ! Entire Southern Section of tho I jj Country Cut Off From j Outsido World. I'! p DETROIT, March 2J. Tho flood M;, -f- situation throughout lower Mlchl- 1 -i- (Tail seems less hopeful tonight. At Hrv present the point of greatest dan- r 4- gcr seems to bo at Grand Rapids -f H$- -f and along the course of the Grand -fr- -f- river. Estimates mado at tho va- -f rlous stations placo tho floor dam- -f -f ngos up In several million' dollars, -f j The number of drownings reported -j- - was Increased to three today by tho Hl death of Joseph IClrkbrldo, who HB , -f- while riding horseback, was swopt -f HB -f- off a flooded bridgo at Saranac. - 4- Eight bridges wcro destroyed at and -f 1 near Flint today. -Y w OUISVILLE, Ky., March 2G. Sel-jj Sel-jj dom, If ever, since the Civil war has ho entire South been so completely isolated from the North as it Is today. Destruc-lion Destruc-lion or paralysis of telegraph facilities by storm was so widespread and un-paralleled un-paralleled that not a wire was work-H; work-H; lug south through Richmond, Nashville, H' Memphis, or any of the great centers of B' electrical control on' either side of the Alleghenles, so far beyond the MIssls- Tho absence of intelligence from the South was keenly felt In commercial circles on account of the critical sltua-lion sltua-lion in the cotton trade as a. result of the semi-panicky conditions growing out of the sensational Government re-port re-port yesterday on crop conditions, fol-lowing fol-lowing closely the upheaval growing out of the Sully suspension. Heavy Life Loss Peared. ' H Anxiety was also felt as to the rumors Hi of great Ios3 of life and property dam- H ago as a direct result of a storm of ouch extraordinary nature. Eight persons wero injured and extensive ex-tensive damage was dono to city and suburban property by a storm that swept over Louisville. The storm was Central over the central Mississippi and Ohio valleys. In Louisville the wind attained a velocity ve-locity of sixty miles and the rain fell in torrents. The entire city was, for a time, flooded, Third avenue near tho Confederate monument being three feet deep In water. Street car service was suspended. The roof of the main building at the Industrial school of reform was blown ofT A panic ensued among the 100 boys sleeping there. They began a rush for the ground floor, but stopped without any ono being Injured. Two hundred and fifty Inmates of tho Masonic Widows and Orphans' home wcro marched. Into the center of the building after the storm had torn away a part of the roof of that Institution. In the city ten houses were unroofed and several persons were hurt. The residence of Henry Dubourg, a mile from the city limits, was blown away and his family of cicht had a remarkable remarka-ble escape from death. In Michigan. DETROIT, Mich., March 26. The temperature today Is several degrees below the freezing point throughout lower Michigan, and it is expected that this will check the floods very materially. mate-rially. It Is predicted that tho temperature temper-ature will fall gradually and that It will be about IS deg. above zero tomorrow. This will freeze over the tributaries of the rivers which are doing tho damage and greatly relieve the situation. On the west side of Grand Rapids 2500 residences are surrounded by water today to-day and the citizens are being compelled com-pelled to use boats In getting from placo to place. Roth the Kalamazoo river and Battle creek have began falling, ana' it is believed be-lieved that the crest of the flood has been reached here. The cold Is checking check-ing the flood. The total flood loss here Is estimated today at $300,000. In Ohio. SPRINGFIELD, O., March 2C The worst flood In Springfield's history threw 1000 men out of work, drove twenty-five families from their homes and completely stopped street car traillc. Policemen Po-licemen were called out early to get boats to rescue people hemmed In by flood. Many residents arc still unable to get out of their homes. In Indiana. INDIANAPOLIS, March 26. Several hundred houses In Indianapolis are flooded and 200 families havo been driven from their homes. The property damage will be very heavy. Late today all flood records since 1S72 have been broken here, and White river is rising two inches an hour. The police authorities havo Issued a call for volunteers to assist In moving families from the submerged low Iands.- Thc north station of the Indianapolis "Water company was closed this afternoon after-noon by the breaking of the levee. The city Is threatened with a water famine and fire danger. |