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Show DAMAGE BY FLOODS, eral Buildings In St. Louis Washed Away and Lives Lost. KAILItOVl) TIUCK MTTIT AWAY. llio Olilo Hirer lllUng. Scorts of l'auiltlca In lunger. l'anru Under Water. . Bt. Ijouih, lhr L-Tlio '" al o'clock this ermine ilionnl 'le oter a foot since lul nljlit and " ' rising. Al 0 o'clock water had caused tha abandonment of llio greater rr-tlan rr-tlan of Knit Carond.let. A telegraph mice lu Ht. liouli n wrecked this morning and soreral small bulldlDge J waahedaway. The body of a roan waa washed aaliore near tlio ld of Ike wrecked telegraph offlce. Many rer-one rer-one who hao been llrlng In llio sec-ond sec-ond stories of tlielr homes woto forced to more out altogether today and soriral had narrow orcapes. At Hell.-rills Hell.-rills eeTeral manufacturing establish-menta establish-menta wero forced to tbut down, tha boiler roomi being Inundated. On ttils 1IJ0 of tho river North Bt. I.oult to far li the wont aullerer. Tii district known aa Ulilahonii" It now u vast latio Hllli hero and tlieru n linatlly Yacated ehanty protruding n few feet aboTa the water. Tho Kast 81, 1'ouls dock warehouto Rave way about noon and fully ono. tourlh or Ilia vail building will) Ha heavy contenta fell lu a heap, tha roof linking and eettllug on the wreck. Thouaande of aaclia of Hour, sacks of grain, boxte of canned goods, bundles, ehlnglea and inlicellnneoue lot uf other goods were precipitated through tha ground lloorand Into tint water. Uno uf tho laboror. C'koro l'atv, n colored man, waa crushed to death under tho debris. Two other laborers were In Jurud. The loea will be ijullo heavy, nut It la Impoailblo to aacortalu tha exult amount. A CIVOUIIIIUIMT. lWtilF, Tex., May 1, A cloudbunt swept tho slope of the mountalua jci-teiday jci-teiday and carried awny Iklrlr-llve miles of tho 'Frlico railroad track. A north-bound auonger tralu which left Saturday wni unable t get ba. jond Mountalnborgaud rotutiied. A Multi-bound train waa etupped at Ureenband. Tho Arkansas ilvir la eight rutka wldo aud much damage haa bion dono along lta course, oiuo invert liisiNU. Cincinnati, O., Moy 1. Tho rainy and cold weather which for tho aal threo week! has wholly slopped all ploughing and planting lu Ohio Is cul-inlnailng cul-inlnailng lu ndlaaatrous Mood, litre oter two inches of rain lias fallen with lu tho putt twenty-four hours, aud the Ohio river Is leaping up at the rate of lour Inches an hour. The whole of northwittern Ohio la Hooded and Ibo whiat ruined, while other crops are no delayed that tne yield must be small, AN 1M1IK.NBU WATERSPOUT. Hi'iiiMJKiKLD, O., May I. At noan today nn Immouso wutorspout burat over Trcmont city, a village near here. About tbo same tlmo the river broKo Its bauka and within eighteen mluutus tho water flooded tho town, carrying away, outbuildings aud stable and flooding tho first llooraof residences. MANY FAU1LIM1N UANOEH. Hi liiNuriKM), O., May 1. At midnight mid-night 100 acres In the northeastern part of theolty containing 200 homes are Hooded aud the water Is rising a foot an hour. Scores of families are In danger. Ulcctrlc street car trafllo In the entire city Is stopped, 1AUM8 ILOODLII. ALTON, III., May 1, In the past foriy-itght hours tho river lias riiou nearly threo fiot and Is still booming, South and east of here farms are nothing noth-ing tut walory wastes, Bevernl bridges have gone cut at Wood river and tne work of rescuing haa coramenoed, IIUAEON Foil ANMI-TV. Dayton, May 1. The Mlamee rlvor haa reached nn unprecedented height. The water has found eoverul weak f rolnts In tho levers here, and there Is ' rrasjiifjr uuxlely. One hundred und lllty seres of the roildeuiu portion of the oily Is flooded. TWO WATRMTOUTB. Van IluiuiN, Ark., May 1. Two waterspouts struck northern Crawford county yesterday aud washed out bridges and railroad tracks on the Hanta Ft?. All reporta are not In and It Is feared the dsinago done Is Immense and many Uvea lust. |