Show FLOODS CAUSE LOS FIVE LIVES KNOWN TO BE LOST IN INDIANA AND ILLINOIS CITIES OVERNIGHT terre haute coal mines idle railroads tied up eight inches of rain utilities halted chicago five lives were known to have been lost and worth ot of damage had been done at terre haute ind and jacksonville ill in the third flood to sweep the central west est in ten days the storm vented its wrath in central illinois and east central indiana but dipped its currents across iowa and northwestern missouri terre haute ind one ot of the beav test lest sufferers sutter erg in wednesday nights deluge counted twenty five tire coal mines idle ive five railroads all but inoperative and many industries smitten in a claud burst burat which brought more than six inches of rain to the city in the most serious inundation since the disastrous flood of 1913 at jacksonville ni ill water light and power plants were put out of commission a dim burst and inhabitants of the city were driven to the second stories ot of their homes throughout central illinois september rainfall approximated eleven inches in nine days approaching rainfall record tor for the entire mouth month the wabash river was lat at flood stage at lafayette ind the davis gardens at terre haute largest greenhouse gardens in the world were inundated by backwaters of honey creek |