The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-01-12
Further particulars OF tho disastrous rlood
in Ohio.

From the Cincinnati Gazette, eth inst1
Accounts received from various points anal re-
present that the damage. though disastrous not ire
parable. Active exerons making slong the line in
Indiana to raise to set about the repsis Labor
ers are now abundant and can be had at low wages
Mr. Parker president Of the corporation has gone to
The less will fall heavy on the pork packers at Cam.
bridge, Brookvie, Laurel and Connersve, a. al the
pork 10 tina. haze to be 70 market
large The embsnkment near Harrison, which 10 about
30 feet high. is totally washed away for third Of
mile This will have to be rebuilt and walled up.
The feeder dam across the Whitewater river in
great jeopardy at the last accounts and ii thought
cannot be put less than eight months can
be rebuilt only in weather. and when the water IN
places and housS that as' kitty ho
sand dollars will be required to put the canal In naviga
friend who has just passed through Delaware Ran
oolph aud Wayne counties, Indiana. on horseback. re-
ports to US that tho White and White rivers
higher than they have hitherto been known to be by from
eighteen inches to two feet The Of corn, hay.
hogs, &c that has been lost, is immense.
bridges are gone and the roads every direction par
tally submerged. Tho only way he and his companion
could possibly get over several of the creeks by
The Whitewater canal is said to be very seriously
cost to put in the condition II before the
food, csnn.t now be estimated.
BIishtweli's dam at Richmond 10 gone This was q
work erected at q very heavy expense
As our friend pssssd through Dsrrtown. In Butler
county the people were hunting for the body Of negro
:"
horses belonged to Mr.. Marshal lof that place.
On Saturday the penthouse of Mr.. Sanford Lsksy At
cambridge, while partially inundated destroyed BY
FIRE It contained large quantity OF meat said to belong
to Cincinnati Establishment canal boat loaded with
Our friend ststos that at Hamilton orders had been
given by the authorities preventing all persons from
driving riding the bridge that crosses the Miami
Only persons on foot wore permitted to pass. They
were momenarily expecting the bridge TO fall.
disler north Of Hamilton lost between 400 and 500
| hogs BY his pens being washed away.
gentleman down from Harrison last evening, states
that both abuments OF the dam there were gone and
Cincinnati branch. The dam hourly expected
togo
Whtewaer canal were gone, and 800 yards OF embank-
ment had been washed away.
The repairing Of the damage done these two points,
- said, will require about three months time.
From the Cleveland Herald, Jan 81
we understand the bridges six in number
have oeenswept away between this city and Akron and
one across the Cuyahoga near Troy, Gesuga county
tho mouth, have bosn swept away and some 40 feet of
the bridge near the mouth is gone The bridge viii
proosoly DO Iepaired In few days, and light teams
The express from the West had narrow escape Tho
horses were LED safely across the bridge and while
men were taking the express wagon across the alarm
given that the bridge falling The man al the
tongue Just succeeded in reaching Terra drmo the
were left on tho standing part
The Columbus street bridge over the CuyahoRa il In
| very precarious condition.
Bridges unipured east Of this city on the Buffalo road
| and on the Pittsburgh road
An extra from the Dsiiv Dayfonisn Jan g. says the
public works have net received much injury By the
great reshet a. was supposed The greatest loss
| the aqueduct across the Miami. II adds -
Alter making extensive inquiries regards the loss
sustained by our business do not believe that
near as large as has been supposed Everything At
present wears dismal and injured look North the
roads are at present impossible.
Inc Dayton sddpertssr gives the folio wing list Of the
sufferers on the line OF the canal d. Bckiord boot and
shoemaker; James Walters druggist; H. Good tavern
keeper; Estabrooks Phelps, grocsrs b. Gilbert do;
Jackson do James Greer, stove store and foundry;
C. Thompson Sons stove store; g. C. Davis iren store;
Onn Whey, stove store; John Rencn pork house;
swsynes hotel Chambers Harries suffered some loss
at their warehouse on First street; Gustavus E. Haires
stove and tnwsre store; VIM. Dsvie, pork house; T.
Brown Son, iron and grocery store; Pruden < Smith
do; VIM Simms, lumt or merchant; John H. Achey, do
Collins Wright. do loss $780, James Hoglan, -
Morrison, boat builder; Doyle Dickey lost quantity
OF lumber and some 200 bbls Of salt C.. Forer Mont
gomery House; Swain Mead suffered but little w
Esabrook, had 400 bushs OF fax seed stored in lower
floor at the basin, and j. Clegg Co 1906 bushels Of
same 10 the lower story Of the Montgomery House build
ing, which must be considerably damaged James Ed
ward Smith, had large quantity Of cotton in store,
which was covered by water; II. 4 p Pease have lost
800 bushels wheat and 1860 bushels ship stuff Mr. Con-
ger from Detroit has lost about 900 pine lumber
Westsrnman Stout, iron foundry w. K +, Estabrook,
Gil mill; Jos Clegg Co., do; A. T.. Crawford, peg
| and last mandatory.