The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-12-22
Tho Great Flood ut the West.

cty-thousand movn6 Of the water being In many
points to the second story Of the houses The poor
made poorer and in many instances wholly uppro
vided for The Council has called meeting OF citizens
to aid the INDECENT Mr. Bates has closed his theatre
and given $3.50 donation, though he has personally
lost 10000 by drowned hogs mill swept away and other
addends. Nothing but wAiling and spectral faces. In
casting my eye upon the river three houses float
ing down and whole RATS OF lumber, hundreds of cords
ofwood dead hogs by thousands being caught
and sold to make lard OIL Boats cannot stir from their
moorngs, being unprovidsd with fuel and prospect
Of getting it en- rsute Wood 81 per cord. The new
wholly useless. God knows when our distress will end.
1t has showed for three days. it getting
warm, and fears at their height Marietta Mus
kDgum, Scioto Licking Kentucky, and other rivers
gorged and vomt forth trees wrenched from their roots
aiding by their tributary force the subimty Of the Ohio
In Louisville things the river GO above
low water mark, with continued rise.
WEDNESDAY MoRNISo, 8 A.M.-The destruction still
partskes Of the character of yesterday tho snow storm
has abated, which only renders visible the appal
ing distress The churches are being filed with the
mayor and sandry committees Many deaths from
drowning have occurred and Others from ncessant toll
have dropped benumbed into tho water rendering re-
suscitaton almost hopeless The water is Water
st., Front st and Columbia ST. and approaching Pearl
these streets being parallel with the river Cincinnati
the Rail Road and the Broadway Hotels, rendered
useless for the being inundated preventing all
culinary operations. More houses and barns are de-
scendng skis fiat beats, and other matter either de-
serted wrested from their former occupants.
ploughing their way oceanward VORTEX.
From the Ohio Statesman, Dec l6
The Postmaster at Chllicothe writes under date Of
the 18TH and received last night that the scioto river
is high between this place and Portsmouth and the
pike cut up badly, that the stage cannot get along,
but they going to take it Oh horses for days.
Mr. Corwne, Of the House Of Representatives, from
of By
."WAvERLy, Dec. l2.-Wehave at this time very high
freshet in the scote The canal Is said to be broken
both above and below this place. at the third lock below
Waverly all the work lately put in is gone again and at
the Big Basin also the culvert below Jasper is washed
that, the canal is also goh The turnpike between
here and Pketon all torn to pieces The river has bro
ken Prathers' embankment, and torn 1t In many
places We have had no mails up or down for two days
All communications between Portsmouth and Chilli
cothe is cut off," The Chillicothe Gazette says" On
Monday, Dec 3 the fourth day Of the rain the Scoto
is up up Car above high water mark The waters have
backed over the Columbus turnpike in many places
as to cut of direct communication with the capital
by coach. The mail which left Friday arrived here
yesterday afternoon by passing around towards Lanoas
ter Below Piketon the Portsmouth turnpike seve-
raj culverts have been washed away leaving chasms
in in another l5 and in another 10 feet
depth The road near Peepee creek il washe entirely
away for many rods The roads impossible. On
the western turnpike coaches reach Hilsboro'
from this direction In of high waters In the
ted Paint creek higher than when the bridge
foated of-a few weeks ago. Several of our friends
at the Paint Crossings, cambridge, had 100 hogs
drowned on Friday night On the l4th-the Columbus
ming bringing up the NAH to Friday nights but no st
ter from correspondent Yesterday about noon the
rain changed to snow Pad 1t continued showing nearly
the streams will soon Ss higher than svern Between
this place and Wheeling things are, if possible still
The eastern mail due last Tuesday evening"
came In this morning In a most horrible condition
soaked through and through.
"ZASEsvILLE, Ohio. Dec. lo ls47.-Ths mail due
yesterday has just arrived all wet The coach lays
der water east of Cambridge. The mails cannot get
More pix. is covered with water in
many places and the mail 1t seems lost the track in
crossing through the w.sT and tipped .ysr-wst the
Cambridge one mile the water sthres feet deep ON tc
pike and mile in width There are nine such places
down near Washington which has taken all the pike for
some twenty or thirty yards and various other places
of things viii exist hope not long '''' ''''
stage passenger from the east, reports the water
three feet deep on the floor Of Lews Hotel in Mari.
eta. This would place the whole lower town under
water The Ohio, when our informant left within
six feet as high as in 1885,? when ,msuy of the citizens
driven from the second stories Of their dwellings, had
to move to the high grounds for safety.
The GAINESVILLE atrsra, Of yesterday, says =" Below
the dam, the Muskingum has been higher it is stated
by those who have good memories than at any time
since 1928, and within fifteen inches Of the Of that
year The flood Of 1923 was the highest flood ever
known on this river. Above the dam the Muskinrum
attained very nearly the same height as in January
lastn
Travel was suspended between GAINESVILLE and Mari
eta, and what damage il any, done, not known
The Wheeling Times says :" We have immense
We learn by the stage passengers last night had risen
thirty five feet at Brownsville 1t nearly up the
below
and could not get up.n
The heavy this side of GAINESVILLE and especially
west of Columbus, have generally been south of the
Miami at Dayton, have not been out of their banks.
From the Ohio Statesman, Dec III
At O'Clock last evening" the Ohio was 81 feet six
feet short Of the greatest heghth attained during the
Hood of 1882 Steamboats, buttng Water street at
9s wn sng their on
way lying on line with the south walls Of Cassily's
row By indicating few points, can better than in
any other way give persons familiar .h the lever part
Of the city idea Of the rise At occk last evening
the water was the curbstone northwest corner Of
Main and Water streets At the north west corner of
Main and Second (Columbis) streets it stood in the
soant four feet below the level Of the street From
Walnut street to Western row. 1t was on line at every
crossing with the lower side of Water street At John
street where the trench for srched has re-
Gently been dug the water was within 2 feet Of the
level Of Front street. At Wood street. the and the
water in the Whitewater canal were nearly on level
separated by distance of not than eight or ten
rods and the highest ground between them two
above the water in the river At the junction Of Fifth
and Front streets (high ground the river perhaps
six feet below the road AT the crossing of Carr and
sixth streets the back water in the house
The nres In Bailey and Langstsffs steam saw MILL and
Vests -four mill, were exiinguishsd on Saturday, and
Yesterday afternoon workmen removing from the
Moor OF thelstter the flour that had
sy,i from ths basement on Sunday The flooring Of
last evening the floor tmbsrs at both ends we're
ws , Inc low grounds lying west of Vests flour
merged-ths water having entered bv The saw.r
Nearly all the smaller houses deserted with
feet water the lower floors The Of otber
were removing. And some whose houtes had not vet
been quite reashed, hauling sk from the river
that their families might be taken out in the night ft
should be deemed necessary In order able to give
an accurate account OF appearances last evening we
walked (and waded) on Front and Water streets from
Broadway to the junction Of Front and Fifth and thence
on sixth till stopped by the back water at the crossing
Of Carr street The damage is already large and much
more threatened The immense quantities of lumber
lying along the river from Race west are In great
danger OF enmasse The owners OF soneof remov-
ing II to higher ground Others had hemmed theirs In
by hst-boats, which were well fastened to the shore
And still third class loading flats that which
was already aoat The report last evening from Mill
creek bottoms was that the large Hal lying south west
from the Brighton House, was mostly under water II
TINS be true the destruction Of property will be large
From Fulton we have very bad reports Immense
damage has been done especially to boa the stocks
some OF which were aaoat. The merchants on second
street we're last evening removing the merchandise from
their celsrs-s precauton taken with good judgment
hla dam has In.