Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1847-12-31
5flisccll0ucoits.
The Late FleoA in the Ohio River.

The Cincinnati Conan r"aI of Friday, D1c
II. says:
We have aacolnls of tn gr,a aal calanl'
tnas ,lIg, which is sweeping OVER tn: valley
OF lha Ohio, from both above and below. by
paSseng rs on The steamer LencaHer, We learn
thai tn towns of Neville, Moscow, Belmont,
New Richmond, Point Pleasant and Palestine,
are all entirely Ovrrlnwh, and that the people
have been driven to the hills, whore they had
erected tents, ami taken sh liter in barns, &"
Some are in Il dapIorlbIc condition, ahd wop!r.
sons b,twan N Neville ANA P1at Pleasant, Mrs.
Alice RirkSon aad GaorgH Brownson, who wcr9
in Ecbly hmth, died in the hills from exposure.
The bottom lands Of the Miami arc enliroly
inundated, aud many of The houses show but
their chimney taps. while many have been car
riel away. Mar Newton, there are about one
hundred wagons loaded with produce for The
Cincinnati markets, unable 10 cross The waters
hv ferry or otherwise. The railroad track is
entirely submerged, the water in some places
sanding III height above the chimney tops Of
Il locomotive.
We are rcqu ,Stod by Mr.. w. A. Clement,
Supcrint ,nl.nI of ih1 RilroaI Company to
state lhal locomotive cannot b. brought within
ten miles Of tn city, in consequence OF the high
water.
Several thousand bushels Of corn which had
been left IN the fields, have passed oul of The
Miami into the Ohio within the last two days,
aud passeng informs us that at the time he
passed, that stream was literally covered with
corn, wrecks of cnces drift, elc.
The Lancaster passed, on her way down. three
houses, one Il tavern. belonging 10 Palestine. lhe
uihar small frame cottag' with turned column
porco, and til" Other Il larg barn with gable
windows, in which several fowls were quietly
soostIng. EridcnccS of the wreck and dcstruc
.ion above are constantly passing the city.
OF the towns below, we have the following
-Tawrencebarg is entirely under
water. \ .aflv all tha inhabitants had bacu
compelled toIcwelh,if residences. undiind pla-
COS where they could, in the ncIghborhood, or
a! o'her places. The Mary PelI brought up
about ,hroc hundred houseess families.
Great apprehen,ions are felt by the inhabitants
of Rising sun that the water will force through
the high cnbanGmoni, which served as a barrier
against the caiamitpus flood of 1889. The riy
er was within one foot Of what il was nj ,hot
iim2.
At the town OF Bethlehem Indiana, short
distance above Louisville, which is Inundated,
fNc worthy men wcr' uroWuel, on ucsday
night while cndaavOring 10 save some wood
boats from destruction. Here, as at all other
river towns from whichwe have heard the great
est distress prevails.
On the same night Of the accident at the
above place. four men were drowned at Law
renc1burg, while assisting the distressed in The
removal of their properly.
The same sal story of distress and dosoIalion
is true of every town on the river, and ruin has
been the fate Of hundreds. As the Legislatures
of The Western States are now in session. would
il be an ovcr-stcp Of dury in them 10 do some-
lhing for the aIlcyiaion Of the distreSScdl
In Mill Greek bottom, several houses have
been washed away. and ,wo have fallen down.
1t was reported in Town last evening. that the
great mills on the bunk Of lheriver, at lawrence
burg. had fallen. and that an imm1nsc amount
OF stock had been swept off,
The water here rose yesterday 1T the rate Of