Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-04-13
From Thursdays Columbus statesman.l
The Late Great Freshet I'm Ohio-The Gath
ering of the Waters-Further Destruc'
tfou of U,Ife nud Pr0naFty.

ertuG OIL tne DBstEuC~
tion of Life aud Property.
The Scioto River yesterday appeared to be
point of attraction for all sorts of people,
and was visited by a large lumber of ladies
and gentlemen, girls and boys. The rains Of
the night previous had their anticipated effect
in swelling the stream to still greater vol
ume than they had on Tuesday. At day
light the freshet had reached the high water
mark of the great food Of 1882, according to
the authority of that mythical gentleman
the Oldest inhabitant-but soon after daylight
the river began to recede, and at sunset was
| Still falling:
The flats on the west side were covered to
a greater depth than had been attained be-
| fore. Franklinton was nearly surrounded,
and reduced to the extremity of an island
suburb. The National Road, beyond Frank
| linton, was submurged for q considerable
distance. The cellars to all the houses in the
| low lands were filled to overfowing with the
! all pervading element. The water in the city
sewers about State-avenue backed up still
| farther than on the preceding day, and gave
| the pools and ponds in and about the houses
on that thoroughfare an additional inch OF
two. The Easements of most of the dwell
ings there were filled, and every description
of furniture could be seen floating upon the
| surface. ~
More fences were swept away above the
| city, and the surface of the clay-colored
stream was literally darked with floating
| the tide was fearfully swift. At Circlevillt
| two men were drowned in attempting tt
cross it in skiff.
THE FLOOD AND THE RAILRoADs.-Abou
thirty feet of the track of the Columbus ant
4 Xenia Railroad three miles from the city
washed away, night before last, Immediately
after the nine o'clock passenger train hao
passed over it. The water surged through
the breach at fearful rate, and would have
done further damage but for the prompt ex
ertions of the officers Of the road after thu
accident was known. A large posse of work
men were dispatched to the scene of disaster
who closed up the gap, and by two o'clocl
trains were again passing. During the morn
ing, trains exchanged passengers at th
break, and but little delay was occasioned.
On the Central Ohio Railroad the freshe
has been extremely disastrous. Beside tn
breaks mentioned yesterday the trestle-worl
seven miles from this city was broken. Som
distance beyond this sixty feet of trestle
work is gone; and near Kirkersville one hun
dred feet of the same kind of track wa
washed away. Beyond Newark it is said tn
track is covered with water for miles. Th
train on this road which left here Tuesda
morning was compelled to return and reache
Columbus at three o'clock yesterday after
| noon. On the Steubenvllle ana INDIANA hoa(
FIVE hundred feet of the track at Adam
Mills was very much damaged by the burs
ing of the canal banks but rs there is n
grade there portion of it has already bee
replaced, and the remainder will soon be n
paired. The trains on this road were ais
stopped by an immense land slide near Har
over.
The railroad men are making gigantic e1
ertions to repair these sudden and almo
overwhelming disasters. Hundreds Of me
are at work repairing the various breaks, an
if no further casualty follows, a few days wi
! see them all right again.
The Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicae
Railroad was still broken yesterday, and Il
Cleveland and Pittsburg Road gave way b
fore the food in three places-at Salinvill
Yellow-Creek Bridge and another .plat
nearer Cleveland. All connection with tt
Q East is cut of except via the Cleveland al
: Columbus Railroad, which has withstood Il
j. shock, without losing connection or beiT
/ behind its regular time. The. Columbu
:, Piqua and Indiana Railroad, having repair'
n the breaks in its track made the day previou
# also ran its trains on time.