, 1860-04-18
The Flood in the Ohio and its Tribu.
taries.
Destruction OF Ltfe and Pronertv.


tFsom hs Cincinnati Gazet.e, 1s,h.1
The rires at this point will bs very little
higher, and this morning rl!l probably be- sts-
tionsIy, It not Fecsding. Tho damage h this
nfsGaoGtnpoa nfn3G "a! baen verr a!ight The fence.
been damaged considerably By the aood.
Inc fse9 aeoye is falling, and the inhabit-
ents along tbs shore who have been forced from
the,f homes By. the approaching waters, are
making preparations to return.
~ 4oihef Issue We g4re an account Of the
Allegheny. " '"o
:, At MARIETTA the water rwas seven inches higher
theu during the grea: food Of 1852. and. mueh
greater damage WAS sustained by the citizens.
"a! fomeroy tue water is up in the second
.sofies ., OF the houses along the shore, though
!!ae, 1ne damage to property has been slight. Two
at1le 9N 8lris who were playing on log fhnrsday,
ieA OFT from it and were drowned before nssist
ance could be gi.en them.
:. Al wheeling the loss of property has been
seIy great. The water run all over the island,
The suspension bridge was crowded frou day.
'gtt unit! late IN the day by wagons eon.aininQ
aoasehold 5oods, men, women, and Children.
business was suspended, and q desire to e.
cape the impending danger swallowed up every
.hlaE else along Water aud Main streets. Tie
"a:er covered A2ln street bridge, and there WIS
20 other means OF reaching Center Wheeling
than by skias.
Some three or four Of tho bridges on The
Hcu'Phe'd railroad hare been swept away and
damage has been caused that will REQUIRE
Tie<s, IT not months, to repair MANY nf the
bridges on the Dethany turnpike are also rone'
and many houses are overturned and dsnger.
Gus landslides made,
a railroad bridge. with about fifty feet of
IT, tTack upon it, was seen going down the river On
The water got into tue gas pipes. and ts,low
candies and 1uid lamps took lie piacs Of 9,o" o".
burners. At the w3ter works the inyadinv r;9er
| stopped operations.
IA English family, consisting ofa father
mothsr and four children, living on D. ep Run.
about sir miles above Wheeling, we're swept
away on Tuesday last, during tie storm. snd III
| They lived near the bank Of the Run, and lie
stream swelled SO rapidly aad came dawn upon
them With such violence that the whole sir we're
swept away like &trxrs. Only one, a young
Lao, lodged upon zone dsittKood, to which be
clung during the whole Of the night and was
rescued the next morning. The rest we're
drowned. Some Of the bodies were recovered.
The MuskinSum at Zanesville broke over the
eubsnEment THURSDAY afternoon, aud in few
hours the entire bottom along the railroad vas
submerged; oil the inhabitants Of that part oftbe
city bell.: compelled to leave in great haste.
entertained that the hea:hfulness of the neigh.
bofhood will be nuch affected by the overflow.
About the same time in the erening, the water
went tue o,es leree in West tZanes7ille, and the
people were compelled 10 take to the hills, OF to
tile second story Of their buildings.
The Nuskingum continued to rise until near
twtlyc o'clock Thursday night, at which time it
hadreaehed about two feet above the erca. flood
of l647, which Was tho l,is hest ever Enown uu-
til the present Que.
The Scioto was higher at CirclerilIe On Wed.
nesday than was ever before known, being ffuu,
Eve to seven inches higher than the great aood
OF l647. The river presented grand appenr-
ance, being about six miles wide at that
place.
Great losses have bacn sustained by those who
had property within the bounds Of the flood. i
frame building, belonging to the Messrs. Smith,
Was swept away. ! large warehouse, attached
to tho piskaway Mills, with about one thousand
empty Hour barrels in it. Was taken from its
foundation and carried down the r1yer. The
dollhouse near the same place, occupied By
James e. Walters, was turned over and remoy.
| ed several yards. Fences aud large quantities
| ufcord.wood were borne of on the bosom tie
| great deep.
| The island opposite Chil1icotle was some eight
| or ten feet under water.
The leyees in this ueighborhood we're aIl swept
| nTAy, and hundreds Of acres ofland submerged,
| 4 small portion Of the railroad embauknent
| at the southwest end Of the ctr WIS washed
| away.
1t would bs useless to undertake to estimate
| the damage done by the recent Hood 1t was q
most unmercifnl disaster. The .lences along the
rivers are all gone; houses, pens and end out.
houses without number have been swept awuy;
fields have been injured; and farmers hardly
know where to commence to repair.