Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-03-22
The FIooa in ne On Regtona.

The Flood in the OH Regions
The Pittsburgh Chronicle of Monday,
gives the followingdetsils in regard to ths
damage in the oil regions from the recsnt
great flood:
At Oil City the damage has been. quits
as immense as any one anticipated, the to-
tai loss being moderately estimated stovsr
two millions of dollars. Oil City was
completely flooded, and number of busi-
ness offices carried off by the water, which
rose with CREST rapidity. Pinnoek, Ball &
Co.'s, Shirks Burgess & Co.'s, Fishers, and.
scores Of others were swept EWay. RON
Friday night, the creek msde one rise Of
five feet in q single hour, submerging all
the bottom lands above Oil CITY, carving
away the McClintOek and Oil City bridgs,
over French Greek. The roaring waves
swept down the rapid stream every item
of mnYeabla o-NEe--IE - heVVS5rE
lands, including barrels of oil, tank,
houses, derricks, empty barrels, platforms
and machinery Of all kinds, and in many
places endangered lives, but no fatal scci-
dents are yet reported, except Of one young
man, name not reported, who was drowned
in attempting to save horse.
Mr.. h NJ. Long, of this city, who cana
here yesterday In 3 scow, In company with
Mr.. D. Conkle and Chas. Uetz, from on
City, reports that the principal losers on
the river and creek, are as follows: Me-
Whitney 6 Marshall will lose 2,5O0 bar
rels of oil, and several thousand empty
barrels; Fisher & Bro, 1000 barrels Of oil,
and 5000 empty barrels; VIM. Halder-
man, 1000 barrels of oil, and 4, 900 empty
barrels; MeKelvy, Miller & Co, 500 bar
rels of oil and 4, 900 empty barrels; Cochran
s. Co., Gallagher s. Danver, R. Ashworth,
J. Gallagher, Pennock, Ball & Co. j. POr-
toons, G s. Long & Co, Stockdsle & Con
kle, pilworth s. Ewing, Shirk & Co, Lock-
hart & Frsw, Burgess & Co, are also among
the principal losers at Oil City. Their losses
will run from five hundred 70 one thousand
barrels of oil, and many hundreds of empty
barrels each Considerable oil in barrels
lodged in the eddies formed around the
sheds and warehouses, and may eventually
be saved. Thousands Of barrels are thug
mixed up AMI hosted together, and will re-
qu1re much time to assort them The steam
er Urilds was the only boat at Oil City, and,
she was run above the mouth of the creek
and escaped without any damage. The
steamer Belle is at Franklin, safe. as is the
also the tug Brilliant The LIE Claire ia at
Emlinton, and the river from there down
is full of tugs and steamers, sH of which
are safe. The FreepOrt aqueduct is broken,
and one of the spans gone. The other riv-.
er bridges are uninjured. The principal
loss will be on the creek and river, among
the oil wells, All of those on the fats will
be overhowed, and filed up with sand and
dirt resulting In many cases, no doubt, IN
their destruction. The quantity of oil sup
posed to be swept off is estimated st 50,-
900 barrels, and so, 900 empty barrels, many
of which will be picked up hereafter along
the shore.
In addition to these losses, C. Wade lost
!, 800 barrels, and o. @. Brown & Go. ESQ
barrels. It must be remembered, that in
addition to- the loss of oil, these partieS
have also lost their warehouses and ma
chinery, all immensely valuable, and no
accurate estimate can be made of the dam
age done by filing of wells and delays Of
business. The oil interest has certainly
been the most heavily damaged by this
food.
All along the banks were sad evidences
of the wreck the freshet had made
Houses gone and families camping along
the banks. Horses, cows, hogs, sheep, etc,
sll swept OFF At Emlinton the water
was up in the houses two feet Kittanning
was all sAoat, as we're Freeport, Tsrentum,
Franklin and Shsrpsburg. All of the
islands were covered, and piles upon piles
of boards were lodged against the trees,
with tables, chairs, wrecks Of houses, bed-
stesds, derrieks empty barrels, etc. Mead
vile was reported completely inundated.
and large portion of the Franklin rails
road track under water