The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1866-10-16
[From the Columbus Gazette ]
The Great Flood.

The loss and inconvenience to the in
habitants of the city west of the river,
and to the machine shops, is very con-
siderable. The lower stories were com
|pletely filled with water. The levee and
National road were much damaged.
Above and below us, the damage has
also been very great. The Scioto and
Olentangy bottoms hsye been completely
inundated, and such food, and such a
destruction of property, has not occurred
IN this valley since the settlement Of
Ohio.
From this point all down the Scioto
valley to Portsmouth, the destruction has
been as great as in our own vicinity
All the tributaries of the river sent in
their food Of water which was poured
into the Ohio. The great broom corn
fields of Pickaway county, are, in many
instances, total ruin.
The greatest destruction of property,
has been in the Great and Little Miami
valleys. Railroads have suffered vastly
in the loss of embankments and bridges.
The Ohio and Mississippi road has been
the.greatests sufferer. The bridge across the
Great Miami river was badly damaged,
requiring five or six weeks to repair it.
The great bridge across the Miami at
Piqua, erected by the Columbus and In
dianapolis Central railroads is gone
One man was killed when it fell.
! It would require too much space to GO
into full detail Of all the railroad loss
No road in Southern Ohio, or in Indiana
but has been injured to greater or less
lextent.
Dayton suffered more than any other
town or city. We can not give the de
tails. The entire city was ssnearly cover
ed with water. The Miami and tributa
ries were several inches higher than il
1847, The lowest part of Dayton wa
submerged. The village of Mcpherson
vile, across the river, was ten feet under
water. Enormous damage has been dom
, in the valley to the corn fields
Springfield was also a great sufferer
The Republic gives details at,some length
The publishers of that paper lost 500
worth of printing paper. The Republic
says: "Besides all those (which we hav,
named, there are scores upon scores o
business firms and many private families
who have suffered severely, but who's
losses and even their names we are una
BILE to report in this issue. The tota
damage in this city we confidently, esti
mate at from $4,000 to 100000 Thi
has been, without exception, the heavies
food ever experienced in this region o
! country, within the memory of the oldes
residents"
Three men were drowned at P:qua.-
This is the only loss of life in this State
that has come to our knowledge.
E In Indiana, the storm and food wa
equally as severe as in our own State
Itwas terrible at Indianapolis. Three o
four lives we're lost The Journal says
' at will be impossible to approximat
near the loss sustained by citizens gener
r ally. Hundreds of private families wer
e drowned out by the rushing torrent, som
!, of them barely escaping with their lives
!, Of course it was impossible to remcv
household goods, thus forever ruinin
carpets, eatables, &c. Many lost consid
t erable in rations stored away for futur
t use.
The Journal also gives the following
somewhat thrilling incident: ga rathe
| exciting scene took place as the Sout
Al street bridge was swept away. Tw
young ladies were standing on it as it be
gan to move. One was Immediately res
4 cued by bystander but the other wa
borne away by the rapid current till sh
! neared Illinois street. When she wa
! rescued by gallant gentleman name
4 Howard, who boldly breasted the swolle
4 torrent, and brought her safety to shore.