Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-02
NORTHERN OHIO NEWS
LORAIN COUNTY
From the. EIx1ia Denoerat

FROM Int, Eillid Dffn0cFut
Fhe ice in both branches of Black river,
which, during the late extreme cold
weather had formed a thickness of nearly
two feet, brOksaHp last Saturday, and
caused extensive damage To property on
the river. The sudden thaw and the
heavy rain filed the rivers, and this tor
rent lifted the mass Of ice from its fasten-
inEs md started it on its impetuous and
irresistible course towards tie lake. In
the west branch, the ice first gave way in
the awit current above Gates mill dam.
On reaching the high dam at Gates mill,
the pressure was so great that it crushed
the huge timbers as though they we're
reeds, and in a moment the whole struc-
ture, with countless tons of ice, was rush
ing impetuously towards the great fall at
the Lodi street bridge, which is supported
by a tall bent in the river. But fortu-
nately it resisted the shock of the frag-
ments Of ice which, parting to the right
and left, were the next moment hurled
into the chasm nearly fifty feet below.
On the Fast Branch, the flood was as
great, but the damage not so extensive.
The suspension bridge erected last sum
mer at the foot Of 4th street was swept
away a though it were Il cob web but
before the avalanche reached the dam at
the Eagle Mills it was arrested by a mass
( of trees so firmly cementcd together with
ice as to DEFY the strength OF the food.
/ We have not learned the extent Of dam
age on the streams above Elvria, but be-
low, the food has swept away the county
bridge in Sheffield, near Mr.. Gartields
residence, and has probably caused other
damage. The loss to Mr.. Gates viii be
severely felt, as hi, yard was filed with
logs, which he designed to convert into
lumber during the spring food, and 1t
will cost Il large sum to build a new dam.
About eleven years ago his mill was
swept away by "a GOOD, which destroyed
only n small portion OF the dam.
In excavating the earth for a well last
week, the ground was found frozen solid
to the depth OF t~hirty-six inches. This Is
as deep as it was ever known to freeze in
Elyria.
DR.. D. T. Boynton, of Elyria, has mar
ried a daughter of Gov. Brownlow, and
settled in Knoxville, Tennessee.
From the Oberlin Netrs
Two hundred feet Of new hose for the
Fire Department arrived last week. It's
appliances are now in about a. good order
as they can be with our present engines.
But we notice that the proposition for the
purchase Of Nsteam lire engine gains favor.
Mrs. and Mrs. Jackson, of the Travel
er's Heme, celebrated their t~wenty-ifth
wedding anniversary on the 2lst of Feb
ruary.
The College term opens to-day, Feb. %.
Students are arriving in large numbers and
the expectation that the attendance viii
be larger this Spring than ever before bids
fair to be fully met.
Principal Fairchild in his sermon at the
Second Church ON Sunday evening gave
"a searching review of President Johnson :
record, and took ground against his late
action rs traitorou5 10 the party that saved
the Union and the cause Of Freedom. and
urged the Importance Of prayer from
Christian people for Congress in this criti-
cal iuncture-
Notice of the desth Of two of the alumni
of Oberlin this winter has recently reached
US Rev. G.. W. Stinson, of Kansas, Thee.
logical Glass of 80, and Rev. c. If. Pierce,
Of Mass, Glass Of ~.