, 1866-09-07
GREAT STORM IN OHIO.
Enormous Destruction and Dam
ages to Property.
Inundutfoyi OF Deer Creek and IIIi1-
creek Futleyk-'Ehc Lon;.svor1lt Wine
ccfints Oyerf'oxvcd-Ekise III tho River.

Inundutf0n Of Beer Creek md IIIl1- |
creek Fatleyx-'Ehc Lon;.svor1h Wine |
cc1lnrs Oyerf'oSved-Esiss In tho River.
lFrom Ito Cincinnati Commercial. Sept. 81
The eopious rains which poured d,wn !
lll0n Il c city aud suburbs yesterday morn |
iuT Inflicted an imnscns: damage, md de- |
stroyed property which is estimated ut hun |
drs ds Of thousands of lC1lart. The storm |
swert over the city b.twecr fi,ur and six
o'clock, the min falling in perfect tor ents,
and overflow with great rapidity.
DAMAGE IN DEER GREER VALLEY.
In the eastern part oF tho city, known rs
Deer Creek Valley, Or Bucktown, the da1n-
raated at from s1tD 0oo to $i50, 900.
On the old bed Of the creek, which is now
nearly flfty feet III son,c places from the sur
face Of the ::Fout,t, vas built many years ago
a eu1vest, whicl, 1t was intended should
drain all that part Of tue city. Over this
culscrl there is now u depth Of fifty feet Of
"madc ground" being thc deposit Of s.ar-
La.c and dirt from the streets OF the city,
and on this made ground arc built u number
Of houses, occupied as dwellings by many
poor neuplc, and some used lOr manuCac-
turing purposes.
4. TIC corner Of Fifth and Culvert streets,
1t has been noticed for some time past, that
this culycrt was weak md liable to fall III at
any time, and this fact was reported to the
city authorities, but no attention WIS given
tu the matter. Yesterday morning, about
! O'Clock, while im1ncnEc torrents OF rain were
! pouring through this cutyert, the walls Of
the cnlvcrt hrokc, and nearly one hundred
feet squire OF this made ground, together
with two-story frame house, Which fortu-
natc1y was not occupied, fell into the i'm
nenee gap, completely la1nming up the cn1-
vert and forcing back the torrents Of water
over largc rart Of the city known gsner,lly
us "Ducktown," or Happy Hollow" THIS
immense opening Of the made ground now
cmits an awful stencil, which prevails in tho
e1tirc region from Fifth street up to CHAM
bcrlain's foundry, on Broadway, near Hunt
| 1oSGwoRru's WINE CELLARS.
The first place sc visited was the Long
worth wine cellars, where We found that the
back wnter hud filled two OF tile largest eel
lars to the depth Of twelve or fifteen feet,
where were stored oycr ono hundred and ATTY
casks. These cellars presented t. terrible pic
ture of confusion. Immense wine casks, con
timing from five hundred to twenty-five
hundred gallons Of VI ine, were floating about
the cellar, breaking bottles and smashing
| things generally, The entnlucc OF warm wa
ter INTO these cellars, where the temperature
is usually kept at about orty-ei9ht degrees,
: raised the Temperature to nearly kiyty-fivc
degrees, and with the increased warmth the
Iinc began to fcr1ncnt, and when we were
| ands Of bottles Of sparkling Gatawba rcsttn.
bled sharp skfrmlsh fire. But CAPITA ".
: r. Anderson was gu hand Will, a large mum:
: her of hands, all hard at work IN the muG
r and water, with fai, prospect os sileneinff
U much engaged ii his work Of repairing thl
: damages demo the wine celia: and contents
d found time to entertain his many visitors
l. aud to show them tho workings OF the cnri
q Gus machine uscd in cerking up the hotties
' as we'll Us the apparatus nsed in taking t.l
q corks out. The loss ut the Lougworth win
. cellars is estimated at $4,000, and rnny cz
d I coed that amount.
= Next above the Lonsworth wine ce1la.s W
Z cane to the establishment Of David g. King
d manufacturer Of wagon-tar md roofing felt
) His premises had been over1oWed with VT
+ i s, ST ,5o. on' ne s'De4' o0'AaSs o' pf'oa''
y tauncries Of Lewis Foreman and n. 4. Brow
N i Co.. each Of whom suiler q loss Of abo1
1 $25, 600 by the overflow. Mr.. Foreman ha
at twenty thousard sides Of athcr, and Mcssr
Sc II. a. Brown & Co llal twelve thousar
III sides In the vats, oil of which are ruined.
b. Further up the valley, and opposite Cou
n street, WAS the tanncry of Mr. William He
le- north, now only = mass Of ruins aud por
Ill Of water a two-stoy brick house In Whit
cr wcrc the boilers and engines Of yr. lie
m worths yard, fell In, aud the undfsttngulsll
es bic heap is swallowed MP In len OF fifteen ft
lc. Of wafer Three or four frame louscs, co
7 tanning salt, utensils and effects Of cmployt
it are likewise In water to tho roor, and CO
tsn;s n;s5 5ninss; IL ID g. nepvofths loss is
rs Across lie street from Mr.. 1lepworth's Ia
lr. yard is tho Cincinnati slaughter huuse, own
lc- by Mcssrs. ]. Y. Carnahan i Co: Tits III
nd suffers BY tho flood to the extent of ftl
on $1,000. Adjoining the Slaughter house
ATS the bone boiling establishment Of Mess
10 Esgleston, Wilson'S Co., and the slaughI
cir house OF Mr.. Frank Dcrcsford. Each Of tht
"A firms suffer to tho amount of Is 03o or $40, O
Of On East Fifth street, near CulScrt. in
large corner brick building, near thu can
led ! TtackLr, Frank 4 Co., trunk manufacture
een sustained an actual loss Of 81 ,0o3 In stu.
yes raw material and tools, While In another p
DO or The building Ncssrs. Werner, Gcsard
n Jnecrg, manufacturers Of rsanof0 f0rtcs, Il
and tllcr entire stock Of fi,c Instruments, VOL
ect 5000, which weighs heavily upon the fit
M . after eust taining the loss they recently did
hat the burning Of tho Academy Of Music.
'cn- NessTs. WcnnIng, dtstillcEs, on tho can
ly's near Culycrt street, sustained some dam:
has by the inundataon Of their premises, wh
ion VIC failed TO ascertain. R.tt It Is feared 4
'om tho large four story brick block, in which
the the trunk aud piano factories Just nam
csi. Will 1hll 1lter another auch rain. rs tho 10
ing daiion ls baalS soakea, ~ anu % t1e honss ~ has
'eu- interior "A1!s, pt.nE NV NV Hntlo~ sheli'
The livery stable of W1n. Wue.t e. Co.,
arc. % West Ninth street, FIJI ID, owing t
Gus large vater-tank on the ROOF, which bees
ore full, and the wnter ovcrdowing, caused
are | roof to give way. Several Gne carrta:
MN 1nrpjes and other vehicles were smashed
hcy atoms, Only one horse WAS injured.
IN Wc raet a number cf the Sanitnry Pol
sion | VINO were seeking out the premises that
will becn oyer{iowed. and VIC learned from Il
aan- that nearly: CITY houses had been dams