The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1867-02-22

The F7ood.-At the time Of going to press
last week, the river was rapidly rising and
J. every body who owned property which was
below the high water mark was preparing
for the annual delage. On Friday the river
rose rapidly and Saturday morning at day
break the ice was coming down the swollen
current in huge masses, sweeping everything
before it. Fortunately the volume of water
was SO great that the ice did not block up
above the turnpike bridge, and the upper
part of town escaped all injury. Below how
ever from the Elevator up to the Bridge the
river was field Of ice, the great blocks piled
one upon another and intermingled with
rails, timber, lumber, rubbish and all the
dsbris which the swift current had gathered
up in its progress andthe water which new
rapidly, found an outlet by spreading out
and flooding Front Street below the KEssEeR
House,, ard the lower part of town on the
e1st side Of the river. Pike Street. east of
the bridge was under several feet.of water
for long distance and gondola dug outs and
canoes were padded about conveying citi-
sens to aud from the deluged houses. The ice
pushed over fences, plowed uncerneniously
through gardens, lodged in dooryards, smash
ed in cellar windows and walls, tore up side,
walks, asd in short did everything it should
not have done until it gave way below on,
Sunday and the whole mass slowly took up
its line of march to the open lake leaving
here and there stragling block which had
broken ranks" and fallen out by the way. =
The DAMAsEs.-The damageshe by the
flood above the city are mostly in the loss of
fences and movable property such sis usu-
ally Hwept away by high water, and they
will not fall very heavily on any individual,
though in the aggregate they would amount
to a considerable sum-
The R. R. Bridge wasso much injured in
one Of its piers that the trains we're not al
lowed to cross it on Saturday night, the
passengers crossing on foot. The repairs
however were completed on Sunday morn
ing. sgsH E-aF
Downs Mills were somewhat damaged,
tie engine house being carried entirely away
and sope other smaller injuries being done to
the rear of the building.
June and Cos Foundry suffered heavy
damages, about 100 feet Of the rear wall be-
ing undermined and torn down, and large
number Of molding TASKS wete washed
away, The water poured through the north
wing of the building and the losses will
amount 10 not less then 500.
The piers of the turnpike bridge are all
more or less damaged, the centre ones the
most heavily. Mr.. Bixler's building at the
east end was nearly surrounded with the
water and the basement was broken in on
the upper side. At the west end, the build
ing nearest the river was undermined and
the foundation partly washed out. The
Kessler House barn was broken into by
the heavy blocks of ice and the barn attached
to Bush's Livery Stable was torn down and
the greatest part Of it entirely carried away,
several tons of hay and some other property
going with it. $500 will no more than make
the loss good. The rear of one of Mr.. JUS
tees old tenment houses was also torn down
and carried off. and shed in the rear of B.
Kefer's, carriage shop, worth $50, met the
same fate, only few heavy timbers remain
ing. .r
Mr.. Binkleys, siave and lumber yard |
was flooded but the slaves were SO well pled |
that they resisted the current and protected |
the property below to great extent. Ed
gerton's lumber yard was damaged to the ex-
tent of about $500 though very little lumber
was carried away. Nearly every pile was un-
dermined and tipped over and the lumber
damaged, and some twenty cords of wood
were caraied away.
The Gas works were stopped for day or
two and the machinery considerably in
iured probably 10 the extent of $500.
Below Gusdorf's Packing House the ice
was piled high on the banks, and the Lighter
at the Elevator was carried off and landed |
high aud dry in field some distance down
the river. --., --7
On the east side the damages are not very
heavy to any single individual but scarcely
any one escaped some losses. The side walks
are torn up and the fences torn down, the
gardens, yards and streets are plowed
through and flied with ice, and the whole
east side wears a sort of drowned aspect
but pleasing TO the eye.
The losses however taken together, are
very light when the amount of water and ice
and the sudden break up are taken into con-
sideration and the city may congratulate her
sci { on q fortunate escape
Amusemsnts. for this winter