Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-07-22

THE FLOOD AT MARYsYILLE.-
following are the fullest and latest
particulars we have at this writing
Monday Z. IL. been able to obtain as
to the late freshet on South Cedar.
We gain them from Or. Huffman and
Dir. Ely:
1t was the rains Of last week Tues
day that raised the South Ccdarcreck,
the heavy rains We had here since
then not having extended that way so
heavily. Last week Wednesday the
creek rose to within a foot Of the crown
of the new bridge. The water was
some sixteen feet deep on Mr.. Jacob
MetZ's farm, and from four TO five feet
deep in the houses in Marysville.
Messrs. j. b. Ely 81 Brother had
their Stock of Groceries damaged by
the food TO the amount of about $500.
:. II. Young's Drug store received
damage TO tile amount of about $1,000,
Ulsh q Knights FIGURING Mills, OH
the hank of the creek, haa two bolts
damaged, ia amount estimated ut Sl50.
MIR. HenTyJ. 4 lsil's house was food
ed, while he was busy at the Mill; and
consequently tine furniture WAS all
damaged considerably. Most OF the
citizens were able to get their goods
out OF reach of the water.
Mr.. I. Il. Gfoom's Saddle Shop was
| flooded off bodily down stream some
300 yards, where it lodged against a
drift. Amount of damage on it not
yet ascertained a story-and-a-half
addition TO the National Hotel, kept
by III. w. Morris, was also floated
away, and lodged ut the same drift
Nothing dropped out on the way but
one stove. The damage in this case
must count up among the hundreds Of
dollars, but cannot yet be estimated.
The water In the street in front Of this
Hotel was deep enough to float horse.
Some 600 or 1900 logs, at Messrs.
Netherrow, Metz & Kline's Sawmill,
on the bank of the creek, were washed
away to unknown distances. The
most of the loss in this case must Of
course fall on the people of the country
around. Some saw-logs washed against
Mr.. Jacob Metz's residence, breaking
in doors and windows and injuring
the building considerably.
A large slat corn-crib, which stood
on Mr.. John Wessncr's farm; adjoin-
ing town, was foated off, struck
against Mr. Charles MilIcr's residence
in Marysville, and knocked a hole in
it, and then swung round and floatcd
on down to the drift where it lodged
and stopped, still holding from SO to
100 bushels of,c0rn. : 81 spa 8 t
by Saturday nlght(th freshet had
subsideds' and Jdiier.creetk was within
banks. There are not many farms,
we believe, In the valley; but what
there are must have suffered heavy
losses, by the washing away Of fences,
injury TO crops &C., We regret pres
ent inability to obtain more definite
particulars about them.
LATEST FROM MARYsvILLE.--The
following letter was received last
night:
EVANSVILLE, IOWA,
July 10, 1869.
EDS. Iowa VOTER, Messrs'--We
have experienced an unprecedented
food at this place. In looking over
our town, but few days since so full
Of life and business, now without
fences, houses shattered and torn, sta
bles gone, and destruction everywhere,
we cannot but think we have been
visited with severe, dispensation.
Net we are thankful that our bridge il
left to MS.
! Messrs. Butterfield deserve much
credit for building good bridge, as ii
was tried as to strength severely.
The water was up to the main bridge;
and several times trees drifted down
against II with such force as to spring
! the centre down the creek six or eight
inches. Persons on the bridge worked
faithfully the entire day, choppine
away the drift-wood and keeping the
weight away from the bridge.
The water broke over the town In
the morning about o'clock, and came
up with such rapidity that we had not
time to secure property The persons
who have sustained the heaviest
losses are. pt t4t ,3-hpsahtts
Jacob Metz, $1,000; John Wessner,
$500; Samuel Young, 500; Ulsh &
Knight, $5Oo;J. b. Ely, on farm and
I'm store, $500. - 4 e ~ a''1.ss 81
/ t. E. Groom's Saddleshop floated of
the foundation and lodged In Mr..
Metz's field--loss $50. N. b. Moore's
Furniture Shop was moved off the
foundation, but was not taken off his
lot. II, w. Morris (of National Hotel,
suffers the loss Of his kitchen and
fence, value about 5000. In fact, all
have suffered more or less.
In haste, Respectfully, d. c. Ely.