Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-02-17
The Maumee on a Bust !
THE FLOOD AT TOLEDO.

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that we were on the verge OF dangerous in
the Maumee, many had hoped that, as in numerous
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ana "iAou' uSaseer' ye' 'he MOST mPeteFate croaker
of evil tidngs did not venture TO conceive the half
that has overtaken us.
The disaster is deplorabe and its effects will be far
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the terrible loss that tne angry waves and whirhng
blocks Of have already and now are nfictna AS
writa Rr,a0ps vesaels .ba.t ,orn Irrohor v,.,
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chause' sToceties' every cohceVaDie properly have
i gone and are going into the general wreck
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angry Whters commune 10 rise Anaiong the COCK,
from one end Of the city to ths other and for miles
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80 $50 - '-'e "-' ''sAs " "'s"' ""''f anu
aesoation u beyond 'ne power Oh description such
aeVasauon Toledo IN all her history han
never experienced, and the loss and suffering that
mstu enAue can not now be estimated But to par
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SCENES THIS MORNING.
Early in the murninp the cpntnr of attraction was
Summit street in thu Vicinity Monroe and Perry.
At the corner of Monroe the water reached up around
the corner of the Merchants National Bank building
the basement of that block as well as the territory
bounded by Water street being Hooded. In the lower
part of Snmmn between Monroe and Perry there
were three Seet of water through which men we're
noundering ia rubber boots and wagons and street
cars were tediously making their way to the wonder
ment OF the immense crowds of men, women and chill
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TEMPORARY BRIDGE
has been constructed across the railroad bridge over
Swan Crerk and passenuers were passing over at a
jyely rate This operation was quite interesting and
amusing The crowd w0uld surge uD to the foot
board and completely fill 1t with string of people to
the number of thirty or forty. By that time large
crowd would accumulate on the other end of the little
structures anxious to come the other way AT the
first break In the human stream the opposing tide
youd get In and sometimes hold the boards for several
minutes There would be collisions and as there was
no room for two to puss In safety numerous mshaps
occurred, when some of the passengers would be
thrown off, to the amusement of the spectators.
All llmornpa the bridge Leading to the Middle tiround
were weighed down by
AMAss OF CURIOUS HUMANITY,
enough 10 hold them down If they had been in
danger OF being carried off, The bayou bridge vas in
about this condition as the water was directly under
the floor Of it, swan Creek ank the boyou we're filled
with the ugly looking masses of mud coored ice the
large masses enclosing debris OF all kinds. The
basements OF Bridge street was of course badly
dooded. the water in places being nearly up to the
railroad The damage in such places as Birkenhaur's
and ykos restaurants mnst have been immense. AS
indicating the rapidy with which the writer came up,
some OF the men asaid that they were sitting there
talking about n o'clock, when without warning the
water came pouring IN upon them, and they were
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THE MIDDLE GROUND
presenteda strange scene all awatery waste, with
an oppressive silence reghing over it. only broken by
an occasional boat being rowed about from one part
to another or team driven from one point to another
where the water was the shallowest, gathering up
what freight they could. The whole territory was
under water to depth of to 10 feet, according to
the lay of the land The Island House had depth OF
u ~ ~ 81 tha % A
fs ,,,rsa ali T.naaa and travel Was c,,spardaa In
that diraction pasaanaar and freigbt trans vera
std IN ,ystsr ,hich canoe all uay nm civ v;Saa
No trains could r,p ather in or out and 20 the CITY
has bsan nractcav cnt off from cornmunication with
the ontaida rnrlI Nv ,oat of the roads enterng tba
ITnion nanot uowaver arrapyemants vii, he 1nade
40 az 10 take and deliver passengers from the outer
danota on the lines tbat ara mot TOO much brokep mn
hy ,bnr hr;doas heing destroved.
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Al THE bohNEfr HocSE,
the manager reported their cellars well flooded but
without much damage being done, or the running Of
the hotel being seriously interfered with. The office
was full of people discussing the great disaster many
ofthem representing the overflow from the Island
rouse, u large number oI Peopie peins run out ol
assor1sr On two oF the trains which ware stanJin,
s. tha TI;o,, arot rou, H., Ia m ant ,yar, uncaro,,or
is, ht,ad oat of ,ba COS cbas Nv tba r,r;dn rs;r,
,vatars Thare 1yera ,nony ayyions trayears in the
as b ,n,,ld hnvo baas, oI.d 10 ,a, annhla sara 8,
t 49, 80 rnt COW ' ;r,yraS;ata S rrpsnect ~ ~
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THE RUNNING OF TRAINS, IS.
was of course mostly suspended in all directions the
only one sent out of the numerous ones which go
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on the Wabash over which road train went out
late in the morning starting from the Broadway
crossing Iate in the day ARRANGEMENTS were made
by which the Pennsylvania company's trains could
come into the city across the Lake Shore bridge
which was the only one remaining intact
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in the vicinity OF water street, Delng coVerrd Wth
people, who would keep running from one point to
another wild with excltemen ana eager 10 gam some
new Intelligence of the stupendous disaster. Water
street itself was comparatively clear, except III few
Places where large masses of the ice we're stranded.
lhs was especially the case at the toot OF Madlson
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slip between the two buildings The water was about
Ave feet deem i'm this part and strong current ran
through the street making it difficult to navigate the
boats and RATS used to get goods, etc. out Of the
warehouses on the river side of Water street It is
in these buildings running along ON both sides of the
street that the most damage will be done and will be
incaculabe running up probably into the hundreds of
thousands Of dollars.
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fhom fhh ohAMhh" w ooAhhNoh'
flhaiay bnildng grand auo impressive sight could
pe Witnessed, ana the opportunity "as improved by
large croWus OF people, ineindihg many lauies, VINO
nockea 10 he roofs. up anu down the river as tsr as
the eye c9uld reae was 10 oe seen sod hsld OF zee
composed o1 sohd mass OF the immense caEes pIed
it,, n 'ie "noe @ sftaee i cy
could be plainly seen TINT the lee was wedgsJ soidv
against the hoor Of oofl the hn street and PennRy