, 1881-02-14
RAGING ELEMENTS,
Drowncd-t)nt Toledo Still Suffer-
ing from the Unprecedented
1nunslatfon.
Graphic Description Of q Visit to the
Devastated Portion Of
tho City.
The Water ut New Orleans
Gradually but Slowly
Subsitling.
Fears Of Another 1nundation
upon the Break-Up Of
the Rivers.
hIcn 10 I'e Pit 1T Work Immediately 10
Remir Tho Dangerous and
Broken ihyees.
The Inllndation at Washing
ton Productive Of Great
Loss.
Swollen Streams ,Cnusfng 1m-
+ 1ncnsc Damage In AIany
Parts OF the Land.
Another Fierce Blizzard Reported RS
Crucifying the People Of tho
Northwest.
l. Snowlank iii 1lltnois Fifteen Fcct
Dccp und Quarter Of Il
Mile Long.
Railroad Trains Generally Getting In and
Departing on Time in Hitherto
Blockadel Localities.
Another Fierce Blizzard Reported RS
Crucifying the People Of tho
Northwest.
4 Snowba,I, in Illinofs Fifteen Fect
Dccp and II Quarter Of
Mile Long.
Railroad Trains Goaorally Getting In and
Departing on Time IN Hitherto
Blockadel Localities.
TOLEDO, b.


Tt,LEnO, o., Feb. lI-TAu student who cali
l,uillt tracer Of thu g!acn pcrlsNl IN interncd
rocks hfd estimate With accuracy tho mighty
pnwcr whic!, has swept tho EDntfhrnts III prGIts.
iare tines nly havG conception uf tho Awful
.unIrssy MID .niyllt OF tho iuud ut tlis storm.
Hut 1t Is II lesson aud example llko thosB To i'e
xcen IN EVERY st,lu which flrutalrs mn lltastr,i-
tjon never to he forgotten. Tnle1o covers pcr-
hnps twenty-five slllnro miles. onr-ttIrt Of
Which s.irtacc II river front, extending eight
miles niunK tho sfnuwice. Since this sn)lry wis
npeCeI 10 civilization thru llns prOtny
Meyer lren Il t!nu wien tho tsut1s
accumulated tn n depth within four
Or nvg feet or tho present. md rrohns,y never
succ tho polar Ec,ls released the region from
their lcsula.Ilsg yistnltons 'f ico hns tho rst,-
ngrs ri tho present lr,.n oa,nlcd. lse-
,!e,nberanR thts, n1 that millions millions Of
property hnye lpcn rcared III, ulu'ig this mighty
strcu,,, u,,d tt.nt s,lsl'lun; 1t has
l!l%ES lS Wistrl1rU.. vESnEANCT:
antl overwhelmed 1t allt aud sonls l'icA Of the
magnitude nt thls tIlsnster mny bo obtained.
Thu cnrIicst rsers thEs 1slDr1ltilg lUuket out I'll
i1u widest possible sccncs of destruction. still
unchanged 1t loota.l III If utter a,s-
n!llta,iun WIS acforo nil property In reach
IT tito ilusnI. IytuE heGore the who'll
city front WIN the rcststlHss sllrgny ti1ul Of
Elkcwnrti- -bnslnl Ice, apparently III mn lnste tn
rellet thu lako ulitI It GUILD tnlie with It tho
int'st valuable Ut the property within Its rclle!l.
yl,,u,sun1s nr rc,n. wrr,, rushing tn ,t,o r,ynr
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s'','' "''u e.'oa. 4'tp''s S"""oA ta'. o.''s
brl'Fu Hat ohe lhrce OIL " t",trl ~hs brokcil.
Tic tiert IF nix Rrnin-fh,!cn sessess tavu been
swept nut toward tho lake. The lca HOW ut II
ss"iuse"'' p'GAe" t!o l,.; whter up D taat
1t roso rapidly. anti. sireak!uy aesoss by
rnur,rrr rrrt II, hulf nr ,hn ,r,t. WI. ,,n,,rny
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~ u NJ" enahnel through oao VI otle oohat'sr-
eInl streets tWntorl fur HI hnur. nttl then for
another. THE scene ,Yus vlewtt l,y thousands
rr,,u uycry torty nyuIMbIc lu,illIp,t Or spIrc.
Virgins lnltcrc'1 h1ru nMl 1'crc. a'''l carriages,
orrAltd tIoya, eprDts ln1'orcrs a Reporters wprt.
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