Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-02-17

Erie street. near the canal, presents a rorry ap-
arr stopped and residents are Obliged 10 leave their
h0nses On RATS, or wade knee deep.
Reports az L. NJ. at the Wabash Offices indicated
that the rYad was all right at other points. The
break is general, hut far a. learned the rOad bed
and hriSses have sustained bat little damage.
supt.. Curtis, Chief Engineer Reect and other
oifieersof the Lake Shore remained at their pottr
au night dining what they could 90 and protect
the property Of the company and the public.
Fears are entertained Tor the safety Of c. A. King
a Cos, elevator at the foot Of Madison street,
though the proprietOrr 10 think that the foun
datiunr nf the structure are substantial that II
ssiH stand.
All trains are prevented Irum coming into the
city from the Eas' Side, ~ while the Lake Shore
IRON bridge stll rtandr the water covers the Middle
Gngllndr and prevents trains from coming into the
depot.
Many of the houses in the low sections Of thn city
on Erie, Michigan, Oak. Cherry and Walnut streets
are hoOded and the inhabitants ssre compelled 20
'acafe the lower storier. fIllBdfeeS % families
sIffer greater or less loss. -
q. J.. Luce & Co.'S basement wae Hooded and
great quantities Of musllns denims, shrtings, etc,
wy,s damaged. r. Eaton Il Go. purchased the lot
thi-mornlng and will commence great $ale Mon
day morning at the Bee Hive.
II will be hard. for some time. 10 give any ap-
proumate estimate of the l0rs 70 Toledo interests
The damage TO property II II thOnght, will not fall
short OF $500 900; while the loss uf time and inter-
rupton TO businus. will mt least equal that amount.
Burnett House guest who wanted 10 catch the
d. Il VI. train cn the East Side, rode up Broadway
to the bridge and then scrambled over the ice etc.,
TO find the train just leaving the temporary depot.
He returned to the hotel resolved TO remain for
three weeks If necessary.
The ioHrnaistic business also suffered among the
rest, Tire press rooms of the Blade and Times being
fidpded 20 that no papers could be issued this even
ing The Times Office had about five feet of water
from Water street on its floor, while the Blade had
neariy foot: In the latter place the baekwater
coming up through the sewer.
Shortly after the guests had finished their break
last this morning, the flood. from the sewer broke
into the basement OF the Hotel Ontario. and In
few seconds the tdbles chairs and other furniture
we've hoating around in prOmscuons confusion,
About twenty Of the guests OF the house took din
Der at Archie Aliens.
Tbe vessel supply establishment Of Wilcox Bros.
on Water street, II in a snd condition The CON
tentsoi large number Of oil barrels have been dis
charged, and the saturation Of the goods in the
butH3ng with oil will resut in greater damage than
isca6sed by the water II is thought that the loss
sustained by the house will aggregate from two to
three thousand dollars
At noon Bee reporter provided with an excel
lent glass from the elevated position on the top Of
Findlay's Chamber Of Commerce building surveyed
the scene above and below, In mauy places the
ice was piled up against the Cherry street and Penn
,sylvania bridges Should ice move before the water
Subsidies 1t is believed that these two bridges are
doomed, while the chances are that every bridge
spanning the Maumee At this point will be swept
away.
The 8:4O train from Cincinnati cn the d. & NJ.
road, reached the East Side ut 1O:45 this morning.
large number of Perrysburg people came down on
IL to see the grand wild scene. About one hundred
persons crossed the Lake Shore bridge. and came
no further About % or 3O however continued to
move along the Wabash Round House. The seeth-
ing waters pouredin angry torrents, in many places
over the. track, and pedestrians cooned 1t along
over the large hOom OF logs of the Mitchell Il Row
land Mill after which they completed their trip by
,wadins ksk IN thu. track "a terra frma, ~ -,
Thish0od has Cleaned out NOR saloohS in thfs
city than all heGombincd influence of our Temper
.RIce Societies has done ioryears.
TPreparssfor the yorst. One inch OF rain fell last
night, and this volume of water may furcefhe mad
Maumee still higher. Bad as the past eighteen
hours have bcen still greater disaster may he in
store for us.
The Wabash trains unloaded passengers to-day at
the Broadway crossing, and transfers them to the
city by omnibus.
Before noon the waters had fallen seven inches.
Since noon up. 2 o'clock it had again risen II
inehes higher, and at this time is still rising.
If the great boom of logs at the upper end OF the
Middle Ground once become ioosened the entire
length of Water street will be swept clean.
Freight trains on both the Wabash and Lake
Shore roads are submerged
Attention r. called to The notice in another place
to gas-consumers. Fesrs are entertained that the
entire city may be wrapped In darkness so that II
your gas don't burn Tonight YOU will know the rea
whols of it may be.
P. H.-Dcgnan. Il Bro. -ustains a loss in lime
cement and fire clay of not less than 800. No in
SirHncp.
LOSSES OF WHOLESALERS.
Inc losses IN some OF the wholesale houses may
he represented by the following estimates: .. l..
Luce& Co, Sl,OU0; Writer, LOnes Il Co.,, SO 00O:
West & Truay, $1,000; Ttern. Block Il Co., $4,000
worth ofgoods badly damaged, loss probably $4,000;
Sccor, Phertlon & Co. 1000: Fuller, Chlda 4 CO.
$4,000; Shaw It Baldwin. $4,000; Bcrgett Il Hart,
$780, Warrines & Syttle, $4,000; Cray Rood, S5-
0oo: Ketcham, Bond & CO., SIS, GOO; !. n. Poe, Ss
0o0..S. L. Frazer, $4,000; II. j. Canaan, $4,000.
THE LATEST.
AT 3 o'clock this afternoon the water has risen
Il a.
blockaded apd made inaccessible. Cars on the
Middle Ground which were submerged UP to the
windows are now almost entirely under and the
water IL still running. The upper end of the Bayou
mas broken through and the water in the river held
back by the gorge, has found an outlet here. The
submerged district extends along the flats and
Market Space, A ferry transports passengers from
the Perry street bridge to st. Clair street
Mondays Bee1
The intense excitement caused by the overflow of
the Maumec and partial inundation Of the city, con
tinuGs undated. And not only in Toledo, or even
Ohio, does this interest exist but all over the coun
try for the telegraph has been unsparingly used in
giving to the world the fullest particulars. Toledo
certainly has furnished to the public sensation
commensurate with her title Of "Future (ircat,''
buttbrough it all has. behaved in cool and selfi
p0EsessGdsmanher highly creditahlc to her princl-
pal citizens. For sixty hours portions Of her
best business streets have been under wafer, every
thing in the Easements and the major part of the
goods and commodities OH the first floors have been
lIesSof akinds has suffered All eXasperaiing inter
ruptiun. and the Inconvenience caused and personal
as well as professional plans thwarted cannot be-
estimated. Only he who suffered has any con,pre-
hcnsion OF his loss and If he asked. could not
answer satisfactory t0 himself. Everybody has
been on the tip toe Of excitement and alarm. and
the various and conflicting rumors constantly set
atioht have added to the general anxiety.
YESTERDAY
was an evcntiu day for Toledo and her hundreds of
visitors. and those who mt nm has
the river banks were incapacated from movement
ofanS kind. From early morning to late at night,
the sole attraction and theme was the ice gorge,
and il is probable that many thousand pairs of eyes
were turned riyerward during the twelve hours of
daylight. The streets and avenues were filled by
josting. busting crowd. choking up all means Of
ordinary travel and forcing the pedestrian to '.ioin
the gang whether he would or no.
The trains to arrive during the carly part of the
Gayf brought many strangers and the hotels were
fairly choked with old guests and the new arrivals.
Every object OF interest," and they were painfully
humefous, was inspected and reinspected by the
admiriHE hut sOrrowtul crowds, and that the flood
Is the biggest thing to happen here is but vote
ing the sentiment of all. Great Inconvenience to
Eastern travellers is suffered and mails move with
no regularity at all. During the day the water on
Water, street fell about ten inches, and at night
several fcet
the situation remains far general aspects, nm
altered III its terrible and dreadful signiicancc and
the prospects of speedy relief are encouraging
Much of the crowd of yesterday remains, but the
daily yocati0ns of many call them from the scene
Of wreck. But to many their occupation ior the
time being II noilied, aId only primitive efforts at
relief were the. order of the day Fuller and later
particulars Of the work to-day viii be found else
where.
LATEST FROM THE FLOOD.
At 3o'clock,ihi afternoon word wnS received by
telephone from the Water Works that the riurhad
risen six inches within the hour ind war still fs
ing. Further danger IL apprcbended. This rise IL !
the tributaries.of rbc Maumae
tTuesdsy's Bee,