Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-12
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. DISASTROUS FLOODS. Great Damage By the Pre-
 yailing Thaw.
 RIVERS OVERLOOKING IHEIRBANks. Bridges and Houses Swept
 Off By Scores. FIGHTING IN THE TRANSVAAL. IA Serious Disaster to Brit
RIVERS OvERFLOWING IHEIRBANKs.
FIGHTING IN THE TRANSvAAL
A Serious Disaster. to Brit
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#A Serious D1SaStGK' tO B1ehf'
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 THE GREAT THAW.
 The Rivers Booming-Taking Q Journey
 Into Surrounding Countrywide Ice
 Everywhere Breaking Up-Water on All sides-Houses and Bridges Swept M Away-Worl<shops and Houses Sub-
 merged-PeopIe Driven Out-Great De-
 struetion of Property.
 DELPHI, Ind, Feb. 11.-This morning
 the eastern part of the I. D. and c. bridge N across the Wabash went down, being carried
 away by the general thaw. The guard-locks
 of the Wabash and Erie canal also gave away
 and flooded the western portion of the town.
 In many houses the water made it's way to
 the ceiling of the first story. It came sud
 denly with large cakes of ice The alarm
 was given by the fire bells and the town
 turned out to the rescue. The submerged
 were screaming in chorus for help. It was dark and the water rising very fast and af-
 fairs for a while were thrilling. It is be- lieved that all were rescued. Probably two hundred persons are for time out of their homes, but as yet no houses have gone down :.
 The iron bridge over the Wabash at Carroll ! ton was washed out, taking one of the stone *piers. The bridge was 1OS feet long and cost $32, 900.
 MARION, Ind, Feb. 1.-The iron bridge| just east of this town was carried away byI high water; loss 5000. The Missessenewal is higher than it has been for thirty years. M Tr7 Fab Ia Thigh water has caused more damage than for; many years. The turnpike bridge over the 8Clifty river was carried away by large treeI that came down the stream Loss about $5, 900. Samuel Hege lost about $1 ,5OOl worth of saw logs at his saw mill below this city on White river.
 N WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The observer of signal corps at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia, reports at 4:15 p. m. twelve inches of icei t since the last report; depth above low water, eleven feet eight inches The ice is still run ming. Just commenced moving slowly from Point of Rocks.
 ROCHESTER, N. Y., Feb. 1.-The weather has changed here and the ice has all gone out ! of the river without any damage. ] E1M1RA. N. Y., Feb. 1.-The Chemungf i river and other streams in this vicinity areS { still much swollen. Several hundred acres ] of land in the eastern part of the city are5 ! submerged by the overflow from Newtown8 : Screek and many families can only leave their II houses by means of boats or rafts. Mucht 5 damage to low lying farms is reported. Thes lice passed out of the Chemung river last , night the bulk of it moving before 1 o'clock ! : this morning. The ice broke at 1O:3O, and in : an hour the water rose several feet and the ] Hood of ice was terrific. A long wooden { bridge three miles from this city was lifted ! 7from it's abutments and carried down stream. . 3 It broke into four sections and passed down stream, doing no damage until it reached aX point in the lower part of the city, when it crashed against and demolished a small { house. The water in all the streams has ' subsided somewhat to-day.
 LAsALLE, nls.-Feb. 11.-One part of the < Rock Island railroad bridge has been sweptN away by ice and high water and trains are unable to cross. Passengers and baggage are being transferred.
 LAFAYETTE, Ind, Feb. 1.-The WabashN river is on boom above and below here. It r is out of it's banks in many places. FencesE ! and bridges have been carried away and con , siderable damage been done to wheat MUNIoE, Ind, Feb. 11.-White river is ris- ing rapidly and great damage is reportedE along it's banks. Wyson, Kyne Co.'s millE was washed away and thousands of acres ofE land are under water. SIDNEY, O., Feb. 11.-Little Miami is stillsi washing out of it's banks. About seventy
  their houses during the night by fear of be- : ling swept away, as their homes were com apletely surrounded by water and heavy cakesE 1of ice. The destruction to fences, etc., is E great. double-span iron bridge at Jeffer- son and two a short distance above were all Z arried away. The loss to this county is atE least $19O, GOO.
 l CHICAGO, H., Feb. 11.-There has been noE thaw here except upon the surface caused byE z the rains of Monday, Tuesday and Wednes- lay, which carried away most of the snow,E # filling the streets and forming lakes upon the& prairies, but the floods were caused solely by athe fact that these were frozen up. The# ground remains frozen to depth of several& feet. Windy and freezing weather since yesterday has caused the waters to disappear. South of here the floods were greater, but the damage reported is inconsiderable. HAMILTON, O., Feb. 1.-The Miami river here is rising rapidly and threatening to dol considerable damage. About 10 o'clock last Hnight the bridge over New river, two miles8 from this city, had it's south abutment under mined and fifteen feet of gravel fell upon thek track. The Atlantic and Great Western < turn to Cincinnati and proceeded to Dayton over the Shore Line track. It is feared that the north span of the New river bridge can- not long resist the current and the railroad bridge at this point will be swept away. PoRT JERvIs, N. Y., Feb. 1.-The ice in e
  st an early hour this morning and the river |rose accordingly. Shortly after noon an ice fgorge of alarming dimensions formed direct opposite this city and the water left the f banks and flooded large portion of the lower district. Intense excitement prevailed Many families began removing their effects Ito places of safety. The gorge broke before night and the flood returned to the stream, and what threatened to form a serious disas- ter was averted. gorge is forming atE 5ushkill, Pa, below this point, which will probably result in serious damage to the vii swept away and destroyed by the flood and panic prevails throughout the Delaware val ! y.
 P5TTsBVBIa. ..Pa.. Eah..1 .1l=z.Tba~ A AJlAahaaa earlv hour to-day and an immense quantity |of ice and fragments of wrecks, pieces of bridges, several rafts and coal barges passed |iown telegram from Franklin says esFreneh creek is rising rapidly and the ice lis porged between Carrollton and Caroran No trains passed over the Franklin branch of the N. Y., P. and O. R. h. o-day lit is reported here that the larger loart of Meadville is flooded. The Mononga7 5hela is falling now and marks 23 feet. Incl IObio river still retains rising qualities and isl 5hoomine. At Wheeling it marks 27 feet and r;sinp very fast with 8 floating mass of ice 5 Tn the west end of Pittsburg the Ohio IS ram oant. Many cellars, stables and outbuildings& were flooded last night and considerable dam ,oe done. The water rose up to the kitchenK l of saloon on Caroon street. number of mills along the south side of the Mononga- heIa were compelled to shut down this morn inc on account of high water. The gas works of the west end were flooded last night and 3about all the manufacturing establishments on Second avenue are shut down onf [account of the flood. Beaver river lss now higher than ever before known. Incl #factories in Beaver district are flooded on the3 zarst floors and work is at standstill. At1 Bridgewater many families are living in theI |unper stories of their houses. It is nowI thought that the worst has passed.
 THE OLD WORLD.
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