The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1881-02-17
The Mad waves.

The Mad Waves.
The continuous rains and sontherly |
winds which prevailed during four or
five days of last week swept away the !
snow with which the face of mother
earth had been covered for ten or
twelve weeks previous, causing the
streams and rivers all over the country
to rise rapidly, overflow their banks,
and destroying large amount of
property,
AtTroy, Ohio, hydraulic reservoir
burst, and the town was inundated,
doing much damage. The Tuscarawas
River was higher than it had been for
thirty years. Thousands of acres of
farm lands were overflowed and many
families obliged 10 leave their homes.
Trains were discontinued. The Scioto
River at Circleville broke on several
levees, and bridge on the Musking-
um Valley Road is considered unsafe;
trains do not cross. AT Muncic, Ind,
fine iron bridge was washed away,
and several dams are gone. Many
families were driven from their hous.
es. Trains on the Cincinnati, Rich
mond & Chicago Road were stopped
two days.
AT Warren the lower part of the
town was converted into a lake, and
parties went from house to house in
boats and on RATS, rescuing the in
mates. Many dwellings were render
ed untensble, and the damage done is
very great.
At Niles the Main street bridge was
swept away; the Russian, Falcon, and
Ward Iron Companies Mills were
compelled to shut down, and families
living on streets near the river were
compelled to abandon their homes
and property to the food.
In the vicinity of Akron many
bridges and culverts were swept
away, and considerable land overflow
ed.
Considerable damage is reported at
Marietta, caused by the breaking up
of the Muskingum, which burst it's
banks and coded the lower portion
of the city, and filled the cellars of
the stores, causing great loss to the
merchants.
In Licking, Coshocton. Tuscarawas
and Guernsey Counties, where the
creeks and rivers have low banks and
move with slow current, the danger
is reported to be the greatest for ears.
Two miles of the Baltimore 81 Ohio
track east of town were over flowed
near Newark, and the Star Glass W orks
were flooded aud compelled to stop
work. A large amount of corn loft
standing in the fields in the southern
part of the county was washed away.
Should there be severe cold again this
will cause great hardship among the
farmers.
In the neighborhood of Canal Do.
yer and all along the line of the Tus-
carawas Valley Road, much damage
was done, and trains have been oblig
ed to run with great irregnlarity. AT
Dayton the waters reached height
greater than for many years. In the
northern part of the city at certain
place the water reached the top Of the
levee, and before the flow of water
could be checked the houses along the
river at this particular point were
flooded, and the occupants compelled
to leave. Many of the residents in
the southern part of the city were also
compelled to leave their homes to the
mercy of the waters, as this part Of
the city is mostly covered with the
overflow of the river, as also are the
farms in the vicinity of the junction
of the Miami and Mad Rivers.
At Newcomerstown, Port Washing
ton and Dennison, the river was all
over the bottom lands, and trains on
the Cleveland 81 Marietta Road had to
stop running. Much property was
swept away. One man living neal
Port Washington had two hundred
sheep swept away The Scioto and
it's tributaries were greatly swollen
Hooking Valley and Scioto Valley
Railroads suffered severely. Land
generally submerged. and bridges
fences, and stock swept away. Re.
ported that house was carried away
near Gallipolis. No great damage
appears TO have been done in Ken
lucky. The high waters prevailed
generally throughout all sections o
the country, doing an incalculablt
amount of damage.