The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1881-02-17
FEBRUARY FLOODS

DO Some Bad Damage in AassiROn, The Haley and
Connoton Railroads Suffer Delay and Erpels;
From The WashoutS Damage By Wdter IN u
Mines OF OSndburg Township.
The worst damage done by the freshet in Stark
county, was at Masslllon. The race, which carries
the supply for sppo lake and is also feeder to
the Canal, created great atconsternaton,W Wednesday
and Thursday OF last week by OveIhoWing and
pouring large volume Of water Into the business
parts Of the city Just before It emptles Into the
canal the Water.course runs under the stone
block through the cellars Of the American print
Ing office and Anton CrOne's grocery. In Its pass.
age underneath this building the water is confn
ed within uncovered masonry four feet wide and
TWO feet deep. At the east end Of the block where
the water enters to pass through, the opening was
obstrueted by pyramid Of Ice, and the archWay
otherwise closed by framework, while three feet
from the building, directly In front Of the OPEN
ing, stood large frame privy and the melting
snow and rain Of Wednesday came down In such
On Immense body against the stone block, thatt
opening into the course under 1t was insufficient
to sdmiti In short time the low ground ON
that side was covered to the depth OF from six 10
ten feet.
Realizing the threatening danger, business men
In that end Of the city became alarmed, and
Councilman McLsln employed six men to re
move the priVy and other distractions to the
passage OF the water In a skltf, aud with ropea
around their bodies these men labored all that
night and nearly all day Thursday, being assist.
ed by number OF the hundreds Of citizens gath
nrad q wa ybt
Wednesday night that the water was as high as Il
would get. but Thursday morning II had risen
considerably higher. The back water submerged
Mill street from fremont TO Charles several feet
also portion Of fremont, and the lots and Gel
lars Of the residences on East fremont were filed
with water. DOxles Mil, located on the race, was
compelled to suspend work, the water having ex-
tinguished the fires under the boilers, A drain
which carried waste water from all the busineR
houses on the east side OF Main street between
Erie and Mill streets, and empues iato the race
near the stone block, caused the principal damage
to property. The water backed up this drain and
overtioWed into the cellars OF all these business
houses, the depth in each ranging from three to
hVe feet In alomst every cellar.
Among the property damaged, Is the following;
value Of about 81 600; Yost Bros, hardware store
eighy-one kegs OF nails and fifteen coils Of rope;
@. N oberlin'S grocery, forty barrels Of vinegar,
three barrels Of oil and FIVE hundred pounds each
oftallow and lard Jonas Dutz' grocery, seventy
i've bushels Of potatoes floating on the water, and
the cellar full Of stock. Fred G. snyders bakery
suspended work, water drowning out his fires
loses several barrels Of our and barrel Of mInCa
meat Peter sailer had seventy.Ave cases Of leaf
tobacco In the cellar Of his residence and 1t WaR
taken out Of two feet Of water badly damaged.
Other merchants suffered more or less.
IN NcANToN
The damage was not Of such an extensive nature.
The drainage of Canton is well arranged, and,
with few exceptions In the Fourth ward there
have been no cellars filled with water. The gut.
ters on Walnut street were swelled to the size Of
respectable creeks The Connotton suffered con.
slderably. Their bridge over the east creek was
loosened up by the high waters, so that trains
could not pass from Thursday morning until Sat-
urday evening A bridge was washed out be.
tween Minerva and the junction 90 that Minerva
was inaccessible for trains for day. Between
Carrolton and Del Roy several culverts were
washed out and Occasioned delay. On the north.
em extension near Middlebranch several car
loads Of coal were on bridge to hold 1t in posi-
tiOn while gang Of some fifteen men worked all
day Thursday, Thursday night and Friday to pre-
vent an ice gorge. Traffic on the Valley road was
almost at standstill from Thursday until Mon.
day last owing to portion Of the track being sub
merged near Cleveland and bridge swept away
the coal banks suffered considerably, The Hull
wick and Smith banks were under water and the
Hadley and Barber banks csved in caused by the
filtration OF the water A dam near North Indus
try was partly washed away by the high waters