Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-06
The Fy5ods.

gheny City with the island was swept
away this morning and came in contact
with the Mechanics steel bridge, do ng
this considerable damage and resulting in
the close of the bridge to travel. The
Pittsburg & Western Railroad company
suffer severely, every bridge and culvert
from Golfers junction to this city having
been washed away. The road was able
to run out trains by using the West Penn
sylvania tracks. The Allegheny Valley
& Ft. Wayne roads also suffered greatly,
and travel has been nearly suspended. The
lower portions of Allegheny City and the
south side are under water, land many work
shops and foundries have been compelled
to suspend operations until the subsistence
of the food. The damage here exceeds
100000. The Monongahela did not put
out much water, but is now rising. The ice
in the Youghegheny remains intact, and
no damage has resulted to coal moored at
different points along the river.
Dispatches from Kiltaning this morn
ing says the water is falling. Between
twenty-five and 100 families are moving to
second Stories or have moved out. There
is great suffering among them on account
of the cold weather.
COLUMBUS, o., Feb. 5.-Reports from all
parts in central Ohio show the highest
water by from six to twenty inches ever
known. The Sciota in this city was four
teen inches higher than ever before, and
the damage is enormous, mostly to the IN
undated portion on the west side. Over
ten families had to quit their houses. The
river by noon to day had fallen two feet,
and the worst is over. Reports from all
points, especially along the Sciota and
branches, show the loss of bridges, devas-
tation of farms, and numerous other loss
es. Reports along the Ohio canals to-day
show c0ueral losses by washing out the
banks and aqueducts, but not so serious
as was expec ed last night. The trains
went out on all the roads this morning.
The water works of the city, the locks and
danger points are feeling relief.
CLEVELAND, Feb. 5.-The fire in the
Standard oil works is still burning in
small way, and other stills were destroyed
during the night. The food is subsiding.
INrIANApoLIs, Feb. 5.-White river
reached its highest at noon to-day. The
water is higher than ever known. 1t has
Just commenced receding. The dam 9ge
along the river is very serious, but no estl-
mate can be made at this time. There is
eight inches of water on the floor of the
engine house OF the water
works. It was feared for
the time that the supply of water for the
city would be cut off, but the danger is ap-
parently over. The Wabash river is boom
ing at all points. Two spans of the Wa
bash. ST. Louis & Pacific railroad bridge
are down at Logansport. Regular trains
are abandoned. The floods throughout the
state are general. Nearly all the railroads
have suffered damage by washouts and loss
of bridges. On account of the disordered
condition the telegraph lines it is diff
cult to obtain accurate information.
AKRON, o., Feb. 5.--Fuller information
increases previous estimates of the flood
losses. The New York, Pennsylvania
Ohio road has trains running between
Kent and Gallon; the Curjahogan Valley
road cannot be operated for several days:
the Cannotton Valley will send trial train
from Canton this afternoon; on the Tus-
caravans Valley road trains are abandoned.
Draining water south from Summit lake
to save the city carried away bridge on
the Cleveland, Akron & Columbus railway
lust as crowded Fl. Wayne express got
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ed at Brimfield in a washoNt, and killed
Brakeman Jas McCallister, of Canton. 1t
is clear and cold for thirty hours now.
At Canton a hundred houses in the south
east part of the city are under water.
C1Sc1NNAr1, Feb. 5.-The heavy rains
which caused such disastrous floods IN
western Pennsylvania, northern and CEN
trail Ohio, and portion of Indiana, did
Al = ~ yhofn rIC =
in the Ohio river will come from the upper
streams The rain here on Saturday was
not unusual. and was succeeded by cold
weather before morning. Springfield, ",
reports the streams all higher but no ad-
ditional damage to-day. The Sclota river
at Columbus is receding.
TOLEDO, o., Feb. 5.-The reports re-
ceived here of damage by floods are con-
fined for the most part to this immediate
locality, Geographic communication to
many points being still cat Oft. The
tracks of all railroads leading east, south
and southwest are under water IN many
places. Several bridges are badly dam
aged and impossible, while others are par
TALLY submerged and considered unsafe.
The ice in the Auglaize river at De-
tiance. O., broke yesterday after
noon at the mouth of the stream. About
midnight gorge broke, flooding that por-
ton of the town and compelling many
families to leave their dwellings. At this
morning the river had risen thirty feet and
everything was flooded. The Turnbull
Wagon works, situated forty rods from the
bank of the stream, were inundated. At
points along the Maumee, between here
and Defiance, the high water is still rising
1t is reported that there is also consider
able destruction of property, flooding of
dwellings, and damage to buildings. There
are no indications of break up here yet
CLEVELAND, o., Feb. 5.-The railways
entering here report to-day the following;
The Lake Shore trains are running partly
over the Bee line. The bridge over the
Huron river is gone and half of the FIRE.
mont bridge is down. The Nickel Plate
Huron river bridge is expected to be
repaired to day. The Cleveland q Pitts
burg sustained no serious damage, but
owing to blockade by reason of the New
York, Pennsylvania q Ohio road are OBJ
liged to use portion of the road of the
Valley railway. On the Carrolton Valley
railway all trains are abandoned, various
bridges are gone and tracks
submerged for long distance.
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