Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1883-02-05
a Blast From Above That
Blocked all Business for
"a Hours.
The West Hugs Hot Stoves to
Keep up the Circulation,
While Down Hast the Country
is Wrapped in Shroud
Of Sleet.
! Several Ohio Towns IxdIJee In q
Spring Bath
Floods in Ohio

Floods in Ohie
Special Dispatch to THE Bln
TOLEDO, o., February 4.-As re-
suit of the great rain and sleet the
past twenty four hours, reports are
coming In OF heavy freshets and wash.
outs throughout the state. At Fre-
mont the Lake Shore railroad bridge
crossing the SApdusky was swept
away, carrying portion Gt q freight
train with it. The lower part of Ere
mont is uader water. The bridge at
Huron has alao gone down. The town
of Ottawa Is completely fooSed. Cold
weather following the storm tends to
allay apprehensions here, although q
break up In the Maumee k expected
any hour, which will again flood the
sity.
CLEvKLAxD, February 4. The Aood
In the river reached the highest point
about noon. Great damage. .was done
along the river. Machine shops, -four
mills, packing houses and factories of
all kinds, also railway freight houses,
were submerged more or less. The
waters are receding tonight. 1t Is
estiraated that %, 600, 600 feet CT lum-
Der and H,O00.00O shingles were
washed away from the lumber yards.
About fifty horses in Yards stable
stood all night In water urtto their
breasts. They were rescued to-day
with difficulty. The Valley rsailroad
for miles Is several feet under water.
Two mills o. the Cleveland Paper
company, containing forty ions of
manufactured paper, are submerged
nearly to the top of the first story.
LESS damage was done to shipping
than was feoFed. The district all
,abo ut presented the appearance of
lake, dotted with chlmneYs Of fur
naces and roofs of buildings. The
water is hiQhe- than since the great
flood of 1868. The damage will be
over $l,OOO,OOC.
AT Delaware, the Ole eutanzy river is
the highesc ever known. The suspen-
sion bridge was swept away and two
other bridges are expected to go.
Families living near the river were
resoued in boats from houses afost.
At Akron the Damage by hocd
aggregates $500 1t was feared Ger
q .tims last night that the upper basin
would give way, erptying Summtt,
lake into the lower basin, flooding the
entire valley Ali families in Cuyo-
hoga valley and the northern part oil
the city fed for their lives. All the |
railroad tracks are badly damaged and
travel suspended.
At Columbus the S0oto river is
thirteen inches higher than ever
known before. A lsrgs pertion of the
city is under water. All bridges are
In danger. Trains were taken eff
Enormous loss in the city. Sells
Brothers show hes6qusters are
flooded. Part of the animals are lost
All work is stopped, the water having
extineuished fires.
TIE ELooD IN PENNsYLyANIA.
PIrIsBURe, February 4.-Tke mild
weather and heavy rains the past
week caused the Allegheny river and
tributaries to overflow their hanks,
washing away bridges, houses, barns,
and doing damage to property be-
tween Pittsburg and Oil City to the
extent of several hundred thousand
dollars. The river commenced rising
here this morning, but no damage
was apprehended until In the after.
noon, when suddenly all the retail
dealers barges and about twenty rsfSs
of lumber wers swept away in few
minutes, entsiling loss of over
800, 900 Residents of the lower por-
tions of Allegheny City and tho south
side are moving to safer quarters.
At points above the damage is es.i.
mated at $3.50, 900. At Parkers, Pa.
the river is twenty nine feet and
rising. On River avenue the water Is
from six inches to six feet deep.
Stores are all flooded; six occupied
and number of unoccupied houses
were swept away. Families and mer-
chants are moving to the bluffs.
D., In Freeport the lower portion of
the town is submerged and residents
are leaving.
At Emlenton bridge with four
men on it was washed away. Three
are known to be saved.
At Foxburg the water has over.
flowed on River avenue. The trest.
ling and one span of the new bridge
were carried off.
Kittaning is partially inundated.
Connoquessing creek, at Butler, is
higher than for twenty-five years.
A pier of the Pittsburg bridge was
washed away, and several Sridges
above are reported wrecked. The
food at Bradford Is the most disas-
trous ever known.
Bradford was visited SATURDAY.
night by disastrous food which In.
undated about 500 homes. The lower
part of the city was submerged in
some cases to depth of 10 feet. The
food was caused by the rain Friday
and the melting snow on the noun
tains. Five bridges were swept
away; several houses along the
banks of the creek were badly
damaged or totally destroyed;
80 femilies on the flats
between there and Tarport, living in
one'story houses, had to lee for their
lives when the Ice gorge broke, leav-
Ing all their effects. Many Of the
houses were swept away. 1t Ia impos.
sible to estimate the total loss at this