Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-02-15

throughout Ohio are very good. Toledo Is
| fairly wild with fear of a repetition of the dis
astrous floods OF 1881. All along the Maumee
river the widest confusion reigns, and at De-
fiance, Ohio, where the Auglaize river joins the
Maumee, the scene is indeed terrible. On Sun
day last the ice broke just above Defiance, tear
ing everything before IL. All along the river
| bridges were weakened, and general panic pre-
vailed. All through the state the water Is re-
ported higher than for years past In many
instances trains on railroads have been obliged
| to stop running Indiana and Pennsylvania
are suffering nearly as much as Ohio. At
Meadville, In Penn, the water IL two feet high
or than 1t was ever known before. The gas
works are under water, and the entire city is
| In darkness, and all communication is cut off
| because trains can neither enter nor leave the
city, At Pittsburg the water has commenced
| to abat, but the damage already done viii
amount to hundreds Of thousands of dollars.
The suffering In each Of these states will be
great, many poor people IN the lowlands losing
all they had.
Toledo, Ohio, dispatches of the 9th
say that neither the fear nor the water has
abated In the least. These are indeed, anx-
ious days for the denizens OF the Maumee valley.
In Toledo the water rose at the rate OF inches
an hour, and fears were greatly heightened by
the prevalence OF a snow-storm and indications
of possible ram. Trains on all roads are run
ming very irregularly. In the country all along
the Maumee great damage has been DONE In
some instances whole stocks Of cattle have been
drowned.
A dispatch from Toledo, o., dated
Feb. Z, has this TO say about the floods In that
city and vicinity: There is still great distress
from the flood In the town. Above here on the
Maumee, the water has fallen about three feet
to-day, at Defiance. At Napoleon the bank of
the canal is reported giving way, flooding the
entire country. At the town OF Florida, 20
miles above here, the water has risen 33 feet.
Every family In town has been driven from
home. Mary have taken refuge In school
houses and others in the brick church, and
both buildings are crowded The flour mill
will be swept away. Goods and provisions
have been lost from houses and stores to a
large amount Many head OF live stock also
persisted. Throughout the entire state the
greatest fear prevails that the worst is yet to
come. AZ Waverly, o., the Scioto has over
flowed the bottom lands, and the little town of
Jasper. seven miles from Scioto has been en-
tirely inundated, and the damage is enormous.
At Marietta, Ohio, the entire lower portion Of
the city is submerged, and the water continues
TO rise ut the rate Of five inches per hour.
Hundreds have been driven from their houses,
and great distress prevails. The Western
Union telegraph office is entirely under water,
and direct communication cannot be obtained.
At Cincinnati the rise continues, and great
damage has been done to coal fleets mOored
there. In Pennsylvaniasthe trouble continues.
.
From present indications this section will be
visited before morning with the greatest flood
for 80 years. All day yesterday and last night
the rain fell In torrents at all points along the
Monongahela valley, the record showinga total
rainfall of "a inches This melted and carried
of the snow on the mountain, and soon creeks
and streams at the head-waters were converted
into small rivers and pouring their volumes OF
water in the Monongahela. Portions of Allie
ghany City are now under water, and mills and
fua all al.
been obliged TO suspend. AT Wilkesbarre, peo-
pie have left their homes and gone TO places of
safety, and the lower portion Of the city Is COW
cred with nine feet OF water. AT all of these
points the trouble has but Just commenced.
Ice gorges are forming at bends in each of the
river, and the only hope OF safety lies In the
gorge being so firmly fixed as to resist the force
of the waters from above When they do give
away, the amount Of damage done will be APP
palling.
Cincinnati dispatches of the Sth, say:
The Ohio river is rising along its whole length,
an almost unprecedented case. At Wheeling
1t is 80 feet inches, and rising. Boats cannot
pass under the bridge. Marietta is flooded
more than ever. The railroad between Mariet-
Ia and Belare is six feet under water. Catletts-
burg is already flooded and more damage Is ex-
pected on account OF the great rise in the Sandy
river. AT Portsmouth the river is So feet and
rising. A considerable portion Of the city is
above the railroad track North Portsmouth
Is under water. Here the river continues 10
rise, being 80 feet s inches at o'clock. New
port, KY, suffers most at present Very many
houses are already invaded by water and peo-
pie arc moving out. The Anchor iron and
steel works, Newport iron and pipe foundry
and the greater part Of Swift's rolling mill are
compelled to suspend. Merchants along the
river front in this city are busy removing goods
from cellars and the first floor. The city of
Marietta is in total darkness, the gas works
being all under water. The loss I'm that city Is
very great. Several persons have been drown
ed. At Pomeroy, Ohio, the water Is from 5 TO
ID feet deep. No trains have arrived at that
point since the 9th inst The water still con-
tinues TO rise at the rate Of two inches an hour
At Portsmouth the river is rising three inches
an hour, and the railroads are all under water
AT Pittsburg, Pa, the damage is almost
wholly from inundation, and the aggregate
loss Is great All mills aud factories along the
Monongahela and Allegheny rivers are sub
merged, and operations arc suspended. The
water in these rivers is subsding, and no new
damage is apprehended.
At Wheeling. w. Va. the water Is rcceding.
At Parkersburg, w. Va, the water ia the high
est ever known. On the morning of the Sth,
the river was ~ feet above low water mark.
Every mill in the city is under water.
The water throughout the flooded dis
trict is slowly receding, and all fear Of further
trouble is quoted.