Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-02-06
SNOW AND FLOODS,
Great Destruction Of Property
Trains Block AIDED ana Towns
Submerged.

CHICAGO, Feb, A snow storm h',
gan In the Northwest on Friday and
continued Throughout Saturday, extend.
ing over Minnesota, Wisconsin, North.
ern Illinois and Indiana. The running
Of trains on the Northwestern railroads
was greatly imWded and on most of
them was practically abandoned. In
Illinois, Indiana and in portions Of Ohio,
the snow turned into slect, which clung
" the telegraph wires and broke them
down. At one O'Clock on Saturday af-
arnOon only one wire Of the Western
Union lines between Chicago and New
York was working. The lines of the
Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Company
from New York and Washington to the
West escaped serious interruption. West
of the Mississippi the snow was deep
and the weather extremely cold.
Trains were abandoned on the Lara
mie Division of the Union Pacific
Railroad, and all the available motive
power was hitclcd to snow plows to
clear the track 1t is reported that
serious fears arc entertained for the live
stock on the ranches in Montana, Wyo-
ming and Dakota, ~ the grass is cover
ed with ak inches Of snow,
CLEVELAND, Feb. 4.-Brlow the
snow belt in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana
and Ohio there we're heavy and contin-
uous rains during Friday night and Sat
urday. The streams rrnptying int" LAX"
Erie overtiowrd their banks, and at some
points much damage was don" To prop
.r,y. The Cuyah"ga river rose rapidly
here, and the low ground along its bank
was submerged A schooner was
urrnchcd from its mornings and thrown
against a bridge the New York Penn,
sylyania and Ohio Railroad, dcmoliSh-
ing the draw and interrupting travel
Further up the river the food was NOR"
destructive Nearly all the factories
at Akron were submerged. The Akron
Hydraulic Company, new dam was
swept away. Railroad tracks were
houded, and number of families were
obliged to leave their homes and barely
escaped with their lives. One woman
was drowned.
The damage at Akron aggregates So
0o0. The Ohio Canal Company loScs
probably S2O, 900, and the Valley Rail
road Company $1,000 It was feared
on Saturdar night thrt Summit LAX"
would be cmpticd into the lower basin,
and that the whole city and valley
would D" flooded but hard work during !
the whole night prevented the disaster.
The water entered burning brick |
Kiln and caused an explosion. This
morning the ice and water gorgrd near
whitmorc Robinson Il Co.'S works, hrnk |
.uddcnly, and three families were with |
difficulty rescued The stream struck ;
IN. two Mills of the Akron Sewer Pipe |
Company. iujuriug both considerably |
A II the families in th, tuvahago valley /
and IN" northern part Of th's city fled !
from their houses last night A hridg' |
ON the pittshurr, Fort Wayne and |
Chicagu Railroad. between Alliance
and Canton was washed away. Fort |,
Wayne trains al" now moved via Ea-
VIENNA aud Mansfield over the New ,
York. r'nnsy lvania and ohi" road.
BRADFORD, PA, Feb. I, This town |
was visited Saturday might by "a di,a,-
tro,Is flood, which inundated about five
hundrrd houses. The lower part Of thu
city WAS submerged in some c;ta"S tu
IL" "pth OF 10 feet. Five bridges w"r'
swept away, and several houses along
'lr banks of the creek were badly !
damaged or total y destroyed Eighty
five families on the fats between her"
and Tarp"rt, living in onr-story house,,
had to flee for their lives when the ic"
gorge broke, leaving all their effects,
and many Of tn" houses were swept |
away. II is Impp>sihl" t" estimate the
loss at thiS1ir The waters are now
smbsiding, and all fears If further dam
aye are over.