New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-05
REPORTS FROM OHIO.
THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE-REsCUING THOSE IN
PERIL.


AKRON. Ohio. Feb 4.-The damage by the flood
I'm this city aggregates $4,000, of which the ONO
Canal Company probably loses $4,000, the Valley
Railroad Company $4,000, the Akron Sewer Pipe
CoInpany $4,000 and a private house $4,000.
Last night in the southern part of the city, IL was
feared the upper basin would give way, emptylng
Summit Lake into the lower basin and flooding the
entire valley through the business centre OF the CITY,
Hard work all night averted this finally, but the
factories along the canal all suffered, the danger
especially threatening Thomas Phillips & Co.'s
paper mill and King Il Armstrong; Varnish WORKS.
The water entered the burning kiln at Alexanders
friedrich works generating steam that exploded it,
cansing considerable loss. Locks 10 and 20 OF the
Ohio Canal were washed away entirely; others were
badly injured In the Sixth Ward this morning the
ice and water gorged near Whtmore, Robinson ~
Co.'s works broke suddenly, and three families were
with difficulty rescued. The stream struck the
two mills of the Akron Sewer Pipe Company, In
turing both considerably. All the families In the
Cuyahoga Valley and the northern part OF the city
fed from their houses last night The rain fell in
torrents The Valley Railroad bed was washed IN
many places from Canton to Cleveland, and all the
trains we're abandoned. The New-York, Pennsyl-
yania and Ohio road is all right bridge on the
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago road between
Alliance and Canton A Was apd oTrSe over
the Cleveland, Akron and Columbus road Inc
dav express westward passed Akron at CLOCK thls
morning. The first section stopped near clinton on
accounf of a washOut, and was run INTO by the sec
ond section. No one was hurt and lttle damage
was done. The passengers were uanherre9 70
Fort Wayne trains, which are now moved via
Ravenna and Mansfield over the New-York, Penn
sylvanla and OHIO road :, ~,
Leader from Mansfield reports that two freight
trains went through bndges near there, and
that one brakeman was keq eGdGca ana bnween
there tHb0S and Alliance, on the Pittsburg Fort Wayne
and Chicago Railroad, have been washed away, and
passengers have been transferred over the New
York Pennsylvania and Ohio .
A Delaware dispatch reports that the Olentanzy
River is raging, the froshet being the worse ever
away and two other bridges are expected 70 go.
Families living near the rlvrr are being rescued III
boafs Acres of meadow-land have been inundated
and houses and thousands OF trees are atloat.
chair, factory is partly parl!yoceo submerged
and the machinery is myc9 oa%ager that tbs
Kok1mo River is a torrent. One house Is sur
rounded by water and the family in the the RRPRsr
more and Ohio Road was carried away whle
freight train No. 16 was crossing. The loco h3uve
of SIGHT. All the train hands escaped except
q brakeman named Hartman, who was drowned
A Madison dispatch reports tnat an ice gorge has
formad In Grand River which swept away part
of saw-mIll it's dam and crib containing ABOUT
1000 bushels of corn. Clyde brldge was carried .
two miles, and bridge at hogers OorheIs IL IL
P Strsssburg dispatch to The Leader reports that
two bridges on the Cleveland luscaLaWss As Vaney
and Wheeling Railway are gone. and mat the track
is sbadly washed out. The trains nave suffered
greatly. ,.., ... ~, ,;lo ~
West View one over Plum Greek, Lay d Co. saw
mill, and two bridges near Cedar Point have been
Warren dispatch says Westlake's rolling mill
is two feet and the New-York, Pennsylvania aud
Ohio Railway four fee under water The factories
the flats so inundated thap "orK must DC suS-
A Meadyille dispatch says that the water is two
feet higher than durng the big Hood OF l9a5: Last
whole central part OF the town was nOOded
numberless cakes of ice floating swiftly about
This freshet subsided and then one
third of the city was submerged in consequence |
of the ice gorge in French Greek extending
boats. There much suffering from cold and ex-
Xiv ia in darkness No railway trains can enter or
ton was rescued in boat Just before his little house
was washed away. Many head OF cattle and other
live stock were drowned. Several bridges are IN
great danger.
save The business part of the city In the southern
district is flooded and extensive damage has been
done.
A dispatch from Franklin, Penn, says: The New
York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railway Is
ten feet under wat~r and ice. Iwenty-hvc |
families have been driven from their homes
The Venango mill is two feet under water and |
large quantities OF grain -four and feed are de- |
strOyed great amount of lun)er was swept |
away
CLEVELAND, Feb 4.The great food reached it's high
est point about todsy, when the river
feet higher the ordinary stage IN places and the
fats-covered with lumber yards elevators iron works.
machine shops -four mills packing houses |
factories OF various and railroad freight houses
were less submerged The water 10 reoedDg to
night, but the extent OF the damage cannot be ascer
taned for several days IL IL estimated that 23OO00O0
feet OF lumber aud from 1O,OoO0OO 10 l0,0OOOOO |
shingles been washed from The lumber Yards The
Valley Railroad ~ several feet under water for |
miles and its bridge WeghlOck has been swept |
away The New-YOrk, Pennsylvania and Ohio Old |
within a few inches OF the floor OF the new freight
house. The cars are under wate' 70 |
the present About fifty bOrses which were stabbed al
lumber yards stood all night IN water up TO Their
breasts. They were rescued WIN 1imcuiiiy QUAY
safety Two mills Of the Cleveland Paper Company,
containing forty tons Of manufactured papa, are
IN water nearly TO the TOP Of the first story.
Less damage has been done to shipping than
feared The Florence tore loose from her noorngs
eapszed and sanb schooners and sieamboais were
rudey tossed about, but most OF them rode through
with slight or no injury. The lower central
Wsy soSe aSd me draw is turned 10 If to let
vessels pass The district AL about presens the appear
lake dotted with chlmneys oI furnaces roofs OF
frmary farm the rivers edge Ia submerged Tho
freshet IL the most destructive ever known mere ana
the water IA higher aimee the great Hood OF 1859,
some think higher even than then. The damage can
scarcely be less than $1.o0oOo0, and may bo much
greater. 80, - - - !
The rain ceased at o'clock this morning and the
weather turned rapidly cold. One family living on low
pesr a G sSs out n boat The heavy
have done damage throughout this part Oi he
state ana western Pennsylvania All the Streams & are
extraordinarily high; bridges have been carried away,
farms Inundated. and much property, including hVe
stock lost.
GREAT DAMAGE IN PENNSYLVANIA.
BRADFORD. PENN Feb. 4.-Bradford was visited