The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-02-10
SNOW STORMS AND FLOODS.
Floods East and West-Great Destruc-
ton OF Property and several
Lives Lost.

CHCAGo, Feb. A snow storm began IN
the Northwest on Friday and continued
throughout Saturday, extending over Minnie
sofa, Wisconsin, Northern Illinois and lndl-
ana The running of trains on the North
western railroads was greatly impeded and on
/ most of them was practically abandoned. In
Illinois, Indiana, and in portions of Ohio,
the snow turned into sleet, which chung to the
telegraph wires and broke them down. At
one clock on Saturday afternoon only one
wire of the Western Union lines between
Chicago and New York was working. West
of the Mississippi the snow was deep and the
weather extremely cold. Trains were aband-
oned on the Laramie Division of the Union
Pacific Railroad. and all the available motive
power was hitched to snowplows to clear the
| track.
! CLEVELAND, Feb. 4.-Below the snow belt
in Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio there
were heavy and continuous rains during Fri
day night and Saturday. The streams
emptying into Lake Erie overfowed their
banks, and at some points much damage was
done to property. The Cuyahoga river rose
rapidly here, and the low ground along It's
bank was submerged. A schooner was
wrenched from its moorings and thrown
against bridge of the New York, Pennsylva-
MIA and Ohio Railroad, demolishing the draw
and interrupting travel. Further up the river
the flood was more destructive. Nearly all
the factories at Akron were submerged. The
Akron Hydraulic Company's new dam was
swept away. Railroad tracks were flooded,
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 $50, 600.
The Ohio Canal Company loses probably
$40, 900, and the Valley Railroad Company
lon l. Satu NIGHT
that Summit lake would be emptied into the
lower basin, and that the whole city and val
lev would be flooded, but hard work during
the whole night prevented the disaster. The
water entered burning brick-klln and caused
an explosion. This morning the ice and
water gorged near Whitmore, Robinson u
Co.'s works, broke suddenly, and three
families were with difficulty rescued. The
stream struck the two mills of the Akron
Sewer Pipe Company, iniuring both consld-
erably. All the families in the Cuyahoga
valley and the northern par, of the city fled
from their houses last night A bridge on the
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad,
between Alliance and Canton, was washed
away.
BRADFORD, Pa, Feb. This town was
visited Saturday night by disastrous flood,
which inundated about five hundred houses.
The lower part of the city was submerged In
some cases to the depth of 10 feet. Five
| bridges were swept away, and several houses
along the banks of the creek were badly dam
aged or totally destroyed. Eighty-tye fam
lilies on the flats between here and rapport,
living in one-story houses, had to flee for their
lives when the ice gorge broke, leaving all
their effects, and many of the houses were
swept away. 1t is impossible to estimate the
loss at this time. The waters are now sub
siding, and all fears of further damage are
over.
CLEVELAND, o., Feb. 4.-'fhe freshet is the
most destructive ever known here, and the
water higher than since 1859. Some think
even higher than then. The damage can
scarcely be less than 81 ,000, 900, and may be
greater. A dispatch from Mansfield reports
that two freight trains went through bridges
near there, and that one brakeman was killed
and another lost his leg. Three other bridges
between there and Alliance, on the Pittsburg,
Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad, have been
washed away, and passengers are being trans
ferred over the New York, Pennsylvania and
Ohio road.
The Suspension bridge at Delaware has
been swept away, and two other bridges are
expected to go. Families living near the
river are being rescued in boats. Acres of
meadow land have been inundated, and houses
and thousands of trees are atioat.
A dispatch from Mt. Vernon reports that
the Kokomo river is booming. bridge on
the Baltimore and Ohio Road was carried
away while freight train No. 16 was crossing.
The engine and forward cars are sunk out of
sight. All the train hands escaped except
! Brakeman Hartman, who was drowned.
! PITTsBURG, Feb. 4.-The Allegheny river
and tributaries have overfowed, washing away
bridges, houses and barns, and doing damage
to property between Pittsburg and Oil City
! to the extent of several hundred thousand
dollars.
This afternoon the water became SO high
that all retail coal dealers barges and about
| twenty RATS of lumber were swept away, en-
failing a loss of about 100000.
At Meadville last night the gorge in the
mild broke, and the whole central part
of the town was flooded. Over 800 families
were rescued in boats. The city is in dark
ness, and no railway trains can enter or leave.
| Many head of cattle were drowned.
At Earlenton bridge, with four men, was
washed away Three of them are known to
be saved. The pier at Pttsburg bridge is
washed away, and several bridges above are
reported to be wrecked.
/ PlTTsBURG, Pa, Feb. 5.-Apprehension
which were entertained here by the phenom-
email rise in the Allegheny river have been
alayed as the waters have been stationary
/ for several hours The bridge connecting
Allegheny City with Herbs Island was swept
away this morning, and came in contact with
Mechanics street bridge, doing considerable
damage and resulting in closing the bridge to
travel. The Pittsburg and Western Railroad
Company suffered severely, every bridge and
culvert from Collery Junction to the city
having been washed away. The road was
able to run out trains by using the West Penn
syvana tracks. The Allegheny Valley and
Fort Wayne Roads have also suffered greatly
and travel has been nearly suspended. The
lower portions of Allegheny City and the
south side are under water, and many work
shops and foundries have been compelled to
suspend operations until the food subsidies.
The damage here will exceed 100000, while
the loss above cannot at present be approx
mated.
The Monongahela river did not put out
much water but is now rising. The ice in the
4oughiogeny remains intact, and no damage
has resulted to coal moored at different points
along the river. Dispatches from Kittanning
this morning say the water is falling.
Dispatches from Rochester, Bridgewater
and New Castle, Pa, report that the Ohio is
rising rapidly and threatening the towns with
inundation before morning. At Steubenville,
Ohio, the water is over the Cleveland and
Pittsburg Railroad tracks and travel is sus-
pended.
WnIIAMsroRT, Pa, Feb. 5.-The ice gorge
which formed at Lock Haven moved this
morning, and is now lodged at the upper end
of the Williamsport boom. The Susquehanna
is ten feet above low-water mark.
The passenger train on the Buffalo, New
York and Philadelphia Railroad, which left
Oean at 6 o'clock this morning for Buffalo,
plunged into the creek near Ischua. Engi-
neer Hall and Fireman Briggs were killed,
and Conductor Love was seriously injured.
Several passengers were slightly injured.
CLEVELAND, Feb. 5.-The heaviest losses
by the flood to the lumber firms are as fol-
lows: Monroe Bros, $50, 600; Forbes, Bar
stow & Co., 500, 900; Cleveland Saw Mill and
Lumber Company, $50, 600; Sturtevant & Co.,
$4,000; Hawley & Newton, Sl3, 900; Rust,
King & Clint, $4,000. ...
The loss at Akron is greater than reported
in yesterdays dispatches. The draining Of
Summit Lake carried away bridge on the
Cleveland. Akron and Columbus Railroad