The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-05
Railroads Washed Out, and People
Driven from their Homes.
Toe Discontinuance of Silver Coinage
objected to by the House Commit
tee on Coinage.
An Itcreased Vault Room Recommended
the same to be i'm the Mississippi
Valley.
LARGE OVERFLOW.

YOUNGSTOWN, Feb. 5.-The river is still
rising. At six last evening at Mayoring-
;on one piece of the Pittsburg and West
ern railroad was swept away At New
Castle Junction the Ashtabnla & Pittsburg
railroad is three feet under water, and
trains from Sharon could not reach the city
At Niles the people living on the flats es-
caped from second story windows RATS
and boats Brown, Bounell 81 Cos iron
mills are in great danger having shut down
in consequence 6f being flooded. The
iron bridge at Hillstown was carried away.
A Massilon special to the Herald states
that many families were saved in boats
from the upper parts of the houses and that
extensive damage was done by an ice
gorge forming in the river and several
bridges threatened.
A Canton special to the Herald saws the
south bound freight on the Valley railroad
was ditched last night in consequence of a
washed out culvert The locomotive was
overturned. killing the fireman, Jno Nc
Alister, and fatally injurine the engineer
F. IngersolI Two hours previously pas
senger train safely passed the spot.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 5-White river at
this point is higher than it has been for
several years. On the west side of the
National railroad street the track to the
Insane Asvlum is covered several feet
The street railways have stopped running
cars on this route. Dispatches from
points report all streams overhowing and
a number of railroad bridges damaged.
RAILROAD ACCIDENTS CAUSED By WASH
OUTS.
CANTON, O.. Feb 5.-The Carrollton
Valley railroad bridge south of this city,
is washed away and large part of the
Startsville division is under water. The
Pacific express ON the Fort Wayne road
was stopped q: Louisville because bridge
was washed away. The train backed TO
Alliance and divided into two sections and
started for Orrville by the way of Cleve
land and Pittsburg and connecting
branch between Alton and Orrville. The
first section was ditched by washout and
the locomotive of the second section teles
coped the sleeping car, killing the porter
and severely injuring half dozen pas
sengers.
A special to the Herald says the Lake
Shore bridge at Fremont, weakened by the
rush of ice against the .abutments, went
down with freight train. Conductor Isaac
Parker and a brakeman were killed. The
town is flooded and several persons are
reported drowned. The Lake Shore bridge
at Huron is SO damaged that trains cannot
move. The Lake Erie and Western bridge
at Fostoria have been swept away.
CINCINNATI, Feb 5-The Commercial
Gazettes MaTysville, Ohio special says that
Mill Creek is higher than ever before |
known; houses flooded and live stock |
drowned.
CoNNERsviLLE, Ind, Feb 5.-The river |
is the highest eyer known.
RICHMOND, Ind, Jan. 5.-The river is |
the highest in fifteen years. Bridges on |
the Grand Rapids and Indiana railroad at |
Fountain City have been swept away. A /
washout on the Pittsburgh Central and ST. |
Louis railroad east prevents the coming in |
of trains
CINCINNATI, Feb. 5-A Commercial
Gazette special from Innes, Ind, says that |
they are having the greatest foods ever |
known here Farms flooded, fences cut |
houses and lumber washed away, travel in |
the country suspended, pixies is under
water and IN portions of Shelbyville there
are several feet of water in the streets.
COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 5-The Sciota
river is 13 inches higher than ever before
and large portion of the city is under
water and all bridges are in danger Trains
have been taken off most of the railroads
and an enormous loss is occasioned in the
CITY, which cannot be estimated tonight.
Sells Bros. headquarters are flooded and
part of the animals lost. Warehouses all
suffer and the water works of the city can
not be worked, the water having put cut
the fires
A Troy, Ohio. special says that the great
Miami is higher than ever known hire.
Levees are broken and some people in
East Troy have been driven from their
houses.
URBANA, O., Feb 5.-All streams are
flooded in Champagne county. Two wash
outs on the Panhandle railroad have oc-
CURED west of this city, in one of which
freight train and several cars left the track.
No trains passed here to-day and none are
expected till late tonight.
AKRON, Ohio, Feb, 5.-Fuller informa
tien Increases prsyieus estimates of aeod