Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-05

than ever before known, the streets in
the southern portion of the town being un.
| der water. The Lake Shore railway bridge
at that point has been carried away
taking part of freight train
with it. The tanyards escaped
The bridge at Huron, on the Sandusky di-
vision of the same road, is also reported
gone. At Ottawa, o., on the line of the
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton railroad,
the streets are flooded. cellars and many
buildings inundated. The loss is heavy.
The railway tracks are under water in
many places, and trains are either entirely
blocked or running irregularly. The cold
weather which followed has tended to allay
apprehensions of an immediate breakup
here, although reports from up river
points are not wholly assuring.
MABYsvILLE, o., Feb. 4-Mill creek is
higher than ever before known. Houses
are flooded and live stock drowned.
MANSFIELD, Feb. 1.-Two freight trains
went through bridge near here. One
man was killed, another lost leg. Three
other bridges between there and Alliance
on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago
railroad are washed away, and passengers
have been transferred over the New York,
Pennsylvania q Ohio railroad.
COLUMBUS, o., Feb. 4.-The Sciota river
is thirteen inches higher than ever known
before. A large portion of the city is
under water. All the bridges are in danger.
Trains have been taken Off. There is enor-
nous loss in the city. Sells Bros show
headquarters are flooded and part of the
animals lost. All work is stopped, the
water having extingUished the fires.
URBANA, o., Feb. All the streams are
flooded IN Champaign county. There are
two washouts on the Panhandle railroad,
in one of which a freight train and several
cars left the track. No trains passed here
to day and none are expected till late to-
night.
VERNON, Feb. 4.-Kokomo river is boom
ing. One house is surrounded by water
and the family in the upper story cut off
from assistance. A bridge on the Balti-
while freight train No. 16 was crossing.
The locomotive and forward part of the
train are sunk opt of sight. All train
hands escaped except the Brakeman,
named Hart, who was drowned.
DELAWARE, Feb. 4.-OIentanzy river is
raging, the freshet being the worst ever
known. Suspension bridge was swept
away, and two other bridges are expected
to go. Families living near the river were
rescued in boats, Acres of meadow land
are inundated, and houses and thousands
of trees are afoat. The chair factory is
partly submerged and machinery much
damaged.
MADISON, Feb. 4.-The saw mill, its dam
and crib containing about 1000 bushels
of corn, and Glade bridge was carried two
miles. and the bridge at Rogh's corners is
gone.
STRAsBURG, Feb. 1.-Two bridges on the
Cleveland valley and Wheeling railway are
gone, and the track badly washed away.
Trains suffered greatly.
OLMsTED FALLS, o., Feb. 1.-The bridge
at West View, one over Plum creek, Laid
& Co.'s saw mill, and two bridges near
Cedar Point are swept away.
IN INDIANA.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 4.-Rain confined
here up to midnight last night. Several
streets IN the northeast portion of the city
were flooded, and considerable damage
done to manufacturing establishments.
Railway trains are all behind time, and
considerable damage is done to railroad
tracks and bridges. The Louisville train
came in tonight over the G. l. & st. L. g.
G. railway.
SHELBYvInLE, Feb. 4.-Late trains on
the Wabash road or Chicago division of
the Pittsburg, Chicago & st. Louis railway
were abandoned tonight between Indian
apolis and Kokomo. The W. A. & Michi-
gan City lost two bridges north of Wabash.
RICHMOND, Ind. Feb. 4-The river is the
highest in fifteen years. The bridges on
the Grand Rapids and Indianapolis rail
road at Fountain City are swept away.
Washouts on the Pittsburg, Cincinnati &
st. Louis prevent the coming in of trains.
SHELBYvILLE, Ind, Feb. 4-The greatest
floods ever known are on Us, farms are
flooded, fences, out-houses and lumber
washed away, and travel suspended The
pike is under water. A portion of Shelby
vile is several feet under water. The
Great Miami is the highest ever known.
Levees are broken, and some people at
East Troy are driven from their houses.
FLOOD AT BRADFORD.
BRADFoRD, Pa, Feb. bradford was
visited Saturday night by a disastrous
food which inundated about 500 houses
along Pearl, Globe, Boylston, Ann, Flor
ence, Pine, Main and other streets. The
lower part of the city was submerged in
some cases to the depth of ten feet. The
food was caused by the rains of Friday
and Saturday, and the melting of the
snow on the mountains. Two bridges
were swept away, and several houses along
the bank of the creek badly damaged or
totally destroyed. Eighty five families on
the flats between here and Tarport, living
in one story houses, had to fly for their
lives when the ice gorge broke, leaving
their effects, and many of the houses were
swept away. 1t is impossible to estimate
the total loss at this time. The waters are
now subsiding, and all fears oe further
troubles are over.
THE FLOOD AT AKRON.
AKRON, o., Feb. 4.-The damage by the
flood aggregates $4,000, of which the
Ohio Canal company probably loses $780,
900, the Valley Railroad company $4,000,
the Akron Sewer Pipe company $4,000,
and private houses $4,000 Last night it
was feared the upper boom would give
way, emptying Summit lake on the lower
basin and flooding the entire valley
through the business center of the
city. The factories along the