New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-06


ware, but it is feared the Susquehanna will
overflow at Plymouth.
LOSS OF PROPERTY AND LIVE STOCK.
THE LowLANDs OF OHIO AND INDIANA SUBMERGED
NARROW ESCAPES FROM DROWNING.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNBl
CINCINNATI, Feb. 5.-Telegrams received here
tonight from all PARTS of Ohio tell one story OF
desolaton. All the lowlands have been submerged
and the destruction of property is almost incalcua
bic. The waters now receding and the worst
is over Several instances are reported In which
lives have been lost, sudden was the rise
of the rivers. Along the SciOto Valley
the damage is roughly estimated at 81 100000 In
the flats north of Columbus the damage is very
heavy and thousands of people were temporarily
rendered homeless. many in destitute condition
In Sandusky County over three hundred families
have been driven from their homes, some barely es-
Gaping with their lives At Tifin fory-fve dwell
ipgs were submerged on Sunday night the occu-
pants being compelled to seek shelter elsewhere,
some nth only few moments warning Several
bridges were carried away and the damage is esti-
mated at 100000. The Miami was higher than
ever before, and the lowlands of Miami County are
all flooded. causing much damage to property
Along the line OF the Dayton ana Nishigan i t Loaa
there are many washouts and travel has been
greatly mpeded to day. Travel was suspended To-
day on the Pttsburg. Fort Wayne and Chicago road
storg, the losses varying from $1,000 to $4,000.
: Reports frOW Indiana to might are TO tne enect
that great damage has been done ln the southern
have been carried away and many farms have been
left without fences Many farmers report all their
live stock carried away and drowned. The greatest
losses are along the Wabash and White Rivers.
THE HIGHEST WATER KNOWN IN OHIO.
SEVERAL TOWNS FLOODED-ovER 100 FAMILIES
DRIVEN FROM THEIR HOMES.
Fob 6-RenortS from all
of Central Ohio show the highest water, by from SIX
to twenty inches, ever known. The SoiotO River
here was fourteen inches higher than ever before.
and the damages enormous, mostly TO the inundated
portion on the west side Over 100 families had to
quit their houses. The river by noon to-day had
fallen two feet, and the worst Is over Reports from
all points especially along the Scioto and It's
branches show loss of bridges and the devastation
of farms Reports from along the Ohio canals to-
day show general losses by the washing-out of
banks and aqueducts, but they are not so serious
as was expected last night Trains went out ON all
the roads this morning. The water works, the locks
and all other danger points are relieved.
The streams in the neighborhood of fSpringheld,
but no additional damage was reported to-day.
CLEVELAND o. Feb. 5-The heaviest loss by the
food to the lumber firms are as follows: Monroe
Bros $50, 900; Forbes, Barstow 81 Co., 100000;
Cleveland Saw Mill and Lumber Company $4,000
SturteVauU 0 w., F<OsoOo, ia"iOJ ~ ~'S"e'Ai'
$4,000; Rust King 81 Clint, $4,000; Fisher,
Wilson & Co., So 900: Thomas Cahoon. $4, ,000j 2.
Prentiss, $4,000; Fred. Hempy, $4,000; llubbell,
Brown & Co, 81 900; and n. Mills, 81 600 Many
other firms lose several hundred dollars each Wal
worth Run, a small creek in the city, became a
raging stream and caused Wetz's ice-pond dam to
give way. and great damage was done.
The river has subsided tonight TO nearly its ord
nary level The total loss on lumber is S260,000 |
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recover as much possible Of their property adrift
aud stolen and to sell and divide the proceeds pro
rata.
dispatch to The Leader from Marion, Ohio, says:
"The food has swept away two bridges and the |
County Commissioners ordered one to be blown mp |
70 prevent it knocking down others. The Bee Line
bridge over the Scioto River two feet under |
water to-day. 1t was saved by keeping heavy |
train on It,"
dispatch to The Leader from Seville saws
"Chippewa Creek has overflOwed and inundated
the adjacent land for miles, destroying a large
amount of property"
dispatch from Canal Dover to The Leader says:
The Tuscarawas River and Sugar Creek have
flooded the low lands aud carried away part of the
Cleveland and Marietta Railway bridge. The sta
tlons on the Connection Valley Railway accessible
only by boats. The iron furnaces have been obliged
10 shut down, and railway communication has
stopped."
Reports from all points in northern Ohio state
that the freshet rapidly subsiding and further
damage is feared.
The report of the Nickel Plate bridge at VIII
loughby being swept away is contradicted.
The town of Fremont is flooded and several per-
sons are reported to he drowned. One hundred
houses In the southern portion OF Canton are under
water The weather has been clear and cold there
for the past thirty hours. At Excelsior yesterday
the wax works owned by the Standard Oil Com
pany and two foot-bndges, were carried away, five
tanks were emptied of OIL fifty barrels OF wax de-
strOyed the fires put out and the machinery injured
Beck & Co.'s provision house. and humorous other
establishments in the valley, sustained damage
which will be very large in the aggregate.
At Youngstown the MahOning River Is still rising
and Brown, Bonnell & Co.'s iron mill is in great
danger of having TO shut down in consequence of
being flooded. At Niles people living on the fats
escaped from second-stoTy windows on RATS and in
boats.
TOLEDO Ohio Feb. 5.-Reports received here of
the damage by the floods arc confined, Tor the
most part 10 the immediate vicinity telegraphic
Communication being still cut on All railroad
tracks leading east south ana arc bdfr had
DANA ged "a TO make them impossible, Whlie DINERS
ore partially submerged and are conSdered uShie' nae
broke up yesterday afternoon ana at
o'clock badly gorged at the mouth OF the stream
AT ABOUT mlonlghL the gorge Df"hc, hoouins 10. t.Hb |
portion of the town and compelling many families
70 leave their dwellings At o'clock this morning
the river had risen thirty feet and everything
flooded. Turnbulls wagon works, situated about !
forty rods from the banks of the stream, was | ,
Inundated AT points along the Maunee hryer, De-
tween here and Defiance the water Is still rising
end II s reported that there has been considerable
obstruction OF property. Buildings Hooded and
bridges damaged. There are no indications OF
breakup here yet.
CINGNNATI, Ohio Feb. B.-The heavy rains
which caused such disastrous floods in western
Pennsylvania, northern aud central Ohio and