Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-02-06
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,,.reous Flood Reports.
Pa, Feb. "a number OF
SEWcAs,nl.ssi the Nesbannock are
.1dges cl All manufactures have
reps a~n'' A hundred families are
ssslsi ou'' .-Reports received
fOLtsDds damage by foods are cGann sa
bssol ,aost part to this immsoiate 70.
Il the m uJiscraphic communication WITH
sIity. Is, .s is still cut of. TRACKS on
sapJ R aads leading east, south ano
q rsilioa sre stiII under water IN many
sashves9. . "n bridges are badly dam
isoes. ocassable ice In AnRlsise hivel
I'd. LIZ Ohio. broke up yesterday
! psn oaI,. and at 6 o'clock was oao!y
dsrnsOo =, The mouth Of the stream. Az
Peea :. the gorge broke, toodlng tne
ridpign. Of the town, ard compel
pHh p n families TO leave their dwell,
is many M. the river had risen ~
~ a, . .var1thina was flooded. Al
rs en- .no the Maumee, between here
pinfs avn n.e the water is still rising.
sa ,;GSerabls destruction OF propef. y
c'aS s;u@ Of buildings and damage ~
to :snss is reported. No ino'ca''on' u
,break. up po yu .rs. Feb. 5.-While the river
lSplls;, s highest at noon today, and
rsscaeu Gas higher than ever known,
be saE nsnced receding. The damage
i con. Isa liver was very serious. No
t'as .u I'm he made. Eight inches OF
s ~, Is on the floor OF the engine me- 1 f"r
ss yer :, later works. 1t was feared Ioi a
= ~ sb " supply of water TOR the cry
hne ipe s cnt ID. The Wabash River Is
voolo 70 Two spans of the st. Louis
coG U.c;f;c Railroad bridge are down
~ l "u'n Regular trains are
= Isp~sd The foods throughout the
sSanao ara General, Nearly all the rail.
~ y, Suffered damage by washouts ana
- n bridges. On account oI tne uis,
I'asysd condition of telegraph lines II
a%t;cult to get accurate Information.
s S,rrsurno. Pa, Feb. 5.-Apprehen.
- owing to the phenomenal rise OF
n1 s,Ilsohany river, are allayed. Inc
ns h hss haen stationary several hours.
I've IT, h ~" connecting Allegheny City
III III The Island was swept away. Me-
.Ssnlcs at the steel bridge were serious
: ;nicred. 1t is closed to travel. Every
gIrdse and culyert on the western haii,
nSN between ColIins's Junction and
s q, n.;,v was carried away. The Ale
I.nv valley and Fort Wayne roads
s.rs also suffered greatly. Travel Is
ss.rlv suspended. The lower portions
= iileohany City are under water.
T.nv vorkshorsa and foundries are COM
oIsd to suspend operations. Ane oatn-
g. will exceed 100000.
WHEELING, Va, Feb. 5.-Ihe river
lara il 81 feet 9 inches above low-water
rsrk and is rising at the rate OF Z inch
ssn bour. The surface is a mass OF
Il and slush, with a large quantity OF
atwood, barrels, fences, small bridges
spd the like. About noon q mail barge
nth two wagons passed, and shortly
ai,1r fiat with new buggy, one end
hing sunk. Tho fairgrounds OF the
Ssts Exposition Association and other
in pvrts of Wheeling island are under
satsr. From low portions of the main
psrt Of the city some residents OF island
srss.s, usually submerged. aye moving
out, Banks of made ground In south
Wheeling, which have been washed 10y
sstsr, have caved in, and a boy was
thrown into the water, but rescued.
Hlsods In the Buckeye State.
DELAWARE, O., Feb. 4.-Olentantzy
River is raging. The freshet is the
worst ever known. The suspension
badge was swept away and two other
hndges are expected to 90. Families
living near the river were rescued in
boats. Acres of meadow land are inun-
dated, and houses and thousands Of
trees are afoat. Tho chair factory ia
partly submerged and machinery much
damaged.
AMI. Vernon special to the Leader re-
ports that the Kokomo River is BOOM
Ing. One house is surrounded by water
snds family in the upper story out OF
from assistance. The bridge on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was car
ned away while a freight train was
orosslng. The locomotive and the fore
most part of the train sank out Of sight.
~ train hands escaped except u brake
unnamed Hartman, WAC was drowned.
CLEVELAND, Fob. 4.-Machinc shops,
aocr mills, packing houses, factories Of
III kinds and the railway freight house,
N more or less submerged. The water
! receding tonight, but the extent of
damage cannot DO ascertained for seve-
nldays. 1t is estimated that %, OO0, 600
let Of lumber, 10000, 600 to 1906, 600
0inges are washed from the lumber
Nfds. The valley railroad is several
let under water for miles and its bridge
near Weighlook swept away. Fifty
horses in the stables at the lumber
!ards stood all night in water up to
their breasts and were rescued with diff
leulty today, having swan several hun
dted feet to reach place of safety.
Two mills Of the Cleveland Paper
Company. containing about 40 tons of
manufactured paper, il in water nearly
2 tho top of the first story. The tug
florence tore loose, capsized and sunk.
senooners and steamboats, tossed about,
oul got through with slight injury. The
nser central bridge is broken, the an.
eoaches gone and the draw turned a.
% lot vessels pass. All about present
= y me appearance Of lake, dotted with
sQimneys OF furnaces and roofs of
Ou'lcings. The freshet is the most de-
sn.foctive ever known and the water
s ,Sgn than since the great food of
n'si some think higher than then. The
G;msxe can scarcely be less than Q mill
- ~ collars, and may be much greater.
ane nam ceased falling at 3 O'Clock this
10fn'ng and the weather turned cold.
Destructive Floods.
AXIOM, o, Feb. 5.-Fnller information
increases the previous estimates of the
sood Losses. The New York, Pennsyl-
sala q Ohio road has trains runnin
ssseen Kent and Gallon. The Cuya-
~ valley road cannot be operated
- several days. The Continental Val
eoao Will send trial trains from Can
81 Mis afternoon. On the Tuscarora
nsuey road the trains are abandoned.
fsmine water south from Summit
: -. y 70 Gave City carried away a bridge
S.n tae Uieveland, Akron d Columbia
.~suload, Just As a crowded Fort Wayne
ssAgass got across. The Connellton coal
-. Was oitched at Brayton in q wash
~ Ano brakeman was killed.
~. IisssroS. Feb. 5.-It has been clear and
= NV - LOT thirty hours. A hundred houses
= sae southern part of the city are un-
- Earthquake.
~ ~c'SLfbono, n. T., Feb. 1.-TWO slight
49, oas OF earthquake were felt here this
s ~. The movement was fiom
Aore or the Flood.
,sS;nonSSArl, Feb. 5.-The heavy rains
s'cn caused such disastrous floods in
sss.s n Pennsylvania, northern and
IA -. ONO, and q portion Of Indiana