Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-02-18
Great DestrucfiOp Along the Upper
maumee.


TOLEDO, February 1.-THE heavy rain OF
yesterday and last night cSused another rise
in the upper Maumee, the water at Def ance
Napoleon and Florida reaching higher
point than the food of last week, the whole
OF the last named town and a portion of the
others being partly submerged. There is
great damage to property all along the river,
and rome suffering among the people is re.
ported. Many homes have been abandoned,
At II o'clock this morning the ice abreast OF
the city gave way and the water rose rapidly,
inuudating the middle grounds of The Upion
depot and the whole of Water street. The
railroad offices were quickly vacated, and
cannot be reoccupied, nor can passenger
trains enter the Union depot until the
food subsidies. The water has not yet reached
the mark of 1881, but gorge is reported to
have formed at the Wheeling and Lake Erie
bridge, two miles below the CITY. and two
spans of the bridge are partly gone. The
western span of the wagon bridge at Cherry
street was also carried away. If the outfi ow
is checked by the formation of gorges below
the city destructive food greater than that
of 1881 is apprehended.
HIGHER THAN 1881.
$3.50 O'Clock PM.-Since the last report al
noon TO day the water has risen steadily, and
at 8 O'Clock this evening marks twenty
inches higher than the highest point of 1881,
and rising at the rate of three inches per
hour. The gorge below the city extends for
two miles below the Pennsylvania railroad
bridge, and is piled up to the hight of twelve
to eighteen feet, preventing the escape of the
water. The gorge abreast the city is still
hrm. In addition TO the westerly span of
the Cherry street wagon bridge and the east
eriy and westerly trestles of the w. and L
E. railway bridge, the two central spans of
the Pennsylvania railroad bridge have been
carried away, together with a portion of the
new draw and two temporary spans of the
Union railroad bridge. The water is now
above the floor OF the Lake Shore railroad
bridge, but the structure stands finn.
The middle ground from the Union
depot to the Lske Shore bridge
is covered with water to the depth
OF ak TO eight feet, resting upon which and
extending across the river is a vast field of
broken ice. There is seven feet OF water
on the floor OF the Island House and Union
depot. Most of the rolling stock has been
removed from the depot and middle grounds.
The gasworks are flooded, with only twenty
four hours supply to depend on. The fats
in the upper portion of the city are inun.
dated. In probably 800 houses which are
occupied by the poorer classes the water
stands two to five feet deep. 1t is estim aled
that at least 100 of these are ous-story, fro m
which the fami les have been obliged 10 lee.
Considerable suffering must ensue. The
losses BY the food have been materially less.
ened by the precautionary measures taken.
Merchants and others whe suffered
seriously two years ago removed their
goods several days since. Everything
possible was done to guard against loss. The
doekage and buildings along the river front
are damsged somewhat. No serious damage
to the shipping in the harbor is yet reported.
Henry Miller, employed on the Union bridge,
was carried down the river on a cake of ice,
and made the passage from the Union bridge
10 the Cherry street bridge, distance of one
mile, where he was rescued from his perilous
position. From up-river foints late dis
patches state that the water is rising rap.
idly. At Perrysburg it rose three feet in four
hours, and at 9 o'clock was rising a foot an
hour. Defiance reports the water three inches
higher than ever before, and still rising
Several gorges still exist between here and
Defiance, all of which, and the water held
by them, are still to come. The weather il
fair nd fraaxino