The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-02-07


The Monongahela River did not put out
10 uch water, but is now rising. The ice in
the Youghigheny remains intact, and no
damage has resulted to the coal moored at
4 different points along thst river. Dispatches
from Kittanlng this morning say the water
is falling. Between seventy-tVe and 100
families are living In the second stones or
have moved out. There is great suffering
among them on account OF the cold weather.
TTsins are all delayed.
At 10 o'clock tonight the water in the Al
leghenny River is gradually recedingan all
danger from that source is regarded as over.
| The Monongaheia and Yougniogheny Rivers
are now engaging attention. Both are ris-
| ing at headwaters and great fears are enter
tanned that the gorge in the YOughiOgheny
will come out to night and do serious dam
sge. Bridges and coal fleets moored in the
MonoDgahela. Every precautIon is being
taken by the river men TO protect property.
The damage by the flood will greatly exceed
| the first estimates and will not fall short of
$3.50 600. Lower portions of Allegheny
City and South Side are still submerged, but
| as the water is falling it is thought the river
| will be within its banks within a few hours.
East Liverpool, O., is partially submerged
| and large numbers OF families compelled to
forsake their homes. All the principal man
ufactories in the lower part of the town are
under water and closed down.
| NEWCASTLE, Pa, Feb. 5.-A number OF
bridges crossing the Neshannock were swept
away. All manufactures are shut down,
and hundreds of families washed out.
AKRON, Feb. 5-Fuller information in
creases the previous estimates of food losses.
The New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio
Road has trains running between Kent and
| Gallon; the Cuyahoga Valley Road can not
he opened for several days; the Connoton
Valley will send out a trial train from Cam
ton this evening; the Tuscarawas Valley
| Road trains have been abandoned. Drain
ing the water south from Summit Lake to
save the city, carried away bridge on the
Cleveland, Akron and Columbus Road Just
as a crowded Fort Wayne express got across.
A ConnotiOn coal train was ditched at
Bromfeld in washout, and the brakeman,
James McCallister, was killed.
To the loss by floods in this city and
County, and previously reported at $780, 900,
add $50 600 for peninsula alone; mostly
borne by by the Valley Railroad and Ohio
Canal County bridges and mill dams By
scores will further increase the losses. The
Valley Railway is reported under water for
twelve miles south of Cleveland. A large,
costly, iron bridge built over Cuyahoga
River at Brecksvilie is gone. The body OF
Mary Strapp was found to day few hun
dred yards from the house, frozen in the
sand. Reports from all points in Northern
Ohio state the freshet is rapidly subsiding.
the nickel plate bridge at Willoughby being
swept away is contradicted.
CANTON, Feb Sit has been clear and cold
for thirty hours now. One hundred houses
in the southeast part of the city, are under
water.
CNCINNAT1, Feb. 5-The heavy rains
which eau ed such disastrous floods in West
ern Pennsylvania, Northern and Central
Ohio, and a portion of Indiana, did not
reach tins point, and whatever rise is in the
Ohio River will come from the upper
streams. The rain here on Saturday was not
unusual, and was succeeded by cold weather
before morning. Shringfield, o., reports
that the streams are all high, but no add.
tional damage to-day, The Scioto River al
Columbus is receding.
COLUMBUS, o., Feb. 5-Reports from all
!. ports of Central Ohio show the floods to
have reached the highest water mark, by
from six to twenty inches, ever known.
The Sciotio, in this city, was fourteen
inches higher than ever before, and the
damage here is enormous, mostly to the
flooded portions 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 ali
} points, especially along the Scioto and
/ branches, show great loss of bridges and
devastations of farms. Reports along the
Ohio canals to-day show general losses by
washing out of banks and aqueducts but
not seriousas was expected last night. Trains
went out on all roads this morning.
CLEVELAND, Feb. The heaviest losses
by the food to lumber firms are Monroe
Bros, $50 600; Forbes, Barstcw 6 Co., $780,
600; Cleveland Saw Mill and Lumber Com
pany, $4,000; Sturtevant & Co., $40, 600
Hawley & Newton. SIS coo; Rust, King
Clint, $4,000; Fisher, Wilson & Co., $4,000
Thomas Cahoon, 81 600; .. Prentice, 81 600
Fred Hempey, So 900; Hubbell, Brown &
Co. and N. Mills Co., $1,000 each. M
merous other firms lose several hundred dol
lars each.
CHICAGO, Feb. 5-The ice is gorged at the
mouth of the river, but as the current i:
very slow there is no danger from the fooo
anticipated. The chief source of anxiety il
the Crib on the lake, as ii is the source o
the city's water supply. -Four men there
are kept busy removing the ice from the in
let ports TO the water tunnel and need more
help. II the inlets become clogged the city'i
water supply will be cut off, The men have
provisions for only q few days and il is inn
possible to get to them with tug. An at
tempt to cross the broken ice TO the Crib or
foot would be extremely hazardous.
DAYTON, o., Feb. 5-The damage by the
food is very great. The river fell three fee
to-day, but the backwater remains on every
street. A number of families were com
PEELED TO move. The river was never higher
since 1S47.
Special to the Sentinel:
FRANKLIN, Ind, Feb. 5.-The heavy rain,
of Saturday and Saturday night caused the
stream which flows from the northeastern tC
the southwestern part Of our city to over
Aow its banks, and a number of houses along
its line were completely inundated. In
some of the houses the water stood from two
10 four feet deep on the lower floors, while
| OF tho fan tr
wade out in water up to their waists. A
wash-out south of this place has stopped
the running the trains on the j., M. and l.
Inquiry at the depot failed to elicit anything
with regard to the extent of the damage
Our mails go out over the f., +. and III.
Special to the Sentinel:
SHELBYyILLE, Ind, Feb. 5.-Blue Rivel
raised twenty feet from Saturday night tC
Sunday evening, and swept everything with
in reach. Conrey, Millar q Deprez lost lum
Der worth 81 500, and several of the turn
pixies leading out of town have been dam
aged from $500 to 50, 900. Numberless Law
suits are threatened by parties damaged
against DIR. w. F. Green and Thomson
Frances, for erecting leyees which they
claim caused the damages.
Special to the Sentinel;
KoKoMo, Ind, Feb. 5.-The flood caused
: by the recent rains has caused considerable
( damage in this County. Wild Cat River il
, booming. 1t is higher than has ever beer
known. Part of the trestle work of tn,
, Narrow Gaupe Railroad was carried aWay