The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-02-14
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inches, and still rising. In this
city the streets bounded by Duquesne Way
on the north, and Water street on the
south, and from the junction of the two
rivers to Sixth street, including Pennsylva-
mia avenue, Liberty, First to Sixth ferry, |
submerged, and every street south of Penn |
avenue to Sharpsburg, a distance of five
miles, is under from one to ten feet of wa. |
ter. Library Hall, on Penn avenue, where |
Lawrence Barrett is playing, was coIa- |
PEELED to suspend performance until the |
water recedes. The museum on Sixth |
street is still open, although surrounded by |
water, ana the manager offers free trans |
portation to and from the museum in boats. |
Tonight the city is in semi-darkness. The |
water is up to the gas works, and, while |
gas is still burning, it is very dim. On
the South Side every street south of Car
son, from CHARTERS Greek to Thirtieth
street, is inundated, while all property
ny is submerged. At this time it
is impossible to estimate the loss
but it is safe to say that it
will not fall short of 100000
and may greatly exceed that amount. The
loss in some instances will reach 10000,
while few hundreds will cover others.
Fully 5000 families are rendered homeless
by the floods. Arrangements have been
made to shelter them in the public halls
tonight, and tomorrow morning., in ac-
cordance with the proclamation of Mayor
Lyon, public meetings vii be held at
Frohsinn and Turner halls for the purpose
of making some provisions for them until
the flood subsidies sufficiently to permit
them to return to their homes.
WHEELING, w. VA, February 6.-MID-
NIGHT.-The depth of the river equals that
of 1852, and still rising. 1t is also raining
steadily. The damage that has been done
can not be reported. 1t would be an inn
possibility. At day break the river indi-
utaH of birtu -fb IN
has been rising since then with steadiness
that is simply appalling. The island,
which is the Seventh Ward, is entirely un-
der water, and many of the beautiful resi-
dences over there are expected to fall during
| the night, for the waters are rushing over
| the place with force that is almost resist
| less. Nearly every one has deserted the
| place. The lower end of the city is also
| submerged. There is where most of the
| laboripg classes reside, and as a natural
| consequence the suffering and desolation
| are untold. All of the largest and most
prominent business houses on Main and
Water streets, in the heart of the city, have
| three feet of water on the floors,
business along these streets.
The Stamm House, st. Charles and st.
James Hotels are to be reached only by
skiffs, the water being several feet deep on
their office floors. the Intelligencer press
room is under water, but the paper will be
out on the Zeitung press. Mayor Miller
| and Chief of Police Bennett have declared
almost martial law and given orders to the
| skiff the owner of which refuses
| to go to the assistance of poor
people in second stories. The Water-works
| will be obliged to shut down by morning if
| the river continues rising. All railroad
communication is shut off, and the West.
ern Union office has been obliged to move
| into the Peoples Bank. A man named
FIR ed. Kunth, while standing on bank at
| Benwood, was drowned this morning by its
f! caving in. He German, who lately
| arrived here.
| STEUBENvILLE, o., February GAIL the
lower part of the city is submerged, and
| many families had to be removed from
| their houses in skiffs. Some houses are en-
tirely covered. The Jefferson Iron Works,
| Means foundry and machine works, w a.
ter forks, Winning keg factory, Cleveland
and Pittsburg freight and passenger depots
| and other industrial institutions are partly
under water. The Cleveland and Pittsburg
Railroad River Division was compelled to
| discontinue operations from Pittsburg tc
| Bellaire for the first time in the history OF
the road, miles of track being under water.
At this point six feet of water cover
the track. The Panhandle Railroad
has also shut down west of Mingo Junction.
The river banks at Mingo Junction, Bril-
liant, Portland, Rush Run, Tiltonsville,
Warrenton and other towns are entirely
covered, while bottom lands in the country
precincts are one wild waste of waters. AL
the creeks in this locality have over6oved
their banks. Many families are homeless.
There is no telling where the flood VIII
stop, as it is still riining, and the water Ii
rushing down from the hills in large bodies
damaging property, which can be figured
by thousands of dollars only. 1t is one Of
the greatest calamities that ever befell thii
region.
YOUNGSTOWN, o., February 6.-Ths
Mahoning River is on a rampage, having
reached the highest point since 1883. Al
Warren, the west part of the city, is over
flowed, and scores of families are driver
from their homes. Manufacturing estab
lishments the flats are all closed, in
cluding the Westlake rolling mill. In thi.
/ CITY the Fifth Ward is inundated, the water
{ on Mill street and Mahoning avenue be
ing five feet deep. The N. Y, P. & o. is
: open to Cleveland, but its connection
East, the Pittsburg & Lake Erie, has
abandoned all trains. The Pittsburg 6
, Ashtabula has had no trains to-day be
> tween here and Pittsburg and between her
, and Ashtabula. The Painesville ant
i Youngstown Railroad is completely paral
) yzed, and no trains can possibly run TO
{ several days. The Lake Shore and Michi
: gan Southern is open to Andover and Ashta
, bula. The Pittsburg, Cleveland and Toled
\ | is the only road open to the East and Yves
? from this city, and it is feared that tn
> bridge at Newton Falls will go out tonight
3 The iron bridge on the roadway went dow
to-day at that point. So far there has beel
no loss of life, but many miraculous es
/ capes of people on flats, refusing to leav
3 their homes until actually driven out.
l COLUMBUS, o., February 6.-Travel
S suspended on nearly all the roads center
ing here, i'll consequence of the washin
e away of tracks, bridges and culverts, an
r the telegraph service is badly interrupted
t The Hooking is higher than has been know
g for years, and the Scioto is at dangerou
height. Reports of damage come fror
t every direction, and the steady rainfall tt
d night indicates still greater floods. Th
f was within foot as high as it wa
Ii last February, and is gradually rising
e The dikes along the flats below tn
y city broke tonight, and about 100 familie
2 moved out while others have gone into tn
b second stories of the buildings in hope tn
Z. water will fall. The backwater is reachin
II into the low grounds of Franklinton, an
l. the inhabitants are in readiness to NOV
n out, should it become necessary. Tn
e bridge on the Hooking Valley line SeI
IS out tonight. All trains on the Scioto Va
1T ley road are off, and the bridge aero.
a Paint Creek, near Chillicothe, went out.
T. will be several days before the running
e trains can be resumed.
70 WEST NEWTON, Pa, February 5.-Tf
e gorge in the Youghiogneny River her
lie which formed three or four days ago, move
10 at o'clock this morning, and stoppe
II again at Dawson. 1t again started up, ar
4. again stopped near McKeesport, the ia
d; gorge then being near West Newton. tt
ID income volume of water behind the gor;
accumulated rapidly, and in sho
lg time the whole lower portion
), West Newton was under water, al
" many families had to be removed fro
ID their houses from the second story wi
Of dows. Many narrow escapes were mad
re At Coutersville Il family named O'Do
re nell was nearly caught III the flood. TT
~ family of Thomas Finley, of West Newto
also barely escaped with their lives.
y. AURORA, IND, February 6.-Contrary
nr general expectation the levee at Lawrenc
1,r burg has so far withstood the heavy pre-
u. sure and delayed the angry flood Que d;
i'll longer. At noon the water began runnil
he over the railroad track from the Miami i
th to the Ohio River, and an hour later t
IS. ONO peSah running over nlSn streee6 In
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