Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1888-07-19
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y rHnossEs OVER 81 ,0O0,O 900.
The latest estimates of damage puts
the totsf loss at over Q milliOnT dollars.
Wheeling reports damage in the vicini-
ty of Grafton w. Va, at not less than
$3.50, ,OOQ, and about Fairmounta as much
more.
AFhe loss at Brownsville, Pa, il re.
ported to be over S125, 900 and at Raw
lesburg, w. Va, 125, 900.
A-In this neighborhood it will exceed
$l0O, 900. and it Is not exaggeratipg to
say with the above as fair estimate,
tits safe TO say the total will be 81 ,000,-
EO00s as the flooded district scovers an
area of go miles. 1,A
At lMcKeesport all the mills are
closed down and hundreds are home
less and destitute! !il rg4y ~ VpL .
The CHARTERS natural gas main cross
ing the river at that point was broken
during 1.-THE, night and an immense
pressure of gas forced into The air. I
4 Mr.. Knight. the Watehff1an -of the
Pittsburg and McKeesport Ry., crossed
the trestleat Salisbury short time af-
ter and his lantern ignited the gas,
causing tremendous explosion.
Knight was fatally burned, and the
bridge set on fire, but the ~flames-wer
extinguished before it was destroyed. (
Traffic has been almost suspended on
the Pittsburg, Virginia & Charleston
Ry. No trains are running south of
Peters Creek, nineteen miles from here.
A Wheeling dispatch says the fresh
ct was the greatest known. The de-
struction of property Is beyond compu-
tation, but enough is known to warrant
the declaration that every house and
most of the fencing on all the lowlands
between that point and Clarksburg on
the west, and as far at least as Grafton
on the valley river, is swept away.
From early dawn until dark the
Monongahela continued to rise and
during that time the channel was con-
stantly filled with houses, fencing tim
ber, saw-logs, shocks of wheat, parts Of
bridges and other debris, denoting the
havoc of the rushing waters. The wa
ter is now falling at the head-waters.
and the worst is over. gg.' eds
Since midnight the river at Browns
vile receded five feet. In this city
there was twenty-five feet of water at
the head-water, and the worst is over.
Since midnight the river at Browns
vile receded five feet. In this city
there was twenty-five feet of water at
2 o'clock this afternoon and still rising.
At s o'clock this evening the water
is falling at all points between Pitts
burg to the head waters. No. more
damage from freshet is apprehended.
The highest point reached here was
twenty-three feet and at 6 o'clock it had
fallen to twenty-five feet. At Browns
vile, California and other towns along
the upper MOnongahela there was three
feet more water than ever before. The
current is still running at the rate of
nine miles an hour, but the river is
comparatively free of debris, every
thing having run out. Saline
Coal men are getting coal tows in
readiness. Tomorrow 10000, 900 BUSH
els will be started down the river.
The report that Lock Mo- 4 had been
carried away by the freshet is untrue.
A dispatch from California says:
During the height Of the flood the long
trestle works Of the Pittsburg, Virginia
& Charleston R. changing Pike Run
creek, turned over from one end to
the other, sumberging the, Western
Union Telegraph wires. A county
bridge, spanning the creek just below
the trestle,] was lifted from the abut-
ment and drifted ashore. The damage
to gardens, crops and to property along
the river cannot be estimated. Two
passenger trains are blocked at this
place. The damage to the railway COM
panies and Inconvenience to business
men and the travelling public will be
great, as it will be ten days before the
trestle over Pike Run can e,rebuilt.
Later dispatch from Wheeling says
from reports received from the flooded
district in West Virginia it looks as if |
The money loss by Mondays rains
would reach nearly 81, 900, 900.
At least three lives have been lost. |
The water is now falling rapidly at all |
points. Not less than fifty bridges are
gone in Marion, Harrison, Taylor, We
seb Wood, Writ, Ritchie, Lewis and |
adjoining counties. Hundred ofhouses
nave been swept away or damaged. !
In Taylor county the loss is $3.50, 900, |
d Harrison as much more, in Wood |
county $l00, 0,OO0s and in like proportions
III through the flooded district.
THE FLOOD IN WEST VIRGINIA.
WHEELING, w. VA, July 1.-THE
Use in the Valley river at Grafton yes
erday morning from rains of past two
lays is unprecedented, and the result |
% the lumber interest of this section is
lisastrous.~ At 3 o'clock yesterday
morning. the Valley river boom, ,ain
which thousands of logs were lodged,
rave away. The planning mill of Nor
san & McGill was swept away, as was
he Fetterman bridge, two miles below
lere. Att o'clock the river had risen |
70 feet and was % feet in the channel.
The Grafton and Greenbrier r. is COM
,letely flooded and trains delayed. 1t |
s thought their loss will be heavy.
fhe loss to this town and section will
lotfall short of $3.50, 900. The damage
It Raullburg will reach $125,0O0. Sew
,nteen houses, one saw mill, one plan
ng mill and one Culman patent iron
abroad bridge were washed away. Five
antilles lost all they had, while the
majority of the people are heavy losers.
In addition to washing away the lit
lie Kauawha bridge at Parkersburg the
iood has done other severe havoc. All |
he Baltimore and Ohio trains from
he east are stopped. Two tunnels be-
ween Parkersburg and Grafton have,
,aved In. The new GAINESVILLE and |
ohio r. is reported to be badly dam
lged and the Ohio River r. is dam.
lged to. some extent, below Parkers-
,urg. There are great losses of CROSS
les and time reported. The destruc-