New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-04
THE FLOODS IN THE WEST.
GREAT DAMAGE REPORTED EVERYWHERE.
Az ONO RESERVOIR BREAKS ITS BANKS
BRIDGES WASHED AWAY AND RAILWAYS
BADLY cRIrPLED-MANY RIVERS


BADLY CRrPLED-MANY RIVERS
STILL RISING.
Columbus. Ohio, May (>pccial( waters
throughout Ohio slowly receding ana the great
loss from the floods Is becoming more apparent
The State Board OF Public Works this afternoon re
ceved word that the Lewiston reservoir on the Miami
and Erie Canal the second largest artificial body OF
water I'm the world, had broken through the enloahh
ments entang heavy loss 10 the state properly
and running thousands Of acre, OF crops In the pan
OF the Hood. -,
The break was In the northeast corner OF 'he
reservoir and was 200 feet wide. The water rushed
down in n flood ten feet deep and three miles wide,
completely subnorglng the country around ana carry
ing everything in its way. The big covered pri"s'
$50 feet in length was swung completely rouha anu
then tom loose and swept away In the course Vi
the foyd stood large number OF tenement hou'e'
and squatters' and bachclOrs' homes. All OF 'hess
are submerged but fortunately everybody managed
TO escape from the danger. hundreds OF iahhies
left their homes and fled cut OF the reach Vi 'hc
coming torrent 80 far no 10 = OF LIE nus bech re-
ported The damage TO property in Logan Nou'
Is estimated at $4,000. Many farmers VIII io,'
everything but their land and they will be financially
ruined
The canals are badly damaged in many parts
of the state, and navigation will not be re-
sumcd for week or more. Chilhoo'hc ~ yum
pletely hcmmed In By water and passengers a''
taken from the trains to the city 10y poa's' Al"
Baltimore and ohio southwestern tracks are ""sheu
out for a long distance and trains are pchs run
through this city The Norfolk and Western Is pady
crippled n portion OF its tracks being under water
Trains are being run from a point near ChiiHco'no
over the Baltimore and ohio southwestern 10 "reer"
field and thence over the Ohio southern TO Waveriv'
Cincinnati. Mas 3.-"The CCmmcrcai Gazet'" re-
port, raging floods all over southern ana 'eh'rai
Ohio The scloto River at Chilllcothe, fas cut on
every wagon exit from the city except one ''ui'S
from the west Below Chlcothe the great valley
IL ono he lake The Baltimore and Southwestern
and the Norfolk and Western railways have ti'lr
| tracks partially submerged. TIE water Is sun us
Ing rapidly. The damage TO the ONO canal VIII W.
great II Is feared Paint Creek Adueduct Will De
washed away. Crcleville Ohio. reports great daii'
| age the canal and the scioto sui riSis' ''
DAYTON Ohio. tie big Miami Is rcceding ana there Is
prospect Of happy escape by that city. a Driise
over the big Miami at Miami town. twenty-five miles
west OF Cincinnati. was washed away TO-DAY. 90
| shocton ohio. reports damaging hoods. Lahcs>'he
| reports the Mushngum dangerously Dlei' fHiuaN
| ana Fremont, Ohio report damaging hoous' Inv
greatest floods and the greatest losses VIII W i'll wv
r,ch cornrasng valleys Of ,coto and OF It's mum
| cryis tributaries. where such another hoa "''
| meyer known Ground there plou2hed ready
| for planting and all ,his Will have 10 be zone over
| again. 80, .;.
Portsmouth, Ohio MAY 3.-Thc scoto still continues
10 nut ont strongly into the swollen oio ou' "' I'e
Ia. fnucn flom two inches 20 inch an hour Inc
| river az some points Is over two miles "'le' All
this .coto County the main damage Is the flooding O.
| n. lottom farms that have Just been plahtei III
! corn nece,satins replanting. The heaviest damage
viii be sustained by Hke County and BY TIE NorioiH
and Western Railway. Near iiigbys the largest ITO"
| bridge In Pike County was swept away anG 'he
Norfolk and Western Railway reports the track DauiS
| damaged A number OF small bridges across Bear
| zsrc m
| s,royod or badly damaged. The loss between TINS
| city ana wavcriy will aggregate $2oo,oOo
| springfield ohio May 1.-THE damage IN TINS CITY
and vicinity from the food will foot up $4,000 Two
| hundred houses Hooded on the hst moor ana
furniture ruined. The greatest sufferer Is the ONO
| Southern Railroad in It's extension to Lima which Is
now building The grade is badly damaged from mere
to fremont city, ten miles, and In places the roaa
| cmhauxIncnt is washed away. Two bridges are also
! gone.
| ST. Paul. MIMI, May 3.-Thc Mississippi continues
IN rise and has passed above the danger Inc lour-
| teen feet The rise to-day was more rapld IMAM IL
uo. Yesterday The West ST. Paul electric plant has
been compellcd TO suspend operations, the building
| being now flooded. Hundreds OF homes Ill TIE west
side and on the lowlands above the city are under
water should the rise continue at the present rl'"
| ,,lo,x II Is not expected, however, that 1t Will
reach point that Will endanscr large p'opef"
-. Louis. No. May Sat o'clock this morning
the Mississippi River here Vas within two nches %, oi
the danger line. Business on the wharf Is ~,
| s,ispended The steamboats, are unable To make Dut
few ~ their regular landings Oh account OF the his
water Reports from above here show tiat the nvof
| was falling last night AT Keoktik ana quincy, anu
| that the Missouri was falling NJ Herman Inc vsage
and tasconade rivers have spent their force ana h.,
reseding rapidly II Is believed that the rver VIII
| reach It's crest here tomorrow. and VIII then laI
| RAPIDLY The local river shippers and steamboat men
ar, much discouraged with the outlook. Inc hl"
cation, are that IN. food will prove disastrous 70
the eros I'm all lowlsnds along the river which VIII
insure hard tines and dun business for ano!her year
Little Rock Ark May 3.-The river at this place
| still continues rise. The rise from : 4. N. 10 >
Weather Bureau prciicts n fall tonight Reports re,
! celvcd from salin County to-day say that All farns
| I'm Perkins Township are overlooked and crops are
ruined All of the Perkins place but 100 acres Is
| ,,n,or ,rntcr Tn, Wnrinc place 4, covered with
| wricr md The damage will o. considerable. Back
water is fast coming up in tn vicinity Of Wood'on'
Parts Of the Adams and Johnson plantations are In
| undated The water Is within foot II the bank Mt
the IIrisson place. and |, pouring into fields along
| the river n far west rs Conway doing much damas'