Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-06-24
ReinerSville

Mrs. Vic Walters and children wero
expecting to return home Sunday
evening, after day spent at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Thelma
Boyd, of Sharon, suddenly ignited
The car was the property of Dean
Boyd, of Sharon, and was being put
in condition by his brother, Forest
Boyd, son-in-law of Mrs. Walters,
preparatory to returning the visiting
family to their home here. Forest
Boyd was burned about the face,
arms and hands.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tracy E. Smith and
son Roland started their motor trek
back to their Nowata, Oklahoma
home, Monday, after visit with his
mother, Mrs. Jennie Smith, and his
brother -in-law and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. w. Wilson.
Excessive Rainfall-High Water In
Manchester Township
Beginning after Sunday night and
about one O'Clock, Monday morning
June 21, torrential rains fell in this
community and continued Monday at
intervals up to about p. M Some
said to have been recorded in the 16
hour period. Dyes Fork of Meigs
creek at Otho state bridge on high
way IS, was on a fearful rampage,
it's waters at the peak of the food
having lashed against the Lewis
Metz (Hastings) barn at a height of
two or three feet on the east side Of
stream. The bottom land here on
the east side was for the most part
covered with rapidly moving cur
rent of water, there being left for
observation only narrow border Of
rojecting dry land between the flood
waters and the public road parallel
ing the stream in the direction of
the Delmar Ray home, the late B.
+. Foster farmstead. Below state
bridge on the west side of stream
the bottom lands of Garner butcher
and James Ferguson were for the
most part deluged. At the Ben Dov-
enbarger home on the west side up
stream, nearer Renersville the wa
ter climbed high on the bench upon
which sets the house. At Woodgrove,
on the east side of stream further
north, the water made similar in
vasions of abutting lowlands on the
west side. On the Woodgrove village
side. Dyes Fork of Meigs creek does
not create near the deluge or incon-
venience the property owners as does
the run which comes through the
village. Monday it was probably
the highest ever known, though in
conjunction with Dyes Fork it was
not brought to it's highest record at
the village store, though the water
lashed at the Paul Miller store steps
The run water overspread gardens Of
is. H. Pryor, James Nelson and Sar-
ah Conger and approached the door
of the Conger home. Little Olive
Green creek to the east of Reiners-
vile also flooded bottoms and it's
waters advanced on it's west side al
most to pig pen in the barnyard of
Cloyd Harper. It's water at the w.
M. Smith home came within few
feet of the footlog opposite his home.
Altogether it was real flood.
Mondays Twister Out Reinersville
Way
A tornado, narrow it's sweep, but
violent in disturbance, swirled across
Manchester township at about $3.50
Monday afternoon, leaving wreckage
all along it's path. Leaving Bristol
township at the southeast corner it
entered Manchester little south
and west of Otho and took almost
bee-line east by south course, re-
naming within the north half of one
row of sections. This manifestly
measured the breadth Of it's scope
anywhere within the township to not
more than a half of mile and was
undoubtedly less than quarter of
mile. When 1t left Bristol township.
it came uncomfortably close to the
William Brothers home and laid low
outbuildings at the Apollo Morris
Murray place. Then it turned its
attention to uprooting trees and un-
dertook to widen our state highway
78 by telling clear Of right of way,
two large naples belonging to EN-
NETT Bell. In it's revolving madness
| it caught from another angle to it's
headlong course, One-half of the roof
on the Charles McMannis barn, lev
'eled to earth his corn crib and wag-