Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1937-01-28


to slowly recede after having reach
ed next to the highest stage on rec
ord. The water reached as near al
could be estimated about % feet OF
the upper gauge at the lock. Th'
reason that accurate height of thu
water is unobtainable is the fac
that the government gauge and tht
recording gauge are not the same
and until the water subsidies sc
that the height can be compared
with previous heights, the exact
stage will not be known. In this
connection we add that it is too bad
the government cannot set up an Of
fetal gauge here, that can be under
stood by the public. AS it is now
Mr.. Davis, superintendent of the
government works here, must send
certain readings into Columbus, be.
fore an official reading can be OBJ
tanned. At any rate it was big
river, and. the wonder is that it was
not even higher. The rainfall for
the six days beginning Wednesday
of last week was 5.94 inches, and
this came when the river was at a
high stage, and the total rainfall for
the month to date is 1868 inches.
But a stage of so many inches
does not mean much to many per-
sons, and better idea can be had
in calling attention to places the
water reached The first business
firm to evacuate when the river
came up was the Bragg filling sta
tion. When the river was highest
the water was even with caves on
the north side. At the Mrs. D. G..
Ralston property where Ray Bald.
ing lived, just this side of the Bragg
service station, it was up to the
caves. On up Center street, while it
did not get on the first floor of the
Franklin hotel, it lacked an inch or
so, for the full length of building.
and was opposite Fishers undertake
ing establishment Mr.. Fisher NOV
ed out, but the river did not reach
the floor of that building.
Down at the Elk Eye mill and the
canal the water was over the road
in front of Lon Hanson's feed store
and while he moved out the water
did not reach the floor by about two
feet. When it was the highest the
water was around the ends Of the
bridge leading to the Elk Eye mill
island, and it was on the first fool
of the mill about five feet. The dixie
at the mill broke through at one end
and an effort to fill the gap with
sand bags was useless, since the
strong current carried them away. All
both ends the water cut through
There was no visible sign of the lock
walls, or the island, and while tn"
Curtis-Leggett residence at the head
of cemetery lane was surrounded by
water, the water was not in on the
floor.
Water Shut OFF
Early Monday morning the pumps
at the water works station had tc
close down, when the water came in
the pump pit so fast that it could nc
longer be pumped out. Break in
gas lines made it necessary to turr
the gas off in some parts of the
town.
In Malta the water in Coulson's
store was between three and four
feet deep. The swell reached the
corner Of the A. & P. store; was
about five inches on the floor of Nc.
Clpre's grocery, but did not reach
Strahl's jewelry store. The railroad
tracks were under water, and boat
could have been rowed down the
tracks, starting at the Malta Hard.
ware, for several blocks.
The o. E. Mcintyre house on the
river banks, where Edward Gheen
resided Cred Cross house built af
ter 1913 food) and buildings were
swept away.
Places Flooded Here
Families where houses were flood
ed so that it was necessary to move
furniture from first floor, were Rich
ard Bell, Kenneth Tompkins, Ray
Balding. (up to eaves), c. e. Cliftor
,(just level with lower floor-not
moved out), Eagles Home (lowel
floor covered, Chas. Havener.
Georgia Finney, and Ray Steffy,
True Ridgley, Robert Savage, "Pete'
Miller (between Sinclair Service
Station and Cochran's Garages)
John McClede, Gus Abel. families
above Chevrolet garage, to alley, M.
B. Spencer, colored family on corner
opposite Frank Wilson, Frank Will
son, Tom Gessel, L. III. Price (even
with lower floor), Ace Parker, Ever
ett Moore, w. w. Taylor telephone
man), virge Lochary, Mrs. Nan
Bucey, Frank Ashton, Dal Thomas,
Jesse Aber, Mrs. J. X. Perkins. John
Harkins, Carrie Ashton, Ethel An
sderson, Paul Scott, David Lowe,
Lucy Ashton, Thomas Bauer, Vernon
Crawford. Addison McKibben, How
ard Roberts, Ed Leggett. Donald
Carder, Dick Anderson, Clarence
johnson, Andy Wilson, Leila Curtis.
Robert Naylor, John Rhinehart, Mrs.
Lizzie Triplitt, Hugh Ferguson, Gin
Beckett building).
Business places: Water Works
Pump Station, Bragg's Filling Sta
tion (even with caves on north
side), lower end Of Cunningham's
garage. Linco Filling Station, Sim
clair Filling Station, Cochran's Cigar