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The effects of the flood in the4 Ohio River is still being felt though an
effort is being made to clean up the debris in the town and get the
obstructions off the public highways that were inundated. Several
small houses were entirely wrecked beyond repair while others were
almost demolished. The Eagle Hotel of W. B. Mason was torn up sop badly
that the entire lower story had to be rebuilt. Almost twenty
houses were wrecked, the heavy wind and weaves of Saturday night,
January 19th doing the damage. The river front of Warsaw presents
a sorry appearance: Louis Gutting's slaughterhouse, badly wrecked;
Mrs. John Tolliver's house, slightly wrecked;
Mrs. Nora Montgomery's three houses, slightly wrecked;
the houses of Minerva French and Cynthia Hamilton were wrecked;
Daniel Moody's house, badly wrecked, and outhouse and stable carried
away;
Sallie French's house, wrecked;
Jos. R. White's log house, badly wrecked;
Mrs. Nannie Summons' house on river front, wrecked;
Beyer's Heirs' house, wrecked considerably, front torn out;
Ed Skirvin's restaurant, damage slight;
Dr. S. B. Robinson's frame cottage, wrecked somewhat;
Jacob Gardt's saloon property, damaged slightly;
S. B. Grubb's coal yard property, owned by R. B. Brown, wrecked
somewhat, building off foundation;
W. B. Mason's Eagle Hotel, two sides of building town out, fences and
some out houses swept away;
Thomas Waller's house, wrecked slightly;
John Bledsoe's house, wrecked somewhat;
Jennie Branham's house, considerable wrecked;
Pryor Perry's brick cottage, badly wrecked, two sides being town out;
John Webb's house, wrecked somewhat;
Gill White's frame cottage, wrecked somewhat, floated of foundation;
Rice Webb's house, wrecked somewhat, off foundation;
Jas. R. McDanell's house wrecked slightly;
Charlotte Harris' house, wrecked slightly; and
the machinery in the saw mill property of the J. H. McDanell's Sons Co.
was damaged considerably.
Nearly all the outhouses on their properties were washed away and the
premises covered with debris. The flooded district will have to be
almost rebuilt to repair the damage. The loss to property here is
estimated to be $5,000. The river is now at a normal boating
stage.
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