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Location: The 1913 Flood on the Lower Muskingum River
Discussion: 1913 flood
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 porterbm |
1913 flood
May 23 2008, 8:04 PM EDT This is a very interesting story ,I remember hearing lots of stories over the years .Every time the river would go over the banks we would go to see it, and Someone would always say "you should have seen the `13 one ". Last one I remember was probably `39 when we went to McConnelsville and saw ( I think it was Braggs service station ) surrounded by about three feet of water .Very good story ,we need more like it . Bernie 3 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you? |
 LeilaN |
RE: 1913 flood
May 25 2008, 11:02 AM EDT Bernie - Thanks so much for sending those scans of Stockport 1913 flood photos. Knowing first-hand where the mill is located - it's amazing to see the height of the water - completely covering the first floor. And do you agree that the dark line leading out to the left in front of the mill is the top of the boxcar mentioned in the photo caption? 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
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porterbm |
RE: 1913 flood
May 26 2008, 8:39 PM EDT Leila, You are right that is the top of a boxcar .If you will look at the other picture of the mill from the other direction ( it was on with the picture of the day before the bridge was swept away ) The mill is on the right (not too clear ) It shows a little more of the car top .Must have been taken first . The story goes the water extended several inches above the eaves of the depot .There were 6 cars at the depot . One of wheat (1000 bushels ) ,one of cement ,one of fertilizer ,two of egg crates ,and one of coal .They were completely submerged ,but still on the track . From looking at other pictures of the depot (which was farther north ),the eaves were at least 12 ' from the ground .Now some one needs to write a story about when the railroad came to the valley. I have a picture of the first through train on the Z.&O .in July 1888 ,also the last run of "The Doodlebug " There is a lot in between .Budd did such a good job on this one ,he could make that his next project . Bernie 1 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
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fschneider fschneider |
RE: 1913 Flood
Jun 6 2008, 3:10 PM EDT My grandfather, Christian Gottlieb Schneider (aka C.G.), was born in 1867 on the Schneider Farm on Big Run in Noble County, seven miles from Lowell. C.G. worked hard on the farm as a youth and earned money by, among other things, making axe handles for sale (I still have one). Shortly before his marriage in 1897 he had saved enough to purchase the furniture and undertaking business established in 1869 by Franz Schneider (who was no relation to C.G.). The property consisted of a two story brick house and a three story brick store building on Canal Street in Lowell. When the 1913 Muskingum River Flood came, C.G. moved what he could of the contents of his store to the second and then to the third floor, but it did no good. With his establishment gone and the village in a shambles, C.G. felt that there would not be enough business for two firms in Lowell. He contacted competitor H. Spies & Son with an offer either to buy or to sell. Spies bought and C.G. relocated with his family to Belpre. The business itself continues to this day, after nearly 140 years, as the Cawley & Peoples Funeral Home. According to a recent item in the Ohio State Alumni Magazine, “the [1913] flood, which caused hundreds of deaths and massive destruction statewide, is still considered Ohio’s greatest natural disaster”. Certainly it dramatically affected the lives of many on the Lower Muskingum. 2 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you? |