Ohio River Over Banks

Article taken from The Chief Reporter, Perry, Iowa, August 18, 1898

TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS DAMAGE ALREADY DONE.

The floods in the Scioto valley in Ohio, have covered over 12,000 acres of corn land in the Scioto bottoms, in the immediate vicinity of Portsmouth, causing a loss of over $200,000. It is feared the loss will be increased fully $100,000 more as the rivers were still rising Saturday.