FLOOD AT SPRINGFIELD
Springfield suffered the worst flood in its history. Both Buck Creek and Mad River broke from their banks and flooded the lowlands. Several hundred houses in the eastern section of the city were surrounded by water. They contained families who refused to abandon their homes. Many factories were compelled to close.
There was no loss of life, but intense suffering due to insufficient food supply and the destruction of many homes.
NEW RICHMOND UNDER WATER
The flooding of the Ohio in the southwestern part of the state caused disaster in many other towns besides Cincinnati. On April 1st the entire town of New Richmond was under water. The people took up quarters on the hills surrounding the town. Provisions were received from Batavia and there was no suffering. No one was reported dead or missing.
At Moscow, near New Richmond, fifty houses were washed from their foundations.