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The Republican Compiler, Gettysburg , PA , January 23, 1828
New Lisbon, Ohio Jan. 12

The late Freshet

The rains which continue to fall for some time past, occasioned so great a rise of the Middle Fork of Little Beaver, that on Sunday night and Monday morning last, it swept before it everything which seemed to impede its course. As far as we have learnt, the bridge on the turnpike to Salem was materially injured. The dam at the lower furnace and bridge have been swept away. D. Harbaugh's mill dam has been broken near the middle and one part of it entirely taken off. Mr. Nace's mill dam which withstood the high waters for many years has been swept off. Part of the New Lisbon Factory dam is gone, which will occasion a stand of their operations for some time and seriously augment Messrs. Orth and Strohn's loss. Mr. W. Green has sustained the loss of five or six head of cattle, a number of hogs and a large quantity of hay. Hambleton's mill and dam have been entirely swept away, with nearly or all the contents of the mill, (report says 200 barrels of flour). The destruction of fences, loss of timber, &c is great. We understand that one of the paper mills on little Beaver, was materially injured. The loss in this county is at least 10 or 15,000 dollars. - Patriot.

Source: East Liverpool Review, July 17, 1950

80, Knocky Myers Still Laying Brick

AN 80-YEAR-OLD East Liverpool brick mason who finds it "hard to quit" is constructing by himself a six-room home on Oakwood Ave., Pleasant Heights, overlooking the city.

Mord "Knocky" Myers, born and reared in East Liverpool, flourishes a trowel with skill and speed of a man less than half his age-- and he's been doing it nearly 60 years.

The home, which he estimates is "about the 10th" he's built himself, is a symbol of his philosophy, which he sums up as "wanting to leave things a little better when I go than they were when I came".

"It's nice to think people will be living here (in the home) 50 or 100 years after I'm gone." Mr Myers said.

The one-and-a half story home is going up directly across the road from where Mr. Myers resides--at the dead end of Oakwood Ave. He expects to complete it this fall. It was started in the spring.

Without pausing in his work the veteran bricklayer recalled helping build some of the old East End potteries, and the Knowles and Harker Potteries across the river. He also helped rebuild downtown buildings after the disastrous fires in 1905 and 1925.

"I think this will be my final job," he commented, then added "But I've said that so many times, I don't know..."

"Guess I'm just like an old fire horse, but I feel better when I'm working then when I'm not."

Mr. Myers "sort of retired" once in the late 30's when he pursued his favorite hobby of fishing. He recalls "darn near fishing-out" Canada and the eastern coast from Chesapeake Bay to Florida.

The home is the third he's built within a stone's throw on Oakwood Ave. He lives in the nearby frame home, and beside it is a two-story brick residence he made by himself, including carpentering and plumbing.

His helper, when he can "get him away from baseball games," is Allen Bess, 15-year-old neighbor, who assists in mixing mortar and carrying bricks.

Source: The East Liverpool Review, July 17, 1950.