February 18-24 February 18 1883 - Floodwaters damage numerous buildings along the riverfront in downtown Toledo. 1918 - Record low temperature reported in Bowling Green at -22 degrees.
February 11-17 February 11 1906 - The Humane Society in Toledo is outraged by a report that a "negro" man on the riverfront was tortured and burned with a hot iron by the so called "Water Street Gang" of young toughs.
November 5 1830 - Wood County executes convicted killer George Porter by hanging. He is first man to be executed in the county after being convicted of shooting to death Isaac Richardson for non-payment of his labor. 1920 - First edition of The Sun in East Toledo is published.
The Week of April 30 to May 6 April 30 1879 - An actress, Lillie Ellis, at the Adelphi Theater is shot through the neck by a jealous husband at Hooper House hotel. He then shot and killed himself.
Feb. 19 1897 - Lakeshore grain elevator on the Maumee riverfront burns in a spectacular wind-swept inferno. 1923 -A doctor and nurse die when their car plunges through the lake ice near Put-in-Bay as they are on a medical run to another island.