The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-02-14
BIG RIVERS.



Unprecedented PreAhels In Nearly Al
Ihe Rivers OF the Country.
FREDESIcKsBvRa, Va, February 49,
The Rappahannock reached fifteen fee
above the low water mark, Some 9th
cribbing and timber belonging to the con
tractor for the riverimprovement was car
, ried of and the steamboat warehouse /
under water to the second story. No mail
and no through trains since Friday.
MILFORD, Pa, February lS-The Della
ware has flooded the country about Bush
kill, doing great damage to lumber, hay
fences and movable property, The loss Il
fully $4,000, The Buckley family Is still
Imprisoned on Oonnesbaugh Island and
without food. They will be rescued TO-
night,
BoRDRSTowN, j., February lS,-The
freshet IL tremendous here. The railroad
tracks are flooded between Tren.
ton and Burlington, aud canal
boats are lying across the track
on the Trenton road. All the small build.
ings near the Delaware and Rarltan canal
locks are partly under water. The Old
Camden and Amboy shops are inundated.
The fires OF the steam forge ot McPherson,
Willard d Go. were put out by the flood,
As far as the eye can reach the Pennsylva.
mia shore Is covered with water, This ex.
Ceeds the freshet, In water but not In Ice,
Of 1857, The railroad bridge on the main
line between Bordentown and New York
Is in aperilous position, Twenty.seven
loaded cars were placed on II to hold It 10
position The water isupto the axles Of
the wheels.
New ORLEANS, February l2.-At meet.
ing OF the New Orleans Auxiliary Sanitary
Association tonight, in view oil the rise In
the Mississippi river, Gen. Russ Bussey,
ex'Mayor Patten, Theobald FOrestall, Su.
perintendent OF the Gas Company, and
Thos. ], Elder, Engineer OF the AssoCia.
ton, referred TO the great danger OF the
city from overflow In consequence OF the
condition OF the levees In front Of the
city. Gen, Bussey advised that 10000 or
10000 men he put to work at once 10
strengthen them. A mass meeting OF the
prosperity holders and business men Is |
called for Monday in front OF the City
Hall, to devise ways and means 10 avert
the threatened danger. .,.
HUNTINGDON, Pa, February 13.-The
food for the past few days has been the |
most disastrous that has ever visited the |
Juniala Valley, The loss In bridges to |
Huntington county alone Is $4,000,
HARRISBURG, Pa, February l3.-The
susquehanna has been falling all day.
Last night East and South Harrisburg
were partially flooded by the overflow of
the. Paxton Greek. Many persons were
Obliged 10 move out, and to-day their |
houses could only be reached by boats.
The danger is apparently over,
WASHINGTON, February l3 The flood, |
which, rushing down the Potomac Sal.
urday, submerged the lower portions OF |
the city for nearly twenLy.iour hours, has |
subsided.
An immense Ice gorge, extending from
above the city to q point several miles be |
low, and reaching nearly to the Virginia |
shore, threatens destruction 10 the
wharves, and steamboats, lying at them,
when 1t begins TO move.
The damage 10 vessels, wharyes and |
property along the river Ia estimated at
between $4,000 and 100000. Most OF |
the wharf owners expect great danger
when the massed ice moves.
The damage to property and merChan.
disc In the inundated portion Of the city |
will probably reach 100000, and In |
Georeetown, 10 wharves and storehouses,
$4,000.
d. A section OF the long bridge, about 200
feet, was sweut away last night and car. |
red about 100 yards down the river to |
the flats, where 1t lies badly wrecked and |
wedged In with the broken Ice.
Telegraphic communication with the
South Is badly interrupted, as all the cables
at Long bridge have been carried away. |
Tonight two Of over twenty wires are
working between Washington and Alex.
andria. sbTE NsG'f |
y Railroad travel 10 the South, on account
Of the break in the bridge, will be serious.
lY impeded. Arrangements have been |
made TO transfer passengers and mails for
Richmond and the coast by atages from
Washington over the Georgetown bridge
to Alexandria, Fredericksburg and Rich.
mond.
The river rose so at Fort Bunyan, that
the passengers and mails for Lynch h6urgh
and the South had 10 be sent 10 shep.
pard'g, opposite Alexander, and thence
by ferry to the Virginia and Midland
Railroad.
PROVIDENCE, February 1S.-The wash.
out on the stonington road has delayed
all trains.
NoRwIcn, Or, February l3!SThe lower
levels Of the city Is flooded by the over
& owing YantiC and ShetuCket rivers.
Railroad travel is interrupted, Very little
damage done,