Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-11

| tent. The trains on all the railroads wer
 delayed to greater extent than at any tim 1 during the season Warm rain began at al
 early hour and continued all day. Tonight
 though the fog still prevails, the sky is clear but the temperature is above freezing point
 Thermometer at a. m. A, p. m. AS, mid. night 40. A dense fog and large foes of ice E in Long Island Sound pretty effectually inn
 peded navigation through that channel du-
 ring the night and this morning. Up to a
 late hour this afternoon none of the large
 boats of the Sound lines had reached their
 docks in this city, and nothing had been
 heard from them.
 CINCINNATI, O., Feb. 1O.-An the rivers
 and streams of Ohio and Indiana are over-
 flowing their banks and carrying away fences
 and doing other damage, but nothing serious
 is reported tonight. The flood is the largest
 and most general of any for many months
 P1TTsBURe, Pa, Feb. 1O.-To-day the AL
 leghany is moving sheet ice from shore to
 shore. The currents are swift and the ice is
 going down at rate calculated to wreak de- struction when it reaches the Ohio. The Ex- act thickness of the pieces which are packed tightly together, is not known, but some river men think they are on an average from four to five feet thick. The water is swelling very fast, having gained in depth five feet since this morning. There is great danger of this city being flooded. The exposition ground, the lot on which the coliseum is To- cated and the grounds under the Columbia boat house lie only about one foot higher than the surface of the water.
 A report reached here to-day that Oil City was under water. The ice on the Mononga- hela is floating out rapidly, and about 800 people gathered at this point this afternoon, watching the moving mass. dispatch from Wampum to-day says two spans of the country iron bridge over the Beaver river at that point fell with a terrible crash. The bridge was full of people waiting to see the ice get out just five minutes before it fell. It is rumored that boy went down with the bridge. Great ex- citement prevails. The cause of the accident is attributed to the pier being damaged by heavy floating ice. Central and southwestern Ohio are pretty much flooded. All the rivers and creeks have overfowed their banks. The railroad authorities working vigor- ously to get their roads in running order again. They expect to have temporary bridge across the Little Miami tomorrow, which will enable trains to pass. Later re- ports from Alleghany City report the lower portion of the city under water. The Mo- nongahela at 12 o'clock tonight stood % feet above lower water mark and the Alleghany 27 feet.
 NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 10.-The water is still rising. The area of overflow was consider ably increased during last night. The relief committee is doing good service distributing food to the water-bound inhabitants.
 IND1ANApo11s Feb. 1O.-The ice moving down the Wabash river is being forced by the high water and heavy current to swift speed. At Sullivan, Ind, a gorge was formed at the railroad, which finally pushed through, carrying half the bridge away with it. The ice is piled up against the remaining spans. Tue damage to the bridge is $175, 900. At Charlottesville, Ind, Clark & Sharp's mill was carried away by flood loss $6, GOO. The bridge across Wafin creek, not far off, was carried away; loss $7 ,00O.
 ROCHESTER, Feb. 1O.-Some little alarm is felt here over possible flood in the Genesee river. Special dispatches have been re- ceived by the Morning HerG1d from all points up the river and they generally report the water rising and ice commencing to move. At Portage the river is higher than it has been since 1865, the year Rochester was in- undated. The ice there is all broken up and two bridges have been carried away at Avon and Mount Morris The river is about half bank high. Unless the weather changes ,here is probability of considerable damage.