Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-02-14
OTHER NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST.
RAGING WATERS.

Ten Thousand Homeless People ct New
Orleans.
New ORLEANS, February l2.-There
is no material change in the condition
OF the water in the oyerhowed districts.
Ten thousand people were supplied
with food by the relief committee yes
terday. 1t rained heavily this morning
and there is a strong wind.
Great Damage on the Lehigh
MAUcH Chunk, February l2.-The
continued rains have greatly swollen
the Lehigh river. Two trestles have
been swept from under the Lehieh Val
ley bridge at Penn Haven, and it is
feared that the fifty million feet Of lum.
Der in the boom at White Haven may
break away, in which case the bridges OF
the Lehigh Valley and the Lehigh Coal
and Navigation Company at Penn Ha.
ven will be destroyed.
A Homeless Crowd.
New YORK, February l2.-The mead
ows of Hoboken, New Jersey, are flood.
ed with water, and intense excitement
prevails among the residents OF the flats.
1t is estimated that five hundred families
are without shelter. Dispatches from
various sections OF Pennsylvania, New
Jersey and New York, report heavy
rains, in some instances accompanied by
thunder. The ice is breaking up in the
rivers and the water rapidly rising, caus-
ing destruction OF property.
Valuable Rats Swept Away -
MILFORD, Pa, February I2.-The rain
storm has stopped. The Delaware river
is still rising and the flood nearing Bush
kill, where the greatest danger Is feared.
The gorge at Connesbaugh broke this
morning. A field OF ice is moving fifteen
miles in length, and so solidly wedged
that it supports logs and other heavy
bodies. Many valuable RATS OF lumber
and considerable hay have been swept
away.
Railroad Bridges Converted Into Ice
Houses.
PoUGHKERpsIE, February l2.-Thou.
sands Of tons Of ice have been packed
inside OF the railroad bridges at Livings.
ton and Stockport, and men and wreck.
ing trains remained there all night.
Cakes OF ice from two to three ieet
thick were piled ten feet high for quar-
ter of mile on the Stockport turnpike.
At Albany the merchants have been all
day hoisting goods to the upper floors.
Teams have ceased TO cross the river on
the ice.
Moving Out.
NEW HAVEN, February l2.-The resi-
dents along the banks OF the Faugatuck
and Housatonic rivers are moving to es.
cape the expected waters. The ice gorge
caused rapid rise OF the rivers.
Machinery Spoiled.
PHILADELPHIA, February l2.-Nearly
all the mills at Manyunk and number
of dwellings have been inundated. Loss
on stock and machinery 100000.
Trembling ut New Orleans.
New ORLEANS, February l3-At
meeting OF the New Orleans Auxiliary
Sanitary Association tonight, in view
of a rise in the Mississippi river and
tributaries, Gen. Russ Bussey, ex-Mayor
Patten, Theobald Forestall, Supern.
tendent OF the Gas Company, and Thos.
j. Elder, Engineer OF the Association, re-
ierred to the great danger TO the city
from an overflow in consequence ef the
condition of the levees in front OF the
city. Gen. Bussey advised that 10000
or l5, 900 men be put TO work at once to
strengthe- them. A mass meeting OF
property holdels and business men is
called for Monday night in front OF the
City Hall TO devise ways and means to
avert the threatened danger.
Heavy Loss on the Delaware.
MILFORD, Pa, February l3.-The Del.
aware has flooded the country about
Bushkill and great damage has been
done TO lumber. hay, fences and nova.
BILE property. Loss fully $4,000. The
Bulkley family is still imprisoned on
Connesbaugh island and without food.
They will be rescued tonight.