Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-02-21
At CINCINNATI.

CINCINNATI, Feb. 2o.-A heavy rain has
been falling all the morning. The river at IL
O'Clock is flfty.fve feet and rising two inches
an hour. All the cellars below Third street
are flooded, practically suspending business in
that part of the city. A great force is kept
busy removing goods. The Plum street pas
senger depot Is inaccessible and trains deliver
passengers at Wood street. Maddux & Hob
barts distillery, and the Globe rolling mill
have been compelled to close operations, The
former has driven away all it's stock. Other
distilleries In the same locality will be COM
PEELED to close to-day. If the rain should stop
now 1t is estimated there will be five feetmors
of rise. What will come, with more rain
would make the highest water ever known.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 20.--The river is fifty
seven feet and still raising. 1t has been rain
ing hard all day, and raining tonight with
at the rate of an inch per hour. 1t is already
the highest since 1867, and the indications
give rise to the fear that 1t will exceed the rise
of 1880, the greatest on record. Navigation
Is closed.
AT ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 20.-Rain has falleu pretty
steadily and heavily here since Saturday,
measuring nearly six inches, and has done
considerable damage. All trains were from
four to eight hours late in arriving this morn
ing. Several trains which left this morning
were abandoned and Obliged to return. At
Cave Cliff, on the Iron Mountain road, there
Is an expensive washout, and two passenger
trains that left the Union depot last night
WIRE obliged to lay over night at CarroHdale,
the use of workmen while repairing the st.
Charles bridge, on the Wabash road, was
washed away by sudden rise in the Missouri
river. This morning the river has risen about
ten feet since yesterday. The rise was
SO unexpected that considerable freight on
the leVee near the old short line was swept
away. Other property has been moved fur
together, SO that no further damage will be
done. The Ohio & Mississippi east and
Missouri & Pacific west, were the only trains
that departed to. day. All trains on the other
roads had to return on account OF high water.
Two wooden piers supporting the middle
tressles of the st sCharles bridge was carried
away at 2 o'clock p. m. The eastern Howe
truss spans supporting the pier are still stand
ing. The river is rising rapidly aud rain fall
ing continually.
MADISON, IND.
MADISON, Ind, Feb. 20.-The Ohio river at
this point is overfowing its banks, causing
a suspension of business along fhe river front
and doing considerable damage to property.
People along the shore are fearfn, OF great
food, as the river is still rising at the rate of
two inches per hour and drizzling rein Is
still falling.
HENDERSON. KY.
HENDERSON, KY, Feb. 20.-The river is all
over the bottom lands, the ghest water since
1876. The river extends back six miles from
the banks. "a swift current rushes through the
bend above Henderson on the Stanly farm.
News from the interior of Kentucky and
Indiana report rain for the past thirty hours.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.
SPRINGFIELD, Ills, Feb. 20.-Rain the last
forty-eight hours has been very disastrous in
this vicinity. The streams are greatly swollen
and travel is impeded. The trains going
south from here at 4:30 this morning found
the bridge over Maconpin creek gone, and had
to return to this city. 1t went by the way of
the Wabash road this morning expecting to
reach st. Louis from Jacksonville.
The Macoupin creek bottoms are overlooked
for distance of five miles along the Chicago
& Alton road. At this place the streams are
all overlooked. The wagon bridge over Spring
creek, near the Ohio q Mississippi road, is
gone, and the bridge over the south fork of
the Sangamon is impossible Train men on
the Pekin branch of the Wabash say they
have never seen the Illinois river
so high. The. bridge over Maccou-
pin creek, on the St. Louis branch
of the Wabash is also reported swept away.
Wabash trains continue to arrive and depart
on time at Springfield, but it is expected they
will also be Interrupted. The Wabash wires
are demoralized west and very little is heard of
the movements of trains on the Hannibal
branch.