The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-03-01
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Everything Before Them - The Wind
storm.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 21-The Ohio River is
now higher than it has been since the great
food of 1S4T. At 1870 it was fifty-eight
feet aad six inches, and rising half an inch
an heur High winds prevailed this morn
ing, and colder weather, with light snow.
This will check the rise, though not imme-
diately, as the river is rising rapidly above.
The wind has most injurious effect on the
railroad embankment in Mill Creek Valley,
as the waves tend to crumble in the bank.
There are serious fears that the track of the
Cincinnati and Baltimore Road Will be Sc
riously injured. IL is already abandoned,
ewing to injury 10 the Gest street bridge.
All freight business Is practically sus-
pended. The Cincinnati Southern and
the Cincinnati Northern are the only roads
whose tracks are free from water. The OBJ
structiOn of other tracks and the flooding of
side tracks of the Cincinnati Southern re-
stricts business to the running of passenger
trains. The wind this morning blew down
much telegraph line, and the business of the
telegraph office was consequently in great
confusion. Business is much retarded. The
most serious loss this morning is the break
ing away of eighteen barges of coal from
Collier Budd 4 Co. There being no steam
ers ready 10 pursue them, the chances are
submerged and obliged TO suspend business.
Great inconvenience is caused by the flood
ing of the first floors OF streets along the
river front where yesterday only cellars were
inundated.
At6o'ciock tonight the river commenced
falling slowly after having stood four hours
ut IS feet, y inches. AT 10 o'clock it had
fal en- an ineh and was supposed to be re-
ceding half an inch hour. Men
with all forces of labor can
command are busy moving property from
cellars ana 6Ist floors to dry places. The
individual losses from direct damage will be
small. bat the aggregate will be great. AT
midnight Tonight the river was fiity-eight
feet three aud One-half inches, ard was fall
ing half al inch per hour.
THE EXTENT OF THE sLEET AND wIED-sToRM
CHICAGO Feb. 2I-From the meager re-
ports and official telegrams to the telegraph
officials, it is learned that the sleet and
wind storm, which has finally subsidized, ex-
tended all over Iowa, Missouri, Western
and Southern Illinois, Southern Indiana,
Ohio and Canada. Further East than this
the condition OF affairs is not known. The
Western Union have large gangs OF men
working in eli directions and gradually the
wires are being repaired. Communication
with all parts OF the country will be doubt
less restored before morning.
THE STORM At ROCK ISLAND.
Rock IsLAED. Feb. 2I.-The storm of sleet
and snow had not abated this afternoon.
Little damage is yet reported. All railroads,
except the C., b. andQ, are reported in good
order.
IN ILLINOIS
CHICAGO, Feb 2l.-The great storm has
reached Chicago, and after raining steady
yesterday and last night the weather has
grown much colder and snow has been fall
ing since early this morning. Telegraphic
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riOUsly interferred with or entirely cut off.
A private dispatch from Rock Island, ILL.,,
says the storm ragged so violently there last
night that part of the great Government
bridge there, solid stone and iron structure,
was blown down. Advices from Vandaiia
Ill, says O'Kew River is out of its banks and
the bottom land comprising an area OF
some three or four miles square, is one
vast sheet of water An immense amount
of live stock and lumber has been swept
away. The water is higher than at any time
since 1875, and as it is still rising, it is
greatly feared that some of the bridges on
the National Road will be swept away
At Carlnville, Ill, it has rsined
for fOrty-eight hours. All trains have been
abandoned, bridges and houses have been
swept away, and great damage has been
done to firms situated in the low lands.
SEVERE STORM.
DULUTH, Mian., Feb. PA very severe
and unusual storm for the season of the
year prevailed here last night, ceasing at
daylight. Wind accompanied by a driving
snow blew gale from the north, northeast.
The sea on Lake Superior ran high.
All ice in the harbor was broken up. and
shipping lying here for winter is now riding
freely at anchor or along side the
docks. the temporary suspension bridge
the canal was BADLY damaged
and left almost ImDassible The wind and
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ice OF barges along the exposed shore. Con-
siderable snow has fallen during the day,
and sleighing Is nOw good. Prospects for
lumberlngare Frightening.
ST. LOUIS AID ELSEWHERE.
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 21-The weather turned
very cold about 2 o'clock this morning, and
the mercury sank several degrees below
freezing point between that hour and day
light rhe ground is frozen very hard this
morning. and all sill water had a coating of
pretty thick ice The river has risen over
i've feet since last evening, and now marks
tweDsy-seven and Ona-half feet by tie gauge
a total rise since sunday of about seventeen
feet The rise now is much slower than yes
terday, and the water will probably begin to
fall again by tomorrow. Railroad travel is
still very much interrupted The only roads
which sent out trains this morning were the
Ohio and Mississippi. Cairo Short Line, St.
LOUIS nd San Francisco and the Vandalia.
The latter used the O. and NJ track TO Odin,
thence by the Illinois Central
TO its own road The. only
train fB9m Chicago this morning
arrived over the Vandalia Road aud the
only Eastern train came in by the same line
Incoming TRIMS on all other roads are either
abandoned or indefinitely delayed. The
Chicago and Alton, Chicago. Burlington and
Quincy and the indianapolis and st. Louis
are stopped at Wood River, about twenty
miles from hece, and have washouts, bad
bridges, or overG0wed tracks at various other
places. The V2ndaiia and Louisville and
Nashville are flooded at Silver Creek and
other places. The Wabash, Eastern Divis-
ion. has trouble beyond Alton and the
Western Division had bad land slides be-
tween here and the Missouri River at st.
Charles. On the Missouri Pacific there are
several bad slides within fifty miles of the
city and considerable track overlooked.
The Keokuk and St. Louis is also under
water at several places. The Iron
Mountain, beside the landslide reported
last night, has an extensive washout about /
sixteen miles below the city. The st. Louis
and an Francisco has no serious damage. |
Trains have not been stopped. All roads