Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-02-23
THE GREAT STORM.
The Railroads Recovering and Re-
pairing Damages.
lamentabe Results in the South-The Whole
Country 0yeraowed-lmmense Damage
to Property-Great Suffer
ing Anticipated.
SEVEN PERSONS DROWNED AT PADUcAH

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veNPERsoNs DROWNED AT PADUcAH
At 81. Louis.
Sr. LOUIS, February 22.-The effects OF
the late storm are fast disappearing, and
the railroads are rapidly getting into good
order again. All the tracks. are not yet
fully repaired, but enough of them are re-
stored TO enable all trains to move by
companies using each others roads for
short distances, except the Louisville and
| Nashville, whose track is still impossible
| at Silver Creek, some thirty miles from
| here. The Missouri Pacific sent out train,
this morning, over the st. Louis and San
Francisco track to Springfield, Missouri,
| and thence to Kansas City, but will have
| its own road in order by tomorrow, per-
haps. The Wabash East, will use the
| Chicago and Alton road to point beyond
| the obstruction on its own track, and the
| Vandalia will continue to use the Ohio and
Mississippi till its own repairs are COM
| pleted.
The river came to a stand, this morning,
and is now falling slowly. 1t is expected
| to 90 down with rush, which will meas
urably relieve the pressure on the Miss
| issippi below Cairo. The weather has
moderated a good deal and thawing has
commenced.
ST. LOUIS, February 22.--There is but lit
tie to add tonight about the storm or its
effects. The Wabash did not send a train
out for the West tonight, nor did the Mis-
souri, Pacific. but both roads expected TO
be in running order tomorrow. The OBJ
struction on the Iron Mountain, at Cave
Cliff, has been cleared away, and train
left here for Texas tonight.
Passengers that have come up from the
south on trains to this obstruction num-
bering POO or 800, were taken on board the
steamer John B. Maud, to-day, and brought
to this city. The mails from Texas were
also brought up the same way.
The steamer Arkansas. from keokuk,
took on board great number ef delayed
railroad passengers, at points along the
river, and brought them to the city this
evening. There has, of course, been great
detention of mails on all roads and much
matter has accumulated here.
At memphis and Below.
MEMPHIS, February 22.-The whole shore
line between Memphis and NiCksburg on
the Mississippi side, and the whole Eastern
shore of Arkansas, are either under water
or threatened with inundation. The in
habitantS of the vast area OF country are
in distress. Many have been forced from
their houses and are subsisting aS best
they may on RATS, and some on knolls
or parts of old levees. The destruction of
live stock is beyond calculation, and the
waste of property by the great submer-
sion is outside of the limits OF present
computation. The navigation OF the river
itself is regarded by steamboat men as dan
gerous at its present stage, on account OF
the great expansion OF water, and in many
localities the billowy character OF the
waves when the surface swept by heavy
gusts of wind and also because of the
great difficulty of getting 10 a safe port
The Government lights along the river
are maintained with admirable regularity.
These lights prove of inCalculable benefit
to the steamboat men, since all bank land
marks have disappeared.
Arkansas City is completely submerged.
Not single house in the city is free from
the presence of muddy water. The water
hhehef" rnarrSnet 4daS heing eiRh' IiVSteeS
were built so as to be above the high hood
level OF that year, but in all OF them there
is from seven to eight inches OF water,
Between Cairo and Memphis the follow
ing points of land only are visible above
the surging flood: The bluffs at atColumbus,
the hills back OF Hickman. land on the
Tennessee side opposite Island No 10 New
Madrid, Point Pleasant, Tiptonville,
Fulton bluffs. Randolph, Richardson. and
Islands Nos 50 and 81 and Dean Island
| above the head of Centennial cutoff, forty
miles above Memphis.
The Mississippi Valley.
MEMPHIS. February 22.--Oflicers OF the
| CITY of Greenyille confirm the report pub
| rshed of the sad condition OF affairs now
| existing throughout the Mississippi valley.
| Thousands of men are on constant guard
| along the levees between here and NlckS'
burg, using every possible means to
| strengthen their power OF resistance ana
| elevate their crestS to prevent the water
| from inuhdating the whole country. The
| Greenville brought up several thousand
| empty sacks to he used by filling with
earth to aid in strengthening the embank-
ments. batch of $500 was put oil at
Bolivar landing The danger of break is
| Imminent at Washington. lsSaquena, BJli-
var COahOma and Tunica counties.
Damage East.
| NANr,.EE7 BEACH, MAS. February o.
The storm last Eight did more damage at
| the Beach than any previous storm this
winter. The tide was of the highest known
for wears. The schooner Nettie Walker,
which went ashore in the storm two weeks
ago, went into pieces against the treStie
bridge of the Nantasket Beach Railroad
DESTROYING several hundred feet OF the
bridge. No trains will be run for some
time. The building known as the NantaSk
was entirely washed away. The emoanE
ment OF the Nantasket Hotel was washed
away. The beach is strewn with pieces o
wreCkage from the last storm, but no new
ones have come ashore.
At Cincinnati.
| CINCINNATI. February 22-The river ha,
fallen nearly two feet from the highes
mark. and is falling rapidly. The weather
is clear and cold. Advices from up the
river say it is still rising, and it may rise
promise that the worst is over. No change
in the situation.
Suffering in the South.
| WASHINGTON, February 22.-There seem:
| to be more truth in the reports OF distreS:
in eastern Arkansas and northern LOuisi
ana than has been supposed. Congressman
Dunn, Of Arkansas. has received number
of letters and dispatches from public 9th
cials. prominent citizens, and the chair
man OF the Relief Commission, setting
forth this danger in strong terms, and ht
has introduced a resolution to authorize
the Secretary of War 10 issue rations, IL
his discretion, and extend such other aid a
shall appear to be necessary. The resolu
ton has been referred to the Committee or
Appropriations.
Six Persons Drowned.
ST. Louis, February PA dispatch from
Paducah, Ky. says: About o'clock yes
terday morning, during the heavy higl
wind storm a small flatboat which contain
ed three women, named Jennie Brown
Carrie Smithers and Sallie Williams, anC
two men, named JAS Murray and Henry
Cox, the latter colored, all of whom CAM
here recently from Nashville, Tenn, wer'
disreputable characters, was blown from
its mooring and swept into the middle
the river, and all the men and women wer
drowned. A young man named Little. .wh'
came here lately from New Albany, Ind;
and was on a fatboat moored near the i'll
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