The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-02-15
OVERWHELMED BY TIE ONO.
Tho Terrible Plight OF tho City OF Cincin
natl.


CISCINNATI, February 1.-THE city
il in CONSERVATION on account of the
great rise in the Ohio River and what is
expected to come The water had
reached .i1ty-one feet two and half
iuci!c. q: hali.pns. 2 O'Clock this after
noon and WAS rising at ths rate Of two
inches per hour. Desperate efforts are
being made 10 save the merchandise in
the lower part rf the CITY. Adviccs from
abpvr indicate that 81 heavy rise il still
coming.
Prominent business men here, who are
not sensational. say tonight that the
damage from the present overflow OF the
Ohio River in Cincinnati, Newport and
CO"ington will amount to millions Of
dollars. The water st 7 o'clock this
evening Was I'll feet S inches high and
rising nearly two inches hourly. Thou.
sands Of people crowd all the bridges
watching the floods. a rise Of three feet
more is expected. All the transfer wag-
ons in the city are employed in removing
goods from danger The Suspension
bridge is lined with wagons taking leaf
tobacco over to Covinglon. The water
through which they pass in going to the
| suspension bridge is over their a1lea
Passengers between Covington and Gin.
cinnnti are compelled TO cross the water
ut the Cincinnati approach to the sus-
pension bridge in boats or vehicles. At
the present rate Of rise passage 10 the
bridge by vehicles will soon be impossi.
bic. Steam ferry and street railroad
communication between here and the
X cntucky aide of the river is cut off
entirely. The Cincinnati appro. ci 10
The Newport bridge was free Ut s o'clock,
but in danger. In Newport the military
barracks are flooded aud nearly two
square miles Of the city is under water.
People have been taking coal and pro-
visions in boats all day to the inhabi.
tan,s and delivering through the second
and third story windows. All the houses
and factories along tho entire river
front At Covington are flooded aud the
water is in the second story of some Of
them. Nearly ten miles OF river front in
| Cincinnati is more or less under water.
The flood extends from Ninth street to
to Second street, and on Pearl street the
cellars are filling. Along the landing
the flood is up to the second and third
stories of many buildings. The roof Of
| big wharf boat viewed from the Suspen-
sion bridge looks nearly AZ high as the
|
landing. All railway freight and nearly
been stopped. The Ohio and Mississippi
Railway transfers passengers by Omni-
bus four miles down the river and
thence by steamer makes connection
with Aurora, Ind. The Cincinnati, In
dinapolis, St. Louis and Chicago uses
the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton
lines to reach it's own line in Indiana
The Cincinnati, Washington and Balti-
more trains go out from the Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton depot. If the
present rate of rise continues all these
lines will have to transfer at Cummins-
vile tomorrow morning. The Little
Miami division Of the Pittsburg, Cincin-
natl and st. Louis and all roads south of
the river remain intact and are likely TO
continue to.
At West End the people are trying to
save the cattle from the inundated pens
The difficulty is very great as boats have
to be employed aud the cattle must be
led out one by one. They often get
frightened, break away and go back into
their pens. All tho Mill Valley for
miles north from the Ohio is broad sea-
In the city, from Pearl street down to
the river front, the greatest activity and
excitement prevails. The fire depart.
ment is pumping out the Pearl street
cellars to enable the merchants to save
their goods The river this morning
invaded house adjacent to the Suspen-
sion bridge where unslacked lime was
stored along with quantities of rosin.
The heat from the lime set the rosin on
fire. Engines have been at work on this
fire all day. 1t continues obstinate but
not violent. On Walnut st-aa. up 10
Fourth entire sidewalks are covered with
packages Of sugar and groceries which
have been hastily removed from the Gel.
lars, and the work of removal continues
tonight AZ fast as men eau accomplish it.
The damage to goods in cellars on Pearl
street is much feared.
The stock yards are flooded and stock
trains cannot move in any direction
All business will be suspended until af-
ter this danger is past. At about 8. 80 D.
the gas lights would be extinguished.
Only few inches more of rise will bring
about this result. The belief is now
that the rise will not stop under 63 feet,
which would be the highest on record.
At9 o'clock the gas works were sub.
merged, and there is only enough gas to
last through the night. The pressure is
90 weak that the gas will not burn nov
in many places. The water supply also
is in danger, only one engine at the
pumping works being abie to work. It's
capacity at the last trial was 10000 900
gallons per day, while the daily con.
sumption is 100000 It will require
rise of four feet more to disable this
ona engine.
The coal fleets are believed to be safc.
The weather is still warm and the snow
y melting. Occasionally there is a
light rain. Advices from above indicate
that the rise will continue at least TWEEN
ty.four hours. The Commercial Ga.ctte's
specials report three inches of rain at
Parkersburg and the river rising. The
Little Kanawha is rising an inch hourly.
At Marietta two and one. half inches OF
rain has fallen and the river is rising
slowly. At Portsmouth heavy rain
prevailed for twenty -four hours, ending
at noon to-day. The river Is foot
higher than on Friday night. AT Pitts
burg it ia raining and the weather is
warm. The snow il melting and the
river Is rising. At Maysville the water
is rising two and half inches per hour
and many business houses have their
cellars flooded.
The excitement here tonight contin.
ues. The stage of the water 10 taken
half-hourly and bulletined at the newspa.
per Offices. Crowds are still going to
the waters edge. where workmen are
busy removing goods. No services were
held in some of the churches to. night on
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