The daily gazette., 1883-02-12
RIVERS STILL RISING.
GREAT FLOODS ALONG THE
OHIO RIVER.
THE SITUATION AT CINCINNATI.
Houses Flooded and Railroad Travel se-
rionsly InterruPted--Damage at coving-
ton and Newport.

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CINCINNATI, Feb. 1l.--Promfuenk busi-
ness men here, who are not sensational, saw
Tonight that the damage from the overflow
OF the Ohio In Cincinnati, Newport and
Covtngton will amount to millions of dollars.
The river at z O'Clock tonight was sixtv-one
feet eight inches high and rising nearly two
inches hourly. Thousands Of people crowd
All the bridges, watching the foods. A rise
OF three feet more is expected. All trans
portation wagons in the city are employed
In removing goods from danger. The
water through which they pass In
going to the suspension bridge IA
over their axles. Passengers between Gov
ington and Cincinnati are compelled To
cross the water at the Cincinnati approach
to the suspension bridge in boats or vehicles.
At the precent rate of the rise passage to the
bridge by vehicles will soon be impossible.
steam ferry and street railway communica-
tion between here and the Kentucky side is
cut off entirely. The Cincinnati approach
to the Newport bridge was free at o'clock,
but in danger. Nearly ten miles of the river
front at Cincinnati is under water. The
Hood extends on Vine to Second street,
and on Pearl street 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
from the suspension bridge, looks nearly as
high as the roofs of lfth-story houses on the
public landing. All railway freight busi-
ness and nearly all express business West
and North has been stopped. The Ohio and
Mississippi trains forward passengers by
omnibus four miles down the river and
thence by steamer make connection with
Aurora. The Cincinnati, Indianapolis, st.
Louis land Chicago uses the Cincinnati.
Hamilton and Dayton lines to reach
its own line in Indiana. The Cincinnati,
Washington and Baltimore go out from the
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton depot. il
the present rate of rise continues all these
lines will have to transfer at CumminsyiIle
tomorrow morning. The Little Miami
division of the Plttsburg, Cincinnati and
st. Louis and all roads south Of the Ohio
river remain intact and are likely to con-
tinue so.
AT WORK REMOVING PROPERTY
In the city, from Pearl street down to the
river front, the greatest activity and excite
ment prevail. The Fire Department is
pumping out the Pearl street cellars to
enable merchants to save goods. The river
this morning invaded house adjacent to
the suspension bridge where unslacked lime
was stored, along with quantities of rosin.
The heat from the lime set fire to the rosin
Engines have been at work on this
fire all day. 1t continues obstinate,
but not violent. On Walnut street up to
Fourth the entire sidewalks are covered
with packages Of sugar and groceries, which
have been hastily removed from cellars, and
the work of removal continues tonight as
fast as the men can accomplish it. Damage
TO goods In cellars in Pearl street is much
feared. The Cincinnati stock Yards are
flooded and the stock trains cannot move in
any direction. All business will be sus-
pended until this danger is over.
At about $50 o'clock tonight It was ex-
pected every minute that the gaslights would
be extinguished. Only few inches more
of rise will bring about this result. The
belief now is that the rise will not stop
under sixty-three 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 so weak
that the gas will not burn now In many
places. The water supply also is in danger
only one engine at the pumping works being
able to work. Its capacity at the last trial
was 100000 gallons per day, while the
daily consumption is 100000. 1t will
require rise of four feet more to disable
this engine. The coal fleets are believed to
be safe. The weather is warm and the snow
Is melting. Occasionally there is light
rain. AdVices from above indicate that the
rise will continue at least twenty-four hours.
The Commercial Gdzette's specials report
three inches of rain at Parkersburg and the
river is rising. The Little Kanawha is rising
an inch hourly. At Marietta two and half
inches of rain have fallen and the river is
rising slowly. At Portsmouth heavy rain
prevailed for the twenty-four hours ending
at noon to-day. The river is a foot higher
than on Friday night. At Pittsburg it IA
raining and the weather is warm. The snow
is melting and the river is rising. At Mays
vile the water is rising two and q half
inches hourly and many business houses
have their cellars flooded.
CARRYING PROVISIONS IN boats.
In Newport the military barracks are
flooded and nearly two square miles of the
city are under water. People have been
taking coal and provisions in boats all day
to the inhabitants, delivering Them through
the second and third story windows. Ali
the houses and factories on the river front
in Covington are flooded and the water is in
the second story of them. 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 and the cattle
must be led out one by one. They often get
frightened, break away and go back into
their pens. All Mill Creek Valley for miles
north from the Ohio is broad sea.
The excitement here tonight continues.
The state Of the water is taken half hourly
and bulletined at the newspaper offices.
Crowds are still going to the waters edge,
where workmen are busy removing goods.
No services were held In some of the
churches tonight on account of the failure
Of the gas supply.
PITTsBURG, Feb. lit is very probable
that this section will be visited by another
flood within the next "a hours. At 1890
tonight there was IA feet and half of
water in the Monongahela river and It Is
rising six inches an hour. Dispatches from
points above report the river rising at the
rate of Is to 20 inches an hour. 1t has