The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-02-08
ACRES OF WATERS.
PROSPECTS OF A GREATER FLOOD.
Nor. water Predicted rA.. Ia til. June RI.. OF
1ssr-Se.ss AID I.eId.st, at the Rlrsr
Front and on the Greek Yesterday.
Ir.su at Other POlsts.


Elects at Other POlstI.
The big flowing river" is the one topic OF
conversation all over the city. Very few
talk Of anything else and everywhere the In.
rELu0EScER representatives went yesterday,
they were assailed with the question, what
Is the river doing and what Is 1t going tn dot
The heavy rains that set in Tuesday after.
noon, continued with undated force until
yesterday morning. Island people went to
bed Tuesday night feeling little uneasy as
they listened to the steady pour, but when
they arose yesterday morning and found
the rain had not ceased, they, and the citi.
zsrs on this side who lived In low parts, be.
came very appreheDsiye, and hurried to the
telegraph eGces. The dispatc, es were not
reaSsuring by any meanE. They indicated
that the storm had extended 10 the noun
| tains and had also been severe, and that the
Monongahela was humping Itself In o man.
ner that BODIED no good. A large number
were not satisfied with the bulletins and
sent for private information, but the answers
were in every case exaggerated.
THE RIVER YESTERDAY FORENOON.
The river was found 10 be slightly rising at
s A. NJ and continued TO come up slowly
until about 10 O'Clock, when the waters be-
came stationary. As near as could be cal.
culated, the depth In the channel was then
81 feet. The city came in for the usual an.
gthematizing as the marks were looked for
and found not II the new Wharf Commit.
lee wants TO immortallze itself, 1t will as
soon as possible cause new wharf 10 BIZ
made. lit Is unable to do that, It can have
the satisfaction OF knowing that 1t will ever
be held in grateful remembrance by the
down that will indicate up to 45 feet.
The levee was crowded all day yesterday,
by people who braved the raw, biting wind
that blew up after the rain ceased about 8 A.
NJ, all anxious to know what height the riv-
er would attain at this point The river
was about clear OF Ice and debris; Il was q
vast rolling stream, sullen and turbid in
appearance and yet possessing strange fas.
cination for all. Men stood and gazed at It
by the half hour. While the river was not
as large as Wheeling has had before, the
wonderful part about II was the length OF
time II has remained at this stage. The vol
ums OF water that has swept by Is something
immense and not to be estimated.
| Az 4 r. Ne Luc river uhu lhlltu ~ oO IetL, hnu
at midnight last night It was estimated that
river was stationary. All old steambOatmen
conceded that there would be little over 40
feet, about Al feet they put II, OF water at
this point sometime to-day. They made this
calculation on the reports from Pittsburgh,
the manner In which Wheeling creek ran out
and paSt experiences. The table printed In
the lNTELLlGEScER Tuesday morning. shew-
ing tile depths Of the water at Pittsburgh and
this point during floods in the past, was often
referred 10 in making these calculations.
WHEELING CREEK.
The rain that fell did not soak into the
ground, as that was frozen.hard. The water
all ran into the creeks aud rivers and helped
TO swell the food The sight OF Wheeling
Creek running ont lite mill race yesterday
morning with such high river as there was,
made the gray heads look grave and talk
seriously. The creek has played consider
able damage out in the country. There
came sweeping down yesterday, fences,
lumber, outhouses, etc, that formed q
solid mass at the stone bridge. The arches
were all upper water, which was
within eight feet OF the parapeL
The mass ofrefuse and ice extended almost
up to the Market street bridge, and was
wedged together so tightly that men walked
all over II, fishing out lumber and barrels
with long hooks The low lands about
Caldwell's Run and along the river front
still remained submerged, also the low parts
OF the Island. The Island people were very
much alarmed and many a skif was taken
over and scow improyised to be used in case
OF emergency,
The foot bridge over the creek at the Ores.
cent mill was loosened at one end last even
Ing, and swung around. Efforts were made
to save 1t, but failed. Two shanties about
eight feet by ten, one having stove and
other household furniture In II, hoated down
Market street bridge when they struck and
capsizsd.
Hubbard's saw mill, at the Greek bank
east Of Main street, is flooded. Colonel
Hubbard last evening constructed boom OF
logs on Sixteenth aud Main streets 10 prevent
his lumber from washing out In case OF o
further rise, This Is good sign that a big
ger river vet Ia coming, % tho Colonel has
the intuitive skill Of 4 veteran observer in
foretelling the future actions OF the river.
SOME OF TIE INCONVENIENCE
The railroads are very much inconveni.
enced. The Hempfeld bridge at Triadelphia
10 said to be somewhat ticklish. The Hemp
field bridge at Main street and the depot
bridges OF the B. so, we're laden down with
cinder cars early In the day, and none too
soon, for by noon the water was touching
the rails The p. W. & Ky. folks sent for a
force OF track.layers and by o'clock had
rails to and across their new bridge, which
was held down by train OF cars. The wash
OF the waters has undermined the earth so
abopt the ends Of the P. w. & Ky. freight
depot's outside platform that they have SUNK
To- A NJ lafk tLn
trestle approach to the depot last night.
The profanity that went up, along Main
and South streets yesterday afternoon from
the Wholesale clerks, was strongly provoked.
The dispatches were such as TO cause alarm
carly In the day aud were corroborated by
Others later on. Then II was known fer sure
that big river was inevitable and the cellars
were emptied OF their contents, Barrel after
barrel Wis hauled up and rolled into the
street Last night one could scarcely get
along either street and red lights were shown
in great. numbers, to warn drivers.
DOWN rHE RIVER.
About hali.past niue o'clock last night the
Andes arrived with big trip. She was de.
tanned about six miles below Matamoras
from Monday afternoon till yesterday morn.
ing, by the ice and drift. The passengers
found the delay somewhat tedious, but the
officers OF the boat did all that could be done
to relieve the tedium OF the wait Gentle
men who came Up on The boat gay
along the river the high water has
caused a practical suspension Of bust.
could not land. The water had reached the
top OF the bluff. and the lands and town
were largely submerged. At Darlington,
Powhatan and other towns The same state
OF affairs exist. At Moundsville the water
was within Two feet OF the B. & o. railroad,
and much OF the Grove Creek bottom was
converted into a lake.