Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-02-15
THE WESTERN FLOODS.

The floods of last week in the northwest
ern rivers were the most disastrous of any
that have occurred in recent years. A Gin
cinnati dispatch of Sunday says:
The city is in CONSERVATION on account Of
the great rise in the Ohio River and what
is expected to come. The water had reach
half-past 3 o'clock this afternoon and was
rising at the rate Of two inches per hour.
Desperate efforts are being made to save
the merchandise in the lower part Of the
city. AdviceS from above indicate that
a heavy rise is still coming.
Prominent business men here, who are
not sensational, say tonight that the dam
age from the present overflow of the Ohio
River in Cincinnati, Newport and COving-
ton will amount to millions Of dollars. The
water at o'clock this evening was 81 feet
inches high and rising nearly two inches
hourly. Thousands of people crowd all
the bridges watching the floods. A rise of
three feet more is expected. All the trans
fer wagons in the city are employed in re-
moving goods from danger. The Supension
tobacco over to CovingtOn. The water
through which they pass in going to the
suspension bridge is over their aXles. Pas
sengers between Covington and Cincinnati
are compelled to cross the water at the
Cincinnati approach to the suspension
bridge in boats or vehicles. At the present
rate of rise passage to the bridge by vehi-
cles will soon be impossible. Steam ferry
and street railroad communication between
here and the Kentucky side of the river
is cut off entirely. The Cincinnati approach
to the Newport bridge was free at O'Clock,
but in danger. In Newport the military
barracks are flooded and nearly two square
miles of the city is under water. People
have been taking coal and provisions in
boats all day to the inhabitants and deliv-
windows. All the houses and factories
along the entire front at Covington are
flooded and 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 food extends from Ninth
street to Second street, and on Pearl street
the cellars are filling. Along the landing
the flood is up to the second and third
story of many buildings. The roof Of a
big wharf boat viewed from the Suspell-
sion bridge looks nearly as high as the
roof of tive-story houses on the public
landing. All railway freight and nearly
all express business west and north has
been stopped. The Ohio and Mississippi
ltdll"dS DS
four miles down the river and thence by
steamer makes connection with Aurora, Ind.
The Cincinnati, indianapolis, st. Louis and
Chicago uses the Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton lines to reach its own line in Indi-
ana. The Cincinnati, Washington and
Baltimore trains 90 out from the Cincin-
natl, Hamilton and Dayton depot. If the
present rate of rise continues all these lines
will have to transfer at Cumminsvlle to-
morrow morning. The Little Miami divis-
ion Of the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and ST.
Louis and all roads south Of the river re-
main intact and are likely to continue so.
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 letl
out one by one. They often get frightened,
break away and go back into their pens.
All the Mill Valley for miles north from
the Ohio is a broad sea.
In the city, from Pearl street down to the
river front the greatest activity and eX-
citcment prevails. The fire department is