Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-12
MOVING OFF THE MERCHANDISE
The Gas Works Invaded and the Water
Supply Threatened.
THE DEVASTATION ELSEWHERE.
Fears Of Great Injury at Pittsburg and
Wheeling.
The FPeSHef.
THE FLOOD AT CINCINNATI.

StornatlOn IN Jne Guy on aCCounG o1 Lilo
rise in the river and what is expected to
come. 1t reached sixty-one feet two and
half inches at $3.50 P. N. and is rising two
inches an hour. Desperate efforts are be-
ing made to save merchandise in tho lower
part of the city. Advices from above say
the heavy rise is still coming.
Good business men here who are not SEN
sational, say tonight the damage by
the present overflow of the Ohio river
in Cincinnati, Newport, and Covington
will amount to millions. The stage at
tonight is sixty-one feet, eight inches
and rising nearly two inches hourly.
Thousands of people crowd about the
bridges watching the food. Three feet
more water is expected. All transfer
wagons in the city are removing goods
from danger. Suspension bridge is lined
with wagons getting leaf tobacco over to
Covington. The water through which
they pass, going to suspension bridge, is
over the axles of the wagon. Passengers
between Covington and Cincinnati are
compelled to cross water at the Cincinnati
approach to suspension bridge in boats or
vehicles. At the present rate of the rise
the passage to the bridge by vehicles will
soon be impossible. The steam ferry and
street railway company's communication
between here and the county side
of the river is cut off entirely.
The Cincinnati approach to the Newport
bridge is free at o'clock, but in danger.
In Newport the military barracks are all
flooded, and two square miles of the city
is under water. People were taking coal
and provisions in boats all day to the in
habitants and delivering them through
houses and factories on the entire river
front at Covington are flooded. The water
is up to the second story of some of them.
Nearly ten miles of the riv-
er front at Cincinnati is more or less
under water. The flood extended on
Vine to Second street and Pearl street
cellars are filling. Along the landing the
food is up to the second and third stories
of many buildings. The roof of the big
wharf boat viewed from suspension bridge
looks nearly as high as the roofs OF five
story houses in the public landing. All
railway freight business and nearly all the
express business west and north is stop
ped The Ohio & Mississippi railway
transfer passengers by omnibus four miles
down the river, thence by steamer to make
connection with the Aurora, Indiana, Gin
cinnat1 & indianapolis. The st. Louis q
Chicago uses the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton line to reach its own lines in Indi-
ana. The Cincinnati, Washington & Balti-
mere goes out from the Cincinnati, Ham1l-
ton & Dayton depot. The Little Miami
division of the Pittsburg & Cincinnati, St.
Louis and all roads south of the Ohio riv-
or remain intact, and are likely to continue
so. In the west end PEG
pie are trying to secure cat
tie from the Indicator pens. The
difficulty is very great, as the boats have
to be emptied and the cattle must be led
out one by one. They often get fright
ened, break away and go back into the
pits. All the Mill creek 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-
citement prevails. The fire department
is out pumping out Pearl street Gel
lars, trying to enable merchants
to save their goods. The river this morn
ing invaded the house adjoining suspen-
sion bridge, where unslacked lime was
stored along with quantities of rosin.
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| The fire department has been working al
the fire all day. 1t continues obstinate
but not large. On Walnut street, up to
Fourth street, the entire sidewalks are COW
cred with packages of sugar and groceries
which have been hastily removed
moval continues tonight as fast as men
can accomplish it. The damage to goods
in cellars on Pearl street is much feared.
The Cincinnati stock yards are flooded
and stock trains cannot move in
any direction, and all business will be sus-
pended until after the danger is past.
At $50 O'Clock tonight it was expected
every minute the gas lights would be ex-
tinguished. Only few inches more rise
would bring that result. The belief now
is that it will not stop under sixty-three
feet, which will make the rise the greatest
on record.
THE GAS GIVEN OUT.
The gas works at o'clock were sub
merged, and there is only enough gas to
last through the night. The pressure is SO
weak that gas will lot burn now in many
places. The water supply is also in dan
ger. One engine at the pumping works is
able to work. It's capacity at the last trial
vas 100000 gallons per day while the
daily consumption is 16,OOO,0 OO,and it will
require rise of four feet
more to disable this one
engine. The coal fleets are believed to be
safe. They are guarded by steamers ready
to render assistance if the line parts, but
if the wind rises it is not thought any
will be saved The weather is still warm
and the snow melting, with occasionally
light rain.
Advices from above indicate that the
rise will continue at least twenty-four
hours.
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