The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-02-12
Disastrous Effect of the Fresh
ct at Cincinnati.
LOWER PART OF CITY SCB-
MkRGED AND WATER
STILL RISING.
The Gas Works Flooded and the
Water Works in Danger.
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF
PROPERTY DESTROYED.

CINCINNATI, Feb. 1.-THE damaged by the
present overflow of the Ohio river in Cincin-
natl, Newport and Covington will amount to
millions. At 8 o'clock tonight the water
stands at u feet inches, and rising nearly
two inches hourly. Thousands of people
crowd on the bridges to witness the floods.
Three feet more Of water is expected. All
the transfer wagons in the city are employed
IN moving goods from danger. The suspen-
sion bridge is lined with wagons taking leaf
tobacco over to Coyington The water through
winch they pass in going to the suspension
bridge is over the axles. Passengers between
Covington and Cincinnati are compelled to
cross the water in boats at the Vienna ap-
proach to the supension bridge. The steam ferry
and street railroad communication between
here and the Kentucky side of the river is cut
off entirely.
In Newport the military barracks are food
ed. Nearly two square miles of the city are un-
der water and people have been taking coal
and provisions in boats all day to the lnhabit-
ans, aud delivering them through the second
and third story windows. All houses and fac
tories along the entire river front in Coviug-
ton are Hooded and the water is in the second
stories OF some. Nearly ten mics of the river
'front.' OF Cincinnati is under water Along
the landing the food is mp to the second and
tnlrd stories in many buildings. All railway
frelght business and nearly all express busi-
ness west and north is stopped. The Ohio and
Mlssissippl Railway transfers passengers by
OtunlUuS lOuF niles QOWH the river, thence OV
steamer and makes connections with the Au-
rora, Indiana and Cincinnati The Indianap-
oils, st. Louis and Chicago ros d uses the Gin
cinnati, Hamilton and Dayton lines to reach
its lines in Indiana. The Cincinnati, Wash
lDgton and Baltimore 90 out from the Cincin.
natl, Hamilton and Dayton depot. Ii the
present rate of rise continues all these liues
will have to transfer at Cumminsville tomor-
" morning. The Little Miami division of
the Pittsburg, Cincinnati and St. Louis and
all do Il, 9 kl n /.
and are likely to continue to do so All Mill
Gre Valley for miles north from the Ohio is
broad sea. In this city from Pearl street
down to the river front the greatest activity
and excitement prevails. The fire department
is pumping out cellars, trying to enable mer-
chants TO save their goods The river this
morning Invaded house adjacent to the sus-
pension bridge where unslacked lime was stored
along with quantities of rosin The heat from
the lime set the rosin on fire. The fire depart
ment has been working at this fire all day. 1t
continues obstinate but not violent. On Wal
nut street up to Fourth street the entile side
walks are covered with packages of sugar and
groceries which have been hastily removed
from collars, and the work of emoval eontin-
nes tonight as rapidly as m u can accomplish
1t Dana &c to goods in cellars on Pearl street
is much feared. The Cincinnati stock wards
are Hooded and stock trains cannot move in
any direction. All business will be suspend
ed until after the danger is past
AT half past eight tonight it was expected
every minute that the gas lights would be ex-
tinguished. Only few inches more of rise
will bring about that result. The belief is now
that it will not stop vnder 63 feet which will
make the greatest aise on record.
Ats O'Clock, the gas works were flooded and
only enongh gas was left to last through the
night Tne pEessTfg y "a ssEc~ f5 wafar snf,-
ply is also in danger and only ona engine ne
the pumping works Is able to work. Its capac-
ity st the last trial was ten million gallons
per day while the daily consumption sixteen
millions. It will require rise of 4 feet more
to pisable this one engine. The coal fleets are
believed TO be safe. They are guarded by
steamers ready to render assistance of lines
part but If the wind rlssS it is not thought
thatany can be saved. The weather is still
warm and snow is melting, with occasional
rains. Advices from above indicate that the
else will continue at least "a hours longer
The G szett's specials report three inches of
rain at Parkersburg and the river rising an
inch hourly. Marietta reports two and half
inches of rain and river rising slowly. Ports
mouth reports heavy rain for "a hours until
noon. The river is rising slowly, is foot
higher tn IN on Friday night and is rising two
inches an hour. AT Pittsburg il is raining and
the weather is warm snow is melting aud the
river rising. MavsVille reports river rising,
d inches an hour and many business houses
already have their cellars flooded. Excite.
meut here Tonight continues The stage Of
the water is taken amp every half hour is bulle-
tin at the newspaper offices. Crowds are
still going to the waters edge, where the work
men are bnsy removing goods. In some of the
churcnes tonight no services were held on ac-
count of the failure of gaslight.
CINCINNATI, Feb 1.-THE Ohio at midnight
is 81 feet Inc ,es, and is rising an inch half
hourly. The city of Lowrencebury, Indiana,
20 miles below here is entirely inundated No
spot of ground will ee visible in it tomorrow
They are isolated and caDnot be reached by
rail, and steamers cannot land there. They
have telephoned here tonight for bread. Il
will have TO Re conveyed by skiffs. No wind
is stirring at midnight
PITTsBURG, Pa, Feb. lit is very proba
bls that this section will be visited by another
flood within the next a hours At 1890 D. M
tonight there were 141 feet of water in the
Monongahela river and 1t was rising six inches
an hour, while dispatches from points above
report the river rising at the rate of Is TO 20
inches an hour. 1t has rained here for IS
hours.