Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-13
Unparalleled Haisht Of the Ohio
River and Tributaries.
Sixty-Four Feet Recorded at
Cincinnati, land Still
Rising"
Immense Quantities Of Prop
perty Destroyed by the
Water.
Basiness at n st. ndstill, and tho
City In Darknes SIS.
The Condition OF Affairs ct Pittsburg,
Louisville and Other Cities.

Special Dispatch to Tnn Bxs.
CINCINNATI, February IL, 1.-The riv.
or at IL o'clock has reached 63 feet 8
inches, having risen 2 Inches during
the past three hours. Barges are b.
ing run along second street to relieve
the wants of the people living there,
The current on Front street is 30 rap
Id as to make navigation dangerous.
The suspension bridge cannot DO reach
ed at all except by boats. The New
port bridge is also inaccessible except
by boats or wagons. The suffering
among the people in the flooded part
of the city Is unavoidable and no or.
ganized effort has yet been made to
relieve them, but 1t must be done
soon or q loss of life Is inevitable.
Specials from points above here inai.
cate that the rise will continue here
probably until tomorrow. The river
10 falling at Marietta but Is rising
above there. At Maysville it is rising
m inch each hour. Large quantities
of whisky, -four and other property are
overfowed there. There Is no change
in the situations of railroads and no
news from LawrencebuI &, Ind. The
worst Is feared, az the town is isolated.
P%IrrsBURG, February S.--rhe food
in the Monongahe!a reached the high
est point, % feet, at 3 o'clock thts
morning, and soon after began to re.
cede, owing to the cold weather which
shut eff the small streams. The water
did no. get as high az anticipated by
several feet. The damage here ia
almost wholly from inundation, but
the loss from these is considerable.
ALI mills along both rivers are sub
merged and operations suspended.
Many stores In the lower PORTIONS OF
the two cities are under water and
hundreds of families on the South Side
aud In Allegheny have been compelled
to leave their homes until the floods
subside. Dispatches from towns along
the Monongahela report great damage
from inundation. The water at cheese
points is subsiding and no more danger
lis spprehended.
PARKERsBURa, w. Va, February
8 The present ia the highest flood
here since 1860, the river being "A
feet above low water. Houses on the
Ohio side are inundated, also on the
Kavawha side. Three hundred per-
sons arc homeless. Every mill In the
city 10 under water. Loss fully $780,
600. No lives lost. The Kavawha
river ia rushing out at a tremendous
rate. The water is within a foot of
the furnace fires at the postcfi ,e.
CINoINNATI, February 8.-The Ohio
river lie rising along the whole length,
an almost unprecedented case. AT
Wheeling it ia SO feet and still rising.
B oats cannot pass under the bridges.
The river here is rising three inches
an hour.
CINCINNATI, February 8.--The
Commercial. Gszstte's specials report
that the Ohio river recsded two inches
at Marietta, but the city is in dark
ness, the gas works being flooded,
The loss in the city Is very great,
merchants not having time to ave
goods. Mrs. : Groves was found
drowned In 3 house this evening
Railway connection Is cut off. The
loss In the township to farm property
Is estimated at $50 600.
At Pomeroy, Ohio, the food II
greater than any since 1847, anG
promises to exceed that before morn
Ing. Three hundred buildings hav'
from one to fifteen feet Of water. Ii
three. fourths Of the business house
water is six feet deep. The damag'
to dwellings and business houses /
estimated at $3.50, 900.
At Ironton there is ffty-fve feet o
water In the river and rising. Tn
lower part Of the city is flooded an
all factories are stopped.
At Portsmouth the river Ia risinI
three inches an hour. The waite
works and nearly all factories ar
stopped. One hundred families hav
been driven from their houses. TIL
railroads north and east are undo
water,
FREM ONT, o February 8.-Thre
thousand dollars have been collecte
for the relief of the food suff ,rers. ]
will be several days before the dwell
! ings can be occupied.
CINCINNATI, February IL. - Tn
meeting of the chamber of commerc'
showed the utter prostration Of bus
ness, only the most necessary trad
was accomplished. There was no di'
position to enter into anything OF
speculative character. The p~resider
g called tho body to order, and a resolr
0 ton was adopted, appointing a con
mittee to collect money and proyid
relief for the sufferers.
" Among the losses this morning wa
I 800 cattle drowned. Just now a
available skihs and 9th er crafts al
busy saving goods and ferryiug pal
sengers at enormous rates. The Ga
Is completely exhausted. Citizen
. are providing themselves with candle
: aud Tampa. The theatres will b
. equipped with electric lights, bu
: they fear the audiences will be Bma
q on account of the fear that it will
. dark In the streets. The river
sixty. three feet, seven and one-ha
inches at 1880 p. M, and still rising
o PIrrsBURo, February l2.--The ri
8 In the Monongahela was not suftioieI