Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 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 t.ndstill, and tho
City In Darkness.
The Condition OF Affairs ct Pittsburg
Louisville and Other Cities.

Special Dispatch to Tnn BxS.
CINCINNATI, February IL. The riv.
or at IL o'clock has reached 63 feet 8
inches, having risen 2 Inches durir &
the past three hours. Barges arc be-
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 be 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 loss of life Is inevitable.
Specials from points above here inai-
cate that the rise will continue here
probably uutil tomorrow. The river
10 falling at Marietta but Is rising
above there. At Maysville it is rising
an inch each hour. Large quantities
of whisky, -four and other property are
overfiowed there. There is no change
in the situations of railroads and no
news from Lawrencebu,g, Ind. The
worst Is feared, az the town is isolated.
PIrTsBuRG, February S.--The food
in the Monongahe!a reached the high
est point, % feet, at 3 o'clock this
morning, and soon after began to re.
cede, owing to the cold weather which
shut fl the small streams. The water
did not get as high as anticipated by
several feet. The damage here ia
almost wholly from inundation, but
the loss from these is considerable.
All 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
and 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
is spprehended.
PARKERsBURa, w. Va, February
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,
coo. No lives lost. The Kavawha
river ia rushing out at tremendous
rate. The water is within foot of
the furnace fires at the postc ffi,e.
CINoINNATI, February 8.-The Ohio
river lie rising along the whole length,
an almost unprecedented case. AT
Wheeling it is 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 recsd 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 save
goods. Mrs. Groves was found
drowned In 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 fifty-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 is risinl
three inches an hour. The waite
works and nearly all factories ar
stopped. One hundred families hsv
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. j
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 presider
8 called tho body to order, and resolr
0 tion was adopted, appointing con
mittee to collect money and proyid
relief for the sufferers.
- Among the losses this morning wa
800 cattlo drowned. Just now q
available skiffs and other crafts al
busy saving goods and ferryiug pal
sengers at enormous rates. The Ga
: is completely exhausted. Citizen
. are providing themselves with candle
= aud lamps. The theatres will b
. equipped with electric lights, bu
they fear the audiences will be Bma
on account OF the fear that it will
. dark In the streets. The river
sixty three feet, seven and one ma
inches at 1880 p. m, and still rising
o PITTsBURo, February IL. The ri
8 In the Monongahela was not sufhoieI