Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-02-18
THE RAGING RIVERS,
., Cities and Towns Laid Waste
md the Homes Devastated by
lIuDrscsdsntsd Frsshsts.
|-ss Destruction Wrought al. Gin
riunatl, Louisville, and Other
Down River Points.
Great ramags Reported from
Enrthsrn 0hio---Ths Maumes
aMuddy Torrent.

,,..s Dispatch to the Sunday Register.
C'xr,>y,rI. February 1.-THE great
,,,S, in the Ohio river and its tributaries
"a ensryssed the sorrowful attention Of
. \, rsop!e Of Cincinnati this week. Read
.of snterprising daily papers like the
.p,,1sryr have been kept advised to the ex-
|s,,t possible in printed descriptions, but
|, Dsrson can fairly comprehend the wreck
- deyastations without seeing. The
,,V from Prices Hill, west OF the city
.,.Osr. is one OF imposing ana dreadful
t,pdeur. <The beholder can appreciate
'-om thst elevated position, better than he
In st the verge Of the freshet, the inva-
I'm OF the wholesale portion Of Cincinnati
4, the turbulent waters; and he can meet
,ith his eve, as il were, the raging river as
k,useps down with terrible force, almost
s,gulfng the kentucky towns Of Dayton,
Fl eyue and Newport, and thoroughly sat
1 ,s,ing the suburban portions OF CIncln-
All known as COlumbia, Fulton, Pendle-
4 etc.
Mil creek NhAleys
. .bs main railroad entrance 10 the city, pre-
S,pts almost as great and destructive sheet
water as the river itself, The freshet
tsre involves great wreck of business and
sDulscturiug interests, and an embarrass-
4 sur of railroad communications. Trains
through the water as long as they could
4 tbout drowning the fires under the loco
olive boilers and then passengers were
KEN slrsrd in the suburbs. The railroad
sra,rmenI has been almost a marvel OF
r,r,ri... Accounts OF suffering among
4 rr, ur peopIe Of Cincinnati and suburbs
1 s., Without doubt been much
OVerdraNn and Highly COIOred.
fhe tendency among newspaper writers is
n exsggerate the facts in order TO serve an
, ,mbi,ion in the direction OF graphic writ.
h.. lis true that great many poor peo-
.. and as many VINO are not poor in the
hal meaning Of that word, have been
Ter driven from their homes or to the
ktr,r stories thereof. This is 4 discomfort
Il a. Commands and ought TO command,
tte sympathy of those more fortunate;
/ no there is probably no sctual distress on
count of lack Of food, clothing or shell
b.. aNG as sympathy Is a cheap COM
CGity. perhsIS it would be we'll to beStOT
little of il ON the men of means, who
D ave been engaged in business and manu-
tcturp. and who will lose enormously
b irough destruction of goods and Interrupt
Don OF trade, and possibly the wreck Of
tuiliingS. When YOU come to sum up the
3hOie situation, their loss is in not un-
4 3sasOnab.e sense the loss OF the whole
4 Immunity, including the poor people.
Iarse sums Of money have been raised
b. dsrhpmes for the distribution of food
! q clothing are 30 we'll devised and etii-
y Ht.y executed that
No One Need so Hungry
3 nsuiliciently c,ud. Shelter too, has
Den provided Tor those who have not sky
3rlyv Accommodations in the modern
fsr.,e Tax. altogether, the situation is
H. enough, but il might have been worse.
u 70 waters will soon SubSlde, the streets
n q BE- cleared, the water pumped out OF
te cellars, goods replaced in the wholesale
tO-e>. aud business resumed, and in a
t9niu Cincinnati will seem to have for
@Dusn her aqueOus calamity. II Chicago
D. survive a sweeping fire, and Memphis
D cover from a GepCpulatipg yellow lever
toar.p. Cincinnati, the oldest and IN point
b wealth and stability still the leading
b ,y .r the west, can stand a Hood, which
b I soon pass away as nine days wonder.
y on evidence that all classes OF the CON-
Huniy have caught it," it may be men
E.urd that in Newport, which is a con-
n erabc city, il is estimated that eighty
~ uu>snd dollars worth OF
Pianos
De under water; and in Cumminsyillee,
fa;Ch lies in the immediate Mill Creek
ID Iey, ana j. now the Twenty. fifth ward OF
FrC'nnati, five hundred pianos are either
ID ost ur living beneath the muddy water.
fsnoS being heavy could not be readily
bowed 10 the upper stories of the houses,
II 2 had TO be lett for watery grave. The
&Cr'y for the Suppression OF Music, an
81 sr laliUn in this city having for its oh,
D 'ae rehukeO Of the musical Cranks, WI |
u % st 10 has a boom; and people gener-
y , ~ no to rot appreciate music ia the IN
n lr stage of piano practice, will take
II &c.