Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1883-02-12
THE FEBRUARY FREsHETs.

PfTTsBURG, Pa, Feb. s. The flood
in the Monongahela River reached
the highest point, % feet, at 3 o'clock
this morning, and soon after began
to recede. Owing to the cold wealth
Ell, which shut off the small streams,
the water did not get as high as was
anticipated by several feet. The
damage here is almost wholly from
inundation, but the loss from that is
considerable. All the mills along
both rivers are submerged and opera
tons 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
City have been compelled to leave
their homes until the flood subsidies.
Dispatches from towns along the
Monongahela River report great dam
age from inundation. The water at
all points is sllbsiding, and no more
danger is apprehended.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Feb. s. The
water here is gradually falling and
travel has been resumed between here
Kingston. The ice is firm from here
to Nanticoke.
PoRT DEPOSIT, Md, Feb. s.. The
water is about one foot higher than
yesterday, and the gorge is stationary.
No damage has yet occurred, but the
water now covers Davis & Sons
wharf. A very heavy gorge has
formed at McCall's Ferry, twenty
miles above, and extends back sever
al miles. 1t is feared this will break
and flood the town. The river has
fallen two feet at Harrisburg this
morning. At Columbia it is on a
stand. At Safe Harbor and McCall's
Ferry and this place the river is full
of running ice from shore to shore.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 8. The Ohio
River is rising along its whole length.
At Wheeling it is 36 feet and still
rising, and boats cannot pass under
the bridge. Marietta is flooded more
than ever. The railroad track be-
tween Marietta and Belfre is six feet
under water.
The Times-Star special says that
Cattlesburgh is already flooded, and
more damage expected on account OF
the great rise in Sandy River. A
Portsmouth the river is So feet anC
rising. A considerable portion of the
city is under water. The Scioto River
is also rising, and the railroad tract
at North Portsmouth is under water
Here the river continues to rise, being
50 feet at one o'clock.
Newport, KY, suffers most at pres
ent, very many houses beng alread,
invaded by water and the people ar
moving out. The Anchor Iron ant
Steel Works at Newport, the iron ant
pipe foundry, and the greater part o
Swift's Rolling Mill have been com
} PEELED to suspend. The merchant
| along the river front in this city ar
f busy removing goods from the cellar
and first floors. No railroads her
: are as yet submerged, but will be to
: morrow if the rise continues.
e PoMERoY, Ohio, Feb. 8. This cit
I is completely under water, and tn
!. entire people have been compelled t
: seek safety on the hilltops. The Wa
S tiers of the Ohio have reached poir
: higher than has been known before
: and are still rising. Twenty eigf
salt works are under water, entailin
d loss of 100000 barrels of salt. I'll
: rolling mills are closed and all otht
u business is suspended. Similar II
I. ports come from points all along tt
n river. The Journal and other news
/ paper buildings have been washe
l. out.