The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-02-10
morning the river had risen 80 feet and every

morning the river had risen 30 feet and every
thing was flooded.
WHEELING, W. Va, Feb 5.-The river is
now 81 feet inches high, and is rising at the
rate of inches per hour. About noon a
barge with two wagons passed, and shortly
after flat with a new buggy, one end beng
sunk. The fair grounds of the State EXposl-c
ton Association and other low parts OF
Wheeling island are under water, as well as
portions of the main part of the CITY,. Some
of the residents of the island are moving out
INDIANAPOLIS, md, Feb. 5.-The White
river rose to an unprecedented height, and
the water invaded the engine-house OF the
water-works, endangering the water supply
of the city. Two spans of the Wabash, st.
Louis and Pacific Railroad bridge are down
at Logansport Regular trains are abandon
ed. The floods throughout the State are
general, nearly all the railroads having suffer,
ed damage from washouts and the loss OF
bridges.
PITTsBuRG, Feb. 5.-At ten clock to-
night the water in the Allegheny river was
gradually receding, and all danger from that
source is regarded as over. The Mononga-
hela and Youghiogheny rivers now engage
attention. Both are rising at their head
waters, and great fears are entertained that
the gorge in the Youghiogheny will come out
tonight and do serious damage to bridges
and the coal fleets moored in the Mononga.
hela. The damage by the food will not fall
short of $25O,OOO.
AKRON, ONO, Feb. 5.-The losses by the
floods in this city and county, previously re-
ported at $4,000 are increased $4,000 by
damages on the peninsula alone, mostly
borne by the Valley Railroad and the Ohio
Canal Company.
The large iron bridge over the Cuyahoga
river at Brecksville is gone. The body OF
Mary Strapp was found to-day few hundred
yards from her house, frozen in the sand.
TIFFIN, OHIO, Feb. 1.-Two ofthe six iron
bridges in this city are ruins. The loss to
country property is 500, 900, and much more
TO private property. The water and gas
works are inundated, and the city is in dark
ness.
The floods in the western rivers have for
the most part subsidized. A rain and sleet
storm prevailed Tuesday night over wide
extent of country. 1t showed at Chicago on
Monday, and another snow blockade occur
red in the Northwest.
Wednesdays dispatches say-lce gorges
have formed in the Susquehanna above and
below Port Deposit, Nd, and the situation is
so threatening that persons living along the
river banks are moving their property to high
er ground The North Branch of the Susque-
hanna has overlooked at Wilkesbarre. The
Monongahela river has risen with extraordi-
nary rapidity, and another disastrous flood is
feared at Pittsburg, Pa.
WHEELING, W. Va, Feb. THE river
here continued to rise till noon and shortly
after fell till IL p. M, when it again began to
rise. The south end of the city and portion
of the island have been under water all day.
The water has reached the cellars of many
business houses near the river, and the streets
are full of merchandise. Those who expect
to be overfowed are moving out, and those
whose houses will be surrounded have secured
boats. The letter carriers to-day delivered
their mails on part of the routes by skiffs.
CINCINNATI, Feb. Fifty coal barges, halt
of them loaded were swept away tonight,
with little hope of recovery. The losers are
Hayes 4 Bro, Linn & Fleathen, Sheridan,
Croil & Whitaker, j. W. Clark and W. B.
Cole. If none are saved the loss WILDE S35,
600. The river is 40 feet above low-water
mark at midnight and still rising,