The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-02-07

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inches an hour.
Fully 5000 families are rendered
homeless by the food. Arrange
ments have been made to shelter
them.
The Allegheny Council also me ct
to- morrow to discuss the SITUATION
and devise means for the rel or OF
unfortunates. Travel is suspended
this evening on every railroad run"
ming out of the city, with the e1cep
ton of the Pennsylvania Central,
and many people who left their
homes in the suburbs this morning
were compelled to remain In the
city over night. TIE morning news
papers are suffering great inconven-
ience from the flooding OF cellars,
and the Post, Commercial Gazette
and Times will be unable to print
editions in the morning on their
own presses. The Times and Com
mercial- Gazette will use the Leader
press, and the Post has arranged to
run an edition of on a job press.
at $50 pm. it is still raining,
with no immediate prospect or
clearing weather. The streets
bounded by Duquesne way on the
north ard water street on the south,
and from the junction Of the two
rivers to Sixth street, including
Pennsylvania Avenue, Liberty,
First to Sixth, Ferry and
Short streets, are almost
entirely submerged. Every street
south OF Pennsylvania avenue to
Sharpsburg, a distance Of five miles,
Is under from one to ten feet of
water. Library Hall, on Pennsyl-
vania avenue, where Lawrence
Barrett is playing, was compelled to
suspend the performance until the
water recedes. The Museum on
Sixth street is still open, although
surrounded by water, and the man
ager offers free transportation to
and from the Museum in
beats. Tonight the city is In eemi>
darkness; the water is up to the
works, and while the gas is still
burning it is very dim. On the
south side every street south of
Carson, from Charters Creek to
Thirtieth, is inundated. while all
property within three squares Of the
river in Allegheny is submerged. At
this time it is impossible to estimate
the loss, but it is safe to say it will
not fall short of ST., 0OO, 600, and may
greatly exceed that amount.
Louisville, KY, cit looks as
though the food last year would be
The river at noon was "a
feet in the canal and rising at the
rate of 4 inches an hour. The shipp-
ing port andPortland are flooded. al,
ready over 800 people are driven out
Of their homes. The government
building is the only house not sub
merged in the shipping port. Four |
'eet more water will bring the food
,ver the cutoff above the city and |
he point will be flooded with great |
oss of property and perhaps lives.
It has been raining steadily nearly
I'll day. Kentucky river is still fis-
ng rapidly at Frankfort. Consider |
Ible excitement is prevailing and
he river banks are thronged with
people. No loss of lives are reported
ret.
Wheeling, w. Va, 6.-The river |
lere is 40 feet, and still rising at |
he rate of 10 inches an hour. Many
ow streets on the island in South
Wheeling are already submerged,
many houses being surrounded, and
! few invaded by water. Three mills
AVE been stopped by the water
the fires. The gas is
lready shut off from the island.
The gas works will no doubt be in
with. The fire supply will
70 shut off by tonight. Moet of
he mills will be stopped by water
" evening. Bridges and trestles
re loaded down with heavy trains.
Communication with the suburbs Ia
eriously interfered with.
Wheeling, W. Va, 6.-The river
las risen here all day, about eight
inches an hour, and there is now a
epth of A feet. The Seventh ward
f the city, lying on Wheeling
sland, is almost entirely submerged
nd the residents have abandoned
heir houses in many cases and in
theirs moved into the second story
nd reach dwellings in skiffs. Low
ortions of the First and Eighth
Yards in the north and south ends
f the city have been under wafer
II day and the river is now en-
reaching on the business streets in
he heart of the city. Main street
ridge, the B. & O. and P. W. 81
y. railroad bridges over Wheeling
reek, are in the water, and two
ridges over Caldwelps run,
ear the south end, are also !
,vered. The railroads are I
nder water in some places and
'avel is altogether suspended. Mol
lail is received or delivered and
he locks have been taken off the
lail boxes to prevent their being
ogged with mail. Freight is re-
lsed by all lines. Street car travel
as stopped on all lines by noon.
bridgeport, Martins Ferry and
Ohio, are largely sub
lerged. At the latter place the
Is was shut off. At Wheeling
reek COsl Mines, the works and
,uses are surrounded and the
buses are threatened with destruc- j
on. The B. & O., G. L. & w.. P.
T. & KY. and c. & N. depots on t
9TH sides of the river are eur.