The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-02-07
EuRIous FLOODS.
The Ohio River Higher than Ever Known
Since 1852.


CINCINNATI, O., Feb. 6. 8 a. m.-Rain
continues; river 90 ft ct, rising at the rate
of five inches an hour. All the small
streams throughout the country at flood
height. Reports from up the river
points are taat the Iain is still falling
and The river rising rapidly. At Ports
m ruth 1t is 46 feet; IrUnt N, 40 ct
inches; Huntington, AZ feet; Wheeling,
40 feet, and rising al the rate of 6 iEches
per hour.
CAIRO, Ill, Feb. 6-Heavy rain has
betn falling since 4 p. N yesterday.
The Ohio river is rising asst; is now 81
feet inches above guage, having risen
over the; feet during the last "a hours.
The Mississippi i, also rising slowly.
CLEVELAND, o, Feb 6.-Members OF
the National Assoc alton of Stove Nam
ufaciurers, holding their thirteen an
nual met ting, report that the railways
entering here encounter very high weter
at various points, and considerable dam
age has been done. There is a washeut
on the Clevt land & Pit sburg railroad a,
Wayues6urg; fr, shtt st BaYards water
very high along the Bee Line, bot no
| damage done yet. The New York,
| Pennsylvania and ONO railroads are not
seriously troubled so far. The valley
road is covered with water for fifteen
mi es south of here, chiefly owl flnw
from the Cuyhega river. which has
sprt a1 over part of the upper fats here
| The Cleveland s. Ohio railroad reports
many depots under water and bridges
washed away a. Canal Dover and
Elyria.
CINCrNNArr, Feb e. Conservative
| men who yesterday were unwilling TO
admit that las years fiuod would be du-
| pIicated, now cannot be found. To day
| there is no longer adoubt that tie water
4 will reach last years height; tn the
1 contrary with rain still failing and the
weathtr mild the OIL, ore tio1 nov is,
| by how mitch wilt / ,st years fio51 be
/ txcetded.
/ A most alarm NJ feature If the present
situation is The rapidly Of the rise.
| Last year hen the liver reached this
height II WAS firing less than an inch
an h,ur. AT noon fo-daV the Ruage
shows fifIy-njne fs-t and fo1T inches.
Merchants and manufacturers will lose
much less tnan list year. No time is
now wasted in pumping out water
fIom the submerged cellars.
every ava liable IN an and team Is employ
cd, wh re the water IN ~ encroach, 10
placing goods on higher floors an | re-
moving TO higher ground. Business is
completely s1spen5e1 throughout all
the lower part OF the ciIy-. The Grano
Central raIlio4d depot is aban Toned.
The Odio s. Mississippi railroad has its
eastern terminus a. Aurora. Ind., aud
will run steamers bttwee1 that
| point, IT Stnrr's station. thence by Omni-
bus 20 CIneinaall Washington and
Bal imore trains will use the Cincinnati,
Hamilton s. Dayton d, pot This can
be used ua ii the wafer reaches &c
fees, then the trains " iii nave to stop al
the st sck yards Bee line trains will
make that .ir terminal poiIt thmor.
row. The Panhandle aud Louis
willie s Nashville can use theiI
|, depot until the water reaches sixty-tWo
feet The Cincinnati SoEs hsIn viii moi
be troubled in reaching It's Mclean
street depot until the wafer gets higher
than II was last year, bui
il cannot reach the side
: tracks 20 do freight business. CiBcin
/ | natl, Indianapolis, 81. Louis and
, Chicago trains bid fair to be shut out 81
i together unle a.TeDgement< tan b
made TO reach the city VIA. RGshviIlS
and over the Cincinnati, Hamilton &
Dayton road. The Cincinnati. North
ern Toledo, and Cincinn III S ST. LouIl
| are the oply roads that cannot b
J reached BY tIs hss0d