Daily Republican., 1884-02-13
II LOOD Rising.
DlssFessanS State OF Affairs AlOag
the OHIO River.

DlsGFessaAS State OF Affairs AlOn
the OHIO River.
u WHEELING, w. Va, February 12.-
The river has fallen steadily since Wed
nesday hight, and at 9 p. m. was twer
ty-seven feet. Slow progress has bee
made in cleariag away the debris LEI
by the flood. The number Of destitut
persons is materially reduced, but seve
raj thousands ara still dependent upol
the Relief Committee, principally wo
men and children and old men.
Since the flood receded a singula
phenomenon has been noticed o
Powhattan. Sand and water wer
thrown considerable height there b,
three regular geysers, which attrac
many sight seers.
| William Derry, aged 45 years, STUN
bled on a package on tho slower deck OF
the Abner O'Neal ,en route up the river
and fell into the water short distance
above town. The body has not been 70
covered.
An immense landslide on the hill IL
the Second ward, resulting from the re
cent rains, threatens the destruction Of
four or five houses. Two small tene
ments belonging to man named White
were deserted to-day by the panic
stricken inmates.
PITTsBURG, February The rivers
are swelling again at the rate of Z
inches per hour, with eighteen feet
three inches Gu the Monongahela marks
and nineteen feet on the Allegheny.
Dispatches from all points above here
report continued rain and rising water.
The people living in the bottom lands
are filled with apprehension of another
food.
CINCINNATI, o., February 12.-The
flood situation to-day has been more
gloomy than ever. The river rose almost
constantly from half an inch to an
inch per hour, and was advancing from
two to three feet above the highest
stage of last year.
There Is much apprehension In
Covington and Newport, where the
nature of the soil makes the danger
greater. As the water creeps up the
houses 1t has been found necessary to
remove families to other places. The
Relief Committee in charge of this work
had to act arbitrarily in some cases, and
compel people to leave their houses. In
two or three Of these cases the houses
are now off their foundations or washed
away.
The Masons have made an appeal, In
which they ask not only for Masons
but for all. The river here at 10 p. IN.
was sixty.eight feet one and quarter
inches and rising one and half in
ches per hour. A hard rain was fall
ing.
TOLEDO, o., February 12.-Rain has
fallen here almost constantly during
the twenty-four hours ending at Co.
clock this evening, freezing az 1t fell,
and the streets, sidewalks, trees and
wires are heavily coated with ice.
An appeal has been issued by r. II.
Cochrane, Supreme Dictator of the
knights of Honor, entitled Distress
Call to all Lodges and Knights of
Honor" calling for aid for the sufferers
firm the floods of the Ohio river and
its tributaries.
Sufferers in other communities will
report the needs to one of the above.
named gentlemen.
MARIETTA, o., February 12.-Three.
fourths of this city is submerged. The
river is falling slowly.
STEUBENvILLE, o., February r.
The glass works at Wellsburg, w. Va,
have been damaged $4,000 by the flood.
AURORA, Ind, February 1.-THE
situation is alarming. The river is ris-
ing more rapidly. Three deaths have
occurred since yesterday.
LAwRENCEBURG, Ind, February IL.
The situation grows worse and worse.
The Mayor for the first time has asked
for help from abroad. More houses have
been lifted from their foundations.
People are removing from the second
floors and abandoning their goods be-
cause they have no place to take them.
The current is so swift that boating Is
A family was rescued from
a second-story yesterday where the wa.
ter had reached a depth of four inches.
Fort SMITH, Ark, February 12.-
The heavy rains that have been falling
have swollen all the streams in this Sec
ton. The Arkansas river has risen
eleven feet, and tonight is rising nine
inches per hour. The prospects are that
;he water will rise higher than at any
;ime since 1874.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, February 12.-All
rains east of Charleston, Mo-, to Cairo
md south of Charleston to Belmont, on
he Iron Mountain Railway, have been
on account Of the high |
water.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, February 12.-The
liver tonight marks 80 feet 5 inches,
which is foot inches below the dan
!er line and 10 feet inches below the
xtreme high.water marks. The rise
Turing the past twenty-four hours has
nly been four inches. This is due to
he fact that the river has gone over its
'ank above here, and is filling up the
unken lands along the st. Francis River
WASHINGTON, February 13-l A. Nj.
The signal Office reports say that the
oods in the Ohio at points below Gin
lnnati exceed floods of last year. The
,ater will probably reach seventy feet
n the gauge at Cincinnati.
Buy only Wilcox & White Organ. :
!. A. NORTH & Co., 713 Market street.
'. H. MULLEN, Manager.
Two Girls Disappear.
At Reading, on Saturday, Katie and :,
allie Hemmig, daughters Of Isaac !