West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-02-15
STILL HIGHER
The Waters Of the Ohio Creep Upward
IN" Rivers Stin W's'ng Crom GatiIpoiu,
bo"n---At Some VoIntS whole Towns
InttrcIS Submerged.

WAsuINGroN, February lo.-Thc river NJ
Cincinnati B. o. foot inches, or : inches
below the high water of lSS3 Heavy rains
are indicated for Tennessee and the Ou,
Valley, which will cauSe tho floods to
equal or exceed tho high water OF 1881 TN
many places. Approaching heavy rains
VIII Cnu~c the floods i'm the rcuucSscr npd
cumberland TO increase. Tho indiruuonS
are that floods in the Lower MiSstsSipni.
from Noiro To- New Orleans, will iucrca, ,e
for ia" next twenty days, and p-ohlMy
equal the flood last year. hAgxN.
CINCINNATI O., February 1.-THE waters
OF the Ohio River has reached the hrish
OF siNty-iivc feet six inches and sti'l ri,mc
slowly. At midnight tho only cnsin, nt
WORK at the Front street pumping house..
the hig Shields, was running at a hnztrd,
and was eNp' c'vt TO break down AZ any
minute. There urc only five days supp ly
IN tho reservoirs. Il Is doubtful that il
viii last through the flood.
loINr PLEASANT, February 10. So. NJ
Tho whole town is under water, not foot
of dry land remaining in the corporation.
Tho pcoplc arc driven To tho hills, prov.,.
ions are being sent TO the destitute from ON
place. Addison, Cheshire, aud mtny other
small Ohio towns are Suffering i'm thcsln,
way. The river Is still rising, with scsrn
feet two iUChos of water in tho Drfpm
House. Tho losses of property aud stock
is fearful. This evening the water Is ATTY.
clght inches 8Havc - rlsC OF lS3l nnd
seventy cone inches above the rise OF 1854
aud raining heavily.
GALLIroLIs, O., February 100 A. Nj
The wnter rs now six feet four inches ab ",
high water mark OF last year and ltin
rising. The n9w of water varies. I'm on,
hour It viii rise an inch, aud in the next
half an inch, aud so ON. The water Is ON
crooching ON Gallipolis. lt T. All around
uS aud IN tho suburbs is i'm the houses, huI
has done no Mutcrinl damage. Tho wutct
is iu TIA" street ia front OF the courthouse,
ana an acre OF the public square IS covered
Tho Morn Bell left for pumcroy aud othrI
points above az = o'Cl,cl, this morning, viii
provisions for the people aud accompanied
by a committee from our town. The Tolo
phon" leaves Tor Point Pleasant in n few
minutes, on similar mission OF relief
CoLuMnUs, O., February lO.-An cngincc,
Of the Scioto valley Railway waded ont OF
Portsmouth this morning and telegraphs
from Pike on, twenty four miles north, that
tho water is nvc feet higher in that ciry
than last year. Tho steamer Bonanza is
lying ufoat over the sidewalk, and people
ar" entering the hotel through tho second
story windows. Whom the engineer LETT
this morning three houses wor' burning,
winch the engines could not reach.
LOUISVILLE, KY, February lO.--rhe
river az 1880 y. m. stood 90 feet inches i'm
the channel. AID .ssns-,fsind Slew H. Ia
been rising at tho rate OF inches m hour
since > p. m. IL has been raining stcadil,
all day, aud * raining now. II is modcr
aDng slightly The general situation i.
unchanged, bOth here aud nt New Albany
and Jcfcrsonvillc. There WINS n rainfall
here today of .cl. Tho rainfall since 1856
q. m. ON Monday was G3S. Tho rainfall
since O'Clock this afternoon Is half an
inch.