Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-02-14
TIE NEWS.
RUSHING WATERS.
Great Damage to PrOperty...HOmes Swept
Away aud Business Suspended.

Dispatches OF the 9th confirm the reports Of
the day before Of flood surprising that Of
1888. A Louisville dispatch says: 1t looks as
though the food Of last year was to be more
than repeated. The river Is "a feet In the
channel, and rising at the rate Of four
inches an hour. Shippingport and Portland
are flooded already, and over 500 people have
been driven ont OF their homes. Four more
feet Of water will bring the floods over the
cutCf above the city and the point will be flood
ed, with great loss of property, and perhaps
of life. Ithas been raining steadily nearly all
day, and the Kentucky river Is still rising
rapidly. At Frankfort considerable excitement
is prevailing, and the river banks are thronged
with people.
At midnight the river had risen to within
six feet of the highest point last year. AL the
front Of the city is submerged, and all Ship
plngport and half OF Portland suburbs are
flooded. Four hunc.ed families are homeless.
The deluge hourly threatens to destroy the
dyke which protects the point" district
consisting Of 500 acres well populated with
residences and manufactures. The scene is
one of wild terror and confusion. People are
fleeing In all directions, carrying furniture
and effects. The old exposition building,
owned by the government and used for Gus
tom house, will be turned into n refuge. 1t
will accommodate 5000 people. The destruc-
ton OF property will be enormous. but no cas-
ualities are as yet reported.
WHEELING, W. VA.
The river here Is now 40 feet high, and still
rising at the rate OF 10 inches an hour. Mary
Of The low streets on the island south OF Wheel
ing creek are already submerged, many houses
being surrounded, and a few invaded by the
waters. The residents of the export localities
are abandoning their houses. Merchants are
removing their stocks to places of safety. Two
OF three mills and factories have been stopped
by the water reaching the fires, and the Gas is
already shut off from the island. The Pitts
burg, Wheeling and Kentucky railway track is
submerged for a short distance along the wharf
and the railroad bridges and trestles are loaded
ties of the Pittsburg, Wheeling New York, &
the G. L. Il w. roads on The two sides of the
river is apprehended Half of the city is food
ed, and the loss will reach over 81, 100000
AT CINCINNATI
The most alarming feature OF the present
situation Is the rapidity Of the rise. Last year
when the river had reached this height 1t was
rising less than an inch an hour. At noon the
guage shows SO feet. This is unprecedented
at such high stage, and shows what a pro
digious rainfall there has been. With last
years. experience merchants and manufacture
ers will lose much less than then. No time IL
wasted in pumping water from cellars. Every
available man and team is employed
where where, water water may encroach, II
Is.
In removing TO higher ground. The situation
grows more critical hourly. The gas works ar,
swamped and the city In utter darkness, ant
thousands OF familieshave left all and have beer
compelled to desert their homee In the face o.
surging torrents. Newport, Bellevue, ar,
submo rged, and Lawrenceburg, Inc, - undel
water. Business is suspended, and people ar,
fleeing Hundreds of thousands Of dollar
worth OF property are being swept away.
At PlTTsBgRo.
The rivers at this point passed the DANCE;
line last night, and at noon today had reached
81 feet, six inches, the highest stage since 1852
Dispatches from the headquarters OF boil
rivers report water still rising, while here 1t Il
creeping up on the streets at the rate of eigh
inches an hour. Miles of property In this cit
on the south side anu Allegheny are submerg
ed and hundreds Of families compelled to va
cate their houses. All mills and factories OF
the banks OF both rivers suspended operations
On Duquesne way the water covers the ofic,
furniture of the Robinson house, aud Is within
one foot OF the first Il Jor Of the Duqu, sne de
pot. Merchants on Water street have moveC
their goods TO the second floor, a precautiol
never necessary 10 take teIore Railroad
traffic on all river lines IS greatly retarded
some roads have suspended entirely. So fal
there have been no individual losses
here, and the damage Is confined exclusively I,
flooding property. The greatest suffering anC
damage reported in this vicinity came from tn,
YoughegheDy region, where mining hamlet
lying on the lowlauds have been inundated anC
hundreds of families have been forced 10 deser
their homes. ,The scene along the route OF tn,
great gorge which extended 30 miles up IN,
Youghegheny river, beggars description. tn,
streets and yards are piled Iull of icf, Is and q
feet high. So far as lean ned no lives hav,
been lost, but the total Of damage will reacl
thousands and thousands Of dollars.
MARIETTA, OHIO.
The city has been plunged into the depth
OF mourning by terrible disaster, the rcsul
Of high water. A large number OF people wer,
standing on the banks Of the Muskinguu
river wstching the drifts on the surface, wheI
the bank on which they were standing CAV,
way, and large part OF the crowd wer,
thrown into the river Those who did not fal
In were overcome with panic. Many children
were carried away by the swift waters befor,
an effort could be made TO save them. Tn,
widest excitement prevails. No estimate cal
be made OF the extent of the calamity, as no
body knows who composed the crowd. A
least ID persons were drowned. The town Il
almost completely ol efflowed and hundreds o
families have abandoned their homes and ar,
moving away, in some cases with only wha
they could carry. The river has reached 4,
feet, and reports from above confirm the DO
lief entertained that the present food will bt
without parallel.
TOLEDO.
Grave apprehensions Of a flood are felt
caused by the steady rain Of the past "a hours
and no corresponding rise in the river. Inves
LEGATIONS showed the ice In the channel to b.
eight inches thick and the current running al
the rate of four miles an hour, Men have beer
busy removing the foot passage from the TEN
porary bridge. The draw has been cut of
from the rest Of the bridge so IL can be saved
Travel has not been delayed on the bridge
IrxrsE ttRa< hat bs l.aa hAAw -.
above high water mark. The Maumee at this
point shows no signs At midnight Of breaking
up. Reports from up the river are to the effec
that the river has been rising all day through
rain, but the ice is still solid. IL Is thought
quite unlikely that Toledo can now escape III,
food unless freeze-up comes.
PEBRUARye.
Cooler weather gives announcement to tn,
CincinEatians. the streams ut Pittsburg are
slowly reciding and 1t is thought the worst 1:
over. Damage almost incalculable. Five
thousand buildings are flooded, and ID, 900 mer
are out Of employment. Great dietress pre-
walls at Wheeling, w. Va. Ten Thousand peo
pie are homeless and unprovlded for. Fully
1900 we're driven from their homes by the
flood, but about one third of them are comfort
ably quartersd in hotels or with friends.
oiNoINYArIANs DowNcAsT.
Dispatches OF the Sth are not so encouraging
The water has been steadily creeping up. A
general feeling prevailed during the night
before aud the early hours of the morning that
the worst would soon be over, but at noon the
pros poets were Tess 1attering. Careful observ-
ers b,gan 10 show anxiety about the outcome
and their fears grew as the mcagre reports
from above came In. The heavy rains through
Tennessee in the districts where the Kanawha
and Big Sandy rivers take their source had
anything but at encouraging effect Added
10 this were the unfavorable reports from the
Scioto aud Muskingum rivers Calculations
are, however, necessarily wild aud futile. Some
confident feelings are expressed, but the dread
Of something worse than ANYTHING that has
ever yet been experienced is here apparent.