The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-14
THE. FLOOD.
The Western Ri Fers OH a BoOm-De.
StructiOn of PrOnprtv

men, who yesterday were unwiIlin
TO admit that last years flood Woul
be duplicated now, cannot be foun
to-day. There / 5 no longer a dout
that the water Will reach last year
height; on the contrary, with raj
still falling and the weather mild. tn
only question DOW is by how mucl
la It years flood will be exceeded. Tn
most alarming feature Of the presen
situation is the alarming rapidity o
| the rise: Last year when the rive
had reached this height it was risins
less than an inch an hour. At moo
to-day the gauge shows fifty-nine fe e
With last years experience merchS nj
and manufacturers will lose much les
| than then. No time is now wast ed i
pumping water from cellars. Ever
available man and team are eplploye
where the water may encroach i,
placing goods on higher floors or il
removing them to higher grounds
Business is completely suspende
throughout all the lower part of tn
city. The Grand Central railroad dc
pot is abandoned. The Gin
cinnati Northern, (Toledo, Cincin
natl 81 st. Louis) is the only road tina
cannot be reached by the flood, Thi
morning the warehC mse of Duck
worth's distillery NRaS undermine
and fell into the water, causing ;
large loss; soon aftt II the cattle pens
capable of feeding several Thousand
head of cattle, Wer'3 swept away. TIL,
cattle we're removed yesterday. Los.
heavy.
AT PITTSBURGH.
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 6.-Rivers al
this point passed the, danger line last
night, and at noon to-day had reached
81 feet inches, the highest stage
since 1852. Dispatches from the head
waters of both rivers report the water
still rising, while here it is creeping
up on to the streets at the rate OF
eight inches per hour. Miles of pro.
perty in this city on south side. and
in Allegheny, is submerged and hun
dreds of families compelled to vacate
their houses. All mills and facto-
ries on the banks of both rivers have
suspended operations, and connection
between Pittshurg and Allegheny by
street cars in entirely cut off. The
schools in the First and Fifth wards
are closed. On Duquesne way the
water covers the Office of the furni-
ture house belonging to Mr.. Robinson,
and is within one foot of the first
floor OF the Duquesne depot. The
merchants cn Water street have
moved their g Gods to the second floor.
Precautions of this character have
never been necessary before. Rail
road traffic OIL all river lines have been
greatly retarded, and the Baltimore &
Ohio, Pennsylvania 81 Lake Erie,
Pittsburg 81 Western, Pittsburg &
McKeesport. West Pennsylvania 81
Allegheny Valley railroads have
either suspended entirely or will be
compelled to before the evening.
So far there have been no large indi-
vidual losses here and the damage is
confined exclusively to flooding the
property. The greatest damage
reported in this vicinity come from
the Youghiogheny region, where the
mining hamletS and portion of the
towns lying on the low lands have
been inundated, and hundreds of fami-
lies have been forced to desert their
homes and fly before the coming flood.
In some places it has been found
necessary to anchor dwelling houses
to trees and rocks to keep them from
drifting off to total destruction. The
scene along the route of the great
gorge, which extended thirty miles up
the Youghiogheny river, beggars de-
Scription. The streets and door yards
are piled full of ice, with dreary heaps
in many instances fifteen to twenty
feet high, standing as silent monu-
ment to the might of the flood So
far DIS can be learned, no lives have
been lost.
AT CLEVELAND.
CLEVELAND, Feb. 6.-The railways
entering here report very high waters
at various points and considerable
damage il some places places and big wash
outs on the Cleveland & Pittsburg at
Waynesburgh. The water IS very
high along the Bee Line but no dan
ger yet. The New Y ork, Pennsylva-
mia 81 Ohio not seriously troubled so
far. The Valley road is covered with
water for fifteen miles south. The chief
overflow is from the Cayahogo river,
which has spread over part of the
upper flats here. The Cleveland 81
Wheeling report many depots under
water and bridges washed away
at Canal Dover and Elyria.
AT LOUISVILLE.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. ct looks as
though the flood of last year is to be
repeated. The river at noon was
thirty-four feet in the canal and rising
at the.rate of inches.a hour. Ship
pingport and Portland are flooded al
ready, and over 300 people driven out
of their homes. The government
building is the only house not sub
merged in Shippingport. -Four more
feet of water will bring the flood over
the cutoff above the city and the
point" will be flooded, with great loss
of property and perhaps lives.
AT WHEELING.
WHEELING, Feb. 6-The river here
is forty feet and still rising two inches
land and south Of Wheeling Creek are
already submerged, many houses be-
ing surrounded and a few invaded by
the water. A flood as great as the
famous one of 1882 is expected, and
residents living in exposed localities
are abandoning their houses and
merchants are removing their stock
to places of safety two or three miles,
and factories have been stopped by
the water reaching the fires. The gas
Is d1Icduy ouuU OlI IIOlu Uu0 lS1dnu duu
the gas works will no doubt be inter
ferred with and the entire supply shut
off tonight. Rrailroad bridges and
trestles are loaded down with heavy
trains.
THE MAHONING.
CLEVELAND, Feb. 6.-Steady rain
for forty hours. Mahoning river and
tributaries much swollen. People are
being taken from houses in boats.
Railways mostly covered with water
and trains abandoned.
AT LAWRENCEBURG, IND.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 6.-LaWrence-
burg. Ind, is cut off from communica-
ton by railroad, telegraph and tele-
phone. There is grave fears of much
damage if the. new levee should
break.
THE LATEST.
PITTsBURG, Feb. 6-The streets
bounded by the Duquesne way on the
north and Water street on the south
and at the junction of the two rivers
to Sixth street, including Pennsyl-
vania avenue, Liberty and First to
Sixth Street ferry, and Short streets
are almost entirely submerged, and
every street south of Pennsylvania
avenue to Sharpsburg, a distance
of five miles, is under from
about one to ten feet of water.
Library Hall, on Penn avenue,
where Lawrence Barrett was playing
was compelled to suspend the per-
Torrance until the water recedes.