The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-02-06
TEE Il5Il1 BIGGEST FLOOD !
foA YEAR,s SAID no 81 COMING.
tfo'u Forty 10 FIFTY Feet OF Water Pre-.
"'et ed, with Goad Foundation for the
4 Relationship River Coming up
Twelve Inches MI Hour, Ng

The iiaod Is here In good earnest this time,
a. I'd lat night, mttaphorie,lly speaking, the
: .eopls commenced il,eing to the noun.
tains," Or to speak literally, the Main street
nircbhnis hunted up ,hsir clerks and por.
tsfs and soon had them at work removing
goods from the cellars TO the upper stories Of
their buildings. ,t IlS'.5..,i.g- Il
Tho s'tua ion is really Sarlous Within tho
next three days great damage will III all prot.
ability. be done In this city and vicinity, and
notonly here, butnll along tue Ohio Valley,
Wti HEAVY AND GENERAL RAlNs.
The rats Of the past for y.eight hours, and
especially tho AIM ,ai continuHt rain soim
o. ysstHday, have extended over a vast srea
OF territory, according TO the weather reports.
and sTelled the mountain streams tributary
TO the Ohio, to al almost unpre ceden,e1
depth. These rushing on the heels Of " n
slowly recedng high stage OF water Ia thu
Ohio have created volume II wafer TINT
wilt oil The 0hio's balks AMI spread over the
low lands, causing untold damage. n7'
1t Was mt until nnon yesterday that the
river men began to take alarm aud discuss tLe
probable depth Of the coming 4 BOD. The
oldest inhao'ant" ! incd Ia ,hele proga osti
cations, and stories VI the |! BOD Of '52 were
'0'd again and again. A depth OF between
40 and 40 feet ut thlH point WAS predicted free.
~ by those compsjent 10 Judge, and by 8
clock latt night 80 feet WAS predicted BY
many. rH "nNI
~ ul THE tIruATroN YEsTEEDAY. o.,
The situation hote Yesterday was about a;
follows: A. 0A N the river c.ne to stand
yyfth Nh 1tt o. frat In thn .,I>n nj L.,
m hour tho river comenc.d rising and at
r N was % feet. Abou: that hour Tho iol.
lowing Wa ming Tas received from General
Hszsn, Ohiet Of the Weather bureau.
Heavy rains have fallen In the States M
the 0aio Valley, which will cauee dangerous
4 ,ods in she Upper OHIO river and rs ,ribu.
tsries during Tutslay, Wednesday aud
Thurtday." This WAS bulle,ined In The In.
TELLlGENCgE window, and nutice oil tho i'm.
pending danger telephoncd to Main stree,
mnIchsn.s. 1t was rot until dusk, however,
that they commenced 10 be really alarmed
During the afternoon the river rpte ut about
the rate Of eight inches an hour, but at dusk
It commenced Using at The steady rats Of one
loot IN hour, RI T1
~ ~ THIS MoRslNG. Ugh,rf
Att o'clock thia morning there wac 81 feel
In the channel aud the river was still rising.
SHORTLY after o'clock the following wAs re-.
ceiyed from Washington; -..G.,5
In!e'lignctr, IIneeIing, w. ia:
Henyy rains continue in the Ohio Valley.
the river Is rising at all points and Is ubos q
the dagger line a: Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and
Louisville. Tha flood will increEas and ut
tho end OF the week will rssch the mouth Of
the Ohio river. Give general warning. 5J
l HAzEs.
The late dispatches from aboys CANT ut S r.
N. gave the following depths Pittsburgh,
MoE0npnhe!a river q feet and rising, Alit.
saeny 20 feet aud rising, bayins been rising
tt. the tste OF one foot per hour and still .i,-
ing. Brownsville, q feet aud rising. Par.
kersr IL fee! G!nrht and rising. Oil City, 10
places the weather IVES mild md cloudy, tbs
ihermoEetsr registering in tho sixties. The
weather tere yesterday was mild ard melt.
Ing. .,3l N 49, r,i.
At this writing A. NJ, 1t appears to be Il
fnregors conclusion that II the river coptir-
,les 10 rise "a fast ns 1t has for the past eight
hours by 1o'cioCk there will be u greater
depth Ct water btre than in February last,
That tine 1t will 10 remembered tEat tho
CELLARS OF tie siele3 aloEg Main and Water
streets. from Twelfth TO Sixteenth streets,
were tloGsd aud numerous houses Oh tho
bland partially submerged. The South
wheeling low lands we're covered, causing
mach Inconvenience ard damage. The
creek ba3kcd up and submerged The iEnd.
ont the creek. The State Fair grounds were
damaged severely. Col. Henry Hubbard aud
several atherG predicted last evening with
out reserve that l,od eqralirg that OF '5a
T1s almCss Inevitable. This view seRmcd to
be INDUCED In ky tic Island people snd
those living in South Wheeling On low
lands. tl.
go il: UNEASY PEOPLE. lIwU1t
Thtre WAS all almobt constant stream OF
anxious itQairies from these people Last
night MD word was also received thst many
had commsdosd getting their thugs NY into
tho second slolies. In soma Of tho Msin
strses s.oFcs the men worked nearly all,nirht
mayiEg goods from the cellar. Marager
rrEcy sent a. dispatch 10 Superintendent,
RIwa:lass nisat staiing tlistT he e1pac:ed,a
d p!ii oi'ouf feet Oh tho. lios OF tho Wcaieru
ualon eff e, aud asking what he should do,
Mr. Tracy WAS sialnst at his wits and. It
would ba no easy ID 10 neva GOO battery
cells, switch boa:ts and numerous ins.rl.
ments. -; - ''zt'STI-e.
= THE yEtYLATI.r. -
A. 2i5. o'clock this morning the river at
Pittsburgh was % !ees in dspth and rising al
the ra.e Of 10 inches per hour. II vas ex-
pscted the: by morning. thsre would BE- 80
Isct ,hetr. at ills p2ins the stone marks
feIa coFssed GcA :Dplsykaess pse;anted sI-
certaihiGg tbs exsc. sfpsii. The river vas
rising at the rate Of . iechcs PER. hour and
pOr:so5a OF t5e 1s!snd aud South Whs cling
wels already covered. The rain, at-t this hour
"as co caadigs III torrants. T.ll
ST. c..AsosyaiLF.
4 School TeMchcr WINS n Hait-Court
aST1, nnh oiiler ;;cms.
Council inst Monday sight