Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-02-07
|SBURG IN DANGER.
UOUsEs In u N % A r 4 ID =
RAyEL ON RAILROADS
kUkPENDED.

sBJRG. Pa, rep. o.-lue rlVtr
noint passed the danger line las
md at noon to-day had reache'
nne feet six inches, the bigbes
s52. Dispatches from the hea'
of both rivers report that th'
ia sill rising, while herr
eep,ng up into the streets at
eight inches per hour.
In. present indications th'
IN be greater than that OF 1889
he water reached thirty We feet
hest on record. All the lowel
Alleghenis under water, and
mated that 1900 houses in Al.
city alone are inundated. The
Ard yas supply Tn the north and
idcs has been cut oil.
rra,t 81 suffering and damage re-
in this vicinity is In the
iopheny region, where mining
and portions Of towns lying OH
"a. have been inundated, and
Is of families forced to desert
pmes and fly before the coming
81 was suspended this evening on
abroad running out Of the city,
the Pennsylvania Central, and
nrrsons who left their homes IN
bnrb. this morning were compel.
main in the city over night.
Sidnipht the rivers are stationary
. Mouongahela 80 t ct 3 inches
"a Allegheny "a feet 6 inches. The
news from the headwaters is that
|ter is receding. 1t is still rainit &,
fatality is reported. Thomas
a grocer Of the South Side, was
No secure drlftwood and fell into
mon rahela aud was drowned.
ME FLOOD ELSEWHERE.
4cjal from West Newton, Pa,
The gorge in the Youghioghney
ere which formsd two or three
po moved at 8 o'clock yesterday
y W.. J ~ orJ again stopped
y ,,"r, s.",,on =, ths rail Of the gorge
M ,i"ar Wat New,on. The
of water behind the gorge rap
formulated, and in a short time
ole lower portion Of West New
,.,,.r Mauv families
unu, 'r.I ,rn,n IN. aeconl story
p' '.,',, ,,'.;r hnns.s and there,
"s VI 'n"n .a,, o.oan.. A, Cnul.
'"ny H"',U 5n,I" ,.,r,L o'DonnelI
n,'h, In tha n,,d The
ta,y cup n;ni' , a, W.u, Nav.
W Nom an''u.d w;th ,beir lives
c' !, ,1, n'I1aa s,,hIss and ont.
sii"'. n'u a',r;.5 aw,y ard IN.
sH "''' ,.n,, W.T. swtnn IN
'"un'' n.' ,,,l.I li,h With
sp"'' w." harsol furn;tnre etc
eon1 'm. u u;''Inn',. ooal t;nnle uas
PNN'''o nsy y,,;nn :. las. M
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kDvILLE, Pa, February Cine
b. and southern portions OF thls
b inundated, the people gong TO
Dru their homes in boats. All the
rs have been compelled to shut
anu 'no "'"'''
EELISG, W. Va, February O.
Ser has risen at this point all day
rate of about eight inches an
ind is now iorty-tour ieet Ihc
h ward, lying on wheeling
IL almost entirely Submerged,
residents have abandoned their
in many casrs, and in others
nto the second stories, reaching
ceilings in skins. The low por.
The First ana + phth wards, at
th and south ends of the city,
zen under the water all day, and
er il now encroarhng on tho
y streets in the heart OF the city.
NNATl, February o. The
er of Commerce transacted but
business to-day; Measures were
70 pfo'lue "a rIl"i iuhd Tor the
te' Al p. M The water was ~
inches III depth, ana the river
hng two inches per hour. The
" almost stopped. The lower
lLAND, o., February b.-Rain
len here steadily for forty hours.
Al DOVER, o., F"hr'Iary6 The
Dds in this vicinity are submer-
n'y .''''' , - I',,t,'"'',' ~ VI, 'n'
tl4yrIau and Marietta drrnt i.
| nudrr wafer Tn, water - sow,
rl,s higher tLul, las, ven,
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k are InrprIv .,,,,,,,,",I A,
h,rr nl,c.,h. ,;,,. :. .Irt,W A,
Ehr,'rrr Cr.nt ,n,I ,ninns ~
and hrnses ar, .nrrnmr1nJ hr
and ,ho Iat,a, ,r. r'.',,,a, ~