The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-02-07
Partial Suspension of Business
In Cincinnati and
PittSburg,
With Damages in Numerous
Other Places,
And a Dreary Prospect of Still
More Disaster.
The Rising Rivers.

streams throughout the country are
at food height. Reports from up
river points are that rain is still fall
ing and the river risin rapidly. AT
Portsmouth il is As feet; Ironton. 45
feet inches; Huntington, ~ feet
Wheeling, 40 feet, and rising 6
inches per hour.
Cairo, Ills, 6.-Heavy rain since
pm. yesterday. The Ohio River
is rising fast, and is now 81 feet 6
inches on the gauge, having risen
over three teet during the last
twenty four hours. The Mississippi
liz also rising slowly.
Pittsburg, Pa, 6.-The river is 81
feet, and rising 6 inches an hour, at
IL am.
Cleveland, O., 6.-Railways Gems
tering here report very high water
at various points, and considerable
damage at some places.
Cincinnati, 6.-Conssrvative men
who, yesterday, were unwilling to
admit shat last years food would
be duplicated now, cannot be found
to-day. There is no longer dou. t the
water will reach last years height;
on the contrary, with rain still fa'-
ling and the weather mild the only
question now is by how much last
years food will be exceeded. The
most alarming feature Of the posi-
ton is the rapidity Of the rise. Last
year when the river had reached its
height, it was rising less than an
inch an hour. at noon to-day the
gauge shows SO feet. This is un>
precedented at such a high stage,
and shows what a prodigious ram.
fall there has been. With last years
experience merchants and mauu.
facturers will lose much LEES than
then. No time is now wasted in
pumping water from cellars. Every
available man is employed where
the water may increase, placing
goods on higher floors, or in remov~
ing to higher ground. Business is
completely suspended throughout
all the lower parts Of the city. The
Grand Central railroad depot is
The warehouse of Buck
worth's distillery was undermined
and fell into the water, causing a |
arge loss. Soon after the cattle
pens, capable of feeding 1000 cattle,
we're swept away. They had re-
moved the cattle yesterday. Loss,
leavy.
The Chamber of Commerce trans
.cted but little business to-day.
Measures were taken to provide a |
elief fund for the destitute. A |
committee of fifteen was appointed |
nd the secretary was kept busy for |
ONE time receiving subscriptions,
mostly 800 each. The Chamber it. |
elf appropriated S.. 900 to the fund.
Health officials announced that they |
would place fifteen men on the |
anitary force at the disposal of the
elief committee. The rain is still |
alling. The wind is from the south |
nd the temperature is not falling
Louisville. 6.-The river is ris-
ng three inches an hour. It rained |
lard all night and is still raining. |
there Is no business, boats laying
Ip. There is very little wharf room
Dove Third street. Great excite
nent and people are moving. A
reater food than any heretofore is
'redicted.
Pittsburg, 6.-Rivers at this point
assed the danger line last night,
nd at noon to-day had reached 81
Get inches, the highest stage since
q. Dispatches from the head
1aters of both rivers report the
yster still rising, while here it is
Keeping up at the rate Of s inches
4 hour. Miles OF property in this
ty, on the south side and in Al
gheny, is submerged, and hum
eds OF families are compelled to
AGATE their houses. All mills and
ctories on the banks of both riverr
ave suspended operations, and con-
sction between Pittsburg and AL |
gheny by street cars is entirely
1t Off. Schools in the First and |
ourth wards are closed. The water
within l foot Of the first floor of ]
uquesne depot. Merchants on
'ater street have moved their
)ods to the second floors, a precau. '
on never before necessary to take.
abroad traffic on all river lines is
'eatly retarded. Great suffering !
Id damage are reported in this s
cinity. Coming from the Yougn
gion, where mining hsmlets and
portion Of the towns lying on low
nds have been inundated and hum
eds of families been forced to
sert their homes ana fly before the
ming food. In some places it | I
as found necessary to anchor | 1
yelling houses to trees and rocks s
keep them from drifting Off to | I
tai destruction. The scene along | /
g route of the great gorge which | f
tended 80 miles up the Yough
yer, beggars description. The /
reefs and door-yards are piled full /
ice, with dreary heaps piled in Il
any instances fifteen and twenty t
st high standing as silent monu-
snrs to the might of the food. AS il
ar as can be learned no lives were i
It, but the total damage will reach
,usands of dollars. Specials from r
ashington, Penn. says Charters 7
lroad bridge at Bridgeville was
shed out. No serious accidents Il
} reported. The Beaver river r
'e suddenly yesterday and carried q
about $4,000 worth Of lumber. b