The Red Cloud chief., 1884-02-15
WRATH OF THE WATERS

Jacent Country Great Devastation al
Wheeling Cincinnati. Pittsburgh and
Other Cities In a Bad Plight.
WHEELING, W. Va, Feb. To attempt
to adequately portray the condition of af.
fairs in this city is beyond the ability of the
most gifted of its citizens. One-half of the
city Is submerged, from five TO seven thou
sand people are rendered homeless, and the
loss in money will reach from $50, 900 to
81, zoo, 00n. At nine o'clock last night
the river had risen to forty-siy feet
above lOw-water mark. From five TO seven
feet more water is looked for. This will
raise the stage to fifty-twO feet, and will
drive additional thousands from their homes
and cause a further loss Of millions. Seyera.
lives have already been lost here and at sur.
rounding towns.
Wheeling Island, comprising about eight
hundred acres, n containing a population
OF 1880, is entirely under water, and the
loss there alone Is $500, 900. Hundreds OF
warehouses in the business part Of the own
are partially under water, and streets in the
higher portion are piled high with barrels
OF sugar, salt, Oil and nails, bales of prints
ard dry goods. and other merch andise.
From Bellaire, Bridgeport, West Wheel
ing and Martins Ferry, o., aud Fulton,
WellsburC, Bendyood and MOundSville, Va,
he~artrending accounts OF suffering come
Some of these towns are entirely submerged,
West Wheeling, for example, not having 2
solitary house out of water. Within a
radius of fifteen miles 30, 600 people are
homeless, and a loss of So, 900, 900 has
been sustained. Deaths by drowning are
reported from seTeral points. ,
OHIO CITIES NDE WATER.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 1.-THE Ohio River
continues to rise, and there is grave aL:,re-
Lension that the food of one year ago Is 10
be repeated. At midnight the water COW
cred the siXty-one foot mark, and was lis
ing ut the rate of W inches II hour. Dur
Ing the greater part of the day il rose at the
rate Of four inches an hour. 1t is raining
above here, and the Ohio and all its tributa.
ries between here ard Pittsburgh are risin.
rapidly. Here it rained the greater part Of
Monday. all of Tuesday and Tuesday night,
and all day "Wednesday. The gas is begin
ming to fail. and by tonight it will be ell
tirely cut OFF. The pumps at the water
works will probably be stopped within
tweniy-four hours. The Board of Public
Works warn the people to use as little
water as possible, and the running of ele-
vators by water is forbidden. Only two oil
three railroad companies are able to receive
freight. Navigation on the river has been
entirely suspended and street-car travel has
been stopped.
CLEVELAND, Feb, Thus far the
floods i'm Cleveland nave occasioned but
little damage. The river has fallen some
what. \. large portion of the flats are in.
undated, and factories and mills are par.
TALLY under water. Along Merwin stree;
tine water has entered the cellars, n is
doing some damage. The Connot:or
Valley and the Valley railway:
are still cut off from communication
with southern points, n art
partly covered with wafer for fifteen miles
II is claimed that 20. 900 feet of timber Were
swept out into the lake. 1t is not expected
that mere damage will be OccaSioaed here
AT Youngstown the river is within a few
inches OF higll-water mark and steadily
RISING. About thirty families have beer
taken ont of their dwellings in boat:
aud wagons. Bottom lands are food.
ed and great damage must enSue If thu
weather continues warm in Northwestern
Ohio. Arlington is under water, and thou
sands of feet of lumber have been lost. lie
ports from Warren and other points il
Trumbull County say the flood there is thu
highest ever known.
ALARMING NEWS From LAwRENCEBCRG,
CINCINNATI. Feb. IA N~elUs-JOurnd
special from Aurora, Ind, says: lntens'
excitement was caused here at ten O'clOci
last night, when the alarm-bellS in Law
renceburg, two miles away, were distinct.
heard. The levee above that town la1
given way, and no doubt the place is bein!
subjected to a rushing flood. There is IL
means of obtaining particulars.
FLOODS IN PENNSYLVANIA.
PITTSBURGH, Feb. THE river is be
lieyed TO have reached its highest point a
ten O'Clock last night and is now stationary,
with the Monongahela thirty-three feet three
inches, and the Allegheny thirty-fOur fee
six inches. The latest news from the head
waters report the waters receding. ThOrha:
Kelley, 4 grocer If the south side, wa:
trying to secure driftwood and fell int<
the M~onongahela and was drowned
Another man, name unknown, wen
down the river on a barge ant
IS believed to nave been lost. Hundreds Of
women and children are quartered in the
City Hall. Many were halt-starved, moi
having eaten anything all day. A substanr
tial supper was served them, and every
thing possible done to relieve their suffer.
inCs. The north pier Of Union bridge
has just been washed away. Travel
was suspended on every rail.
road except the Pennsylvania Central
C~LEAEFIELD, Pa, Feb. At this poifit
the ~Susguehanna has reached the highest
point since 1865. The rise is accompanied
by a destructive ice-fioO1. River bridge.
have been carried away and a large amour
of lumber and logs set adriit.
AT III POINTS.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb. 1T is still
raining, and the river creeps steadily VI
-four inches per hour. At 1880 O'clock las
night the canal gauge registered thirty-si,
and one-half feet Of water, which is within
eight feet Of the highest mark of last year.
A number OF distillerieS, foundries, etc,
near the river shut down last night, anu
three hundred and fifty families We're driv
en- from the point to no one know.
where. Trains on all the roads are delayel
by waShoutS.
Buried in the Rims.