Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-02-07
RAGING RIVERS.
THE OHIO AND OTHER STREAMS
BOOMING.

| IHE UHlU AMI UIhER SIRhA Ms
BOOMING.
Hundreds OF Families Forced 10 Flee
The Water Higher al PittSburs Than tor
Thirty Years-Analrs in Cincinnati
Louisville, Cairo aad cleveland Men
aced-Scenes BegGaring Description
Etc.
lsrEcIAL By TELEGRAPH To THE REcoKp-UyIoxI
CINCINNATI, February 6.h.-The coussrva.
tive men. who yesterday were unwilling to
admit that las years food is to be dupli
Gated, now csnro. be found to-day. There is
no longer any doubt that the water will reach
las years hight Ga the contrary, with the
rain still falling and the weather mid, the
only question now is, BY how much will lsst
| years flood be exceeded: The most alarm
ing feature of the present situation is the
rapidity Of the rise. Last year when the
| river had reached lis greatest hight it wac
. rising less than sn inch an hour At noon to-
| day the gauge shows 80 feet. This is uupre-
c9dented at such high stsge. and shows
what q prodPious rainfall there has been.
| VITA lass years experience, merchants and
manufacturers will lose much less than then
No time will now be wasted in pumping the
water from cellars. Every available man is
employed where water may Increase in plac,
| ing goods on the higher floors, or removing
them to higher ground. Business is coG-
pletely suspended throughout all the lower
part of the city. The Grand Central Railroad
depot has been abandoned. The warehouse
of Buckworth's distillery was undermined
and fell into the water. causing a large loss
Soon after cattle pens capable of feeding
! 600 cattle were swept away. The owners
had removed the cattle yesterday. The loss
| is heavy.
ALL THE SMALL STREAMS AT FLOOD HIGHT
CINCINNATI, February G:h.-9 \. M.-The
rain continues and the river is IS feet and
rising five inches per hour. All the small
streams throughout the country are at food
| hight. Reports from up-river points are that
the rain is still falling and that the river is
ris NJ rapidly At Portsmouth it Is IS feet
! lrontop, 40 feet inches Huntington, ~
| feet; Wheeling, 40 feet, and rising six inches
! per hour.
| A GREATER FLOOD THAN EVER PREDICTED.
LOUISVILLE (Ky.), February 6.h-The
river is rising three inches an hour. II rained
hard all night and is still raining. There is
no business goiUg on. Boats are lying mp
There is very little of the wharf room lett
| above Third street. There is great excite.
ment aud people are moving 4 greater
! flood than any heretofore is predicted.
THE MISSISSIPPI ALSO RISING.
CAIRO (nl.), February Gsh.-There has
been a heavy rain since ( P. N. yesterday
The Ohio river is risiog fast, asd is nov
/ q fact "a inches bayipCy rSg
over feet during the last "A hours The
Mississippi is also rising slowly.
VERY HIGH WATER AND CONSIDERABLE DAM.
AGE.
CLEVELAND, February 6th-The railways
centeriug here report very high water at
various points, AMI considerable damage at
some places.
| MILES oP PROPERTY INUNDATED.
PITTsBURG, February 6.h.-The rivers at
this point passed the dauger-line last night,
and at noon to-day had reached 81 feet 6
inches, the highest stage since 1852. Dis
patches from the headwaters of both rivers
report the water still rising, while here it is
creeping upon the streets at the rate of eight
inches PEI hour Miles Of property in this
| city on the south side and in
Allegheny are submerged, and hundreds Of
! families compiled to vacate theic houses
| All mills and factories On the banks Of both
rivers have susperde5 operations aud the coz
nection between PittshGrg and Allegheny by
street ears is entirely cut off. The schools in
| the First and Fourth Wards have closed.
! The water is within one foot Of The first floor
! in the Duquesne depot. Merchants on
| Water street have moved their goods to the
! second floor, o precaution never before ueces.
sary to take. Railroad traffic on all river
lines il greatly retarded.
GREAT SUFFERING AND DAMAGE
Is reported IN this vicinity to have come
from the Yough region, where mining ham
lets and portions OF towns lying on the low
lands have been inundated, aud hundreds of
families forced to desert their homes and fig
before The coming food. In some places it
has beer found necessary to anchor dwelling
houses t. trees and rocks to keep them from
drifting eff to destruction. The scene along
the route OF the great gorge which extends
thirty miles up Yough river beggars descrip-
ton. Streets and door-yards are piled full of
ice, with dreary heaps piled in many Instances
tifje5n to twenty feet high, and standing like
silent monuments to the might Of the flood.
As near as cGn be learned, no lives have been
lost, hut the total damage will reach thou.
sands on thousands of dollars. Specials
from Washington, Pa, say the railroad
bridge at Bridgevilie is washed out Beaver
river rose suddenly yesterday and carried off
about S15, 600 worth Of lumber.
> P. M-The Allegheny river marks 80
feet = inches, and the Monongahels 30 feet
inches Both are rising about inches an
hour. The city is nogg cut eff from lis gas
supply by reason OF the high water.
THE WHOLE RIVER FRONT SUBMERGED.
Madison Und), February G:h.-2:30 P.
M.-The river is rising at the rate Of three
inches per hour, aud tae whole river front is
submerged.
PEOPLE TAKEN FROM HOUSES IN BOATS.
CLEVELAND, February 6sh-A steady rain
has fallen for forty hours, and the Mahoning
river and its tributaries are much swollen.
People are being taken from their houses in
boats. The railways are mostly covered
with water.
RELnF FOR THE DESTITUTE.
CINCINNATI, February h.-The Chsmter
of Commerce transacted but little business
today. Measures were taken to provide
relief fund for the destitute. a committee
of fifteen was appointed, and the Secretary
was kept busy for some time receiving sui
scriptiors, mostly 500 each. Ths Chamber
itself appropriated So 900 to the fund. The
health officials announced that they would
place fifteen men on the sanitary force at the
disposal of the relief committee. The rain
is still falling, the wind from the south and
the temperature not falling.
-FOUR INCHES AN HOUR.
CINCISNATI, February 6th-23OP. M-The
river has reached 80 feet q inches, and is
rising four inches an hour. l. is still raiDing.
a DRILLING RAIN ALL THE AFTERNOON.
CAIRO Qll.l February 6th.-The Ohio
river is rising an inch an hour drilling
rain fell sll the afternoon. People in the
lowlAlds are removing to the high grounds.
There viii be comparatively small losses.
HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR.
CANAL Dover (O.l, February 6.h.-The