Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-08
THE RIVERS RECEDING.
CINCINNATI ALONE REPORTING
A CONTINUING RISE.

Wild Waste of Waters at Pittsburg-
Strange PanOramas in the Inundated
Cities by Night-Relief Measures Be-
ing COnsummated.
CINCINNATI, Feb. Z, 9 A. M.-The river
is 81 feet 81 inches high and still
rising. There is no change in the weather.
except that it is perhaps a little cooler.
There is slight rain at intervals. Tele.
graphic communication with up the river
points is almost entirely cut off, and there
has been no communication with Ports.
mouth, Ironton, Huntington and Marietta
or Parkersburg this morning. GallipOlis
reports rise of feet last night, and il
continues at the rate of 3 inches per hour
A LEvEE BREAKS.
The levee on the Miami river at Law
renceburg broke at O'Clock this morn.
ing, but as the town was already sub.
merged with water from the Ohio moi
much more damage could be done.
STATIONARY AT CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 7, 2:30 P. M.-The
river now marks 81 feet 8 inches, and is
| apparently stationary. The Licking river
| at Falmouth and Butler is reported to be
falling. Here the current is much less
! swift. This has had the effect of checking
the rise in the Ohio to a slight extent
The weather is gradually growing colder
and there is scarcely any rain.
THE CRASH AT TLAwRENCEBURG.
! To-day news from Lawrenceburg indi.
Gates much fright but not much danger
| When the levee broke this morning the
water from the Ohio had already entered
| the town, so that when the Miami water
came in it was not such a current as had
been feared. The chief danger now is in
the crumbling of foundations and high
! winds. Many small frame houses will be
| moved from their foundations. The peo-
pie are well provided for and are cheerful.
$4,000 FOR RELIEF.
Advices from Columbus say that the
bill is now law authorizing the use of
1000 for purposes of relief.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 7, 6 P. M.-The mer-
chants in the lower part of the city have
already organized a police force and pro-
vided boats and lights to be used in pro-
tecting property against theft. TeIegrams
| have been sent to Sandusky, Toledo and
Cleveland asking for boats to be used for
| the relief of families in the submerged
districts. All the railroads have stopped
receiving freight except the Chesapeake
and Ohio, the Kentucky Central, the New
York, Pennsylvania and Ohio and the
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton. All
trains on the Cincinnati, indianapolis,
st. Louis and Chicago Road and also on
the Cincinnati and Eastern and the Gin
cinnati, Georgetown and Portsmouth
Roads have been abandoned
Reports from Lawrenceburg. Ind. state
that water covers the town from the river
front. All business has been given up
and thousands of people have left town.
The remainder are occupying houses on
the high ground or the third stories of
buildings which are in the water There
are provisions for several days, and the
people are provided with boats.
RISING AGAIN AT CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 7, II P. M.-The Wea-
ther here is becoming cooler, but no de-
cided change has as yet taken place. A
light drizzling rain has been falling a
portion Of the day and night. The wind
is from the northeast. The river con-
tinues to rise slowly, standing at 81 feet
10 inches at 10 O'Clock, n rise of half an
inch in an hour. Contrary to eXpecta-
tion, the gas is burning tonight, and there
is hope that the supply may not be
cut OF at all, This, however, depends on
the future rise being very Slight.
The view from Supension bridge this
morning was not cheering. Along the
COvington front of the Licking river 1t was
entirely submerged, the water being in
the second story of dwellings. Newport
presented the appearance of lake with a
few dwellings peeping out like small
islands. The bridge company tried to
furnish transportation across the water
on the Cincinnati side, but its
single boat was entirely inadequate to
the demand, and large number of pri-
vate crafts are engaged ferrving for five
cents a passage and are earning a rich re-
ward. The whole lower part of the city
from Second street to the river front was
covered with boats to-day, employed for
patrOling and relief. Ten school houses
have been closed in the submerged parts
of the city and placed at the disposal of
the Relief Committee for the accommOda-
tlOn OF people driven from their houses.
AT COVINGTON.
In COvingtOn, KY, relief committee
was organized to-day and the Legislature
will be asked not to collect this years
taxes in the flooded districts. No loss of
life and no great destruction to property
has occurred as yet. The story of loss of
life at Marietta, o., is not credited. The
wires are all down to that point. The
river is still rising, but more slowly. In
the thirteen hours since midnight the
rise has been only s inches. The record
at 1 O'Clock this afternoon was 81 feet 8
inches. The people still contemplate an
even greater rise than that of last wear.
but without alarm. 1t is estimated that
the losses from the overflow will not be
more than 10 per cent. of the loss of last
year, owing to better care to prevent loss.
THE WORST OVER AT PITTsBURG.
PITTsBURG, Feb. :, P. M.-The Monon-
gahela has fallen one foot, and the ALLIE
ghany 20 inches since II O'Clock. The
former now marks 81 feet and the latter
81 feet. There has been no rain since
daylight. The weather is raw and be-
coming colder, and the worst is believed
to be over.
GREAT DAMAGE AT WHEELING.
WHEELING, Feb. 7, 7P. M.-The river
at O'Clock this afternoon was 81 feet
6 inches, and rising slowly. Steamers
have been busily engaged all dav bring
ing people from the island. More damage
to property than was ever experienced
here before has been done. The fair
ground is total wreck, and three houses
came down to-day from above. Vastly
larger areas are submerged than in 1889.
and houses, barns and bridges and straw
and hay stacks have been floating past
here all day. The Wheeling Cheese Com
pany loses about $4,000 by water in the
cellars of its stOrage-hOuse.
The merchants on Main, Water and
Market streets also lose heavily in perish
able goods now under water Several
houses t1Oated off the island and south
side to-day. The losses will aggregate
over $1,000,000. No loss of life is reported
here, but the fatality among sick persons
who were removed from exposed houses
will probably be great. The Western
Union Telegraph Company's office can
only be reached by boats. The wires of
the Baltimore and Ohio Company are all
down. Telephone communication with
the suburbs is cut off.
THE CITY WITHOUT WATER AND GAS.
/ The water and gas works gave out to-
day, and tonight the city is in dark
ness and at the mercy of fire if
one should start. The streets of half of
the city are navigable in boats, and all
sorts of imprOVised crafts are pIying as
ferries. Many people are still exposed on
the island, not a spot of which remains
above water The work of removing
them goes bravely on by skiffs and steam
boats. A relief meeting was held this
afternoon, and $27, 900 raised in half an
hour, and committee appointed to look
after the destitute.
THE FALL AT PITTSBURG.
PrTTsBURG, Feb. Z, ,SP. M.-The fall in
the river continued all day, and at O'clock
tonight the MOnongahela marks registered
thirty feet six inches, fall of nearly
three feet since midnight. The Alleehany
marks show thirty-One feet, and the water
is falling about three inches an hour.
Many streets are now clear of water. but
in its stead barrels, twisted boards and
ice are piled several feet high, and in
many places have been left high on the
dry land by the receding waters
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