The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-02-07
The Latest Local and Telegraphic
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THE PRESENT PROSPECT.
The Flood Not Het at Its Height-Awny
Beyond the Record.

THE phESENE PhOSPECT.
The Flood Not Iet at Its Height-Awny
Beyond the Record.
The river was reported stationary al
Pittsburgh at 10 o'clock last night. It was
still raining there at that hour, but lightly
Here it was still raining at o'clock thiE
morning, with no promise Of cessation
The river will not cease to rise here before
daylight, by which time the famous food
OF '32 will be surpassed by several inches
The height here can only be approxima'
ted. II the figures given for former freshets
are reliable, the water will reach IS feet. II
was 40 feet ut $50 A. NJ, Market street will
probably be navigable for skif1a for some
distance above Fourteenth.
The prediction thst the present flood
would exceed not only that Of 1852, but
that of 1882 as well, which was made with
some timidity by few people on Tuesday
evening, was seen at an early hour yester-
day to be in fair way OF being justified by
the event, and by last evening the proph-
esy was realized, and the waters weru still
increasing aud reaching further and fur
ther over the city,
Such a literal deluge was never experi.
enced here bslore, and when the prayest
apprehensions entertained on Tuesday
were fully realized. and there was still no
promise that the food would soon reach its
highest point. many people who lived in
portions OF the city not believed to be ex-
posed TO any flood, became alarmed. and
the work of preparing for FLIGHT WAS begun
in many a household which twenty.iour
hours before watched the raging waters
in fancied security. - =
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Al three o CLOCK yesterday morning the
river was 33 feet on the gauge, and rising
at uniform rate OF a foot an hour. Only
the lowest portions OF the island. Richie.
town and the bottom along Csldwell's run
were then under water, and no dwelliugs
were invaded by the floods. The creek
was running ont strongly. which ia a bad
omen with such stage Ia The river: and il
was raining lightly and iuriouBly BY brlei
Gradually the murky flood encrosched
upon the lower portions Of the city, steadi-
ly the ram continued, and the Little
az snsa,. ea .orrar,s a , iu'a S"oiie"' sie" ini'
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THE CITY IN A SEA.
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Las' es'uins 'ne noou iiau in'aueo d
large portion OF the city, and the news
from headwaters indicated the coming Of a
disastrous and unprecedented rise. far ex-
ceeding that OF 1882, The waters at dark
met at the corner of Market and TWenty.