The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-02-15
WRATH OF THE WATERS.

nA VIZ w n LAbEJo
The Ohio River and It's Tributaries Over.
now The r Banks, Inundntlng the Ad-
jacent Country - Great Devastation at
Wheeling = Cincinnati. Pittsburgh and
Other Cities In u bad Plight.
WHEELING, w. Va, Feb. ITO attempt
to adequately portray the condition of at.
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 $3.50. 900 to
ST 200, 900. At nine o'clock last night
the river had risen to forty-six 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
aud cause further loss of millions. Several
lives have already been lost here and at SIR.
towns.
Wheeling Island, comprising about eight
hundred acres, and containing population
of $500, is entirely under water, and the
loss there alone Is 100000. Hundreds of
warehouses in the business part of the town
are partially under water, and streets in the
higher portion are piled high with barrels
of sugar, salt, oil and nails, bales of prints
and dry goods, and other merch andise.
From Bellaire, Bridgeport, West Wheel
ing and Martins Ferry, o., and Fulton,
Wellsburg, Brentwood and Moundsyille, Va,
heartrending accounts of suffering come
Some of these towns are entirely submerged,
West Wheeling, for example, not having a
solitary house out of water. Within a
radius of fifteen miles 10000 people are
homeless, and q loss of 5000, 600 has
been sustained. Deaths by drowning are
reported from seTeral points.
ono CITIES Under WATER.
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freight. Navigation on the river has been
entirely suspended and street car travel has
been stopped.
CLEVELAND, Feb, THUS far the
floods in Cleveland have OccasiOned but
little damage. The river has fallen some
what. A large portion of the flats are in
undated, and factories and mills are par
tally under water. Along Merwin street
the water has entered the cellars, and is
doing some damage The ConnottOn
Valley and the Valley railways
are still cut of from communication
with southern points, and are
partly covered with water for fifteen miles.
1t is'claimed that 900 feet OF timber were
swept out into The lake. 1t Is not expected
that more damage VIII De occaslOned mere.
At Youngstown the river is within few
inches of higl-water mark and steadily
rising. About thirty families have been
taken out OF their dwellings In boats
and wagons. Bottom lands are Hood
cd and great damage must ensue if the
weather continues warm in Northwestern
Ohio. hthhstol Is uiiucf Wdtci, anu shou,
sands of feet of lumber have been lost Re-
ports from Warren and other points In
Trumbull County say the flood there is the
highest ever known.
ALARMING NEWS FROM LAwRENCEBURG.
C1NCNNATI. Feb IA Neps- Journal
speciaI from Aurora Ind. saws: Intense
excitement was caused here at ten O'Clock
last night. when the alarm-bells in Law.
renceburg. two miles away. were distinctly
heard The leyee above that town has
given way. and no doubt the place is being
Subjected to rushing flood. There ia M
means of obtaining particulars
FLOODS IN PENNSYLVANIA.
PITTSBURGH, Feb. Tho river is be-
Iieye,l TO have reached its highest point at
ten O'Clock last night and is now stationary,
with the Mouonyahela thrty-three feet three
inches. and the Allegheny thirty-four feet
six inches. The latest news from the head
waters report the waters receding. Thomas
Kelley. a grocer OF tho south side, was
irving to secure driftwoOd and fell into
the NIOnongahela and was drowned.
Another man, name unknown, went
is believed to have been lost Hundreds of
CITY Hall MANY were half-staryed not
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