Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1884-02-07
Immense Damage to Property Done in
Cincinnati and Pittsburg.
RELIEF FOR THE SUFFERERS.
Thousands OF People Rendered Home.
less by the Inundati0n.
MUCH DAMAGE DONE.

MUCH DAMAGE DONE.
CINWNyArI, Feb. 6.-The conservative
men who yesterday were unwilling to ad-
nit that last years food would be dupli-
Gated cannot be found o-day. There is no
longer any doubt that the water will reach
last years hight. On the contrary, with
the rain still falling, and the weather mild,
the only question now is how much last
years food will be exceeded. The most
alarming feature of the present situation
is the rapidity of the rise. Last year,
when the river mad reached this height, it
was rising less than an inch an hour. At
noon to-day the gauge shows 81 feet
inches. This is unprecedented at such
a high stage, and shows what
prodigious amount of rain
there has been. With last years expert
ence, the merchants and manufacturers
will lose much less than then, and no time
is now wasted in pumping water from
the cellars. Every available man and
team is employed where the water may
encroach, in placing goods on higher
floors, or in removing to higher grounds.
Business is completely suspended through
out all the lower part of the city. The
Grand Central railroad depot is aban-
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has its eastern terminus at Aurora, Ind.
1t will run steamers between that point
and Stokis station, thence by omnibus.
The Cincinnati, Washington & Baltimore
trains will use the Cincinnati, Hamilton
be used until the water
reaches 66 feet, and then the trsins will
have 80 stop at the stock yards. The Bee
Al1.-
morrow. The Pan Handle and Louisville
Il Nashville can use their depot until the
water reaches 60 feet. The Cincinnati
Southern will not be troubled in reaching
its NJ ain street depot until the water gets
higher than last year. but it cannot reach the
side tracks to do freight business. Cincin-
natl, Ind annapolis, St. Louis and Chicago
bids fair to be shut out altogether unless
arrangements can be made to reach the
city via Nashville and over the Cincinnati,
Hamilton d Dayton railroad, and the Gin
cinnati, Northern & Toledo railroad. The
Cincinnati & Illinois is the only road that
cannot be reached by the flood. This
morning Ware Duokworth's distillery was
undermined and fell into the water, caus-
ing large loss. Soon after the cattle
pens, capable of feeding 1000 cattle, were
yesterday. The loss is heavy.
GREAT EXCITEMENT.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. 6.-The river is ris-
ing three inches an hour, and is 33 feet 10
inches by the canal marks, 81 feet 10
inches on the falls, and rising three inches
an hour. It rained hard all night, and is
still raining. There is no business. The
boats laying up had very little wharf room
above Third street. There is great excite
ment, and peogle are moving, as greater
food than any heretofore is predicted.
HIGHER THAN EVER BEFORE.
PmrsBURG, Feb. 6.-The rivers at this
point have passed the danger line. Last
night and at noon to-day it had reached
81 fee. inches, the highest stage since
1852. The dispatches from the head
waters of both rivers report the water still
rising, while here it is creeping up into
the street at the rate of eight inches an
hour. Miles Of property in this city on
the south side and Allegheny are sub
merged, aud hundreds of families are
corcp PEELED to vaoate their houses, and
mills and factories on the banks Of both
rivers have suspended operations, and the
connection between Pittsburg and AL
legheny by street cars is entirely cut off
The schools in the First and Fourth wards
are closed. On Duquespe way, water Gov
ers the Office furniture in the Robinson
house, end is within one foot of the first
floor of the Duquesne depot. The mer
chants on Water street have moved their
goods TO the second floor, precautiou
which has never been necessary before
Railroad traffic on all thu river lines is.
generally retarded, and the Baltimore s.
Ohio, Pittsburg & Lake Erie road, the
Pittsburg & Western, no Pittsburg d
McKeesport and the Youghiogheny
& Allegheny Valley railroads have
either suspended entirely, or will be COM
PEELED to before the evening. SO far
there have been no individual losses here,
and the damage is confined to the food
ing Of property. The greatest
suffering and damage reported IN this
vicinity come from the Youghiogheny
regicn where the mining hamlets and 4
portion of the towns lying in the low
lands are inundated and hundreds Of fam
lilies are forced to desert their homes and
fly before the foods. In some places it
was found necessary to anchor the dwell
Iings 30 trees and rocks to keep them from
drifting OFF to total destruction. The
scene along the route of the great gorge,
which extended thirty miles up the river,
beggars description. Streets, and door
yards were piled full of ice, with dreary
heaps piled in many instances fifteen and
twenty feet high, standing as silent monu-
ments to the power of the flood.
OVER $1,00O,O0o LOSS ALREADY.
P1rTsBuRG, Feb. 6, $50 p. MT is still
raining, with no Immediate prospects of
clearing weather. The Monongahela
stopped rising couple of hours this even
ing, but commenced again at O'Clock
and is now 33 feet inches. In the Ale
gheny the water is about "a feet and
still rising. Dispatches from up the
Monopgahela valley report the waters
also falling, and at Freeport, on the Ale
g heny, it is also falling, but rising at Oh
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