The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-01-08
THE RAGING RIVER
nEAoHRs AN uNcoMFoRF4BIE
stage, but owing to the Gold Weather, Re
ssdSs Again Without Doing aay Damage.
A Vivid Reminder Of tbs Flood Of
.1sst-soRs Gardens Submerged.

For the past tWodRyB the Ohio river has
been higher than 1t has been at any time
since the famous flood Of 1884. that caused
SO much distress and suffering, destroyed
hundreds Of thousands Of dollars worth OF
property, and scattered debris from one
end Of the Ohio Valley to the other, some
Of which may DO seen to this day, The
highest point reached by this rise was
about 80 feet inches; this was about
midnight Wednesday night, By o'clock
yesterday morning the waters had COM
msnGed TO fall slowly, and at dusk last
night the marks indicated q depth Of %
feet inches. To-day the river will prob.
ably recede quite rapidly,
Had 1t not been for the sudden cold
snap that set in Tuesday night there
would probably have been larger rise
by footor two, AS 1t was, 1t gotta little
too high for comfort on the low lying
property at the upper end OF the Island,
No cellars were flooded as far as is known,
but gardens were submerged and the big
river served to recall only too wildly to
some the awful scenes and experiences Of
the big flood.
Very little coal comparatively speaking
will cjme out Of Pittsburgh on this rise,
for the reason that very little 10 loaded
on the MonongRhelA or out OF the banks
to DO loaded, and large portion Of the
toWboat hset Is already down the river,
THR PASSING PACKETS.
The Scotia passed up yesterday alter
noon with 4 fair trip,
The towbost Pacific sunk four barges at
Burlington yesterday.
The W. N. Chancellor is due down at
an early hour this morning enroute for
Charleston,
The old hull Of the wrecked Emma Ora.
ham was swept away, 80 It Is reported, by
this high river,
The Andes will leave Cincinnati for this
point at 8 O'Clock this evening, Shippers
can order by telegraph.
Captain Thomas Rses, OF the Arm Of
James Rees 4 Sons, Pittsburgh, was In St,
Louis Monday and purchased the wreck
Of the steamer Hudson.
The owneH Of the Sunken Emma Ora,
ham expect ~ have a boat TO take Ter
place in the Pittsburgh. Cincinnati trade
within the next week or two.
The hull OF the new steamer Hudson
will be launched In about one week the
new boat will be ready for business by the
time the spring trade opens up. She will
be In all respects one Of the best boats
ever built for the st. Louis and Padueah
trade.
During the year 1885, 90 steamboat cap
tains, so pilots, II clerks, 10 engineers, 7
mates, 8 carpenters, barkeeper and !
wRtChmRn employed on the Mississippi
and Ohio rivers died, Wheeling lost one
Of this number In the person Of Captain
NJ. SnideF.
The reports from above last evening
were a. follows: plttsburgh, IA feet I
inches and falling; Lock No. 4, - feet Q
inches and falling Parker, o feet u inches
and falling; OIL City, 7 feet inches and
falling; Brownsville, Il feet inches and
falling RlCe's Landing, 10 feet inches
and fallingi MorgantoWn, 7 feet d inches
and falling,
The Louis A. Shirley Is due here to-
day from Cincinnati, Owing to the high
water she will probably not reach here
before late this afternoon. At 8 O'Clock
tomorrow afternoon she will leave on her
return trip. The Shirley Is fast achieving
popularity and nhe 10 deserving Of II for q
better boat In every respect, including
competent corps Of officers Is not 10 be
found on the Ohio.