Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-03-06
rms HArEHs ARE RISING.
The Great WESTERN Rivers over
flowing Their Iiauhs-H HnY Sec
tious Already Under Water.

slowing Their Iiauhs-nHny Secs
tions Already Under Water.
MrMPi1s, TKSS, Feb. 27--The m
usual rainfall over the entire water shed
OF the Mississippi and Ohio rivers and
theiI tributaries, since last Saturday, por-
tends evil TO the lovland country pro-
tectet by this levees in the Yzz1o Delta
snd the TeHsas basins. Along the fsZoe,
from below GEesnville, it is stated that
the leyeeg will stand against three feet 81
additional rise, and it is probable that
their strength will he tested before tne
pitEent aoCl passes there.
The gorst Il feared FOR the newly con.
s.ructed ievees along tue lenses basin,
especially th1Se near and above Lase
PEoTi enes and across the foothills o.
Chico. county. Arkansas, ali o. SataA
ksya been recently b1iit. MAJOR Startling,
engineer tor the lower mississippi leHes
1isli a., anticipates that the lev5ss in
Arkansas will give way aud relieve the
pressure on the Aississippl side
In Mississippi the Loui5vitia, New o.
leans / lG&zs tEilrns4 Is cooperating
With tae leTea board, ana hes c1nesn-
trated men at convenient places and sant
th4m TO the sc5rsS 81 Sill hours. MAJOR
sterling has Instructed his ASSISTANTS 20
increase ;bsig force. strengthen ali weak
pisces aud prepare for more water.
The outlook in the section through
witch the AsksusAs aud Ohio rivers pass
is 70, encouraging. Bglh streams are
risllg fast Rai people al7rg their bapAs
have taken advantage OF tbs time nouce
sen, oui by The signal service, and moved
their stock to places Of safety. The river
1T this point is Etl!l taii.ut, but will
probably came 10 stand ~ tomorrow
night,
LurIsstiLg, kY., Fsb %. The oaio
riTsT has reached Hood stage. Oat o.
| the elevated read stations on tie city
iron! has bse- cat oil. A scare was
STATED 10 might, ana number ot families
il districts submerged IN 1888 moved on.
but there IS litls fear o. suoh irtuse IS
| then. Ihe riYeE is still rising shout IN
! inch M Hoas. The OAio and Mississippi
railroad, bstSeen h-re sad Cincinnati, is
CLOSED.
G. A. Wooster, who has inst returned
from hiidlebaroEsh and inlernadat
puiEts, SASS tho Cumberland is bigger
tAga !. hls ever been, aud the runaway
waters Lave created havoc al along.
There have been iAndslides where great
trees Gnd immense bodies q ea,;n EGva
tunblad away, and in places big tracts
0, country are submerged. At Dillau'a
| SWITCH below Livingston, nothing but
the top Of the e1trusiya saw mill there is
to be ssen above Tie water, and al I4iY.
'ngs,on the Rock csstie las encroAehed
uPon the town disabtrously.
At MiddIebororgl the electric light
/ p'snt hsd been rendered useless, the
streets were ruamsrs5i and the canal
was out OF sight. The 4 DDS We chg
Piled tue ssi!ways to a lterable extern.
| On tie Knoxville branch the delays haze
beon from s to Sc hours. The news
ram the mountain section Is t6st land
slides and wasaoats have been nUmefo us
and xraofdlnarily Troublesome. Mails
in that region lave been practically dis.
continued. The telegraph wires Ase down
in many places.
CIscnEAlI o., Feb. 27,-At O'Clock
ihis morning the OLio river had reached
IS feet and inches and was sill rising
Moreosur, the cold wave promised fol
two days hid not COME and instead the
sky wBs overcast and there were indioa
tions o. more rain. With river at this
stage and with forecast Of possible
repetition OF the last rain storm the hopt
~ E'te F'A AANAA y l-NNNAEeNAAu l4SSA n 81
not strong.
AT % tget the water ia over the rails il
some portions Of the old canal bed lead
ing to tie Central UaiSn passenger sta
ti0n and rise o! enc and a-hsf 70 tS,
fest more which does not nos seem IN
likely viii shut q Il travel on those track
and compel passengers to embark ~
aliyht ST points isr,her ont. IL also Gu.
& G.F a lsra.. ~ a -
A. i a. n. tie river hed reached 81,
feet and still riaiDs. While tEeEs WI
be much discomfort and considersbit
loss tlare is 10 apprehension OF o deyas
ta,ing flood llks those OF 1888 and 1854
when tie water reached n Insight of Z
feet, unless there should 10 phtuome
nally raily weather within the next fey
days. TIE present 8tage dives out man,
families in the low grounds of Cinciu
aai, CoSington, Newport and othe
points along the river.
CISOISSATr Fab. zT-Tha mornin
dawued with fire dri2z! which gradu
ally increasing became IL steady il
which confined during the entire jay
bnt to- ig't Il stopped raining. II
Baltimore Il OaiO southwestern (tal
merry tho CINCINNATI Washington & Ba
tracks covered with water 10 tas depth {
3 oE 4 Feet near the stock yards. X port
from various points give tbs weather &
cloudy and wETu ut Oh City and PITT
bug, Pa Wheeling, W. Va, an Ter
H4he, Iud., While st Indianapolis Il
Iaia is pouring down, ana at l. ulsYl
II is raining
! Dunber Of approaches to the Censr
: huu i.aag !, i.rbtA hEs - -.
6Ut the rlE&s pf1ctsd by this hay
erected temporary dspots, where IL
! water cannot reach and businsss will M
E 10 interrupted.
The rainfall here during the 70 hou,
/ ending 81 O'clock to night was one.s!.
; tenth q au inch, aud it Was the same
haat Wills It has been rising here sinC
Z O'clock al this rste OF an inch an hou
and 4 ~ O'Clock tonight it was 55 te
anu ! \ inches, aud Sill rising steadily.
n Tue Western railway passer ger station
tomorrow will b. the Ohio d 4iissiEsipI
r the Cincinnati, HaJaiitnn y Dayton a.
i the Mclean avenue depo.s At these Ii
q vAlou roads already driven from II
d Centred depot viii receive ana deliY
q their passengers
Tue storm reported central about Mas
e vile, Tenn, at tits writing, IL O'Clock,
o cana!ng grave approximations here amor
. men Who have river interests and auoi
a men who Lave property ANA business i
10 tsres,s ia the lov!ands Of the city.
u |, the precipitation in the next
s houra should be az grsst i the ONO v,
At ley as i has been ~ Memphis AMI Ms
* vile, from hs s,otn approaching &c
u frum tbat a!rEcviJu, i viii doubtle
1 carsh d lhlrl Z su.k hlnl In lint nase Il