Telegram-herald., 1890-02-28
STILL RISING.
The OHIO River at Cincinnati Way
Above the Danger Line.
MERCHANTS DRlyEs FROM TIE LEyEE
A.ny B.ssInspts AioRE the River Frons
Ran 81 w.tsr-aaeh Damage from
the fi0oa IN othsx Cities
&Gd Towns.
Hlsr WATER ~ CINCINNATI

CINCINNATI, heb. 81 The river al
Eeon today had reached nfty-four feel
and one-hslt inches and Was stiil rislng
While there viii be much discomfort
aud considerable loss there Is no Appre.
hension Of devastating food Ike those
Of 1855 and 1854, when the water reached
height OF seYenty-ons feet IN
less there should be phenomenAlly rainy
weather within the next four days. The
present stage drives out many families
In the low grounds of Cincinnati, Gov
ington. Newport and other points along
the river
Most OF the Easements OF Wate 4,
Front and Second streets are hooded,
and the sidewalks are almost entirely
covered with wares that have hereto
fore been stored in the cellars The
Mill creek bottoms are hlling up
rapidly. and the water is but ten feet
from the level of Eighth street and
the railroad tracks Below this point
the tracks are submerged, although the
water is not high enough TO queneh the
Tres OF the locomotives. Six firms in
the commission business on Water
street have moved out and many others
in the bottoms are making preparations
10 vacate.
The food water has inundated the
pits of the Addyston pipe works and
the Anchor iron works at Newport,
and all operations at both mills have
been suspended.
All day Tuesday and Wednesday the
people who clung TO their second-story
habitations watched with great anxiety
the steady rise Of the waters Many. re-
mem bering the striking similarity be-
tween the action OF the water this year
and in 1854 and also alarmed al the rapid
ity of the rise, abandoned their homes,
being taken out in boats which an
chored under their windows and re-
ceived them and their more important
personal effects No household goods
OF any bulk could be moved in this way,
and hundreds of families have
abandoned their beds and furniture.
The citizens of Cincinnati are not gen.
orally alarmed at the present rise. The
water in 1884 reached seventy-one feet
and a fraction OF an inch, nearly twenty
feet over the expected rise. But when
il is remembered that the water is seven
feet above the danger line it is not diff
cult to appreciate the seriousness of the
present situation.
The food has reached many CT the
large business houses in the bottoms
and some firms have been obliged 10 re-
treat from their ground floors. The in
terruption to business is serious and on
some streets nearest the river is prac-
tically at a standstill.
Telegraphic advices to the CONNER
cial-Gazette say that farmers along the
Ohio are moving their stock TO the
higher lands and taking every precau-
tion against loss.
A serious accident is reported from
Beattyville,- at the headwaters of
the Kentucky river, where, owing
10 the rapid rise of the waters, a
lumber boom broke and let loose so, 900
great logs, which at once started on a
mad rush down the river, threatening
destruction to every thing that comes
in their way.
One noticeable characteristic here is
the sluggishness of the current at this
high stage of the water. This leads to
the inference that the Big Miami and
the Kentucky rivers and other tribu-
taries Immediately below here are
pouring an unusual hood into the Ohio,
and that this serves as a sort of a dam
that piles up the water here and checks
the rapidity of its flow. The rainfall
was evidently less along the Ohio tribu-
tsries of the Ohio river than in Indiana,
Kentucky, West Virginia and Western
Pennsylvania
HAMILTON, o., Feb. 27.-The Big
Miami river reached its highest point
at $3.50 Wednesday morning. Great dam
age was done to property along it's
course through this city. The surround
ing country was, during the early morn
ing hours, completely submerged. All
trains entering this city were delayed
for hours on account Of bridges
being washed away or made un-
safe on account of the high
water. Farmers on the bottom lands
are heavy losers. Fences, and in many
instance: stables, were carried away.
At Seven Mile. village north of here,
one life is known to have been lost in
the food, and it is reported that whole
family was drowned while trying TO
cross Four Mile. small stream just
north of the city, shortly after o'clock.
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