The daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1889-1890, 1890-02-27
THE OHIO RIVER RISING.
FEARS OF A VERY DIS SAsTROUs
FLOOD ALONG ITS BANKS.

. FEARsOF A VERY YDIsAsTROUe
FLOOD ALONG ITS BANKS.
A Cyclone at Brownsville, rcnues
see-DestructiVe RainfalIs-The
North Covered with sno~y-The
News From all Points.
CINCINNATI, February 26.-All the Gle.
ments ofa disastrous flood in the Ohio
river seem to be now present. Continu.
Gus wet weather has saturated the earth
so that the excessive rainfalls of the pust
three or four days have all found their
way to the river. Along thccntire valley
OF the Ohio the rainfall has been enormous.
From the Kentucky side. the Big Sandy
river comes with boom almost unpar-
allcled, while the Kanawha river further
up also pours out food. The Scioto,
lienrking and Muskingum in Ohio, as
well as the two Miamis keep the river
bed full while n rise is also coming down
from headwatcr.
| The rise since o a. NJ. yesterday for
twenty.four hours is over seven feet, and
the guagc now shows iorty.nnc feel six
inches in the channel. About five feet
more will interfere with railroad traffic
and every inch after that will increase
that trouble as well as cause elevation
OF great quantities of goods in all the
bottom portions of the city. a flood is
inevitable; its proportions depend on the
weather of the next few days.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, February 2G.-The
water in the Scioto river reached the
point of damage at o'clock this morn.
ing when the river broke into the canal
below the city and covered a vast cx-
pnnse OF low land. The principal damage
will be to the banks of the Columbus
feeder of the Ohio canal. Considerable
embarrassment was caused at an early
hour this morning by the breaking of the
natural gas pipe where it crossed Big
Walnut creek.
STRUCK ny A CYCLONE.
MEMPHIS, Tennessee, February Co.
brownsville, Tenn, six miles north of
Memphis, on the Louisville and Nash
VILE railroad, was struck by cyclone at
! o'clock yesterday morning, Half the
business houses of the town were unroof
cd and many severely damaged, while
several buildings were totally destroyed.
The cotton compress building was un-
rooted, and the Northern Methodist
church was demolished. The cyclone
next struck the handsome building of the
Brownsville Saving bank. The root was
picked off and fell to the street with a
tremendous crash. Three squares of the
buildings across the street Just north of
the bank were unrooicd. With the cxccp.
tion OF the house of ]. Is. Phillips 4
Co., only one residence is reported
damagcd-that of Mrs. $. A. liayncson,
Washington street.
just following the cyclone came great
flood OF rain that completely drcnchcd
the goods i'll the unrooicd buildings. The |
loss asgrcgratcs $4,000.
DESTRUCTIVE RAiNFAI.LS.
CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind, February 26.-I
\ cloudburst Sunday night caused Mar.
tindalc creek near this place to rise so
quickly that n Mrs. Hall and three chill. |
dren were drowned. They were gypsics,
CARnoNDALE, Ill.,, February 26.-Mon.
day night this place was visited by the
heaviest rainfall that has occurred for
fifteen years. The lowlands are inundated |
and the watcris interfering with railroad |
travel. A tornado at Bainbridgc, l5 miles
east, completely demolished the house of
]. Syndcr. All the inmates were injured,
none fatally. Several other buildings
were blown from their foundations and
badly damaged.
ANNA, ILL.,, February 26.-A severe rain
storm accompanied by thunder and
lightning began Monday and lasted until
noon yesterday. The lowlands are
flooded.
LOUISVILLE, n.y.. February 26.-Hcavy
rains are reported throughout the state.
At Frankfort the river is rising very
rapidly and great losses are reported.
WORST SNOW STORM oF THE YEAR.
WATERTowS, Wis. February 26.-Thc
most vicious snow storm in two Years
aged here yesterday and last night.
] he snow is accompanied by fierce winds
rom the North. and the mercury is lower
ny rapidly. The railroads are blocked
- some extent.
Mason CITY. Ia, February 26-A
blizzard set in here yesterday, covering
he entire northern portion OF the State.
The thermometer marks zero, and all
rains are delayed.
ASHLAND, Wis, February 26.-Thc
worst snow storm of the season pre-
allied here to-day. II has been showing
md blowing since Sunday night,
OSHKOSH, Wis, February &c -lcstcr-
lay afternoon blizzard ofgrcat violence
wcpt down upon this city and in less
han half an hour three inches OF snow I
lad fallen. The storm is by far the worst
II the year. The effect will be kcenly
clt in the lumber camps, where the
now is already so deep that logging
operations are carried on with difficulty.