The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-03-06

sive rainfalls Of the past three or four
days have all found their outlet in the
tributaries of the river. Along the en-
tire valley of the Ohio the rainfall has
been enormous. From the Kentucky
side the Big Sandy River comes with a
boom almost unparalleled, while the
Kanawha River further up also pours
its swelling volume. The Scioto, Hook
ing, MuskinguIn, in Ohio, as well as
the two Maimis, keep the Rivers bed
full, while the rise is coming down
from the head waters. The rise since
9 a. m. yesterday for the tWenty-tour
hours is over seven feet, and guage
now shows forty-nine six inches III the
channel. About five feet more will be-
gin to interfere with railroad traffic,
and every inch after that will increase
that trouble as we'll as endangering
great quantities Of goods in all the bot
tom portion of the city. A flood is in
evitable. Its proportion depends upon
the weather of the next few days.
There are already disturbances OF
river navigation, as steamers cannot
pass under the suspension bridge. The
steamer Sherlock, for New Orleans, is
compelled, on that account, to defer
her departure until the water falls. At
Hamilton, Ohio, the Big Miami was
higher last night than it has been for
ten wears. Water had entered the
Straub House, one of the provincial
hotels, and many houses were sub
merged in part.
THE FLOOD AT COLUMBUS.
COLUMBUS, OHIO, February 26.-The
water in Scioto River did not reach the
point of damage until 2 o'clock this
morning, when the river broke into
the canal below the city, and the water
covered vast expanse of lowlands.
The principal damage will be to the
banks of the Columbus feeder Of the
Ohio Canal. Some of the manufacto-
ries along the river were temporarily
disabled by the water pouring in on the
machinery, but no extensive damage
has been reported.
A BLIZZARD IN IOWA.
MASON CITY, Iowa, Feb. ga
blizzard set in yesterday, covering the
entire northern part of the State. The
thermometer marks zero, and all
trains are delayed.
DAMAGE TO PERSON AND PROPERTY.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 26.-In many
places the heavy rainfall was attended
with high wind. At Keathley, Tenn,
bank building belonging to Winslow,
Fisher s. Baird was blown to pieces,
Thirty-fve persons were in the build
ing at the time, of whom six were more
or less injured, but none fatally. Geo.
Kitchener, of Lowell, Mass, had his
head and thigh bruised; O. z. Cross, of
Proctorville, VT, had his right thigh
crushed; Geo. Thatcher, of Middles-
boro, had an arm broken; DR.. Hudgins,
of Knoxville, Tenn, was severely in
iured in the eyes and had both legs and
an arm broken.
HEAVY RAINS THROUGHOUT KEN
TUCKY.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. 26.-Heavy rains
are reported throughout the State. At
Frankfort the Kentucky River is ris-
ing very rapidly and great loos is re-
ported.
At Marion, KY, there was q severe
wind storm. The Court House was
unroofed and partly blown down, rnd
the records badly damaged. The Cp-
era House was unroofed and several
big houses were more or less injured.
Several dwellings were damaged and
Mrs. Bells was badly injured by fall
ing timbers. An enormous body OF
earth, including several acres of the
surface of a hill which rises abruptly
from the Ohio River on the Kentucky
side, opposite Lawrenceburg, Ind,
slipped into the river yesterday with a
frightful sound.
THE OUTLOOK ON THE MISSISSIPPI.
MEMrHIs, Feb. 27.-The unusual
rainfall over the entire water shed OF
the Mississippi and Ohio rivers and
their tributaries since last Saturday
bodies no good to the lowland country
not protected by levees, and in the
Yazoo delta and Tensas basins. Along
the Yazoo, from below Greenville, it is
stated that the levees will stand against
three feet of additional rise, and it is
probable that their strength will be
tested before the present flood passes
there.
The worst is feared for the newly
constructed levees along the Tensas
basin, especially those near and above
Lake Providence and across the fool
hills of Chicot County, Ark, all o
which have been recently built.
Major Startling, engineer for the low
er Mississippi levee district, anticipate:
that the levees in Arkansas will give
way and relieve the pressure on the
Mississippi side.
In Mississippi the Louisville, New
Orleans and Texas Railroad is cooper
ating with the levee board and ha!
concentrated men at convenient places
and sent them to the scenes Of DANCE,
at all hours. Major Startling has in
structed his assistants to increase thei
force, strengthen all weak places ant
prepare for more water.
The outlook in the section through
which the Ohio and Arkansas river