Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-01-04
RIVERS RISING.
yohasso~n Again ia osrgsr--esect
OF the Western 6iiyxsssr- Sers-
Gus Storms Abroad


Jamestown IA, Jan SERIOUS
alarm exists here because Of the large
anaupt of ice which lies epsn the river
several miles ADORE the eity. The
Edgemoer Bridge Company. which 10
bailAing the new bridge, has the river
DISTRACTED with tr~Atlework. and should
tho ice movs down il will eertaialy
gorge and Hood the town as we'll az
carry OF the bridgea The oniy hope
at this time is that the increasing cold
weather will cause the river Ia subside
PffrsBukoH. Pa. Jau. s. -The river
= twenty two feet high and is rising
slowly. Several ice-gorgss have passed
down. hut everybody in the city is
quiet, with the exception Of Allegheny
river men. who are drawing baats
and fats nearer shore and max
Ing all tsut The Pittsburgh &
Western tracks are covered, bnt
IL is Thought that the cold snap
stopped the food in time to save dam
age here At least. Heavy wash-outs
are reported on the Panhandle and the
Wheeling 4 Lake Erie roads in Eastern
Ohio. On the Charleston wv. Val
division of the baltimore & Ohio
the bridge of that company Is
In danger and the Kanawha is raging
Three bridges are gone between Wheel
ing and Lewis Mills, and at 7 o'clock
he false work OF a new bridge between
Wheeling island and Martins Ferry
went ont. three men on it being barely
saved. Reports from up the Little Kan
l. L..
grounds are leaving. Railroad branches
generally are suffering. A West New
ton dispatch says that two immense
slides cover the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
road tracks near that place. while
another Is on the tracks at Osceola sta
ton Several large slips Of earth are
starting at other points.
CINCINNATI Jan. 3.-The Ohio river
is rising here at the rate of three inches
an hour and there are reports of rain
and rising river from Pittsburgh down
The prospects arc good for fifty
foot stage of water here. The
Ohio has risen about seventeen
feet at Parkersburg in the last
twenty-four hours. and the rain and
melting snow continue to pour into all
the tributaries. Rain is reported up
the Karawha, causing that river to
rise rapidly. The Big Sandy and Guyan-
dotte rivers are rising and log booms
are being broken and the logs noated
down the river. The approaching cold
weather will prevent disastrous food.
NORWICH. Conn.,, Jan. S-The river at
this place is rising rapidly. At noon
the water was level with the tops of the
docks. Owners of the freight houses
along the water front became alarmed.
and the freight which WAS on hand was
quickly removed to a place of safety.
HEAVY roc IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Jan Sat $50 o'clock
Friday morning a collision occurred on
the elevated railroad at Eigth avenue
and One Hundred and Fifty fifth street
The train drawn by engine EOS ran into
the rear car of the train ahead during
the fog. Dewitt Kemner, fireman Of
f65. had both his lcGs and right arm
badly injured He was removed TO
the Manhattan hospital. 1t is feared
that he will lose his limbs The fog
grew denser every hour and navigation
on the river became almost impossible.
The elevated railroads ran little more
than half their usual number Of trains.
and these went creeping along at hardly
q horse-car pace.
THR KANSAS RLIzzARD.
AIRLINE, Kan, Jan "A terrific
wind->torm blew here Thursday night,
doing great damage to buildings and
other property. The roof of one of tho
Episcopal churches was blown away. a
number of houscs were unroofed and
others were blown Oft their founda-
tons. No loss of life Is reported.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Jan 3.-The last
of tho belated passenger trains stalled
on the Kansas prairics in Thursdays
spow-storm did not reach the Union
depot until o'clock Friday after
noon. It was the Santa Fe train
from the southwest. The Bur
lington and Missouri Pacific trains
which were stalled near A.chison
were reached by the relief trains carly
Friday morning The passengers had
experienced no Inconvenience beyond
an unbroken fast from Thursday noon.
The trains were dug out Of the huge
drifts and arrived here a little before
noon.
SEVERE STORMS IN EUROPE.
LONDON, Jan. S.-Dispatchss from the
continent report a continuance of the
intensely cold weather. The formation
of ice is rapidly extending toward the
mouth of the Danube. Forced
by the severe weather 70 make
q more extended search for prev,