The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-02-19

sake their IIOmes-The FlOOt at other
Points.
The river at the hour Of going to press
this morning had not reached 10 foot
mark. 1t was close, but the rise was
almost done,
The food of iS9isurprised everybody.
Even these who predicted IS feet were
@touished when it went above Is, 1t
was remarkable lood in more ways
than one, and it will always remain a
mystery where the water came from.
Atl9 o'clock las. night the river was
at Il feet inches. From 9p. IN. il had
risen, as nearly as could be judged in
the absence Of reliable gauge, two
inches an hour. 1t was almost at u stand
a. midnight, and this morning will be
stationary il not falling.
At9a. IN. Yesterday the water was at
the 50 foot 10 inch mark. uo to about
la. N. it rose steadily at rate OF be.
tween five and six inches an hour.
from 4 to S the rise declined and the
water came up only about three inches
an hour.
At9a. IN. the marks indicated 40 feet
lOinChes, aud at u, noon, the water had
reached ~ feet. As it was still; rising,
people began 10 be more uneasy thau
ever, and this uneasineSs was somewhat
increased by bulletin sent out by U.
S,SiGnsl Officer Greeley about noon,
saying that the river would reach AZ
feet here by to day. The general i'm
preston caused by this was that Greeley
was 'nihDing" aud did not know what
he was talking about.
WHERE TIE WATER WAS.
Alta height the river covered almost
all the lslaud, leaving only spots and
ridges here and there and a short stretch
Of street in each direction OF the sus.
pension bridge.
In North Wheeling the water swept
around the bank through the Hospital
yard, and made quite gap in Main
street at Jonathan's run. The Pewiky
track was under water for almost its en-.
ire length in the city limits.
The whariboat aud other boats were
moored close by the Pewiky track, and
the water reached in varying liRe to
the sidewalk at the corner OF Twelfth
and Water streets, which was sub
trar1oJ Tto TKalta,, fsntk bfnra knnrn
as the old boat store. had over Two feet
ot wafer on the first floor, and the water
reached east on Twelfth street to the
Peoples Bank building line.
South Of Twelfth street, on Water,
Marshs cigar factory, the Behler Hotel
and other establishments had a foot and
ahAlf OF water on tho first floor. The
StAmm's boarderS were shut in by water
at the front ioor, and clear TO Four
tenth street the sidewalk was under
water. On Fourteenth the limit was in
front Of the INTELLIGENCRR building,
but the main body Of water was half
way nearer TO Main street. Main from
nearly as far north as the Ssamm House
alley to the hill south OF the creek, Six.
teenth and South streets, the y. & o.
and city bridges over the creek, and the
Pennsylvania railroad yards and ada.
cent property were all flooded.
Sixteenth 10 point above Market,
Market north OF the postoftice and south
Of the creek, were all under water.
Nineteenth street and a part OF
Eighteenth aud the low lands Of East
Wheeling aud the Peninsula were one
large lake.
or the SOUTH SIDE,
An INrELLIGENcRR reporter made a
tour Of the South Side, from the creek
70 Fortieth street, following the mean.
derings ol the water. Main street was
flooded from the creek to Twentieth
street, the Italian boarding-houss being
three feet in water. From Twentieth
street TO the alley between Twenty.
inst and Twsnty.second there was dry
land, and from here on Main street was
covered with water from six inches to
two feet deep.
The water was in Mayor Seabrights
store room, and unless the food reCedee
considerably btfore morning, his honor,
on his way 10 court, can ride in a tkitl
b lAF 81 the poStoltCe, .
Leaving Main street and walking
down Market, the reporter got as far as
Twenty.third street, the water there
reaching up to the CeHtre market curb
The rest OF Market street could be ira
Versed in skias and tlatboats only; sew
eral such craft were plying up aud dowr
the street. The floor OF the Niagara en-
gine house, on Twenty.lourth street, wa
under water, having been first flooded
at three o'clock in tue morning, Thu
engine was taken TO the hook and ladder
house, OIL rwenty-drst street. The Riy
erside nail iactory's floor and the pud
ding and heating furnaces in the Bel
mont mill were flooded.
From this point, one must 20 up OF
Chapline Htreet to proceed down town
Chapliue street was dry rs far
Twenty.Seventh street. The river ha
backed up through CaldwelPs run, ant
extends on Chapliue street, iron
Twentyseventh to rhirty.hrst streets
backing up towards the hill TO withiI
one hundred feet Of
TltE TUNNEL EETRANCG.
The only practicable way Of getting be
yond the run is to cross over the brids
atthe head OF Tweuty.ninth, on NJ,
ColloCh street.
On the railroad tracks in the Bait
more & Ohio yards, and AZ the loot
Thlrty.fBl street are several iFainS {
freight ears, half submerged. Most
the calS conlNin coke, hut teveral Al
loaded with hay, which, Of course. is
total loSs.
From Thirty. first to Thirty.third sire