River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-02-26
THE WATERS ARE GAINING.
The River at Cincinnati Shows a Remark
ably High OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Estab-
lishments In the Vicinity Compelled to
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The River at Cincinnati Shows a Remark
ably High observation-disclosures Estab-
lishments i'm the Vicinity Compelled to
r ciose-The Flood Elsewhere.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 24-The outlook of
the Ohio river flood grows worse Here
the river continues to rise about an inch
an hour. At 10 o'clock it stood SO feet
81 inches. 1t is rising at Ports
mouth at something less than an
inch an hour There is some hope
in the fact that it is falling rapidly
at Wheeling and at Parkersburg, and
also that the headwaters of the great
Kanawha are falling. The effect of the
food here at this stage of the water is
announcement, but not disastrous. The
railroads that use the Central depot
are compelled to vacate it, but they
all have improvised passenger sta
tions which they use instead. The Ches-
apeake < Ohio and the Kentucky Gen.
trail are exceptions to this rule, as the
water will not reach the floor of the
Central station until rise of at least
about a foot more. The Panhandle
road is not affected at all, nor its
depot The Cincinnati, Hamilton 81
Dayton and the trains running into
its depot arrive and depart as usual.
Since the flood of 1884, when the Ohio
& Mississippi road was disabled between
here and Lawrenceburg, its track has
been raised, SO that il is out of dam
ger against any food that is likely to
come. At Newport water is four feet
deep at Isabella and Fourth streets and
a number of families are,seelSing other
houses In Covington the low-lying
portions are submerged, but none of
the large manufactures are interfered
with yet. At Portsmouth the water
works have been stopped by the over
flow, but the manufactures are situated
above what is now regarded as the
probable height of the flood. Parkers-
burg has lost its gas and water, and is
in danger from coal famine.
The big Four road is under water
from Lawrenceburg to Aurora, Ind,
and is abandoned. The Mill creek
bottoms are a vast lake miles
in extent Under the water
thousands of acres of truck
gardens lay submerged and damaged
thousands of dollars. Out in the west
end a hundred houses are submerged
and the inhabitants have fed to higher
ground. half-dozen factories in that
section are closed down and probably
$50 hands are out of employment.
Louis Cook & Co.'S big carriage fac
tory has shut down The White Line
street-car route is covered with water
for miles. Down in the bot
toms all the Easements and first
floors have been emptied for four
squares back from the river. On Front
street the water is on the third floors.
A dozen foundries are stopped az Z bust
ness of all kinds in that section of the
city is largely suspended. Livezay's
monster sawmill is closed down and
| half the other factories in the town, in
Guiding the Addystone pipeworzs, are
also closed. Dayton is completely sur
| rounded.
PARKERsBURG, w. Va, Feb. "a
Riverside is still inundated and but
few families will be able to return to
their homes for two weeks. The suf-
ferers are being cared for. The loss
to the railroads is very great. All of
them are badly crippled and in
some cases it will take several
weeks work to repair the damage.
No mails have left Marietta for five
days. The post Office was flooded half
way to the top of the letter boxes and
| the newspaper offices had four
feet of water in them. In the
| Ohio valley not less than $4,000
men have been thrown out Of
employment. This will entail great
| suffering. A close observer who had
passed through the inundated district
| estimates the loss at 100000 600. Only
two cases of drowning are reported.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Feb. 24.-The
heavy snow, which was followed by
rain, has caused an overlooking of the
Missouri river and resulted in a casualty
| in which five lives w re lost. Frederick
| Warner, a Germ A fisherman, lived
on the bank of the river with
his wife and three children in small
house. Saturday nig.t the combined
rain and high water caused the house
to be undermined, and it was thrown
into the river with the whole family.
The cries of the people reused the neigh
bors and they rushed to the spot, but
were too late to be of assistance. The
bodies of Mrs. Warner and two of the
children were recovered about mile
below the place where the accident oc-
Cured, but Warner and the youngest
child were not found, and it is supposed
that they were swept further down the
stream.
CHA BEND, A. T., Feb. 24.-Another
suspension of traffic on the Southern
Pacific railway in Arizona occurred Sat
urday afternoon. Water from the ella
river overfiowed the track at a point
thirty miles east of Yuma for distance
of four or five miles, causing consider
able damage to railroad and other
property. Salt river near Phoenix rose
10 feet in an hour, sweeping away
many adobe houses, and 1000 people in
the valley are houseless. The branch
railroad running from Maricopa to
Phoenix is reported badly washed out.
Yuma is entirely under water,
the river having broken the
levee Sunday. Damage to the
extent of Sl5O,OOO has already been
done. Gus Lee was drowned in bed.
A large amount of live stock persisted.
YUMA, A. T., Feb. 24.-Loss of life is
reported from ella valley. No par
ticulars have been received. The
schoolhouse, churches, the convent,
restaurants and all stores but one here
are flooded. The Yuma Times Office is
completely wrecked