The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-08


Astoretoid in yesterdays INrELLiaES-
c,ptbe river got move on itself yes
,orduy in consequence of the extraor'
binary heavy rains at headwater points,
and came up at the rate Of over five
inches an hour, bringing the stage OF
water IN the channel at A p. IN, 25 feet
Ea,ly in the afternoon the following
telegram from Pittsburgh was tho cause
Of great commotion and uneasiness;
prrrsBuRdn, Pa, Feb, IA disastrous
Good from the Monongahela and Ale
rheny rivers is appTehended within the
SSsyt twelve hours, The rains OF the
mast thirty.six hours have swollen all
ihosmall streams at the head waters be-
vond their banks, and the indications
sTc that there will ba from 20 TO 2S feet
oi water at this point by midnight.
This will inundate The lower portion OF
pittsburgh, Allegheny and the South
side. and will force all tho manutacto-
ries along the two streams to close
down. People living on tho flats are
preparing to move from their houses
and merchants are removing their
GOODS 10 the upper floors. At noon tho
marks on tho Allegheny showed is feet
and on the Monongahela l74 feet. Both
rivers were rising rapidly, aud, not
outstanding heavy fall in the tenn
perature this morning, the signal Off
cora state that tho rivers will reach
q foot stage. Some old rivermen say
h viii 90 TO 30 f0et, in which event tho
damage would be incalculable. The
danger line is % Ieot.
Soon after It was received the various
newspaper offices displayed bulletins,
stating that twenty-five feet was OK.
pected at Pittsburgh, which would
bring the stage hOre to thirty-three or
thirty-fye feet. This news, OF course,
had the effect Of badly soaring most
people who live in the low districts
along the river front. Merchants hay.
ing easements that would DO reached
by water at the thirty'ilve loot point
cot things in rcadiness to move goods
ont Of them to-day IL there are any
chances OF going above the thirty-dve
foot mark. IL is not, however, probable
tha. thiriy.flYe leet win be exceeded.
The high water hero yesterday is
mostly from the Mouongahela, but tho
water from that stream has now mostly
run out, 80 nothing much need DO
feared, but tile Allegheny is from late
advCes coming out, 10 that stream may
nut the stage of water hero up TO So
feet. Wharfmaster Crockard is Of tho
opinion that even II the little streams
below Pittsburgh do come out strong,
only 50 or 50 feet will be experienced
here, and as the present cold tempera-
ture has closed some OF the small
streams, there should be no fear OF q
disastrous flood reaching the stage OF
1891.
The river was full OF small ice yester.
day. 1t comes from the upper ALE.
gheny, where that stream has until
Monday been closed up all winter. 1t
is expected this ice will all be gone by
noon to-day.
The high tide OF tho food was OK
pected at midnight at Pittsburgh; this
will bring the highest notch hero about
9o'clock this afternoon, and give plenty
Of time to get property out Of reach oil
the water during the morning.
The large number OF horses being
winterGd at the fair grounds were taken
away yesterday afternoon, as 30 or So
feet would put tho water on that part
Of the fair grounds which is very low,
The whartboat was let down about a
hundred yards yesterday evening, At
her former position size could not be
approached by drRys and wagons, as
the Pennsylvania platforms were in the
way.
Reports from headwaters last night
were as folows:
Warren, Pa.-9 feet; leo passing out
freely; weather fair and cold.
Brownsville, Pa.--l5 feot and rising;
weather cloudy.
Morganinwn-l0 feet and stationary;
weather clear and cool
Compared with Monday nights re-.
ports. the above shows a rise ut Warren
in twenty-iour hours Of feet, at
Brownsville feot, at Moreautown 4
ieet. II is not thought much moro
water will comcou Of the Monongahcln.
MAY III OVER 50 FEET
At 10 o'clock last night tlfcrc was q
feet in the channel here and rising at
the rate OF 2 inches an hour. At tho
same hour the report from Pittsburgh
was that there was "a feet there, rising
at inches an hour. With this stage at
Pittsburgh, oven II II had stopped at
that hour, thore X n certainty that a So
foot stage will be reached here to-day
at noon. II Is not likely that the rise
will cease there before to-day, so II looks
rs though over 50 feet will be reached
here.
At II o'clock last night the stage Of
water at Pittsburgh on tho Mononga.
hela was 90 ieOt and rising at thu rate
OF 3inches an hour; on tho Allegheny
i. was q feet inches and rising 8
inches an hour, This report Ia much
more encouraging than the one pre-
vious, showing u decrease Of one.half in
ratio Of tho riso.
AT o'clock this morning tho stage Of
water In tho channel at the public land
ing wNs 90 feet, rise OF feet since 10
o'clock last night, or at tho rato OF s
Inches an hour.
At2a. IN. 1t was 20 feet inches and
still rising.
Caused by tho High Water.
Over in Martins Forty Dr. A. II. ong,
the agent oil tho natural gas company,
last night notified consumers OF gas that
tho gas supply of tho town would DO