New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-16
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CINCINNATI STREETS FLooDED-ILihNoiS ~"
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LANDS sUBMERGED-oTH DAMA'E'
Cincinnati. Fob. 1.-THE river has reached ,ne
height Of ffty.three feet two Inches an" = '-
rising This Is tho result OF the heavy rain he'c
,ordav which swcllrd the Lickiiis anu NV
Miami. TIC water Is in all The houses along ""."'
- and Ce cellars on FCGt-st are hooded' Inv
e,o, in ,h. Ohio has backed up NH Creek so that
some inconvenience on account Of the 'hgh wafer y
felt in Cumnlnsvilc a northern subirb oil we 'iN'
Merchant, In the lower part OF tie city are taRhs pre-
cautions to guard against damage 10y inc hoou
Evansville. Ind. Feb. l5.-The Ohio River AZ thls
point is rising rapidly. and there are already t'o"'"
Of acres OF land IN the bayou and aIoVc uhner ""''
ht Tho farmers took precautions remove their stock
n ad-h Ground In time. There are, however I'LL
mense quantities of and lumber tios and slaves
which are in danger should the river ii'c few i'et
higher.
Indlanapolis Feb. ia dispatch 10 TIL" News
from Wabash says The rains have swollen the ""pas"
River until in this vicinity II is away out E us
banks and covering the adjacent lowlahdS' - hl"Ae
IN. situation more scioas the heavy lee In TIE iiver
is Lreakng up and gJrging al va0us points along '"o
river At O'Clock this morning the ice collected az
thc n,g Four railroad bridge and swept part Of II
ov,v leaving The track unsupported. The iivcr i
steadily rising. All the factories In the bOuom uie
prcrarng for trcmcnd GUS Hood wien the Ice starts
and arr getting their valuable STOCK above msh "a'''
mn 4 n OF this Cly thc Ice N'Ils III INV
river IS vet uilr0kcn and Superintendent oi BrdgS
Green Of the Big Four road, says tie worst Is yet 20
come.
Chicago. Feb. 1.-THE sudden thaw ana The RAPID
vernowinc Of water and ic" havo dclugcd III" la"
lands 0! Northern and Central Illinois and put all ire
streams great and small. on the rampage The san
camon The Kckapoo and tho Machinaw are ont "i
their banks and the railroad and wagon bridges ar" III
danger. The authorities Of the Big -Four ana Lax"
Erie and Western have given orders 10 watch inc
bridges night and day. some Of the Illinois 'ch!a
and Chicago aud Wilton bridges are threatened The
tracks Of the Lake Erie and Western and other ROADS
are under water AT Farmdae, few miles east oi
Peoria on account Of tie frc,hct In Farm Creek The
town of East Peoria + flooded.
Many Of the streets Of Chicago are Hooded th'
frozen catch basins preventing the sewers from carry
Ing Of the water. In Peoria con,iicra't" damage
resulted from the same cause. TWO bridges on the
Tolcdo Peoria and road Peoria have been
carried away IT,. low lands around joliet are uhu'f
water and the farmers have been driven out.
Folrlhlry H. Feb. IA tcn-Lonr. d'"hp ur u
rain hos turned the srccts In 'hl> city into Lake. Inc
steam. ARE an ont ~ h,lr bank, and hav" MOI been
!, hirh fnr y.nr. Tn. lcr j. gathering ~ The ap
proach.s the bridge, and unless th'y ~" S,,onVIt
ron.trt,ccd Toy VIII be- an easy prey. huhi'I oi
wagon ridcn, nrr reported 10 hIv" been d1N"h Oh" OF
hnr p.acc. IN the country. railroad brde' on ,he
rolcd, Peoria and Western road J. washed our r'
twn.n TIrmdale and Washington. and trains from ,hr
Ncsi on that road over four hours late III 'hS s