Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-02-15
PORT TDEPOSIT'SP PERIL
Destruction of the Town Threatened
by Flood.
POPE LEO AND MGR. sAToLLI.
Ferdinand De lesseps Still lgno-
rant Of His Sentence.
PORT DEPOSIT IN PERIL
Destruction OF Lives and Property Thrsat-
ened by flood.

Destruction OF Lives and Property Thrsat-
ened by Flood.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
kLKroS, Mn, Feb. l5-The food in the sus-
quehanna river at Port Deposit. which has
been threatening the town for some days past,
assumed alarming proportions at noon today.
The citizens are in high state Of excitenacnt
and many have left their homes and taken
refuge in the hills surrounding the town.
The situation is = critical one. and hourly
threatens the destruction Of both lives and
property.
The gorge is eight miles in length. and is no,
only s'ill firm, but appears 20 be getting
heavier.
The upper and middle portion of the town is
engulfed Many outbuildings aud fences have
been carried away and more are expected to
follow.
The ice gorge at McCall's Ferry, eightesn
miles up the river, is reported to be Civ
ING away. In case this occurs the situation
would be frightful Travel on the Port De-
posit and Columbia railroad has been sus-
pended owing 20 the fact that tho
tracks are under several feet OF water Pas-
sengers are transferred at Rock run through
the town in wagons. People are compelled to
travel about the stseots on RATS and in baats.
Water Rising at Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI. ONO, Feb. i5.-The Ohio river
here continues 20 rise. The water Is IN all the
houses along the river and cellars ON Front street
are flooded. Fifty feet will food the lower Parts
OF Front street and reach the cellars on "a
street. Last nights reports show the river
rising at Satuettsburg and Portsmouth. The
hana~hs was rising at Charleston. Tn. danger
Is not over here by any means. The ri-e in th.
hanaWha will. however. bring the river up and
the prospects are for another rise in the next
twenty-four hours. steady rain has been
falling IN this vicinity and the prospects are
good for the river going tiftv feet and the lower
districts as Tar up ~ 2dstrest being submerged
EvANsvILLE, lSD, Feb. 15-1he Ohio river
at TINS point Is rising rapidly and there are
already thousands of acres Of land in the havou
and lands above under water. but the farmers
took precautions TO remove their stock 10 high
ground in time. There are however. immense
Quantities of corn and lumber ties and slaves
which are IN danger should the river rise q few
feet higher.
Freshet In Illinois.
CHICAGO, Feb. l5.-The sudden thaw and the
rapid OF flowing of water and ice have deluged
the lowlands of northern and central Illinois
and put all the streams, great aud small, on the
rampage: The sangamon, the kickapoo and
the Mackinaw are out of their banks aud tho
railroad and wagon bridges are in danger. The
authorities OF the Big -Four and the Lake Eris
and Western have given orders 20 watch ,he
bridges night and day. Some Of the Illinois
central and Chicago and Alton bridges are
threatened, but not in such an alarming degree.
The tracks OF the lake Erie and Western and
other roads are under water at Farmdale few
miles east of Peoria, on account OF the freshet
IN Farm creek The town OF Bast Peoria is
flooded.
Many OF the streets Of Chicago are flooded,
the frozen catch basins preventing the sewers
from carrying of the water. In Peoria con-
siderable damage resulted from the same cause
Two bridges on the Toledo, Peoria and Vest
ern road near Peoria have been carried AWAY
The lowiands around Joliet are under water
and the farmers have been driven out
fhRBURY, Ill, Feb. ia ten hours down.
pour OF rain has turned the streets in this city
into lakes The streams are all out OF their
banks, and have not been high for yearr
Ihe Ice Is gathering at the approaches Of the
bridges, and unless they are strongly con-
structed they will be easy prev number
OF wagon bridges are reported To have been
driven out of their places in the country
railroad bridge on the Toledo, Peoris and West
ern road is washed out between Farmasle and
Washington, and all the trains on that road
have TO so via Pekin on the Santa Fe from the
west, making them over four hours late in tA.s
CITY.