The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-03
TALK ABOUT A FLOOD.
Is Without ANY Foundation What,
ever in Fact.
4 GOOD BOATING STAGE OF WATER
For Boats is Expected, and Nothing
More-It May Reach Thirty Feet.
Islanders Scared and Moving Pianos
to Safer Plaoes-Boats WIN be Out
Next Week.

Affairs down at the river front re-
manned about the same yesterday.
During Wednesday night the river rose
somewhat over foot, but during the
day yesterday it was stationary, The
big rise in the Monongahela will reach
here early this morning and will swell
the river at this point several feet.
Though there is really no foundation
for it, there is a moro general auticipa-
ton Of a food iust'now than has been
at any time this winter, This was
shown yesterday down at the City
Whartboat. Johnnie Crockard was be-
sieged throughout the day with tele-
phonlc inquiries as to what he thought
were the prospects, The conversation
would be about like this: !.
"Hello, ia that the wharfboat? Yes"
"Why, Mr.. Crockard is there going Ia
be a foodP"
mo, the present indications are not
for anything Of the thing. The Mo-
nongahela is rising at all points, but SO
far the Allegheny is not doing anything,
so / don't look for anything bnt q good
boating stage Of water"
"Don't you think we will have fifty
feet oil water"
mo, not by any means"
It continued that way d|uringthe day.
It looked as though some people were
bound to have a flood. Not over thirty
feet OF water will be experienced, how
ever, and not probably that much
Last evening at nine O'Clock the stage
was II feet, Q inches and rising,
The grounded boats are still resting
in fairly good positions, propped up on
the bank 1t Is expected that the pres
ent rise will be sufficient to put both
steamers, Lizzie Townsend and r. Il.
Phillips and the O, L.. & W. wharfboat
into the water. Tho Phillips captain
thought he would not wait for o rise,
but would have the boat pulled u 1.-THE
bank. This is considered to be a dan
gerous job with the props under the
I'hull, so tho safer course OF waiting for
enough water will be pursued.
The Island people are the most easily
aroused people in the world when the
subject Of flood is mentioned. The
present flood scare though without any
foundation whatever has had the efect
OF soaring the Islanders somewhat
Four pianos belonging &c Island resi-
dents were yesterday brought over ant
stored up above any possible or imposs
ible chance Of an overflow.
The Ice in the river yesterday wal
from the Allegheny, and was the
thickest that has yet passed this point
though in the smallest sized cakes
Some OF them were ove two feet thick
While it is in the river navigation can
not DO resumed, as it is much more
dangerous to boats than was the large
sized though thinner cakes that can't
down out Of the Monongahela. Tht
breaking up Of the Allegheny has de
layed the starting Of river navigation
few days, and it will probably be Mon
| day before any Of the Plttsburgh-Oin
cinnatt packets start out form thu
former point. The Pittsburgh-Mor
gantown line on the Monongaheli
started in yesterday.
The reports from headwaters late las
night were as follows:
Warren, Pa.-Rlver SO feet; lighi
snow and rain.
Brownsville, Pa.-River IA feet /.
inches and stationary; cloudy.
Morgantown-9 feet and rising
cloudy.
The river was still rising at 2 o'clocl
this morning, with IS feet 9 inches il
the channel. AT midnight the rive:
was clear OF ice.
During the day a number OF Pitts
burgh coal boats with loaded tow
passed down. They all made very slov
progress, the ice being very heavy AM
dangerous. The Pacific was the frs
boat that went down.