Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-05-23
REACHED By THE RIVER AT MIDNIGHT LAST
NIGHT,
When The Marks Showed Twsniy-nirs Feet Nine
Inchss-Ths Stage at Pttsburg-Ihs
Island Ferry Landing at
Twelfth Street.
TEE LOCAL MARKS.
highest point in Allegheny. %

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at midnight last night, with twenty
nine feet nine inches in the channel.
BY daylight this morning it will
likely have fallen several inches, and
during the day the decline is expected
to be rapid.
The freshet stopped at just about the
right point. With the water inside the
thirty foot line, the damage, or even
ANNOYANCE, from a food in the river at
this point isn't worth talking ABOUT;
but when that limit is passed by very
few feet il becomes different matter.
During the present rise the comoina'
ton of fortunate circumstances has
been little short of remarkable, and cit
liens generally, and OF the South Side
and Island in particular, ought to be
and no doubt they are-extremely
thankful that they escaped even incon-
venience.
The rain which set in early yesterday
morning throughout the upper Ohio
Valley and continued during the day,
came very near creating another panic
among those exposed to high water, es-
pecially during the morning, and 1t was
not until after noon, and until repeated
INQUIRIES had been made OF Pittsburg,
that il became generally accepted that
the flood had about spent its force, and
that the thirty foot mark would not be
passed oy much, il at all. 1t Is not
probable that Yesterdays rains will ap-
preciably check the decline 10 the
water, and the next two days will see
the stream restored to about its normal
limits, and all traces Of the ireshet will
soon9be effaced.
Although the rise was not an extra
ordinary one, the river seemed TO pos
sess a very unusual amount OF interest,
aud the muddy torrent has been most
decidedly the local attraction for forty
eight hours past. At every point OF
vantage within the city limits groups Of
people stood yesterday, sheltering
themselves from the rain as best they
could, while they watched the swollen
stream. The ferryboat to the Island
carried an unusual number OF pas
sengerS during the day, many cross
ing evidently just for the sake Of the
trip upon the swift current. Such locall-
ties as the mouth Of the creek and OF
Caldwelis' and Boggs' runs were great
centers OF attraction, while at 1880 last
night here were several hundred specta-
tors scattered along the wharf. The
trip Of the Charleston at 7:45 was big
one, fully $50 people being on board the
boat, The Charleston made her regular
trips until about o'clock, when 1t be-
came impossible to longer land at the
foot of Eleventh street, and the
float at that point was dropped down to
the foot of Twelfth street, where
landings were made during the night.
The float will probably remain at this
point throughout the day. The hand
ling of teams had to be given up early
in the morning, as it was impossible to
get the Ohio street float close enough TO
shore. Foot passengers were only land
ed by means Of a causeway about forty
feet long.
As on Monday, drift ran pretty heavy
all during the day, but no signs were
observed of the many RATS OF lumber
carried off from Pittsburg and vicinity.
Very little bottom land was covered
in the vicinity of the city. Some OF the
gardens on the Island, north OF the
Suspension bridge, were covered, and
some very low ground at the mouth OF
Boggs' run was also inundated, but
aside from that the damage was moth
ing. The water was just about level
with the south end OF the State Fair
Grounds, but did no damage.
Following are the kilograms from up
steram points:
SrEUBENv1LLE, O., May 22.-River,
90 feet and stationary; weather, cool
and cloudy.
OIL CITY. PA, May 22.-River, 10 feet
: inches and failing slowly; weather,
cool and raining.
WARREN, PA, May 22.-River, 10 feet
: inches and falling; weather, clear
and cold.
MoRGANTowN, w. VA, May 22.-
River feet inches and falling; wealth
or, cool, with a light rain.
GREENSBORO, PA, May 22.-River, 9
feet IL inches and falling; weather, cold
and raining.