Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-07
FEARS OF A FLOOD
Rapid Rise of the Ohio and Monon-
gahela Rivers.
STEADY RAIN FOR TWENTY-NK HOURS
Immense Damage Predicted by
Timbermen.
TWO STEA AMERS SUNK

PITTSBURG. January 1.-There is q
probability of a flood at this point il the
rivers continue to rise for any length OF
time at the present rate. There is a stage
of seventeen feet in the Monongahela, and
per hour.
A large amount of ice is coming out OF
the Youghiogheny, and at McKeesport the
little steamer Tillie was sunk, causing a
loss Of about $500. The ice is also COM
ing down the Allegheny and the Golfer
dam at Hers Island is in danger of seri-
Gus damage. The government is building
a navigation lock at this point and should
the Golfer dam be broken it will not only
cause considerable damage but will also
retard the work on the lock.
A twenty-iive-foot stage in the Ohio is
expected here and river men fear that it
will reach thirty feet. Twenty-Five feet
will flood the mills along the river and
cause damage to property. Thirty feet is
considered the danger line.
1t has been raining all night and is still
raining. At Morgantown there was eigh-
teen inches OF snow when the rain started
Saturday night, and it has rained steadily
ever since. Several timber RATS have
gone down and a big boom is reported at
Grafton.
A twenty-nine to thirty-foot stage is ex-
pected at Morgantown.
The ice in the Clarion river broke at
a.. m. and began pouring into the Allegheny.
At points between here and the mouth OF
the Clarion the ice in the Allegheny is
moving. though it is only broken in places.
At Oil City the river is still frozen and
beyond there the ice remains firm, although
break is expected at any time.
PARKERSBURG, w. Va, January T.
Rain has fallen here steadily for the past
twenty-six hours and the river is rising
rapidly.
At Grantsville up the Kanawha river, the
water is twenty-three feet and rising.
Timbermen predict immense damage The
steamer Oneida, a kanawha river packet,
was sunk here at midnight. The ice
knocked hcle in her and she will be a
total less.
C. E. Vandevender. q timberman, says
3,Oi9 logs are passing into the upper pool In
the Kanawha each hour.
lOHNSTOWN, Pa, January Rain fell
all night and morning BY noon the Cone
naugh river had reached the highest point
since last spring-nine feet.
Owing to the large amount of snow on
the mountains this rise is liable to con-
tinue for a week and the citizens are pre-
pairing for the worst Large quantities OF
ice came down Stony creek last night and
today, but no serious damage has as yet
resulted.
Southern Indiana.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind, January 7.-Ad-
vices from southern Indiana to the News
tell of disastrous floods resulting from the
heavy rains of the past forty-eight hours.
The farmers are suffering severely from
the overfiows, and more serious losses
still are anticipated. At Bedford, Ind, on
the Monon road, the bridge across the
river has been washed away and the trains
are running via North Vernon.
At Vienna, on the main line of the JEFF
Madison and Indianapolis rail-
road, 800 feet of track has been washed
away and traffic is seriously delayed from
beth north and south.
BELLAIRE, Ohio, January THE indi-
cations today are that the great flood Of
1884 will be repeated. The river is rising
rapidly in consequence of incessant rain
for the past thirty-six hours. The ice in
the Ohio river and its tributaries broke up
and ran out last night. Several bargeS
were lost. Two bridges on the Cleveland,
Lorraine and Wheeling railway were wash
ed away. Trains could not be run today
and traffic on the road is completely block
ed. Steamers at their moorings here were
not damaged. All the snow has melted
ard is gone. The low lands will be flooded
by tomorrow morning.
People are moving to higher grounds.
At Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, January THE un-
precedented rainfall here of 3.47 inches in
the twenty-four hours ending at am.
and Of 81 inches in the past forty-eight
hours, has the effect to carry OFF the ice
from the river without any damage what
ever. Rivermen say they never saw safer
breakup. With the heavy rise reported
from hes dquarters and from nearly all the
tributaries below, the river here is expect
ed to go above forty feet. bat no disastrous
feed is expected, especially as the tempera-
ture is already falling and the rainfall
seems to be ended. AT noon the river was
feet, rising five inches an hour.
In West Virginia.
WHEELING. W. Va, January THE
rivers are still rising and considerable
damage has already been done.
On tho Cleveland. Lorraine and Wheeling
one bridge was washed away at
Bruce, ard one at Wheeling Creek mines.
There have been no trains north today,
and the train due at Bridgeport at 80
p. N. has been abandoned at Ulrichsville.
The Panhandle, Baltimore and Ohio and
Ohio river trains are all right so far.
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