New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-08
RIVERS on 4 BOOM.

THE OHIO AND ITS TRIBUTARIES GREATLY
SWOLLEN BY RAIN AND MELTED SNOW.
Pittsburg. Jan. THE Allegheny and Mononga-
hela rivers rising rapidly. The indications are
that much damage to property Will be occasoned
by the high water and heavy ice. The principal
damage far is in the upper pools OF the Monon-
gahela River TO unprotected canalboats and loaded
coal floats. Both rivers are fun OF huge cakes or
Ice and running like torrents. A great quantity
of wreckage is noticed among the ice. ndicat ting
destruction OF fences and small buildings. River
men say to-day that they expect thirty feet or
water by tomorrow morning with good pros
poets OF much more All the boats in the harbor
have steam up. doing what they can TO escape the
rushing ice. The docks at McIkeesport. together
with the ferrytoat Sinclair. broke away to-day.
but were captured here and tied up The reports
OF twenty-five feet Of water at lock No. and
twenty three feet at Morganstown almost caused
a panic among the coal operators, as TINS means
heavy losses them.
Along both river fronts in Pittsburg merchants
and others whose property is exposed are preparing
10 vacate. In some places water has already ap-
peared In the sub-cellars and machinery pits
Railroads are experiencing much trouble to-day
from high water on the Baltimore and Ohio
huge landslide occurred this morning near Con-
nellsville and through tranic is temporarily sus-
pended.
Parkersburg. W. Va, Jan. Rain has fallen
here for past thirtysix hours steadily All the
Grantsville, up the Kanawha. the water Is twenty
three feet and rising. Tmbermen are preparing
for the worst. and predict much damage
Bellaire Ohio. Jan. There IL every indication
OF the flood OF 1884 being repeated. The river Is
rising rapidly in consequence OF incessant rain FOR
over thirty-six hours. The ice In the ONO RIVER
and It's tributaries broke up and ran out SUNDAY
night. Several barges were lost Two bridges on
the Cleveland. Loran and Wheeling Railroad were
washed away. Trains could not be run to-day
Steamers in their moorings here were not damaged
All the snow has melted and is gone. The low
lands Will be flooded by tomorrow. People are
moving 10 higher grounds.
Cincinnati Jan. THE heaviest rainfall since
the establishment OF the Weather Bureau In this
city registered at o'clock this morning. For
the twenty four hours preceding the fall was 34
inches. There steady downpour sunday ana
Sunday night. sweeping the entire mass OF snow
into the sewers and streams. The Ohio River began
to swell rapidly at O'Clock Sunday evening, and
from that time TO O'Clock this morning rise OF
nearly thirteen feet recorded. Considerable
damage was done in the Mil Creek Valley The
racetrack at Lockland is under water and the
aqueduct over the canal is said to be In danger. At
Ivorydale n number OF outhouses were washed away
The gardeners in the valley will be heavy losers
as ali their hotbeds flooded
At Hinton W. Va, the New River has gone out
of its banks. and the lower part OF the town Is
submerged
AT Parkersburg the sudden rise OF Little Kanawha
upset the steamer oneida and completely wrecked
II. No lives were lost