The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-02-25


crNc1HNATI, O., Feb. 24.-The pres
cnce Of a destructive food was felt here
very positively to-day. While esti-
mates have heretofore limited the flood
10 sixty feet, the developments OF to-day
begin to make 1t appear that thathgure
win be exceeded. one Of the evidences
os the foods presence Is the effect upon
the railroads. The incoming passengers
on roads that use the Grand Central
depot were compelled TO debark .at the
tunately an electric street car line MADE
Inc change lesB troublesome. The Che9-
aDeake & Ohio, however, has is Fourth
gtreet station, which is far above any
pOssible flood. The Cincinnati Hamil-
ION & Dayton and the Pennsylvania
tracks are not likely to be involved.
Up the Min creek valley one Of the
saddest sights IL the utter destruction OF
the vast areas Of hot beds, where IN
Vulnerable vegetable gardeners earn
their living, All the labor Of weeks ana
months Is destroyed, and after the wa
ters subslde long time Will ensue De-
fore their slender income can be re-
established. Many gardeners view the
desolation from their houses, which are
accessible now only by boats. The back
water up the valley has reached South
CumminsVille, and Is near the Cincin-
NATL Hamilton & Dayton tracks at the
station. Every foot OF the rise from
now on only adds vastly to the discom-
fort and loss that must ensue from lam.
lilies driven TO upper stories or OUT OF
their houses and from the removal OF
property from the water.
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inches, and In the next half-hour It had
risen to'67 feet. The rise has been al
most uniformly two inches an hour.
Over in Newport, KY, the HOOD mas
stopped many manufacturing establish
ments and has flooded the houses OF nu-
meroua families. Street car, commune
cation between It and Bellevue and
Dayton has been stopped, and passen-
gers are transferred in hatboats. In
Covington the low lying houses are be-
Ing deserted.
Below at the Lagoon, a pleasure re-
sort, the water Is already on the tioor
OF the dancing pavilion and the cup
house IS endangered.
Great anxiety hRo been felt ana sun
continues at Lawrenceburg, Ind, where
during the flood Of 1884 the water ran
thrauGh the main street Run carried
AWAY many houses Since then big
levee has been built for the protection
of the city. The fear that the levee
would break under the effect OF the
waves caused by last nights high wind
kept half the town awake: a force OF
men pa4rnlled the levee all night No
breaks occurred. The levee can fairly
Withstand from s. to 6S feet, while riv-
frmen, at that point do not exepet more
than 81 feet ...
The problem now ls how soon Will the
rise end. II has ended Mt Pittsburgh ana
In ali the tributaries OF the Ohio, and
The cold weather ls most favorable for
rapid decline. It is estimated here tnat
IL must continue to rise here until FRI
day at least, though Of course at Q lower
rate. Observer Bassler, OF the weatner
bureau, says It will reach so feet by
Thursday, but will not so much beyond
that mark.
A Million Lest In SIononEahsla Valley.
At 0 o'clock tonight the river here
was ffty-eight and one-halt feet and
rising steadily an inch and half an
hour, Everywhere the Ohio valley
above here the weather IS clear and
cool Above Wheeling the Ohio river
is'falling at all points. In the region OF
the Oource OF the food the streams
have been going down for twelve hoN'A
and the damage Is past.
No less than q million dollars loss
and damage to lumbermen and farm
ers is the rough estimate for the Mo-
nongahela valley. On the Ohio there
was more or less loss and damage TO
TaiIroads ali the way down to Ports
mouth. More or less loss In some
business houses was suffered In Steu.
benVlIle, ParISernburE, GallIpolis, Hun
tIngton, Catlettsburg. Ironton, Hang
ing Rock, Portsmouth, Aberdeen, Mays
vile and several smaller towns. either
in actual loss or Inconvenience OF NOV
ing goods. -. -
Tonight In Portsmouth alone, over
100 persons have been driven from
their homes. Much the same sort OF
suffering exists in the other cities ana
towns mentioned, but Portsmouth H
the greatest School houses. town hall,
CHURCHES and all other available build
lnes are used for lodging these suher-
efs and pubIlc charity feeds them. AZ
Newport, KY, opposite here, one hum
tlred and fifty poor families are driven
from their homes, but they are well
qhaltered. In East Cincinnati, about
an equal number Of families have been
temporarily driven from their dwell
inEs Coney Island, an up:river sum.
I1er resort, Is under water deep enough
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LUDLOW. KY. below Covington, the
grounds ore deep under water, and 1t
il feared that the dyke that retains the
great lake will be sortened 80 as to
break and drain the lake when the
waters go down.
The baekwater In Mn creek. west of
the city. has destroyed many thousand
dollars worth OF garden stun.
Al LaWrenceburg, KY. there have
heen fears for the safety Of the big
government dyke, built since 1884 for
the protection OF that city. ~ Ports
mouth. washouts have stopped the use
or two railroads: the Norfolk & West
crn and the Cincinnati, Portsmouth &
Virginia,
Here In Cincinnati exposed business
hOugcs have secured themselves
against further Inconvenience. All
railroads here are running from their
dspots except those using the Grand
SentrnI. nnd they now start from
Eighth street. II Is believed now the
rise here will not 30 much over sixty