Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-03-02

Fifty thousand logs have been lost in
the Big Sandy valley. The mountain
streams are full of wrecks of cabins
and barns of the mountaineers. The
Ohio is still rising, with % feet on the
falls, but no serious danger is appre-
hended, owing to the cold wave which
arrived Tuesday.
The damage from the flood in south
eastern Kentucky is estimated at $780,
100. The Kentucky river rose 40 feet
n two hours and swept everything be-
fo:eit. The Cumberland river destroyed
all property in the bottom lands of Har-
Ian county. James Tyree was caught
in Powell river und drowned.
Capitol Grounds Under Water.
Charleston, w. Va, Feb. 24.-Therc
is fully six feet of water in the capitol
yard. Every newspaper in town is sub
merged. The Gazette got out small
edition on job press giving the stage
of water. Electric light and gas plants
are both under water. The only lights
in use are oil lamps and candles. It is
impossible to estimate the damage in
the upper part of town. A bureau for
been opened. The water is falling, but
q second rise is reported coming. Bust
ness is almost entirely suspended. Tel
ephone connection is broken and scarce
~ business house is open. The post
Office now occupies an island.
Great Distress.
Parkersburg, w. Va, Feb. 24.-The
Ohio and Kanawha rivers at this point
have reached TN alarmingly high stage,
and the gravest fears are entertained.
The water is rushing over the rivers
banks, flooding the lowlands. Hun
dreds of families living on the river
banks are homeless, seeking shelter and
aid. The city relief committee is rem
dering what help is possible to prevent
starvation. The severe cold weather
adds to the distress of the unfortunate.
The farm lands up the Kanawha river
IRE completely flooded, and the destruc-
ton to farm property is appalling.
Great suffering and exist among
the farmers, who are left without anv
means of subsistence from the loss of
their crops. Several persons are report
ed drowned.
More Flood Victims.
Louisville. KY, Feb. 25.-Reports of
loss of life in the eastern Kentucky
flood continue to come in. James NJ.
Morgan, wife and child, were drowned
in Floyd county by. the overfowing of
Beaver creek, which destroyed their
home. Elder Morton, Mormon mis-
sionary, was drowned near Mt. Elkhorn.
An unknown woman was drowned in
Leslie county and in jackson county
Henry Holcomb lost his life while try
ing to ford stream. At Barboursville.
the Cumberland river has forced a third
of the population to move out. Two
hundred families are homeless in New
port. Scores of houses in Vancebeurg
are flooded.
Situation in Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, Feb. 25.-The Ohio river
is still rising at the rate of two inches
an hour. At eight p. M. Wednesday IS
1eet five inches was the stage. Al
though the river is falling at Pitts
burgh, it will take until Friday or Sat-
urday for the crest of the rise to pass
here under the most favorable circum-
stances. The chief signal service off,
Ger predicts that the 60-foot stage will
be the limit. Other experienced men
say the water will go considerably
higher than that. -.
,....- Loss Over s1,Ooo.O00. 9
Pittsburgh, Pa, Feb. 25.-The flood
reached dangerous point at night and
kept climbing until at one o'clock in
the morning, the official gauge at
Davis island dam recorded 27.01. The
marks at the footSof Wood street, Pitts
burgh, recorded 20 feet 6 inches at the
same hour. The water then remained
stationary until at four o'clock it be-
gan slowly to subside. Various esti-
mates place the losses in the Mononga-
hela valley, where the water reached
points never touched by previous floods,
at considerably over $1,000. 900. In
/ Pittsburgh and Allegheny scarcely an
industrial plant fronting on the rivers
is il operation, and hundreds Of
buildings with their contents are so
badly damaged that many days must
elapse before 1the factories and resi-
dences can be put IN abitable condition.
The scene Of the flooded districts is one
st desolati and devasta ton. At noon
the rivers had fallen two feet from
their highest point.
$s thousands o Ct OF work. }
ttsburgh Pa; Feb. 26.---; t. least
g, 900 people in the Monon gahela,
{ 4 ,lGI ghany and upper Ohio valleys are
out Of employ ment at present, owing
q the foods Which have prevailed il the
last three days. conservative est.
mate IS ten days before work IS re re
ssumed will ma e q loss FL wages alone
M 500, ooo. ;s5ssI5|