The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-10

At Cincinnati the Ohio Stands at Forty
Six Feet, Five Inches, That Bein. Eff
teen Inches Above the Danger Line
Streams in Southern Ohio and Indians
Are Raging Torrents and the Head
waters of the Ohio's Upper Tributarie.
Are Expected to Add Thereto In
Illinois and Missouri
Cincinnati, o., March e.-At midnign;
the food situation here has become alarm
ing. About O'Clock tonight thunder
storm north and east of Cincinnati, only
selvedge of which passed over the city,
added three-fourths of an inch 70 the
rainfall here in less than an hour Cap
tain Bessler. Of the United States signal
service, says late tonight:
Last nights storm is now central
over the lake region, and an area OF low
pressure extends from Arkansas clear
over the entire Ohio valley All
streams south of the Ohio are teeming
full and the situation tonight is alto
gether 6iscoura ging."
This puts an alarming phase on the
situation, in view Of the widespread de-
struction of the late flood, probably 70
be followed by greater. Reports from
the White river region OF southern In
diana and from Washington Court
House. Ohio, are that railroad communi-
cation is still greatly interrupted and in
some places cut off entirely News from
-H.h na
Mononga hela tonight thus far is en-
couraging, but from the signal service
report there is reason 10 fear that all this
will be changed tomorrow.
At midnight tonight the river Is As feet,
inches, fifteen inches above the dan
ger line, and rising fivei inches an hour.
Merchants in the lowlands are prepar-
irg to move their goods out OF danger
and dreading the news the wires may
bring from West Virginia tomorrow.
HIGH WATER IN INDIANA.
Osgood. Ind. March 9.-The railroad
tracks are being repaired and il is
thought that by tomorrow trains can
pass through from Chicago to Louisville.
II will be several days before traffic can
ford division of the Monon. No trains
have yet been run over the Baltimore
and Ohio branch entering this town.
The loss in this county by the flood will
reach 500, 200. = -
Vincennes, Ind, March 9.-The Wa
bash river is higher now than II has been
in eleven years. and is still rising. The
low lands are submerged Thousands of
acres of wheat are inundated and the
damage to farmers is incalculable Hun
dreds of houses in the bottoms are va
Gated on account of the food. There
is great suffering.
INDIANA FLOOD NEWS.
Specials to the Inquirer from Indiana
towns give flood news as follows:
Cochran-Very heavy rain; all the new
fills and the new trestles on the Balti-
here washed out again.
Shadbury-Heavy rain: Jackson Hill
and Allen Cave mine flooded.
MitcheH-White river falling here bur
rising at Shoals. The railway tie-up con-
tnues. The Monon hopes to run through
from Chicago 10 Louisville in twenty-four
hours. The condition OF the Baltimore
and Ohio Southwestern west OF here is
growing worse. Heavy rain falling.
Fort Wayne-AK streams out of their
banks and still rising. Three bridges on
Eel river are gone. Raining heavily.
Washington-The Baltimore and Ohio
east OF here suffered SER
ious washout today. Water works here
in danger. White river is rapidly rising.
Charleston. Mo, March 9.-All trains
between this city and Birds Point on
the Cairo branch of the Iron Mountain
were abandoned this afternoon, pending
a subsistence of the aters in the river
At Birds Point the river has washed out
a nIIarter Of a mile of track