The herald., 1897-02-23
Supplemented by Long and
Heavy Rains
OHIO VALLEY THREATENED
Death and Damage Are Already Reportel
From Kentucky
Rivers Rising In the Cumberland and Ana,
ghany fountains Arc Rapidly Apsi
preaching tho Danger uus
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special wirs -
CINCINNATI, Feb. 22.-For seventh.
two hours. up to o'clock tonight, q
steady rain has fallen over the entire
area Of the immense watershed Of tha
Ohio valley, with the excepti1l of tho
mountainous portions of western New
York and western Pennsylvania, where
the telegraph reports rains tonight
Here tonight 1t Is still drizzlinE from a
black sky that threatens heavy rainfall
before morning, in which case condi-
tions for great flood would be present
On both sides of the Ohio, on the Biz
Sandy. the boundary between West Vir-
ginia and Kentucky, the tributaries are
at high flood tide. The mountains Al
the head of the Kentucky, Cumberland
and Tennessee rivers are delivering inta
these great tributaries with great ra-
pidity floods Of melted snow and rain
and filling the lower Ohio. ALI tho
tributaries on the left bank Of the Ohio
in Pennsylvania rise in the mountains.
and there. too, the delivery of rainfall
and melted snow is very rapid. Should
the rain cease before morning the food
at this point will probably stop within
the fifty-five foot mark. which would
cause no great Inconvenience. Should
a heavy rainfall occur over a consider
BILE area of the Ohio valley there is no
predicting what stage the water would
reach at Cincinnati.
Rain has been falling almost CONSTANT
ly since Friday night, accompanied az
times with thunder and lightning. ThA
result will be considerable rise in thA
Ohio river. Dispatches to the Times
Star show the Big Sandy river Is boom-
ing; three inches of/rain have fallen in
the past Nght hours and thou
sands of logs and railroad ties are being
carried away. A still further rise will
follow last nights heavy rains up the
Sandy.
At Huntington, the Guyandotte river
is higher than for several years, with
a still greater rise to come. A great
| many logs are washed Into the Ohio
river The streams up the Kanawha
river are also rising rapidly. bringing
down great quantities of timber and
railroad ties.
KENTUCKY CASUALTIES.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. 20 The Times has
the following advices today from flooded
districts in the state:
Sparta, Ky.-Charies Hoiton, the 49,
year-old son of j. w. IIolton Of this
county, was drowned in the floods fol-
lowing the terrific :ains CT the past two
days. Others are reported missing and
more than twenty-five families were
compelled to flee from their houses by
the rising waters Of Eagle creek. Tha
water is eight feet deep along the creek
and the loss of cattle and hogs has been
great.
Richmond, Ky-The heavy rains havo
caused great damage out in the coun-
f~xy tho do haiv tav In WOO re-
Stanton, Ky.-Red river is out Of It's
| banks and the Louisville and Nashville
train from Jackson could SO no farther
than this place last Right, the water
completely covering the tracks.
IN WEST VIRGINIA.
| CHARLESTON, w. Va, Feb. 22.IThe
steady rain for two days past put the
| Kanawha and Elk rivers above the dan
ger line and the lower part of the city
is now flooded and 1t is feared that with
| in the next few hours many people Will
have to move out of their homes. All
| navigation on the Kanawha has stopped.
| The weather is warm and prospects ara
| for more rain.
IN COLORADO.
DENVER, COL, Feb 2.-The Denver
and Rio Grande main line to the west,
which was blocked for a day or two Lass
| week by the heavy SNOWFALL. causing
snow slides in the mountains. was re-
opened today and through trains arc
again running on schedule. This is the
| first time since 1884 that the Denver ana
Rio Grande main line has been closed by
snow blockades for more than few
| hours.
IN CALIFORNIA.
| SACRAMENTO, Feb. 22.--Mrs. John
Johnson, who lived near Pleasant Grove,
Sutter county. twenty-seven miles from
| here. came to Sacramento last MONDAY
to visit her sister, Mrs. Frank d. Ryan,
the wife of the district attorney. On
| Tuesday she left in her buggy for home
| hut had not been expected back SO soon.
A day or two later ner husband becamA
| anxious about her non-arrval and teb.
ephoned to District Attorney Ryan TO
find her whereabouts frank Ryan tei-
ephoned back that she had left here lass
Tuesday, and a search was at once IL
stiruted. resulting III the finding OF hes
horse and buggy in a slough near hcme
and soon afterwari her body. The
slough had become swoIlah by the recent
rains and in trying to ford it she was
drowned.
IN WISCONSIN.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Feb 22.-Ad-
vices from Northern Wisconsin are to
the effect that violent snowstorm has
ragged all day and that railroad and
other traffic is practically SUSPENDED.
IN MARYLAND.
WASHINGTON, Feb. PA Cumber-
Ind, Md, special to the Evening Star
says: The heavy rain of last night has
swollen the Potomac river and Wills
creek so that there are great fears OF
flood in the city. Already the waters
have overflowed their banks and peo-
pie living in the vicinity are compelled
TO move out. The railroad tracks at
Hindman are covered with four feet of
| water, and all trains are stopped. The
trains of the West Virginia Central are
delayed and telegraphic communication
is cut off. The waters are rising at the
rate of two feet an nour.
T. a. Shannon D.ad
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 22.-Thomas
B. Shannon, for many years one of CAL
ifornia's most prominent public men, Is
dead He was member of one of the
early legislatures, congressman and
for eight years collector Of the port Of