Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-03-06

are under water, and hundreds of fam
lilies are homeless. The telegraph
wires are all down around the city ow
! ing to landslides Some of the rail-
ways whose general offices are here,
have been unable to communicate with
J other points on their lines. Loveland,
I near which place a freight ran into
the Pittsburg express, is cut off from
| wire communication by the floods in
the suburbs of this city, which cover
! their track and have taken away the
/ telegraph poles. The flood extends up
/ the Miami Valley at Dayton, Spring
, field. Hamilton and other points suffer-
irg the same as this city. The Big and
+ Little Miami rivers are very high. The
Ohio river here is rising ten inches per
hour. The rainfall stopped at noon.
! INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. March 55.-rhree
and twenty-one hundred:hs inches O.:
wcter has fallen here since o'clock yes
terday afternoon. The resulting food
/ has caused much Inconvenience and con-
( siderable damage. Street car traffic has
/ been impeded and the floodad tunnel under
( the Union station necessitated roundabout
routes for several South side lines. The
| greatest G.mdge came to Jac<*5n Park,
on the Nor.h Side, where 300 acres were
! flooded bv Fall creeks overflow. The
water stood three feet deep IN this lccdI-
/ its this mocn'SS, and tIe residents are te-
! ing transported in boats and on horses
/ The rain continues. but the indications are
/ tnat the wo-s, is passed.
Advlces from every quarter Of the state
/ tell of great damage. Nearly an wagon
/ bridges above North Vernon were washed
away. Half the residents of Vernon Were
/ compelled 10 move 20 higher ground and
a number Of houses were carried off,
/ Portland suffered a dsluge. NartInsvlie
/ has been completely isolated. Half or
/ Washington is flooded and many families
; are homeless. Bridges are washed away
/ and trains are delayed At Anderson.
/ White river Is out Of its banks and wash
outs are reported on all railroads. The
hardest rain in forty years fell at Madison
and hundreds of homes were flooded. The
Ohio river has been rising four inches an
hour all day.
ST. LOUIS. March 5.-A special from
! Vaudalia. Ills. says the worst rain for
years prevailed lass night over six inches
fell in six hours. All streams are out OF
bank and many bridges are washed away.
All trains are delayed. Many families
were rescued in boats. Considerable live
stock perished.
AT Lewrcnceville. the heaviest rain ever
known fell. Sumner. Bridgeport, Pink
staff and Birds are under water All
trains are water-bound and many bridges
are washed out.
At Richmond. Ind, much damage was
done. Trains are delayed.
AT Jefferson city. No. Usage is sWeled
TO enormous proportions aad heavy dam
age is anticipated. Traffic on the Missouri
/ Pacific is paralyzed.
! At Carlisle Ills. five and one-ualf inches
/ or ain tcli. No trains have arrived for
fourteen hours.
AT Benton. Ills. all streams are out OF
bank and bottom lands are flooded.
At Clay city, Ills. six inches fell, doing
/ immense damage The Little Wabash is
/ rising and will be higher than in ten years.
Baltimore & Ohio trains are twelve hours
late.
/ DAYTON. o.. March 5.-The Miami Is
/ 70 feet and rising. Cellars are flooded,
! furnace fires are drowned and gardens
! are ruined. Merchants suffer great loss.
| Trains are four hours late.
! SIDNEY. O.. March 5.-T'he flood to-day
! is the worst in sixteen years. The Miami
] is out Of its banks and all the lower part
I eff the city is covered. Many have been
| compelled to move i'm boats. 1t is feared
! the canal will give way and cause thous-
ands of dollars more damage.
LIMA. o., March 5.-Ottawa river has
flooded dwellings in the lowlands and
! compelled families to move. Dozens OF
I houses have moved from foundations.
The Ohio Southern is washed out and
trains are abandoned. On the Chicago
& Lake Erie Fort Wayne, Ohio Central
and Lake Erie d Western traffic is at
standstill.
ST LOUIS Mo- March 5.-The heavy
rains Of yesterday delayed all trains.
Every train this morning was from two
to four hours late and several trains did
not get in AT all
Springfield. Ohio. March 5.-There is
almost a total suspension of railroad
traffic. The Panhandle bridge at
Xenia is washed away the Big Four
and c.. II. & d. have washouts near
| Middletown. and the Ohio Southern
can get no trains into town. its freaks
| being covered with four feet of water.
/ The lower part of town is inundated.
| People are moving out.
Kenton. Ohio. March 5.-The Scioto
overhowed its banks and several
bridges are washed away. The Chi
caeo & Erie r. r. bridge gave way and
fourteen cars fell All trains run over
the Toledo & Ohio Central to Dun
/ kirk. thence 10 Lima over the Penn
svlvania line. The water is the high
est i'm years
At ST Narv's the rain and a break
in the canal caused the greatest food
of many years. The lowiands are COW
cred the river and canal flowing as
one Many houses and the water works
are submerged. The water is still ris-
. ing.
Pittsbure Pa. March 5.-The heavy
rains threatened another food but
latest odvices from mp the rivers indi-
cate that the stage will not exceed Is
feet There viii De little coal shipped
as tho harbor is well cleared. The
river m midnight IS II feet and rising
slowly.
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