Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-02-07


afternoon. but the loss will not amount to
a great deal This is about all the damage
reported i'm the vicinity of this city. up TO
a late hour last night but there were dis
ouieting reports from one or two other
places. and the fact thar there was n big
zorro above tho c;t,. with a considerable,
volume Of water behind Fl caused con-
siderable interest in local river circles
The dentb of water a+ tbe wharf AZ
various times Yesterday was ne follows.
Feot Inches
q. M. 30
n. m. IL q
400 p. m. .........................1 70 3
4:35 p. m. .........................1 2
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q.9o ~ p, 10
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the action Of the rorees below the civ.
Between 4.2O and 4:35 p. m. the water rose
about fifteen inches i'm as many minutes.
showing very solid gorge below. and
this held for a pood many. hours the wafer
steadily Milling ~, Tho nrass,,re nm the
gorge nust have bear tremendous and
desnite the warm weather for nearly a
week past the ice vas so thick that il
stU had mower 10 stand "a great deal be-
fore being broken up. This gorge broke at
o p. m. A gorge AT Mouudsville still held.
however
When the river closed at this point.
Wednesday. january oath. there was hut
feet inches of water al the Wheeling
wharf Yesterday morning before the
was IN feet . inches showing, an accunula-
ton of five feet due TO the stoppace of the
cbanne, nv the ice. The additional rise
batveao Yesterday morning and bo'f-nast
sevep last NIGHT was duo N the a,rres and
showed an accumulation Of nearly ten
e..4 80 = 49, u,fs roi,+ or,,. b,ld
b,cl, IN. IN, leo dam below This meant a
- r,,st H., +bo loo sbo,,ld G,,ll,.
lat On and 81 corresnondino decline I'm tho
do,,+, of victor hero
A+t1r ~ tho co,.oo arovo tho ci+v
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.,.-... 80.
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moss rr5er tho RISING v.ster from mn its
valley and soon after eleven the creel, ice
,,a,s v.,,. and beqan IN rush ort ON ton
90 .bo rive, Zoo 7boro vos , stre,l, of
go, ,,.o+or ~, Tho ri,.o, inst bo,ov. tho
- 81 .,,o or.ot, oto,,+ ono hundred
|11. - ,,,, l,..,,,5f,,,, ,,,,. ocross tbo
ohorrol -,his o,or nl,ce yv,s 6ued mn I'm
few minutes and then the ice from
tho crael, baean 70 nile mn and TO force its
way mn stream The pressure became so
rrea. that immense foes i'm the centre of
the river were forced north until they
had closed up a smaller crack in the river
Ice. opposite the upper end of the wharf
| boat. and as the pressure from the creek
continued. the river ice was driven nara
! against the Island shore. until II was
piled up at two different points TO
height of ten feet. After this movement
as the river showed no signs OF giving
there was a calm for about TWO hours.
The spectacle of the morning attracted
large number Of people TO the wharf ana
the mouth Of the creek. despite the lncesS-
ant rain, but after the movement ceased
they slowly thinned out About quar-
ter past two o'clock in the afternoon
there was another and smaller movement
i'm the river ice. again caused by pressure
from the creek. but this soon subsidized.
and nothing more happened until four
o'clock. at which time the ice from about
the foot of Twenty-frst street south
moved down nearly to the lower point Of
the Island. but was held from proceeding
farther by the gorge below. At four
o'clock reports from Yellow creek were
that the ice had started there. while
passenger on the up-bound Ohio River
train stated that the ice was gorged about
ten feet above the level of the river in the
vicinity If Proctor. and that there was
also another big gorge between that point
and Nouudsville. lust after four o'clock
tho ice in the river opposite the wharf
showed signs of uneasiness. and at eight
minutes after four it began 10 move slowly
here and there. At fifteen minutes after
four the ice was i'm motion ar the wharf
boat. and soon the whole surface of the
water y, far north as could be seen