The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-02-25
OHIO STILL RISING
BUT ONLY FROM CINCINNATI VEST
AND SOUTH.

Relieving the Sunering-At Cincinnati
| the River Is Still Rising and VIII Prob
ably Reach Sixty Feet Before It Begins
to Recede Many Public Resorts Arc
Under Water - Portsmouth IL the
Greatest Sufferer of AlI--Nsws of the
Watered Districts.
Cincinnati, Feb. 24.-At o'clock to-
night the river 5S1a feet and rising
steadily, IL inches an hour. Every
where in the Ohio valley above here tae
weather is clear and cool. Above
Wheeling the Ohio river is falling at al
points. In the region Of the sources Of
the flood the streams have been going
down for twelve hours and the danger
is past. Not less than million dollars
loss and damage to lumbermen and
farmers is the rough estimate for the
Monongahela valley.
On the Ohio there was more or less
damage to farmers all the way down TO
Portsmouth. More or less damage TO
some business houses as suffered in
Steubenville, Parkersourg, Galliopolis,
Huntington, Cattlettsburg, Ironton,
Hanging Rock. Portsmouth. Aberdeen,
Maysville, and several smaller towns
either in actual loss Or the inconvenience
Of moving goods. Tonight in Ports
mouth alone over 1900 persons have
been driven from their homes. Much
the same sort Of suffering exists in the
other cities and towns mentioned, but
Portsmouth is the greatest. School
houses, town halls, churches, and all
other available buildings are used for
lodging those sufferers and public char
ity feeds them. At Newport, KY, OPP
posite mere, $50 poor families are driven
from their homes, but they are well
sheltered. In East Cincinnati about an
equal number of families have been
temporarily driven from their dwellings.
Coney Island, an up-river summer Ie-
sort, is under water deep enough to
float the largest river steamer. In Lud-
low, KY, below Covington, the streets
are deep under water
IS ABOUT OVER.
At Portsmouth washouts have stopped
the use OF two railroads, the Norfolk
and Western, and the Cincinnati,
Portsmouth and Virginia. All railroads
here in Cincinnati are running from
their depots except those using the
Grand Central, and they now start from
Eighth street. 1t is believed now the rise
here will not go much over sixty feet.
Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. 24.-The public
safety and charity departments Of the
two cities are doing everything possible
to alleviate suffering. Provisions and
coal have already been provided for
many people in the flood districts who
are unable to get away from their
homes.
The railroads are but slowly recover
ing from the effects of the food. Travel
is still badly interrupted.
Shortly after noon the first through
train to reach the city from the east
since Monday morning, arrived at the
Baltimore and Ohio station, having
come around by way of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad, by which route travel
has again been established, although the
trains will be from six to eight hours
late.
The rivers in this vicinity reached
higher stage than at any time since 1884.
The Monogahela registered % feet s
inches, and the Allegheny 30 fet 9 inches,
about midnight, and after remaining sta
tionary for several hours. began TO SOW
~ recede. At 10 o'clock this morning the
water had fallen one foot. Hardly point
in the Monongahela valley from Fair
mount to Pittsburg escaped damage.
Mills built supposedly out Of harms way
were submerged. Work along the river
were shut down and workmen forced to
flee from the rising tide. The damage
can only be approximatsd. but it is not
less than a million and a half in the
Monongahela valley. From the head
waters Of the Yougiogheny also came
a torrent that brought with it destruc-
ton to every available property. Rail-
roads were unable TO move trains and in
some places the tracks were so far be-
low the surface that the tops OF gondola
cars were only visible. The Pittsburg.
McKees and Yougiogheny was entire
ly disabled, while trolley lines along the
river banks were so badly wrecked that
it will be several days before operations
can be resumed. Beneath several feet OF
debris there are millions OF dollars worth
Of valuable machinery. What ruin has
been wrought cannot be told until the
waters recede.
EARLY VEGETABLES GONE
Private houses built in the low lands
in the suburbs have been flooded, in some
instances within a foot OF the second
story windows. A. any rate they viii be
unfit for haDitation for weeks 10 come.
The poorer classes who lived in small
houses along the river banks. some OF
them only a few feet above low water
mark. have been made utterly homeless.
while the truck gardeners, having hot
beds in the bottom lands with early vege-
been ruined.
In Mckeesport the damage will ex-
coed $4,000. Crooked creek. which in
former high waters has been harmless
stream, rose to an unprecedented height
causing destruction 10 meadow lands for
three miles back in the country.
In this city the water covered Du-
quesne way from Ninth street 10 the
point. Steamboats, were moored but a
few fst from the entrance Of the Hotel
Boyer. and the exposition buildings were
completely surrounded by water. On
the north side allegheny over 5000 peo-
pie were cooped up in rhe second stories
Of their homes ali night. prisoners. their
only means OF escape being by boat
Without fire or food they received
chunks OF bread and coffee and coal
handed through their second story win
dows. On Craig. Robinson, School. Re
becca. Lacock. Ann. Cory. Klouck and
Darrash streets and Seventh avenue the
water stood as high as the knobs on the
doors. The following Allegheny manu-