New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-23
DAMAGE BY WINTER FLOODS.
THE OHIO AND IT'S TRIBUTARIES RAPID
LY RISING.
HEAVY AND LONG-coNTINUED RAiNs-HooSES
UNDER WATER AND RAILROAD TRAF-


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Cincinnati Feb 22-The Ohio River Is on an
other rise. The Licking River Is rising rapio'y'
Lick Creek Is away out Of It's banks and Is SUI
rising Many merchants along water anu
Front sts are at work moving out the goods
stored in the cellars OF their establishments.
At Montgomery's coal landing. foot OF Main-s'''
in Covington, Ky. q feet OF barges broke away
this morning and hoated off. "A steady ram
has fallen in Southern West Virginia for forty
eight hours All the streams are out OK their
banks.
The booms in the Guyan River have been
washed away and II 900 logs have been washed
into the Ohio River. All trains are delayed by
heavy landslides. The Ohio River is thirty-hve
feet high and rising twelve inches an hour'
From Catlettsbury word comes Il at three inches
Of rain have fallen there in forty-eight hours
The Ohio and Sandy rivers rose eleven feet last
night The Ohio River showed thirtyeght feet
on the gauge this morning Heavy rains are
rerorted throughout the entire Sandy Valley.
telegram from Huntington, w Va. this
r,crning saws: Trains on the north end OF the
Kenova Division of the Norfolk and western
have been annulled. It is said here this morn
ing that the big Norfolk and Western bridge
across Beach Fork has been washed away"
At MONTGOMERY w. Va. the Ohio Is rising
rapidly and families living near the water have
been compelled TO move. The tracks Of the
Powellton and Pocahontas Railway are under
water and all traffic is suspended
At Point Pleasant. w. Va, the river rose
eight feet. Trains on the Kanawha and Michi-
gan Railroad have stopped because OF wash
outs
At Newtown. Ohio the heavy rainfall is play
ing havoc The Miami River IS out Of its banks
ard the bottom farms covered with water
and drift. Several families have abandoned their
homes. The loss to farmers Is heavy
A dispatch from Sutton W. Va. says the Elk
River is rising rapidly The Little Kanawha
River Is over the tracks OF the West virginia
and Pennsylvania Railroad.
Louisville. Ky. Feb. 22.-Thirtysx hours OF
steady rain has caused nearly every stream in
the State to overflow its banks and sweep away
live stock and fences. The Kentucky River is
carrying of thousands Of logs.
Immense damage is reported from Harlan,
Perry, Leslie and Letcher counties. At Pineville
the Cumberland River has reached the doors or
the Courthouse. At Frankfort twenty houses are
under water. and the gas works are threatened
The lower portion Of Catlettsburg is under water
At Richmond last night the reservoir OF the
waterworks overfiowed and drove 100 people
from their homes In Gallatn County Eagle
Creek rose so rapidly that many families lost all
their household effects. Charles Halton was
drowned and others are reported missing.
The Big Sandy has torn away many valuable
log booms, and is carrying them to the ONO.
Railroad traffic has been suspended in the east
ern portion OF the State.
Northeastern Tennessee and Southwestern Viz
ginia report that the timber interests have suf-
fered heavily from floods
The Ohio River Il rising here at the rate or
five inches an hour. a. . o'clock the stage or
water on the falls was thirteen feet and six
tenths with every indication Of reaching the
danger line which is twenty-four feet.
Huntington. w. Va. Feb 22-To-night hun
dreds Of families are moving out Of the lowlands
in the Guyan, Twelve Pole and Big Sandy val
levs The loss to property has already reached
alarming proportions from flood. and the rain
continues general along these streams. Some
lives are reported lost. and much live stock
drowned Iandslides are reported along the
Norfolk and Western. and business is tempo
rarly suspended.