Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-02-27
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DRIVEN
FROM THEIR HOMES.
Towns and Cities Flooded and Rail-
roads Washed Out over
Wide Area.

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following advices from the flooded DIS
tricts in the state:
Sparta, Ky.-Charles Holton, the 49,
year-old son of j. w. Holton, was drown
ed in the flood following the terrific rains
of the past two days. Others are report
ed missing, and more than % families
were compelled to flee from their houses
by the rising waters of Eagle creek. The
water is eight feet deep in the houses
along the creek and the loss in cattle
and hogs has been great.
Richmond Ky.-The heavy rains have
caused great damage out in the country,
the flood being the worst in 10 years
Stanton, Ky.-Red river is out of it's
banks and the Louisville & Nashville
train from Jackson could go no further
than this place last night, the water com
pletely submerging the tracks.
The Outlook at Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, Feb. 22.-For " hours up
to o'clock tonight a steady rain has fall
Ell over the entire area of the immense
watersheds of the Ohio valley. With the
exception of the mountainous portions of
western New York and western Pennsyl-
vania, where the telegraph lines are re-
porting rain, it is still drizzling from
black sky that threatens heavy rain
fall before morning, in which case coz
ditions for a great flood will be present.
On both sides of the Ohio, on the Big
Sandy, the boundary between West Vir-
ginia and Kentucky, tributaries are at
high food tide The mountains at the
head-waters of the Kentucky, Cumber-
land and Tennessee rivers are delivering
into these great tributaries, with great
rapidity floods of melted snow and rain
and filling the lower Ohio. All the trib-
utaries on the left bank of the Ohio in
Pennsylvania rise in the mountains and
there too, the delivery of rain and melt
ed snow is very rapid.
Should the rain cease before morning,
the flood at this point will probably stop
within the 55-foot mark, which would
cause no great inconvenience. Should a
heavy rainfall occur over a considerable
part of the Ohio valley there is no pre-
dieting what stage the water will reach
at Cincinnati.
On the Potomac.
Washington, Feb. PA Cumberland,
Nd, special to the Evening Star says:
The heavy rain OF last night has swol-
len the Potomac river and Wills creek
so that there are grave fears of this city
being flooded. The waters already have
overlooked their banks and people living
in the vicinity are compelled to move out.
The b. & 0. tracks at Hindman are
covered by four feet of water and all
trains are stalled. 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 hour.
Heavy DOwnDOur.
Cincinnati. Feb 22.-Rain has been fall
ing almost constantly since Friday night,
accompanied by thunder and lightning
The inevitable result will be rise In the
Ohio Dispatches to the Times-Star sho"
that the Big Sandy river is booming.
Three inches of rain have fallen at cat
tlettsburg in the past As hours, ana logs
and ties are being carried away. A sun
further rise will follow tonights heaVy
rains up the Sandy. At Huntington ire
Guandotte river is higher than for sever
al years with still greater rise to come
At Charleston, West Virginia.
Charleston w. Va, Feb. 22.-The STEADY
rain for two days past has put the Kan
awha and Elk rivers above the danger
line, and the lower part of the city Is
now flooded, and it is feared that within
the next few hours many people Will nave
to move out of their homes. All naVl-
CATION on the river has stopped.
All Under water.
marlborough, KY, Feb. 2-The town
of Hyneville is all under water except two
blocks Water has reached the court
house. There is great financial loss. The
Cumberland river is rising.
Heavy Landslides.
Huntington, w. Va, Feb. 0-HeaVy
landslides are reported on all railroads
throughout south and west Virginia
Rain has fallen continually for As hours