Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-01-16


ing. Cloudy and cooler
CAIRO-River 253 feet and rising.
Cloudy ard cooler.
Pr. FLEAsANT-Riv 2S5 feet and ris-
Observation-Disclosures $50 feet and ris-
ing. Cloudy.
In all probability residents Of low
lands in this vicinity will be worried
by tomorrow morning by a higher
river unless the conditions prevalent at
headwaters last night are suddenly
checked in their development by
cold wave, which has been predicted
by the weather bureau for to-day.
The rain which began falling here
Friday evening covers a wide area,
and last evenings reports from above
show that rain has been falling in
considerable quantities at all points,
but that it is much heavier along the
B0nongahela than at any point on
lie Allegheny. Both the Allegheny
and Monongahela were falling yester-
day morning, but toward noon the lat
ter river became stationary, and at 1
D n. reports showed that she had risen
five inches from a stationary stage OF
j / feet II inches at Greensboro, while
at Rice's Landing it was swelling az
10 eet S inches, and at Brownsville
size was climbing the gage at 10 feet
5 inches showing a rise OF two inches
since morning At MorganJown the
water HAD become stationary at SIX
O'Clock last evening at stage OF 8 feet
II inches. but will be rising this
morning. The evening reports show
that the rains have mad no effect rs
yet on the Allegheny river, as the
water at Oil City was receding from Z
feet s inches and showed fall Of five
inches since morning, While at Park
ers fall Of five inches since morning
had put the stage at feet inches.
At this writing the Ohio is falling
at all points between Pittsburg ana
Wheeling. At Pittsburg evening
reports show a stage OF IA feet 8 incEes-
However, rivermen are prepari' 9
there for a considerable rise by night
unless sudden change takes place.
The water at the wharf. after Ie
naming stationary at % feet during
the early part CT the morning, crept
slowly up the gauge at daylight. COW
ering an addition OF four inches at
noon and remained stationary until 8
O'Clock last evening, when it began
receding and had reached "a feet and
II inches at midnight. That the river
here was at a standstill yesterday vas
due to the fact that all the small
streams between Darlington and q
short distance below Steubenville were
putting out heavy quantities. The &C.
tior of these smaller streams served TO
strengthen the fear Of big river, as
it was expected they would maintain
She water in this vicinity until the rise
from headwaters arrived. II is i'm
possible at present to make an estl-
mate with any accuracy as to the eX-
tent Of the coming swell, as there are
many places in the mountains where
snow is hidden as to afford no estimate
If the depth, but in localities where
the depth may be known very little
remains. as it has served to feed the
rivers with three swells since the warm
spell set in.
AS the river. which is falling here,
covers such a large area, it will re-
ouire an enormous amount Of water
from the headwaters to put it at an
alarming stage.
People living on the bottoms in the
Second ward of Beliaire became IN
easv yesterday morning. when the
water of McMahon's creek began back
ing Many of the residents removed
their household goods to the second
storv. The present stage put the
water IN the second story Of the pump
ing house at TIE Riverside mill.