Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-24
tending down in Arkansas and part

Of Illinois. The temperature shows a
drop of d8 degrees since yesterday. The
ground is covered with heavy, weC
snow, something unprecedented for the
season.
The heavy rains of the past few days
have caused all rivers in Missouri to
rise rapidly The Usage and Gasco-
made especially are pouring floods of
water into the Missouri which in
turn flows into the Mississippi The
gauge here is 40 feet higher than was
registered yesterday 1t is expected
that by tomorrow all low lands on the
Mississippi as far up as the mouth of
the Illinois river will be under water
All the streams about Nashville, H.,
are rising and the Okaw river is on the
rampage.
NEWARK, Ohio. March PHI. C. Ross
lost his life when the East Main street
bridge was swept away by the flood to-
day. Later the Panhandle bridge went
down, and three other bridges are in a
dangerous conditinon. Many people are
leaving their homes. The water is the
highest ever known. The street car
power house is flooded. Many country
bridges are washed away. Telephone
lines are down and all railroad trains are
at a standstill
UPPER SANDUSKY, Ohio March 90
The heavy rains have caused the San
duask river TO rise the highest for years.
The river is still rising two inches an
hour.
MARYsvILLE, Ohio March 23.-Marys-
vile experienced the hardest rain and
highest water in her history last night.
The water commenced rising at o'clock
and al o'clock the streets were flooded.
People hastily moved out of their houses.
Quite a number of families were removed
by men on horseback The Toledo &,
Ohio Central railroad and Big Four have
had no trains here since last night.
DELAWARE, Ohio, March 23-The
flood which began last night, continued
to-day. torrents of water pouring through
the business streets. Four squares of
business houses are under water, and
stock is completely ruined. The rushing
waters removed buildings from their
foundations, while scores of wagon and
foot bridges have been carried away.
out of existence, but the report cannot be
confirmed, as all communication with
Waldo is cut off The Columbus, Hook
ing Valley & Toledo railroad trains were
run over the Big -Four tracks between
here and Columbus. The Columbus, San
dusky & Hooking traffic was blocked ana
passengers were transported in hacks
from one train to another The loss in
this city will exceed $4,000.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 23-The
Cleveland division of the Big Four rail-
way and the South line of the Columbus,
Sandusky & Hooking were the only two
of fifteen railroads here that could move
trains to-day. The fine condition of the
Big Four line North, enabled it to handle
it's own business and trains of the Pam
Handle, and Columbus, Hooking Valley
& Toledo railways. The water trouble
with most of these roads was and is in
or near the city.
1t seems to be settled that the sys-
tenn Of levees which protected the West
Side of the city against ordinary floods
are gone. They are submerged and are
known to be badly broken in many places.
These breaks permitted water to flow
where it had not gone, perhaps in forty
years. People in these parts were slow
in moving out or upstairs. There are
1.5C0 or 1900 of them on the upper floors
of dwellings, situated in an artificial lake.
Men who worked all of Tuesday night TO
save bridges and levees sent out messen-
gers TO warn householders. but many of
them, considering themselves safe, re-
mained at home.
The central part of the city is without
water, the west water works being sub
ject to inuEGation and the east station not
being adequate to the emergency. The
electric power house of the Columbus
street railway is surrounded by water,
but sufficiently protected, it is believed,
to continue operation. The first gas
holder to be erected on the site of the
proposed new gas works is enclosed in
water.
West Broad street, part of the old ma
tional road, being high and compactly
built, is the only west side avenue open
to travel its full length. 1t divides the
upper and lower artificial lakes. except
as connected under bridges. The water
is now falling.
Indianapolis, Ind. March 23.-Thir-
to"0 rainv davs in March have brought
7.22 inches Of water to the earth. OF
tn4s amount 3.55 inches have fallen
since Sunday. The heaviest rainfall
of the year occurred yesterday, Gull
minating in downpour last evening
which brought the total precipitation
for the day up to 2.36 inches. White
river, Big Eagle and Tall creek are
out OF their low banks and hundreds
of acres of lowlands are overlooked
and many families have been driven
from their homes. The damage al
ready done is considerable. Several
bridges are reported washed away.
The railroads are suffering as a result
Of flooded roadbeds and nearly all
trains are late, while others have been
abandoned.
Reports from all over the State tell
of disturbed condition and destruction
by floods Many important towns are
temporarily cut off and trains have
been entirely abandoned on some
roads.
A special from Greensburg esti-
mates the damage in that locality at
least $100 600 Nearly 1000 people
are unwilling guests in that city, there
having been no trains departing since
the Knickerbocker left at O'Clock for
Cincinnati last night till noon to-day.
Eight heavily loaded passenger trains
were lying there at one time.
At St. Paul, the Biekhart flour mills
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