The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-25
ENORMOUS FLOOD DAMAGES.
WILL MOUNT Up To SEVERAL MILL
IONS OF DOLLARS.
Thousands Of Families Are Tempo
rarfly H0meless. mills and Fac
torie. Are shat Down and Ruin
ana Devastation ON All sides.

EVANSVILLE. o. March sl.-Fffteen
hundred families are homeless. fifteen
lives nave been lost and nearly Sl,eoo,us
worth OF property have been destroyed by
the flood. Mrs. James Brennan and child
and John Leach were drowned by the over
turning of skins. Mrs. Nancy Church was
drowned in her home and Tim Jones fell
frcTn a bridge and was drowned. Property
loss includes two Muskinxuni river
bridges, three Licking river bridges and
twenty smaller county bridges. Two thou
sand dollars was raised toaight Tor the
sufferers. The electric light plant is
drowned on, and Battery & is doing po-
lice duty.
The River Rec~slcs.
STEUEENvII.LE. o., March o4.-The
Ohio river reached a stage of Az feet at
noon today and has receded but a little.
Within fifteen miles up and down the river
fully 80 families have been driven from
their homes. All sewer and brick plants
are submerged and shut down.
Six Hundred Houses Flooded.
CHILLIcOTHE. O.. March e4.-Six hun
dred houses In the east end of the town
are submerged. the power house of the
city water works Is under twelve feet Of
water, and the electric ligh; plant is flood
ed and shut down. The natural gas sup
ply has been cut off by IL break i'm the
main and the city Is practically paralyzed
by the flood. The loss here is estimated
at $500 0Oo. ChiIicothe is cut off from rail-
way communication. fully six miles of
roadbed having been washed out and sew
erai bridges carried away. Tonight the
food is slowly receding.
No More Damage Expected.
PITTSBURG, March 24-At midnight
the waters have receded TO an ordinary
high water mark. and no further damage
is looked for. The property damage VIII
not be as heavy as at first expected the
principal loss being 10 workmen who will
be deprived of wages because of he shut
down OF many mills and factories.
skies still Threatening.
CINCINNATI. March 2i-At 10 o'clock
tonight the Ohio river at Cincinnati reg
istered 81 feet 2ia inches. rising an inch an
hour. This is rise of six inches In the
four hours between s and 10 O'clock. The
sky Is overcast, but not threatening. The
mercury registers IA degrees. with tend
ency to rise. Reports from Northern
West Virginia at the sources Of The Mo-
nongahela bring news OF heavy rains last
night and of rapidly rising river tonight.
This Is an assurance that the Ohio viii
have protracted stage Of high water. 1t
is also an admontion that prodigious
faries receive an accession OF rain within
two or three days Reports from ali quar-
tiers Of the Ohio valley are of drizZling rain
or cloudy skies. No clear weather is re-
ported. All up-river towns report the
Ohio rising rapidly, except Wheeling.
where II Is stationary. Other towns in
Ohio that have suffered inundation and
damage are finding relief by the recession
of the waters. Loss OF life Is reported at
IIayv ~ tta ami
swept away two cottages and drowned
six inmates, namely: Mrs. Charles Whit
man. her three small children, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Spring.
GAINESVILLE reports the drowning of the
infant son of Mrs. Charles Wuest, and
of man known as Deacon Jones. also OF
the drowning by the upsetting of skin
OF Mrs. James Brennan and child and John
Leach. and the drowning OF Mrs. Mary
Church and Timothy Jones. The story OF
loss OF life by the railroad wreck near
Column bus. Ind. no, only lacks eonfirnsa-
tion but is positively denied. The rail-
road situation IL. the interior OF Ohio is
improving. Cities cut of from the world
yesterday are getting trains out tonight
by repaired tracks or by detours over
other roads. In Cincinnati the following
Is the railroad situation:
No trains on the Erie In or out. The
Cincinnati Northern is in the same fix.
The Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern
is badly crippled by washouts at Chilli
Gothic o.. and Eldorado. Ind.
The Pennsylvania Is open to Columbus
and the East today.
The Cincinnati. Hamilton e. Dayton is
cut of from Toledo and Detroit only.
The Big Four today has restored COM
municasion with indianapolis. Chicago and
ST. Louis. All other roads from here are
unscatned.