The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-24

t-sssse twenty fee. high. The food haf
Ssftefsxd the foundations @ one OF Tag
~teel piers. and when freight tam
vearhes tfse weakened point ore size ST
the fresfle gave way. causing the loco.s
.ive Is sopp!e over irto TIE s"os'ei
stream.
Conductor yjka Burke. Of New Albany.
ard Brakeman Harry Miller. q LouiSF1-is.
rngfreer Henri Murphy and Fireman
ctarIes Hoan escaped WITH but slight IN
As she locomotive ard tender fen, the
eo,,uIsrgs TO the aftciujng car Strapped,
Issg-lssg tbs rest OF the traia standing On
the tTess.e.
mississippi Rises Rapidly
MEMPHIS. jar. za.-Tne Mississippi river
firm csir0 10 New Orleans Is rising rap
sfrv- ard there = enough water n sight 20
send j. above the danger lire from Cairo
r. vIckKhaIrg The water rose foot here
tasav. and IA four days Il VIII probably Be
staove the danger line. At Cairo the danger
fsne haa been passed. with further heavy
roE coming down the Ohio. Cumberland
and Tennessee. The crevssses IN the IeEees
In the Mississippi delta are not yet filed.
and Il VII. nor be possible 10 complete
then Within ten days.
Situation az Helena Alarming.
HELENA. Ark. Jan. 3.-The river sita-
Alton 81 this place Is beginning 70 he alarm
trg owing 70 the rapid rise and the unsfn-
yyFsyea conditions OF the leyee. AT the
Williamson place. about three miles below
here. saere IS an opening % about ZS feet
through wf3feh the wafer viii come II the
river gets f4ve fest higher. A great deal
q cc.son VIII b. ruined.
Ohio Rises Rapidly.
CINCINNATI. Jan 22.-The sky Is clear
tonight and the mercury registers g.
Last niEEs al one time, for about five
minutes. the wind showed velocity OF
sefty-fgo miles an hour. S0Ene damage
Eas done 20 telegraph and telephone wires.
rsosfig outside the city. a hundred thou
sand bushels Of coal was sunk al Fleming $
landing. In tire Ohio river
TIE Chic river aas tonight az Z O'Clock
reached - feet and s-l9 inches. rise Of
feet and s-Is r. ,.1es since O'Clock last
r:yhs. II became stationary at thar stage.
News from Portsmouth,, O. s. taat for
tweafy-three hours up 20 8 o'clock tonight
tie river rose seven feet and was stiil
rising at the same rate. This food has
about iz6 miles 10 travel to Cincinnati.
~ all West Virginia points rising feeds
arc reported.
The same story comes from the tribu-
safses 81 Pennsylvania and Ohio. This
makes 4 sure that the maximum here VIII
be not less than So feet. ard az the same
tine gives ground for apprehension OF a
gTeas food Of IS. with . possibility OF 20
feet.
The streams below Cincinnati are all
touring In their foods. which will hold the
river st the present stage until the rise
from Portsmouth reaches here and swelIs
I. 10 Is feet.
Tidal Wave on New England Coast.
BOSTON. Jan. "a severe storm. a.
tended by unusual phenomena. passed over
New England today, causing heavy rains
II the southern portion, ten 10 twelve
inches OF STOW IN Maine and New Hamp-
shire. thunder and lightning IN the ex-
erease northeast, and practically a tidal
wave on the coast from Cape Cod 10 Port
lard. Tonight a gale * blowing east of
Portland. and the storm seems likely To in
crease Ia force as Il passes over the prov
incez.
While the heavy SHOWS in Maine caused
scme delay In transportation and the Sc
we're rain in The south were responsible for
numerous washonts. the storm seemed to
have caused The enormous tide which In
Undated the greater parts Of the coast and
caused heavy loss 10 owners OF property
along the water front.
AT Gloucester the storm WAS the worst
since the memorable storm o. 1851.
Ogher localities along the shore also re-
ported losses from the tidal wave of more
OF less extent.