The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-03-25
THE OHIO VALLEY PAR
TALLY SUBMERGED.
NO ABATEMENT OF WATER
Many Wrecks Repurted -Th ,usands
OF People Are Driven from
THEIR Homes Great Havoc
In Indiana, aud PennsyI-
vania storm News.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 24.-A pc
culiar and remarkable flood is filling
the banks of the Ohio river II is pc
culiar in the circumstance that from
Wheeling to Cairo no tributaries on
the left bank of the river make the
slightest contribution TO this great
freshCt Had the inpour of waters
from streams on the left bank been
equal to those on the right, the flood
would have equaled that of 1ss4-per-
haps surpassed IT. There has been
steady rain here since last Saturday,
during which time 2.46 inches have
fallen at this point News from cen
tral points in Indiana and from
Spring field, Troy, Urbana and Zanes-
vile, Ohio, indicates fall of from ~
to AZ inches at these places, with one
half this precipitation within the last
thirty-siX hours. Nearly all railroads
in Central and Southern Ohio are
either crippled or totally disabled for
the present. This is because of wash
outs, dangerous and destroyed bridges
and the like. All over Ohio aud In
diana, except, perhaps, in the extreme
northern parts, railroad traffic is de-
moralized.
PITTsBUBG, Pa, March 9+-Three
great rivers-the Monongahela, Allie
gheny aud Ohio-are now i'm flooded
condition, and there is every indica-
tion that the loss to coal operators,
manufacturers and property-h olders
in general will eclipse that of the
freshet of 1891 Already river coal
interests have suffered losses aggre-
eating 500, 600, while man ufacturing
interests are so severely crippled that
glea. loss and Inconvenience must
necessarily follow
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. March "A. The
reports coming in from all over the
state concerning the damage done by
the floods will send the aggregate
loss up into the hundreds of thous-
ands. Perhaps the figures may reach
81 600 600
All the streams are overaowing
their banks. houses and railroad tracks
have be IN washed away, growing
crops have been seriously damaged. in
fact, general havoc has been created
by the elements Wrecks have been
reported from different parts OF the
state, and railroad traffic in Indiana,
east OF this city, is demoralized Not
a passenger train reached this city
from the East or left over the Big
Four, and other lines East Jared no
better
SrEUBENvILLE, Ohio, March "a -
The Ohio river has reached higher
stage here than at any TINE since 1854.
The Cleveland and Pittsburg railroad
has abandoned its depot here, and
traffic was entirely suspended Parts
of Scio and Bowerstown are under
water Along the Ohio, parts of EN-
pire, Toronto, New Cumberland Bril-
liant, Mingo and Wells burg are mum
dated.
DELAWARE, Ohio, March 24.-The
food which began last night contin.
ued to-day, torrents of water pour
ing through the business streets.
Four squares OF business houses are
under water and stock is either dam
aged or completely ruined.
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, March "a. Since
midnight Muskingum and Licking
rivers have risen fifteen feet, and all
the Eighth ward and parts OF four
other wards are submerged. Four
thousand people have been driven
from their homes and very few of them
have saved any of their household ef-
fects The current of Licking river
has turned down Lee street half a
mile and is wishing out every thing in
its path. There have been a score Of
hair breadth escapes and more than
fifty persons are missing A bridge
over Wakatomika creek gave way
while Baltimore 81 Ohio passenger
train No 1O5 was crossing the stream,
and the whole train was submerged.
The passengers crawled to the tops Of
the cars and were rescued in skilfs.