Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-03-27
FALLING At PARK[RSBURG.
Forty-eight Feet Three Inches the
Maximum Height.
Falling an Inch an Hour Last Night.
Some Thrilling Experiences of
Rivermen Who Persisted In Run.
ming Their Steamboats-The Rail
roads in Bad Shape-Ohio River
Road May Be Tied Up Ten Days.
Special to the Register.

Special to the Register.
Parkersburg, w. Va, March g.
The big flood remained stationary I'M
til o'clock this morning, when the
waters began to recede. Forty-eight
feet, two and two-fifths inches Is the
highest point reached Much damage
was done property along the banks of
the Ohio by the waves from several
large tow boats passing here, and the
residents have prepared themselves for
any others that may come.
As the Virginia passed Moundsville
yesterday some one on the bank fired
at the pilot, the ball cutting his hair.
The Swelis from the boats rocked the
inundated houses and frequently swept
them from their foundations.
a train was sent over the Baltimore
y Chic Southwestern this morning and
another train left at noon
The steamer Kanawha, which arriv-
ed here this afternoon, had an exciting
experience on her trip. Citizens of
Hockingport gathered on the river
bank and fired volley at her, and the
pilot had a narrow escape. Two bull
lets plowed their way through the pilot
house, one struck the stock and sew
eral other places on the boat were
struck. The pilot headed the boat for
the other side of the stream and got
out of range as rapidly as possible.
When the boat reached Belleville 1t
was tied up for an hour or two in order
to allow the pilot and passengers to re-
~, tl,ntt- oil 10 T., ~,
very bad shape, nearly the entire town
being submerged and some of the
houses have been washed away. Ev-
erything possible is being done for
flood sufferers. The oil men here have
made up an $500 purse for their benefit
and donations of all kinds have been
given.
Thirty flood besieged passengers who
were stopped on the Baltimore & Ohio
at Kanawha were brought here by boat
to-day. The crowd was curiously
mixed one. There was prominent
railroad official with his wife and
daughter, q United States army cap
tain, sever.i drummers, and a China
man. Among the party were e. Emer-
son, a director of the Baltimore e Ohio
Southwestern, his wife and daughter:
T. H Nooman, agent for the Contin-
entail Dispatch freight line; S. L. Nc
Laughlin, general agent of the Balti-
more & Ohio Southwestern, of C1ncln-
natl d. Todd, a Baltimore q Ohio
Southwestern official, and Captain H.
U. Ward, of the United States army.
The crowd spent an entire day in one
spot, and with the poorest of accom-
modations, as the train was blocked
two miles below Kanawha station and
far from any houses. They had OBJ
tanned a little food by a sort OF forag-
ing expedition, and were without shell
ter or food, when the boat arrived
General Manager George A. Burt, of
the Ohio River Railroad, who was IN
New York and could not get home. will
arrive tonight on a. special and will
be brought from Kanawha, as far as
the special can come, by boat. me
Ohio River railroad is in frightful
condition, and it is the opinion OF some
of the officials that it will be ten days
before trains can be operated over the
north end. Tonight the waters are
receding at the rate of an inch an hour.
STILL RISING AT HUNTINGTON.
Special to the Register.
Huntington, w. Va. March $50
night the river was still rising an men
an hour and indications are it Will con-
tinue to rise until noon tomorrow. At
Catlettsburg every street in the town
is flooded, and, factories along the
river front at Ashland are from two to
five feet deep in water. Half dozen
factories here and at Central City sus-
pended operations to-day and indica-
tions are that the power plant of the
Street Railway and Light Company
will be compelled to shut down before
morning. lockwood, opposite here, is
completely submerged and the same
may be said Of Guyandotte and por-
ton of Ceredo. No mails have left