Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-03-10
THE DANGER IS PAST.
Cold Wave Practically Ends Flood
at Cincinnati.
THE OHIO FALLING At MANY POINTS.
Logs Worth a Fortune Swept Away
In Neutrality-suspicious. and High
Winds Cause Great Dis
;iS tress in Georgia.


Cincinnati, March s.-The end Of the
big flood here is in sight, thanks to the
cold weather prevailing throughout the
Ohio valley. 1t has cut off from one and
a half to two feet of what would have
been the maximum flood at Cincinnati
had the weather prevailed warm. AT
nine o'clock Tuesday night the stage
here was Sc feet and s inches, rising
at the rate of one inch and a quarter
hourly. At all points above Marietta
the river is falling. Between Marietta
and Point Pleasant it is rising From
Point Pleasant to Cincinnati it is fall
ing at intermediate points except at
Manchester, 60 miles above here, where
1t is rising slowly. The swell between
Marietta and Point Pleasant is from the
outpour of the Monongahela at Pitts
burgh. Unless the weather changes
that rise will never catch the flood at
this point. On the same condition the
river will reach its maximum of about
SIN feet.
stops the Trains.
+ At Portsmouth the Cincinnati, Ports
mouth & Virginia railway trains have
been stopped by floods on the track and
washouts. Suffering by people driven
from their homes in that city con-
tinues. Several small dwellings in the
water-soaked districts on East Front
street have been lifted off their foun-
dations by the winds. Business Nd en- in
that city in the flooded regions are Sc
rene now that the worst has passed.
Huntington, w. Va, reports great
suffering on the Guyan river from peo
pie living in the lowlands who were
driven from their homes. A steamboat
loaded with provisions left Hunting
ton for the relief of those people Tues
day. Central City, small place above
Huntington, is a great sufferer from
the food.
At Newport, KY, opposite here, one
street car line has been flooded SO as to
stop the running of cars. Fifty FAM
lilies have been driven from their homes
and have taken refuge in public build
ings or with their friends, and should
the river rise to 57h feet rs more fam
lies will be driven out of their homes.
No business houses in Newport have
been affected. Covington is more for
tunate and has escaped almost entirely.
In Cincinnati all business affected by
flooding of cellars has been amply pro-
tected from any proba BILE future dam
ger. Dwellings, except the low tene-
ments in Rat Row and Sausage Row,
have not been touched. There is prac-
tioally no interruption to railroad traf-
fic of any sort in Cincinnati. No trains,
however, can now enter the Grand Cen
trial depot. A few gardens in Mill
Creek valley have been flooded, but
most Of them are so much farther up
that stream than formerly as to be
clear out Of danger.
Blooms in Kentucky River Break.
Lexington, KY, March 8. = An al
most unprecedented loss follows the
breaking Of booms in Kentucky river.
II IL estimated that fully s1,ooO,ooo
wsrth of logs have been lost in this
way at Jackson, Beattyville, Valley
Viaw and other points. The Licking
ton & Eastern railway has been a
heavy loser. Above Clay City its
tracks were submerged in some places
to the depth Of five feet, while in
some places the tracks were washed
away.
Snow and High Winds in Georgia.
Atlanta, Ga, March s.-The heavy
rain of Saturday and the cold wave
Of Sunday were followed by high winds
and snow in many parts of the state,
At Monroe the depot was unroofed and
quantities of goods blown away. The
roofing ON the buildings Of the Monroe
Oil company was torn off, damaging the
machinery. A number of smaller
dwelling houses were blown down
Rome and Quitman, Ca, were visited
by heavy SHOWS, and farmers report
the complete destruction of crops. Live
stock was killed near Opelika, Ala, and
all fruit which was not killed by the
cold wave three weeks ago was lost
Monday might.