Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1899-03-16
COLD WAVE HELPS.
Checks the Flood at tCIncinBati-Great
Distress i'm West Virginia, Ken
lucky and 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 food at Cincinnati
had the weather prevailed warm. At
Rine O'Clock Tuesday night the stage
here was So feet and inches, rising
at the rate of one inch and 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
it 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
57R feet.
Huntington, W. Va, reports great
suffering on the Guyan river from peo-
pie living in the lowlands who were
driven from their homes. \ steamboat
loaded with provisions left Hunting
ton for the relief of those people Tues
day. Central City, a small place above
Huntington, IS great sufferer from
the flood.
At Newport, Ey, 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 bull j.
ings or with their friends, and should
the riser rise to 57h feet - more fam
lilies 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 probable future dan
ger. Dwellings. except the low tene-
ments in Rat Row and Sausage Row,
have not been touched. There is prac-
tically no interruption t o railroad traf-
fic of any sort in Cincinnati No trains,
however. can now enter the Grand Cen
tral depot. \ 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.
Lexington, Ky, March s. - An al
most unprecedented loss follows the
breaking of booms in Kentucky river
1t is estimated that fully $1,OO0,OOO
worth of logs have been lost in this
way at Jackson, Beattyville, Valley
View and other points. The Lexing-
ton & Eastern railway has been a
heavy loser. Above Clay City it's
tracks were submerged in some places
to the depth of five feet, while in
some places the tracks were washed
away.
Atlanta, Ga, March S.-The heavy
rain of Saturday and the cold wave
of Sunday We're 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. \ number of smaller
dwelling houses were blown down.
Rome and Quitman, Ga. 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.
Louisville, Ky, March s. - Two
strange fatalities occasioned by the
food and cold occurred in Kentucky
Tuesday. Hiram James. young farm
er, started for Frankfort to secure
marriage license for a friend. In rid
ing across a swollen stream his horse
| slipped and he was drowned. Seven
| persons were drowned by high water
Tuesday and the damage in the south
will reach 50 900, 900. The cotton crop.
according to specials from the south
is a total failure. and the floods will
ruin three-fourths cf the planters
along the Mississippi.
WILL GO SOUTH.