The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-04-23

Washington, April 20, p. m-The
3 excessive rains of the past twenty-four
3 to thirtysix hours over the upper Ohio
water shed have caused very rapid
and dangerous rise in the upper Ohio
river and it's tributaries.
In anticipation of flood of decided
proportions, warnings were issued this
morning of 30-foot stage at Pittsburg
during tonight and danger line stages
or over below Pittsburg as far as
Portsmouth, Ohio.
At z o'clock p. m. the stage of water
at Pittsburg was 24.6 feet, 2.6 feet
above the danger line, rise of 7.2 feet
since o'clock a. m, and rising one
half foot an hour; at Parkersburg the
stage was 34S feet, rise of feet since
s o'clock a. m, and IL feet below the
danger line and still rising. At Gin
cinnati the stage was 35.S feet, a rise
of Al feet since s o'clock a. m, and
rising. but still Is feet below the dan
der line.
AS it is still raining over the upper
venture a definite forecast of the exact
crest of the flood wave. 1t will, how
ever, move rapidly down the Ohio riv-
er and stages above the danger lines
will no doubt be reached as far as Gin
cinnati by Sunday night or Monday.
Flood warnings have been widely
distributed. particularly in the vicin-
of
tonight indicate that a great amount
of portable property has been removed
to places of security.
(Signed.) WILLIS MOORE.
Chief u. S. Weather Bureau.
A BLIZZARD AT YOUNGSTOWN.
Youngstown, o., April 20-A storm,
the equal of which has not been known
here in years began yesterday after
noon and increased in violence until it
assumed the form of a blizzard at
midnight last night. The snow, which
fell continuously for a period of twen-
ty-four hours, reached a depth Of
eighteen inches on the level this morn
ing and in many places drifted to
depth of four or five feet. 1t brought
traffic of all kinds nearly to stand
still The street car service was COM
pletely abandoned all over the city,
the SNOW being so heavy the snow
plows could not be operated. Several
small buildings and barns collapsed
from the weight of snow, but no acci-
dents Of any kind have been reported
so far.
Louisville, KY, April 20.-Roaring
streams, continued high winds and
heavy precitations of rain and snow
were prevalent conditions today in
many of the states of the south. Little
damage was done by the winds, though
it is feared that in some localities
young crops have been stunted or kill
ed by the frost or cold. At many
points, particularly in eastern Ken
lucky, eastern Tennessee and Virginia,
the temperature was lower than known
in a decade at this time of year. In
Kentucky TO-DAY reports were received
by the weather bureau from fifteen
cities or towns, and in most Of them
the minimum temperature for last
night ranged between 80 and "a degrees.
The MAXIMUM IOT Inc culhc SlolC "ehS
3s degrees at Darlington, in western
Kentucky.
Reports from Bristol, Va, this after
noon were that a dangerous flood was
raging about eighty miles east of that
place. A forty foot bridge on the Nor
folk and Western railroad was washed
away, near wytheville, Va, and for
eight or ten miles the track is from
three to six feet under water. Many
washouts were reported and several
trains were annulled. At last reports
snow was still falling at Bristol.
TWO FEET OF SNOW.
Pittsburg, April 20.-One Of the most
widespread and disastrous floods has
inundated al the low lands in western
PENNSYLVANIA, eastern Ohio and north
ern West Virginia Streams both
great and small have passed the flood
line and are still rising. Pittsburg Is
in the center of the storm stricken dis
trict, and the effects of the flood are
probably worst in it's immediate vicin-
ity. Rain has been falling incessantiy
in. and for many miles about Pitts
burg for sixty hours, and all preclta-
ton records are broken.