The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-04-26


Cincinnati, April 22.-The river
reached AZ feet here, rising three
inches an hour.
Cincinnati, April 22.-There has
been more alarm throughout the Ohio
valley on account of the floods than at
any period since February, 1884, when
the Ohio river reached its highest stage
| of II feet and 9 inches at this city.
Most of the inhabitants of the valley
spent the night in anticipation of the
worst flood ever known in the valley,
and they will not know until tomorrow
that the water has begun falling at
Pittsburg. Until this news reached
river men here tonight it was feared
that the record of 1884 might be bro
ken, but now it is generally believed
that the river will not exceed the floods
of February, 1897, and of March, 1898,
when it reached 81 feet at Cincinnati.
The present flood is the worst that
has ever been known so late in the
spring. The first week in April, 1886,
the river reached So feet and 8 inches
in this city, and that was the highest
water ever known so late in the spring.
There has been no flood in the Ohio
valley since March, 1898. The flood
will do much more damage now than
it would have done two months ago
While the water has begun to fall at
Pittsburg, both rain and snow have
been falling heavily all night and to-
day, and tonight all along the Ohio
valley.
The danger line has already been
reached at points above Cincinnati and
: it will be reached here tomorrow
morning. The merchants and manu-
facturers in the lower part of the city
have been working all day and nigh
. preparing for the worst.
At Chicago.
t Chicago, April 23.-The great storm o
+ wind. snow and rain which prevailed in tn,
e middle east Saturday swirled around unex
t pectedly Sunday and swept over LAX
D Michigan. 1t did great damage to prop
II erty and blew down trees and shrubbery il
e the parks crippled electric wires and whip
@ ped the lake into the heaviest sea of tn
t season. Shortly after sunrise the wine
e raised and began to increase in speed unit
; noon, when it went racing over the cit.
i at the rate of 50 miles an hour.
In New York.
y Elmira, n. Y, April 23.-The rain ha
5 ceased here. The Chemung river is raj
: idly receding and there are trains unnin
e more regularly. The damage done her
was confined mainly to goods in the ce
y lars of the stores. Much damage from tn
o floods is reported from the Cowesque an
Tioga valleys in Tioga county, Pennsy
/ vania.
In Ohio.
= Pomeroy, Ohio April 23.-The river
- % feet high and rising two inches an hou
The business portion of the city is frol
four to six feet under water and business
. entirely suspended. There are sewers
- inches of snow on the ground and drizzlin
rain has been falling all day.
q Two Inches an Hour in KentucI!
Iy Louisville, KY, April %. - The OH
n river at this point is rising an inch ever
he hour, and it is believed by old river me
c. that a standstill will be reached b
at Wednesday.
" Pittsburg, Pa, April %. - Forecast
J. Ridgeway of the local weather bureau sa.
of there will be no recurrence of the flood. \
I'd three rivers vii continue to fall and Il
es rise at the headwaters is not enough to OF
re set the fall in the lower streams. 1t woul
at take a steady rainfall of "A hours, he sal
to check the fall in the rivers, and fro
I'd present indications that is not likely
" occur.
en-
m, Excitement Continues.