The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-23

Cincinnati, o., April s22--AIarm over
the flood has almost ceased in the lower
Ohio valley. The low .watermark in
the Ohio below this city has allowed
the floods from up the river to flow
rapidly toward the Mississippi. The
situation is stiII serious up the river,
notably at Ripley. Maysville, Aberdeen.
Portsmouth, Hanging Rock, Ashland.
Cattlettsburg, Huntington; Point Pleas
ant, Pomeroy, Marietta, Parkersburg
and some other places between Wheel
ing and Cincinnati
The crest of the flood is below Wheel
ing tonight and the further down
stream it gets, the lower is The rate of
rising. The uniform rate of three inches
per nOur this morning. fel Ito Two inches
before noon, and as low as one and one
half inches an hour at Point Pleasant
at p. m. This decrease in the rate
did not extend far below Point Pleas
ant, so that it will be another day be-
fore it reaches Portsmouth. Tronton,
Ashland, Catlettsburg ana Huntington,
where there. are already serious condi-
tions. EeF
1t usually takes the crest of a food
two days to reach. Cincinnatf from
Point Pleasant, but the present unob-
Srtucted flow is much more rapid than
in former floods At Portsmouth to-
night fifty-five feet was reported, and
that means serious conditions at points
below Portsmouth. ta .E
The weather bureau indicates that
the flood will not exceed fifty-eight feet
at any time at Cincinnati, and possibly
it may not reach fifty seven feet. 1t is
over fifty-two feet tonight, and the
maximum will not be reached before
tomorrow night or Wednesday. This is
about ten. feet less than was anticipated
here until the river began falling last
night at Pittsburg.
The flood is not as bad as in a dozen
former years, and much below the rec
ord Of 1897 and 1898, and those of 1888
and 1884. The former floods were. ear
her, when the weather was cold, Gauss
ing much distress among the homeless
people While this flood is not SO hard
on the poor driven from their homes, it
is much harder on the crops and fruits
that are well advanced.
Property Loss Will Be Great
The property loss in the rural dis
trfets csnnot be. estimated. 1t will be
very large. The homeless people will
not be Kept away from their houses as
long as they were during the former
floods, whic, in some cases. have lasted
as many weeks in the winter as this
viii continue days in the spring. The
highest stage will be reached at Park
ersburg tomorrow. and here the next
day, and at the mouth Of the Ohio be-
fore the week IS out
The weather bureau here tonight
gave out the statement that the Ohio
river in the Cincinnati district generally
was above the danger line from one
foot at Cincinnati to fourteen feet at
Point Pleasant, and rising at an aver
age Of two inches an hour. lt.indicated
that the rise would continue at Cincin-
natl until "Wednesday, when the river
will become stationary and soon begin
falling. The bureau predicts fifty-four
feet here tomorrow morning, and
fifty-six tomorrow evening
The most encouraging information re-
ceived by the weather bureau was from
Parkersburg, where there was q rise Of
only one foot all day, and a stage of
only forty-two feet was recorded
where the local river men had antici-
pated forty-eight- 1T was expected that
the river would begin falling at Park
ersbilrg tomorrow At Point Plea SAINT
another critical place further down the
river, the water was rising much more
Slowly.
At PoTneroy, whdes1 is located in a
great bend, the suffering tonight is re-
ported less than IN former foods. The
large furnaces OF the salt trust are To-
Gated here. and they have suffered
much loss, as well as the lum befmen.
the electric inter-urban lines, the light
and other corporations. Similar eondi-