The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-22

night, and that II would be reached I'm Gin
cinnati tomorrow noon. The stage was
forty-four feet seven-tenths at s o'clock
here tonight. and the danger line Is fifty
feet.
AT Point Pleasant the stage Is eight feet
above the danger line, tonight with the
river rising rapidly and heavy rain. The
mayor of Portsmouth, O., telegraphed that
the danger line had been reached there and
that heavy snow was falling tonight.
Similar reports have been received at the
weather bureau from all over southern ohio,
and as far north as Springfield. Owing to
the general prostration Of telegraph and
telephone wires it is impossible to hear
from many points. The trains are late on
an the railroads and some trains that were
que last night from the East have not yet
arrived. 1t is generally conceded that the
fruit crop throughout the Ohio valley is
gone and the damage 10 the crops Is very
great.
While the danger line is placed at fifty
feet here. considerable damage has been
done tonight since the stage Of the Ohio
river passed forty-five feet. The stage al
IL o'clock was forty-six feet TWO inches
The crest OF the PittsbI-s flood will not
be here till Tuesday morning When The
rams came carrier, COlu weather Followed
them so that the SHOWS dill not melt sud-
denly In the mountains. bur NJ this season
a second Hood is feared III warm weather
follows the clearing weather that pegan
before midnight. mere and elsewhere along
the Ohio valley. The worst of the pres
ent flood will reach here tomorrow nigh:
and Tuesday. The backwater tonight has
inundated all the bottoms of Mill creek
valley and most of Little Miami valley.
The western part OF this city, as we'll as
the Ohio river front, is flooded. The base
ball park is on the west side, and it will
be under water when the stage OF fifty-six
feet is reached. The Chicagoes were TO
have played here this week. The race track
at Newport, KY. will be under water at
hfty-eight feet. With the river rising here
at the rate OF six inches an hour it is
feared that races that are now in progress
at Newport, Ky, as well as the ball games
on this side of the river will be stopped
When the stage reaches fifty-three feet.
tomorrow, the Big Four, Baltimore a
Ohio Southwestern, Chesapeake & Ohio,
Queen & Crescent and other lines that
Use the Central station will be unable TO
get into their depot. They have already
arranged, tonight, for stopping and start
ing from the Eighth-street depot as soon
as they are shut out of the Union Station.
The railroads have taken the precaution
of clearing the yards around the Union
Station and the lower freight depots, so
that there will be no interruption to traf-
fic, although it will be continued at great
inconvenience. Traffic has been suspended
on the Marietta branch Of the Baltimore
& Ohio Southwestern, which runs from
Parkersburg TO Marietta. Although the
flood is very bad both at Parkersburg and
Marietta, there is no interruption to traf-
fic on the main line. All the railroads
running east have suffered very much,
especially in the mountains. The long de-
lays in some places are said to be due
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