The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-04-22
STORMS BIG DAMAGE
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1 | The weather bureau announced that
 the danger line had been reached at all
 sub-stations tonight and that it would
 be reached in Cincinnati tomorrow
 noon. The stage wAs forty-four feet
 and seven-tenths at 6 o'clock here to-
 night, and the danger line Is fifty feet | The mayor of Portsmouth, O., tele- graphed that the danger line had been reached there and that a heavy snow
 was falling tonight. Similar reports | have been received at the weather bu- reau from all points in southern Ohio and as far north as Springfield. Ow ing to the general prostration of tele-
 graph and telephone wires it is impossi-
 ble to hear from many points. The trains are late on all the railroads and some trains that were due last night from the east have not yet arrived It
 is generally conceded that the fruit crop throughout the Ohio valley is gone
 and the damage to crops is very great. Wheeling, W. Va, April 21.-At il o'clock the river was forty-two feet four inches and rising. This stage
 shuts Wheeling entirely out of outside
 communication by rail, and only the
 big Cincinnati liners are able to run
 now and irate residents along the river
 banks are firing frequently at the boats
 because the swell from them is washing
 the foundations away from their
 houses. In Wheeling, Bellaire, Bridge
 port, Benwood and Martins Ferry
 about 800 houses have been entered by
 the water, most of the families moving
 to upper floors. Nearly every manu-
 featuring establishment in the Wheel
 ing district is shut down and cannot re-
 sume until Tuesday, At Martins Fer
 ry the water destroyed 500,OOO brick at
 the Belmont Brick company's works,
 entailing a loss of $20000 to $30, ,0O0
 There are smaller losses at other plants,
 aggregating probably $40,00O. Taking the loss of business, railroad landslides and industrial losses, the aggregate cost
 of the flood in this district is at least $100, ,OO0-probably more.
 Parkersburg, w. Va, April 21-The loss by the flood here to-day is estimat- ed at quarter of a million dollars. The lower business district is under wa ter and many small houses have been carried from their foundations and washed away. A rise of five feet more will flood half of the business section, including hotels. A rise of ten feet is expected from reports above the river and will submerge the business section, including the newspaper offices. Two men were drowned to-day in the Little Kanawah. Relief committees have been organized.
 Buffalo, N Y, April 21.-The deluge of rain that followed in the wake of the big snow storm yesterday continued throughout last night and to-day, leav- ing but little of the foot of snow that covered the ground yesterday morning. A few patches of white where the snow drifted and trees with broken branches are the only signs of the great April snow storm. Reports from points along the southern short of Lake Erie say that the damage to fruit trees will be great. Photographic communicate with points west along the Lake Shore | is being slow re-established. The loss great miles of wire having been broken | down.
 New York, April 21.-Owing to the | heavy storm which has been raging in | the west all traffic east of Cleveland | has been delayed from two to seven | hours. The Grand Central depot pre- | scented a strange appearance this after noon as the belated western trains numbered in several hours late, with their roofs and steps encrusted with | snow and ice. Friends of the long ovre- Hue passengers hun around the depot all | day and rushed to meet the weary pas- sengers every time train came in 1 were frequent as most | of the trains were divided into several | sections at Buffalo.