Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-04-21

4nches an hour. Because of the
crippled telegraph service, nothing
can be heard from up-rfver points.
Nofrain has fallen here since mid
might. ss
At three O'Clock this morning the in
dications were that the Ohio at this
point would reach a stage Of Al or ~
feet by midnight tonight, but, as was
the case yesterday, an exact prediction
cannot be given because of the lack of
definite Information from Pittsourg and
other up-river points. The figures from
Pittsburg received last night, from three
different sources, were widely diverg-
ent. both as to the stage OF water and
the rate of rise, and a reasonable pre-
diction Of what was going to happen
to-day was, therefore, impossible. No
reasonable person could reconcile the
figures from either Davis Island dam
or the Pittsburg city marks, either as
to stage Of water or rate, and the best
that could be lone was to bless the
alleged authorities at the upper end of
the Ohio and guess for yourself.
At midnight last night the stage at
the Wheeling wharf was SO feet 3
inches, and at n a. m. it was "a feet
fiat. An hour later it was "a feet Z
inches, at 8 a. m. it 35 feet 6 inches, and
at 4 a. m. SO feet 1 inch. The indi-
cations at the last named hour were, in
the light Of Information from points
Rbove, duly considered and averaged,
: fer AZ to 43 feet by midnight tonight
or a little later, for it must be remem-
bered at It requires about sixteen hours
for the crest Of the rise to reach
Wheeling after it passes Pittsburg.
That considerable damage will be
done in this city and vicinity by the
freshet is a matter certain. for the wat
er will reach at least ten feet over what
is generally regarded as the danger line.
No serious loss, other han that arising
from temporary inconvenience, is to be
unprecedented, however. There will be no
repetition of the flood of 1884, and some
later high water marks will not be
reached, from all appearances at this
writing. Considerable portions of the
Island, and of the South Side will be
inundated, however, and there will be
very considerable Inconvenience in su-
burban towns, but this will. only be of
q transitory nature, and will appear
worse than it really is. Some people
will have to remove their household
goods to the second stories, and a few
be compelled to -vacate premises entire
~, but in less than a week they will be
back again, and in a month. all will be
forgotten. as other and worse floods
have been. Z
The river to-day cill be a sight
worth seeing. The wharf will be practlc-
ally entirely covered, and the river will
spread from the West Virginia hills to
those of Ohio, while the side streams
IN this vicinity will still be bank FULL
although there will be an absence of
that terrible current characterizing the
local feeders of the Ohio Friday night
and early yesterday morning. The cold
weather of late last night. with the re-
sulting fall of snow, while generally
disagreeable to those compelled to be
out OF doors, was a very good thing in
a general way, for snow, ever though it
lays on the ground but for a day, is
better than the rain that runs of the
denuded hills Immediately, and the
change in northeastern Ohio and West
ern Pennsylvania from rain to snow
vas of especial benefit to this section
of the valley, for it meant a timely
holding back Of the water consequent
upon an unusual precipitation for this
month of the year, amounting here to
more than four inches.
In the columns following will be
found the details of a situation bad
enough as it is, even if not quite as bad
as it promised to be, and many diyersi-
fed items of information from points
both nearby and remote.
The promise for to-day is for clear
ing weather, and with tomorrow viii
probably come a falling in the high
tide in the Ohio and this will lead to
q gradual resumption of usual condi-
lions. Thos who took needful precau-
lions yesterday are to be congratulated,
for those who, uncertain what to do,
erred on the side of wisdom, are to
he facilitated. for bad as the freshet is,
1t might very easily have been worse.
Under such conditions as prevailed the
past few days, and cufminated last
night and this morning, the best thing
u dowasto act upon theDest Judgment,
and while preparing for the worst. hope