Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-04-25
living in Telluride. and the remains


wiz be buried here.
CINCINNATI. o.. April 22.-The
| Ohio river is stlil rising. and it is now
| expected that it will reach the sixty
| foot stage this afternoon.
| The damage today is tremendous
Railroads have suffered badly.
The weather bureau predicts that
| the flood Will pass the danger line at
| noon.
River front merchants are moving
| their goods to places of safety.
YOUNGSTOWN. April ga driz-
zling rain Is falling here and it is
growing colder.
| he river continues to rise rapidly
and the destruction is gro wing hour
ly.
| The suffering of the poor in cities
and of farmers living along the bot
toms is pitiful. The destruction can
not be estimated.
Railroads have been compelled tC
abandon all freight trains. and ouly
passenger trains that are absolutely
| necessary are running.
Little streams are raging torrents
| and county and railroad bridges are
being washed away by hundreds.
| HUNTINGTON, W. Va, April 22.-
| Tne Ohio river is at So feet and still
rising. A cold, drizzling rain is fall.
ing this morning.
Business throughout the valley is
paralyzed. Traction lines have stop
| ped. There is much suffering.
I nj
ers of the entire state have begun to
! boom. All of them are rising rapid
ly today.
The cities along the banks have all
haG sufficient warning 10 guard
| against loss of life. but the damage to
railroad property and goods stored in
Easements along the bottoms must
suffer severely
Amsterdam. Troy, Cohoes. Schenec-
partly inundated. Traffic on the Hud-
son river is suspended by freshets.
| CHICAGO, April 22.-The storm con
tinues to rage over the lakes and the
extremely high wind causes great fear
Tor the safety of many vessels. None
ar leaving the harbor. and reports
from from various lake points show
that all shipping crafts are putting
in to places of safety. The damage
IN this city is not serious
WASHINGTON. April 22.-The
weather bureau this morning issued a
bulletin announcing raise in the Po-
tomac river which will tloof the lower
| parts of the city. The flood may be
expected this evening. Twenty-Five
miles north of the city the river has
| risen ten feet in the last "a hours.
| PITTSBURG. April 22.--After doing
damage to the amount OF fully $2500.-
100. the rivers have begun slowly re
ceeding. They are now falling at the
rate of three inches per nour, but this
is expected to be checked and another
| rise begun when the sun comes out.
| lRONTON, Ohio. April 22.-The
Ohio river reached the fifty-three foot
| stage this morning. The water Is
still rising. and the residences in the
northern part of the city are inundated
and the Inhabitants are peing shelter
| ed in the school buildings. The
damage from the flood IS very large.
the railroads losing immense sums
every hour.
WHEELING. w. Va. April 22.-The
Hood was Al feet this morning. The
river is gradually falling and the dan
| ger is passed.
| LOUISVILLE, KY, April 22.-The
Ohio river is rising one inch every
hour.
Canal locks are submerged and
| steamers cannot pass beneath bridges.
| CUMBERLAND. Md, April 22.-
SIX feet of water covers the Baltimore
q Ohio tracks.
The Potomac river is the highest
ever known.
CINCINNATI, o.. April 23.--The
Ohio continues to rise. but today there
is no longer any danger that there
WI. be further damage.
1t is now estimated from reports up
stream that the turning point will be
reached before night, and that the
flood will rapidly begin to recele
The high point will probably be
reached at 4 O'Clock tonight.
The people WIG have moved to
places VI safely are DelnR well GaTsl
for. and most of them will probably
be able to return to their homes by
| tomorrow.
Merchants and railroads are still
figuring upon what their losses Will
be.
| KNOXVILLE. Tenn. April 23-
five hundred head of cattle have been
frozen to death in the mountains and
pastures during the weeks snow
storm anC sleet.
Many people are also believed TO
have perished.
Snow is several feet deep. and it is
impossible for live stock to get to
food Hundreds of farms are isolat
ed.
PlTTSBURG, Pa, April 23-The
ireshet is rapidly subsiding today, and
many mills and factories were able
to resume operations at noon. The
majority OF them, however, still have