New-York tribune., 1901-04-23
FLOOD AT CINCINNATI.
OHIO REACHES STAGE OF OVER FIFTY
FEET-RAILROAD ARRANGEMENTS
TO AVOID THE HIGH WATER.

TO AVOID THE HIGH WATER.
Cine nnati, April 22.-The stage Of the .river
here at 6 o'clock tonight was fifty-one feet and
rising at the rate OF two inches hour. This
will mean ffty-three feet at o'clock tomorrow
morning, when trains will be shut out Of the
Grand Central station. The Big -Four. Balt-
more and Ohio Southwestern. Illinois Central.
Chesapeake and Ohio, Queen and Crescent and
other lines using that station have already ar
ranged to use the Fourth and Eighth sts. sta
tions tomorrow. and there is every indica-
tion that they can run into the Grand Central
station again on Thursday. None OF the other
railroads will be shut out OF the regular sta
tIons.
All OF the railways have also made arrange
ments for receiving and delivering freight at
higher stations, there will be no interruption
here either 10 passenger or freight traffic ow-
ing to the inability of steamers to go under the
bridges navigation the river Is suspended,
but il also can be resumed Thursday. far
as the present rise is concerned. Owing TO wash
outs the Cincinnati. Portsmouth and Virginia
Railway cannot operate trains.
The residents Of tenement houses along the
Ohio River front driven from the first
stories when the river reached a stage of forty
five feet last night. What is known the
danger line OF fifty feet not reached until /
O'Clock to-day, since which time the jobbers
part of the city have been suffering. Goods had
been moved out Of the cellars and first floors.
so there will not be heavy loss except to such
manufactures must shut down for two or
three days The river here rising at the
rate of three inches hour this morning. This
was reduced to two inches an hour before noon.
and it is slightly less tonight, and will con-
tinue to decrease until the maximum rise shall
be reached on Wednesday morning.
PROBABLY OF SHORT DURATION.
The most hopeful fact is that the flood is un-
obstructed in the lower Ohio, and there is less
backwater than usual, and that the trouble Will
be of short duration 1t is settled now the- If
second rise from the Allegheny region shall
come IL will not overtake the present flow so
far the damage here has been limited to the
lumberr,1en and others along the river front. Inc
endless line of shanty boats and other cratts
along the river front has been swept away pu'
so far without loss Of life.
Navor Fleischmalnn, Chief Of Police Deitsch,
Health Officer Davis and others inspected the
flooded districts to-day in patrol wagons ana
boats and arranged for the relief OF all VINO
were in need. An extra police force was put
on duty in the flooded districts, and the ponce
boat patrols will be the river front to-Inorfo"'
The work Of protection and relief extends along
she tributaries. especially in Mill Creek Valley,
the gardens and brickyards. A new prioge at
Spring Grove-ave. has been partlaily sweP'
away The baseball park is in dill creek val.
lev 1t will be under water when a stage OF
fiftv-five feet shall be reached, and ii is IN PAD
condition now . Ism,
In the eastern part Of the city. where new
,raterworlzs are being constructed the tunnel ls
flooded and work is suspended. The country
along the Little Miami River Is baoly noooeu
inst east of this city. At Newport and Dayton,
XIV many persons have been driven from thelr
homes The waterworks of Newport are unable
10 do any more pumping. but the reservoir is
full and no trouble is expected during the short
duration of the flood. 1t is now beleFed that
the Newport racetrack VIII not De nooded. al al,
though the are proceeding under Sloppy
conditions.
AT Huntington, W. Va. tonight the Ohio Is
545 rising inch an hour. A steady rain feli
to-day throughout the central and southern
portion Of the State. Most of the tributaries OF
the Ohio River are falling slowly.
At Maysyille, KY. the ri . r reached yo4 at
O'Clock tonight. and was RISING two ana nan
inches hour. The crest of the rise will n reach
here tomorrow morning, when stage or oN rect
probably viii be registered.
Water reached residences in Front-st. to-day.
The cellars in Second-st. have been flooded.
damaging the merchants In the eastern part OF
the city the damage is considerable.
AT Marietta. Ohio. the river is rising an inch
an hour. Five glassbowers were capsized in
the Ohio and one Joseph Everett, was drowned.
At Pomeroy the river is 30 feet and rising two
inches an hour The business portion OF the
city is four to six feet under water and busi-
ness is entirely suspended. The merchants have
all moved TO the second story OF their buildings,
At Parkersburg, w Va, Ann, Julian and Mar
ket sts. are under water, and the first floors OF
business houses are submerged In the river
side and South Side suburbs the water is in the
second stories, and hundreds Of persons are
homeless. Mayor Vandervorth has appointed
relief committees and appealed the public
for funds
AT Portsmouth, Ohio, merchants in the lower
districts are submerged. and hundreds Of houses
have been abandoned in that vicinity. Public
schools were dismissed as to use the build
ings for sheltering the homeless. The schools
were dismissed at Ironton for the same purpose
ALARM NEARLY OVER
Alarm over the food has almost ceased in the
lower Ohio Valley. The low water in the river
below this city has allowed the floods to flow
rapidly toward the Mississippi The situation
is stin serious UP the river. notably at Ripley
Maysvile. Aberdeen. Portsmouth, Hangins
Rock, 1rontoD. Ashland. Catlettsburg, Hunting
ton. Point Pleasant Pomeroy, Marietta, Parkers
burg and smaller places between Wheeling ant
Cincinnati The crest OF the flood is below
Wheeling tonight. and further downstream Il
gets the lower is the rate of rising.
IL usually takes the crest Of a flood two days
TO reach Cincinnati from Point Pleasant bu
the present unobstructed flow is much more
rapid than In former floods. At Portsmouth 10
night hfty-fve feet were reported, which mean.
serious conditions at points below Portsmouth
The height here is about ten feet less than wa
anticipated until the river began falling las
in a dozen former years, and is much below tn