Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-01-25


the water was In and to make the
re pairs to the many things damaged
by the great water and the Ice.
The river commenced to come
up on Water street Saturday night
and BY 10 o'clock that street was
under water from Catherine to
Charles street and the river con-
tinued to rise at the rate OF 6 inches
an tour tor many hours. People
were busy all night Saturday NOV
ling up stairs or up In the city to
get out of the food. Tie weather
turned cold Saturday which add ID
much to the troubles for all who
had to move, The back water
everywhere was perfect jam OF
heavy Ice Friday and the cold snap
Saturday, Sunday and today has
welded this Ice into solid mass
and 1t now looks like an immense
gorge of Ice. We do not recall
ever seeing such Ice In the back
water before this In any food and
such Ice as we have has not gone
down the Ohio river In years
The OH Review had some water
In Its building but not enough to do
US any harm at all except to make
us move out and force as to clean
up. The water commenced to come
into the Review flee little after
dinner Sunday. The floor of the
bindery Is about two feet and half
higher than the Office floor Is and
tn river continued to rise until 2
o'clock this morning and was up on
the floor of the bindery department
about 2 or 3 inches, just enough to
give the floor 2 good scrubbing out
but not enough to injure anything
In that department. The floors on
which are located our presses and
Job type was not In the river by
foot at least. BY 10 o'clock this
morning the water was out of the
bindery aud by tomorrow morning
we will lie all fixed up again as
sweet and clean as water can make
as. We are truly tbs nkful for
our escape from serious damage
which the food might have caused
US had the water gone up high
enough to get over the machinery
In our plant.
Sunday morning the river was
rising between 3 and 4 inches an
hour. After noon 1t dropped 10 8
inches an hour, then to 2 inches
and the last 3 or q hours 1t raised I
inch an hour and came to stand
still about 2!o'clock this morning
and inside of an hour began slowly
to recSde.
1t Is thought the river will begin
to fall rapidly by this evening and
will be down within Its banks by to-
morrow morning or during the day.
We hope to have a mail by tomor
Tow evening or Wednesday morn
Inc.
All trains on the B & o. railroad
of the Ohio river division were
abandoned Sunday and We have had
no trains here since Saturday night.
All trains came In Saturday on
time.
There was still considerable
fl oating Ice In the river this morn
ing. What the river must have
been above we can only conjecture.
but such a cold winter as we have
had this year does not often occur
In the Ohio Valley. 1t Is record
breaker In many ways.
The cold weather Sunday and to
day has caused scum of Ice near
ly an inch thick to freeze over the
back water which makes 1t very
inconvenient and disagreeable for
people to scrub out their houses In.
The streets where the water was
over them will be left as the river
falls with thin scum OF Ice and
nasty river mud combined that will
be very nasty to walk around In.
The city street commissioner Is al
ready with men and hose to wash
them off and by Wednesday they
will be cleaned up again.
Saturday night telephone mes
sage reached the city from Bellaire,
Ohio, stating two men were coming
down the river In an open fat and
to lot < out for them: Word was
sent over to the big towboat Sam