Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-04-03
RECORD STORM
Sweeps INTO OCEAN

WASHINGTON, d. c. Special
Reports from local forccasters in va
rious sections OF the country 20 the
United States Weather Bureau inGi-
cate that the great storm. which is
declared TO be the worst in the his
tory OF the bureau. has spent itself
passing or into the Atlantic Ocean,
from Cape Hattcras north. Although
/ reports are coming in slowly. OWING
i % wire troubles. sufficient informa-
I tion was az hand last night 20 iudi-
7 cate that there is no further danger
} from rains. but that as result OF a
I steady downpour in the Ohio valley
T River and its tributaries are facing
4 the biggest floods i'm many years. The
] Ohio is rising all the way from Pitts
burg 20 Cairo. and the Mississippi is
I rising all the way south from Du-
hu0ue. Ia.
The storm Is being followed by
cold wave. Below zero temperatures
are being registered In the West.
The rainstorm shifted Tuesday and
I "Wednesday more TO the southwark
streams all through this section up
into tho New England States The
Kentucky. Cumberland and Tennessee
Rivers are on the rampage. and con-
siderable damage is expected.
Never before has the Weather Blu
rcau labored under such difficulties
as this week" said Professor IT. j.
Cox. the forecastcr. last night There
have been heavier transforms ia re-
stricted localities before. but such a
heavy precipitation. extending over
three or four days in such a large
area is unprecedented. We have had
the greatest difficulty obtaining re-
ports from the Mississippi Valley and
west OF it yesterday. with the result
that we were enabled 20 issue only
about a quarter OF the weather map
> FOR The United States. The SUFFERING
in the storm center is being added
90 by snow and freezing temperature
with serious menace 90 the fruit
| crops. but the freezing viii somewhat
allay the floods in checking the Off
, flow Of water. The stage OF the flood
/ in the smaller rivers viii decline now
and the worst Is 20 De feared from
the larger streams particularly me
Ohio and Mississippi.
Downpour for Forty-eight Hours.
! The situation in Idiana and Ohic
was rendered SO serious by the fac
Of continuous doWnpour for a perioe
70 % forty-one 10 forty-eight hours
e Heavy rains seldom continue in on'
Z locality for more than twenty-foui
hours. In a strip OF territory extend
r. ing from ST. Louis across Southern
e Illinois Central and Southern indiana
= and Western and Northwestern Ohio
n An average OF 6.26 inches OF raii
3 fell up 20 last night The heavies
precipitation was at Louisville. wher
= $40 inches fell In twelve hours. Tn
= storm remained stagnant ia this cen
h ter for three days. penned in betweel
e two areas OF high barometer. one n
Q the Atlantic and the other In tn
e Northwest This resulted in pushln
e the storm into Kentucky and North
e ern Tennessee and scattering on q
- the Atlantic seabOard last night"
. Forecaster DeVereauN. at Cincinnati
reported that the Pennsylvania Rail
road officials there had received in
> formation from Nenla and Spring
u field. o.. that the Lewiston reservoir
- AZ the head Of the Big Miami Rivel
= broke about 10 O'Clock yesterda
= morning.
River reports from Tennessee an
Alabama were given as follows: Chat
, tanooga. the Tennessee rising rapidll
30-foot stage expected: Bridgeport
- Tenn, 20 feet: Gunthersville. IS feet
- Decatur. Ala, ISIS feet.
~ Vicksburg reported that the Nj:
.ssippi will continue rising thre
"A weeks or more and the flood stag
= VIII not pass in that district befOr
n April 5th 10 Sth. St Louis reporte
= that the Illinois River may break a
=. records Louisville reports Kentuck
b. rivers ali rapidly rising. and that N
M situation In that district Is equal
r the big foods OF 1897.