The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-03-31
RAIN OF YESTERDAY WAS LO-
CAL AND WILL NOT
AFFECT RIVER.
Falling Rapidly at Pittsburgh.
Wild Reports Are Entirely
Without Foundation.

Rivers are falling everywhere ana
there Is absolutely no danger of
ilood This terse staiment made nv
Meaiher Forecaster Pennywitt TO tho
InI,eIiiSencer last night sums up thu
situation regardinE the expected
flcow. His words allayed the fears
caused hy the Wild reports that heavy
rain fell yesterday over the water
expected
The STAGE in Pittsburgh to- nlsht
Is less than is feet. and the rivera
are falling everywhere" Mr., Penny,
witt declared When asked n a heavy
ram had fallen. he answered tha, a
lltle rain was reported az lohnstown
Ihe weather. he said. was cloudy.
ne river became stationary AT this
point at O'Clock yesterday afternoon
Nheh q stage OF fraction OF an inch
over the 3@-foot mark was recorded
on the gauge az tho local wharf. At
noon a stage OF n feet 10 inches was
registered and from that time until :
O'Clock the rise was very slow. Tho
river remained stationary from 3
O'Clock until Z, when the water began
recedinE slowly. AZ midnight tho
gauge reported a stage of 81 feet y
inches.
Crest at 3 O'Clock.
No crest OF tho rise reached the
McMechen dam. seven miles below
this city. at o'clock yesterday. The
government guage registered 2iS feet
ne STAGE AT midnight at that point
vas 3i1 feet. and at I o'clock this
morning II registered 80 feet The
difference between the guage al and
dam and the marks at the local wharf
Is . feet 2 inches.
Local rivermen claim that had the
ram been general yesterday IL would
have had practically no effect on the
river other than 10 check tho fall. II
would have taken an unusually heavy
rainfall of unusual '~ncth TO have pre-
Sipitate second after the river
had once started falling.
As Is usually the case when the
river. is at high stage and the
weather cloudy. many alarming re-
ports were circulated regarding the
probable extent of the food. How.
ever. the conservative statement in
yesterdays issue OF tho Intelligencer
did much TO overcome this scare.
The Intelligencer's statements were
reassuring and based on information
received from Forecaster Pennywitt,
were 10 the effect that the crest would
not so above the S2-foot mark.
wild Report Untrue.
The wild report that heavy rain was
falling in the basins of the Ohio rivers
tributaries caused some apprehension of
siding In low sections Of the city. The
fntelligenccr was besieged with teIe-
phone calls last evening asking for the
latest information regarding the river.
Nearly 20 hours behind her scheduled
time. the CITY OF Parkersburg cleared
the local wharf yesterday morning at
O'Clock. bound for Cincinnati. The Lab
erty arrived last night from Matamoras
She will depart ct II o'clock this morn
ing for Matsmoras and intermediate
points. The kanawha is scheduled 20
reach here tomorrow morning at 8
O'Clock. on her return trip TO Charleston
from Pittsburgh.
PITTSBURGH. Pa. March go
River stages:
Davis Island Dam-175 feet. fall.
ing: cloudy.
Steubenville-30 feet. falling cloudy.
Parkersburg-314 feet, riflng:
cloudy.
Morgantown-7 feet. stationary:
rain.