[Newspaper]
Publication: The Daily Commonwealth
Covington, KY, United States
vol. V, no. 163, p. 2, col. 2
THE OHIO
Has Declined Three Feet
Two Inches
But a Rise is Expected Tonight.
The decline in the Ohio at this point is marked by the following figures:
Thursday, 15th, highest point: 66 ft 4 in.
Friday
1 a.m. ...... 65 ft 2 1/2 in
12 a.m. .............. 64 ft 4 1/2 in
3 p.m. .............. 64 ft 1/2 in
6 p.m. .............. 63 ft 9 1/2 in
12 midnight ........... 63 ft 3 in
Saturday 1 a.m. .... 63 ft 2 in
Showing a fall of 3 feet 2 inches.
Some alarm is created by the announcement that the river will probably commence rising to-night. This is based on the rain last night and reports from above. At Pittsburgh last night stationary but a rise expected. Rising at Wheeling, Marietta, Parkersburg, Charleston, and Pomeroy.
