The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1844-07-18

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whatI told you
MORE PARTICULARS OF THE GREAT
.. ......-... FLOOD. ,....4
The St. Louis papers give the following additional
particulars Of the terrible flood al The vest |
From the st. Louis papers, June 26.l
Taking into view the whole region within the range
oithe inundaon, find that the length ofthe line af
fected by is on the Missouri 500 miles, onthe Illinois
100; on the Upper and Lower Mississippi, 1900 and
on the several auents of the Missouri, such as the
Kansas, Usage, Grand River &C., some 300 more; ma
king the total of measurement not less than 24OO
miles This length multiplied by 2a miles, which ex-
presses the average breadth of the food would gve for
the whole counry-usually dry, but laid under water
superfcies of 5000 square miles, or three millions,
eight hundred and forty thousand acres. ..
There are over five hundred persons at present in our
city, who have been driven from their homes by the
flood, and others hourly arriving The greater por-
ton are in the most destitute condition. and many OF
them quite i'll from the exposure they have already ex-
perieuced The committee of relief have acted with
great prompness and are doing all in their power 10 al
levate the sutrings OF these unfortunate people Six
hundred dollars had been collected during yesterday and
one hundred appropriated to those u he most immediate
necessity We imagine it is hardly necessary to make
an appeal to the benevolence of our fellow citizens in
aid Of these suffering Strangers for St. Louis has never
been found wanting in charitable feeling for action
,- From the st. Louis Republican, June %.
The accounts of the flood are most disastrous kas-
kaskia Chester, &c. are ruined. The office OF The Re-
publican at the former place has been undermined ard
he press and materials lost in the water The business
of missouri and Illinois is sadly deranged. Farmers,
mechanics gardeners all have suffered and bnckyards
woodyards the necessaries of life along the rivers
have been DESTROYED Millions Of Dollars, are lost by
the flood. The Editor went on tour with the Mayor
in search of La Butte Reynard the only point OF land
out ofwaer in 1886. At bon Secour there are encamp
ed all in open camps one hundred and twenty-five per-
sons Several of these families left their homes with
from four to nine chdlen and with lesstthan y pound
ofhour and small quantity of meat-some OF them
have been six and eight days in their encampment-
They have generally lost the most, some all OF thell
clothes; and when the food subsidies they will not be IN
better condition In ALL we believe we may say, thai
we ascerained something of the condition OF full three
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much further we had not the means OF ascerainng they
are scattered along the Bluffs. We saw, yesterday,
sight which would have drawn pity from heart OF stone
large family Of young children (six in number) with
ont father or mother and were dependent on the charity
of those who knew their parents. How they subsisle'
before we did not learn, but to see them without hom'
and dependent for shelter on the hand OF Kindness AM
that shelter only such boughs or under tents eau al
ford with scauy covering and all the attendant eVils
made us feel deeply how much those VINO are suoJec'
these priyatons should sympathize snd minister 10 VI
wants of Others There were many other seI'lenen'
S which ws had not time to visit. A lew are looSeu
houses large number in the same room but Seneraii
thew are in rude tents erected the spur of the momen
few we found with Indian Sioux tents, but IN gel
era they have no other covering than branches Oh Tree
laid thick on polls or sheets made into tents
Yesterday morning, the Indiana brought mp from ha'
kaskia the Sisters Of Charity at the Convent the Prizes
connected with the Churcha at that place, and severi
families and suchturniture as they had saved. III
town is from ten to twenty feet under water.
}, At nine o'clock P. M on the 27th the river was at
II stand.
The passengers on the Missouri Mail say that befo
they arrived at Camden, they passed near some OF Il
e unhppv victims Of shc food IN "a bottom who were
II to their waists in water and impioring thd captain
take them on board in accents that filled every hear
Ell with the most painful distress. The passengers e
Y eaed the captain to send the yaw for them but wit
<. out effect. The Balloon also passed house aroul
which the water was risen nearly to the rooi on the 10
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