The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-12-23
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More or tho Great Flood at tho West.
The Cincinnati Commercial, Of Dsc. 10, says; The
ONO river at this point stands nearly to the mark
OF 1884 the Of tina great aooi which carried ruin
and distress in Its All tbs Low grounds Of tho
city are inundated and beats pass easily Into many OF
snd In the nts Of the Sixth ward there is much suffer-
ns anons tbs poor, whose Installations have be n
the ss of s sas rising si ns1. sa. Soas
wncn We visited In skn yesterday morning tho
saw the body Of small boy who had been drowned In
the room below and his mother lying dangerously siok
with her son. in akin, wsiins piteously ali she had
OF furniture and other goods having been swept away
her property on Monday Sss
leave It, and seek her and ch.ds safety In higher
grounds There were other scenes equally a; painful to
be met almost every hand and Ia many cases We saw
large and helpless families that had been rendered almost
entirely destitute All the factories the river bank
have Suspended business together with the water works
and works, and operations at the ship yards have
been stopped several places the pixies In Fulton,
snd several frame houses have been washed from their
foundations Business tho railroad has been
riy suspended and 1t In feared that the track has sus
tsined damage in many places. On Deer Creek BRIDGE
the water stood last evening at the depth Of about two
Three houses the city amongst the drift during
the day At IL O'Clock yesterday through the ions
Council Chamber. at which menurss wsre adopted for
the relief OF the sufferers Committees appointed,
Which wen. forthwith to work raising funds and provi.
Marshal was where minsterDg to the wants OF tho
sufferers and to him many houselsss family indebted
for shelter By dark last evening OF the churches
were filled with families, and thu engine houses
thrown for the reception Of others Iron stone,
and other heavy Materials being hauled to the ship
yards last evening anchor the boats upon the
stocks TO prevent their being flooded away, and
feared that several OF the steamers would be de-
sroyed, or at least receive serious injury We hear
rendpg accounts from the villages above and be-
low-fAmiss being driven to the hills for safety and
In sparsely populated regions where
lief a. In Cincinnati Is at hand presents sad picture.
that the water would likely attain to height equal to
/ that Of 1897, but we hope for better reports
The CITY Council appropriated for Immediate use In
Inc Louisville Journo! Of the 18th Dec says" The
water yesterday had got into Of the buildings
Water street, between sixth aud Eighth II is up to
the curb stones nearly all the way from Fourth to Fifth
Tbsrs and the bridge over st the foot Of
vered with water The river risIng fast last
ing 1t has been raining almost constantly for the last
twenty four hours The mail boats report the river
rising fast at Cincinnati at yesterday, and all its
tributaries are running out 4 Geographic despatch
morning, says there were then 10 feet Of water In the
channel and rising This l. rise ofis feet which has
rains OF the last few days that have extended to the
headwsters 1t will cause food, such have not
LOUISVILLE, Dec. l5-The river yesterday and last
night was risg ut the rate Of about two inches per
high a. in @ up in tn. IS
to 30 yards and the strip land between Bsasss and
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of and lodged In the fats between the creek aud the
city The bridge a. the foot Of Clay street Is bro
street, the water Is In the second story. Grain
gers foundry is several feat In watsr. and IL Is
| landing The Cincinnati mailhoat arrived yesterday
| morning about O'Clock, but she effected no landing
until O'Clock 1t 10 impossible to estimate the oAs SUE
tanned by this food Every lives the river,
whether merchant farmer, OF mechanic, mus, suffer
severely The interruption to business and the damage
property and merchandise by water alone not men
tionng what totally destroyed, must i'm
menss loss We happy to state that this calamity
has thus far been attended with any loss ofe The
weathe; 10 cold and cloudy and 1t Is showing almost
continually At Pittsburg Sunday evening the
falling with 80 feet water in the channel and it was
raining BY last night stage Wa learn that the Ken
water the turnpike was about two feet deep Tho
river was rising slowly yesterday morning The extep-
sys sas depot Of Mr. Lewis Runsr is completely hood
ed and from ono to two thousand barrels salt
lost large number Of coal boats laying at the upper
landing ace IN great peril The drift consisting Of I'm
mense trees and large timbers piled up against the
sidewalks and stores Water street. tho entire OF
the city All tho stores and hou.ss Water street
closed, and the doors bsrricsded The driver OF tho
Lexington stage reports the rain heavier and the
deeper In the interior than here The Kentucky has
risen six feet In few hours Ia still rising fast here
The weather has become cold and 1t freezing here
sst night fortunate circumstance, had the
sequences IT, We are prepared to hear Of immense
damage throughout the country bordering upon the
in the centre by tho water at about III oooct vestsr
day. The water was then about two feet deep tho
foor The side rails were sharply curved In the middle
OF tho bridge An immense quautty heavy drift wood
thrown by current in the against the upper
edge OF the bridge Some idea OF the extent Of the rise
may be Inf FRED when state that at yesterday
tho Cincinnati mail boat whari-boat was plumb against
People began, yesterday morning. their goods
| from the first floors all along Water street
The following items from Cincinnati, bear date l4th
Dec small dwelling house and two mills, Aoatsd
probably from some OF the smaller above pass
ed the city yesterday All the low lands are inundated
tie waters backed and the destruction OF property
doubtless considerable The plank flooring Of the bridge
at the mouth OF Mill Creek, has been taken up pre-
vent the structure from floating of. steamer was
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sroyed At the slaughter house Of Mr. John Bates In
Mil Creek Bottom, the back water up suddenly,
that between and three hundred hogs drowned
before they could be removed came near losing
his life, by drowning in Mill Creek the bridge his
horse having lost his footing and prscpasd with
the rider, into the stream. With much di1cuty they
rescued team coming INFO the city, the
Delphi road the driver having mistaken the path,
drove into the canal drowning horse, and narrowly
escaping with his life The water has covered the road
and oil communication is now suspended As several
men, in small soow, yesterday morning, below tho
mouth of Mil Creek catching drif wood the boat
came in contact with heavy logs, and was crushed,
drowning three Of the We could not learn their
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