Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1858-06-23
The Submerged Cairo

A Cairo correspondent Of The Chicago
Times writing on.Ibe 18Th, presents ths
iOlL'Wing watery picture.
Breakfast was servel to the guests oI
the Taylor House in tie second story ,knes
deep ia wSi'r, the culinary depntmelt be.
ing carried 10 the third! A Few families,
~bo resided in two story hUus,s, renamed
10 them dnlil noon 10 day. They now have
to gel on " their np-tairs windows into
bOsts-lhe water beng almos, on level
with them. and rising at the rate Of four
inches an hour.
The Ohio levee is the only place Of ref
uge left, it being only some seventy five
feet wide, and three fourlhs Of nile 10
length; snd here a"mixed' sight is pre-
sented 10 The bebolder-every animate and
inanimate thing sapsd from the destroying
element is seen-'the beggar in his rags"
erinoline and brosdelolh; Dutch, Irish, ne
grOes, and the Anglo.Saxon; pigs, calves,
mules and hcrses; turkeys, chickens and
geese; Goxes, barrels and bales, bedding
eoOking utensils aud baggage-together
With many other articles not necessary to
describe. . .-
At one O'Clock, p. M, nearly one.hali
Of the new (unfnished) hotel. on the lev.
ca, fell with deafening crash. preceded
by a report equal TO a six p5udder. The
building was Of brick five stories high, with
attic rooms, iron door aud window frames;
cost nearly 100000. The remaining
portion was considerably swayed. Total
loss.
Gov. Mattesou's new bank building, Eve
stories high, also on the levee, shows signs
Of falling. 1t is an unfinished building
and cost about $4,000.
The Springfield Block" adjoining the
bank, still stands firm, but will probably
come down with a crash soon, as the wa.
ter is soilening the ground at the founda>
ton. Nine tenements are within this build.
ing, all occupied. The post office is one
Of them. Cost some $500, 900 or S40O,.
900.
A letter to the Cincinnati Gazette dated
Cairo June 18th, SAYS.
The distress and suffering here are really
great, and cannot be described. Ii is
enough TO say that there is from ten 10
thirteen feet Of water all over the town, aud
the water on the inside is within only foot
Of the top Of the levee, while the Ohio on.
Iy lacks two inches Of submergiug u.s.
The citizens Of Paducah sent down last
night by the Scott large quantity Of bread
and meat, and sevenll hundred dollars in
money; all of which was greatly needed,
and We cannot sufficiently acknoledge the
generosity Of our neighbors. The left
wing Of The new brick hotel. now or lately
being built by company, fell down Sun.
day afternoon, and an earthquake occurred
the same day. Mound City is three feet
under water. and the mails and passengers
upon the Illinois Central have 10 be con.
veyed to tie landing by RATS.
The Missouri, at Kurick's Landing, is
co, cred with water TO the extent Of four
feet. The river is still rising here, and
there is every probability that it will sub
merge what isleit ofthe levee on the Oh
10 side. The break at which the water
has been pouring 10, is three hundred feet
in extent. 1t was reported last night that
a thousand feet Of the track OF tue Illinois
Central Railroad, near the break, about
three miles from Cairo was wased away.