Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-06-24
The Submerged Cairo.

A Cairo correspondent of the Chicago
Times writing on the 18th, presents the
following watery picture: 5
Breakfast was served to the guests of
The Taylor House in the Second story, knee
aeep IN water, the culinary department be-
ing carried to the third! A few families
who resided in two-story houses. remained
in them until noon TODAY They now
have to get out of their upper stairs win
dows into boats-the water being almost
on level with them, and rising AT tbe
rate of four inches an hour.
The Ohio levee is the only place of ref.
uge left, it being only some seventy-fiye
feet wide, and three fourths of mile in
length; and here 'mixed" sight is pre-
sented to the beholder-every animate and
inanimate thing saved from the destroying
element is seen-"the beggar in his rags,
crinoline and broadcloth; Dutch, Irish, ne
groes and the Anglo-Saxon; pigs, calves
mules and horses; turkeys, chickens and
geese; boxes barrels and bales; bedding,
cooking utensils and baggage-togcther
with many other articles, not necessary to
describe.
At one O'Clock, p. m, nearly one-half Of
the new (unfnished) hotel, on the levee
fell with deafening crash, preceded by a
report equal to six FOUNDER. The build
ing was of brick, five stories high, with
attic rooms, iron door and window frames !;
cost nearly 100000. The remaining por-
ton was considerably swayed. Total loss.
Gov. Matteson's new bank building, FIVE
stories high, also on the levee, shows signs
of faltering. 1t is an unfinished Guilding
and cost about $4,000.
The "Springfield Block" adjoining the
bank, still stands firm, but will probably
come down with n crash soon, as the water
is softening the ground, at the foundation.
Nine tenements arc within this building,
all occupied. The post-office is one of
them. Cost some 100000 or 100000.
A letter to the Cincinnati Gazette dated
Cairo June 18th, says:
. The distress and suffering here are really
great, and cannot be described. 1t is enough
to say that there is from ten to thirteen
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ter on the inside is within only foot of
the top of the levee, while the Ohio, only
lacks two inches of submerging us. The
citizens of Paducah sent down last night
by the Scott large quantity of bread and
meat, and several hundred dollars in mon
ey, all of which was greatly needed, and
we cannot sufficiently acknowledge the
generosity of our neigbbors. 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 to be con-
veyed 10 the landing by RATS.
The Missouri, at Kuricd's Landing, is
covered with water to the extent of four
feet. The river is still rising here, and
there is every probability that it will SUBJ
merge what is left of the levee on the Ohio.
side. The break at which the water Ens
been pouring in, is three hundred feet in
extent. 1t was reported last night that n
thousand feet of the track of the Illinois
Central Railroad, near the break, about
three miles from Carlo, was washed away. /.