The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-03-03
THE TERRIBLE FLOOD.
Losses. Observation-Disclosures and
Ruin widespread,
The VVIck man Relief Com
nItIee's Good WORK.

The present uooo o. tns misslsslppl Is
,implv appalling. Itis impossible to ssti
mate The great calamity which has befaiis a
he. peopls Of this great Valley. The
vbol. bresdth from Cairo 10 New Orleans
VARYING from to one to forty miles wide
70 saw nothing Of the foods above Cairo
has expsrieneed the most terrihls and
ruinous overflow on record The destruc-
rs- Or nrspertv viii amonnt 20 million .
n dollars. aud the destruction OF human
ife has heen great snl NJ nan can ever
rrite the particulars Of the great suffer
nss and harlships which the man. ws
pen and children have been cOmpellei to
lndurs
On sunday. reporter Of the Hiok man
'ouEIEE. accompanied the SiIvAr-thorn, a
liea"-r chartered by the Citizens Relief
mmittee Of Hickman. on its mission over
Ias waters giving relief 10 the sufferer.
% rescninF people and property when :
per help was needed and could be given
N every hand md in every direction
Ieers was suffering and distress. Every
Arm house tsrIt~hiis happy homes with
ss s1lisH angry water pouring through
ssD; thsir aelds flooded; their stock
iro~ned or starving; and many -ofths hap.
''s dUeiiers without the absolute neess
fii.s OF life.
The people OF the overlooked districts
nd chung 70 the hope that the foods %
zee mher AMI January would end their
Touole for this season, and their anxiety
BAT this should be so, caused them 10
isks the fatal mistake ofdisbsIieving the
s"S as 10 the present rise, and therefore
asy very generally neglected m. king
Hy preparations to protect Themselves
= their property from ssch water sshas
ens upon them. The consequence il that
nndrsds Of them lose every horse. hog
~, earn, provisions &c, they owned ia
is world, and there 10 not one Ell
sm who does not lsse more or less.
BE steamer Silverthorn and Cobb's Ferry
at, working for the Relief Com mittss,
ID largely under the personal supervis-
n OF Capt. II. A. Tyler. succeeded in
ringing 10 Hickman, from $4,000 to $50 /
%, worth of horses, mules and cattle
The town is packed and jammsd with
fugees from the Hood. Many private
miles are entertaining some of them
81 THE Hickman Relief COMMITTEES have
.essS Available business or dg etlIng house !
Hedvith these friends, and are striv-
X totake care eff them the best they
b.
fhe citizens OF Iiek man have responded /
'bly to this distress call from our suffer |
Y neigs5ors. On Saturday, a pub /
meeting of our citizens was held, /
"a prompt steps taken for the relief and |
ec1e OF rh- sufferers BY the food. A |
f'ef Commuiee was appointed by this /
zens meeting, aud how literally our 4
i0pte resPonied may be seen by The list /
fsaoserioeis 10 ihe kriiei Fund publish |
IA tais paper. Ise hei.et Committee
estseFel the steamer iivertnot8. cobb
FrJ pott, anu al thy sk 10 and ) a dsmen 4
y, could be Cd aIuedtor love De money.
al dispatched 'nefn 10 all parts of the
erhJwed SECTIONS with instructions to
slte ali the sufferers from the food to
e high b ills OF Hickman where we would
IKE care of them 20 the best of our ability.
lese boats brought IN Saturday and Sun.
~ up to the date. from 300 10 4U0 pso-
y, tue larger part of them being women,
IA children. Sons OF them were in \
d,lorabie condition-som sick, aud not
a,v Of them had been out of all kinds
obrovisions for several days. In SONS
frances the water had reached so high
inhs houses that the skiffsmen had to
TAI the occupants out through the roof
any of these bottom farmers having
Iosali their horses, ali their corn. have
noiing in the world left them with W hich
70 ndertake the making of a crop, upon
" ich o support their families. There is
for such, except that those who are
abhmay devise some way 10 afford them
,mpy ment until they can get start.