The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-02-21
Jexersonvine and New ALBANY.


JeRersonyfIle and New ALBANY.
Prom Mondays Daily Sentinel.
Shortly after O'clock yesterday afternoon
G. e. Judson and J. b. Van Tilbu5gh, who
went down TO Jacksonville with-t car
load OF provision sent on Friday by the
Board of Trade Relief Committee, returned
home. The gentlemen were almost COM
pletely worn out from their long TIP and
soon after their return went home to rest
up. A Sentinel scribe was on hand and met
them on their arrival, and they kinIly gave
him an account of their journey and the
condition Of affairs in the two cities above
named. They left this city at $50 o'clock
Friday evening and arrived on the outskirts
OF JefersonvIlle at midnight the same
night. They Immediately notified the
Mayor of their arrival, and he the next
morning sent Marshal Glass with thirty re-
lief boats and the provisions were taken to
the relief depot, and the task of re-
lieving the hunger of the in
habitants was begun. Mr.. Judson said:
''You should have seen those poor people
standing about waiting for their turn to get
supplies, and when il was apportioned out
to them their countenances changed, show
ing how much they appreciated what is be-
ing done for them. In taking the provisions
from the car at North Tower, where it was
unloaded and which is situated at the cross
/ l.
roads, it was necessary to pull across the
JEFF Depot, which was six or eight feet
under water, down Spring street
to Market and thence to the
City Hall, where the depot for distribution
is located. Every store on Spring street
has from four to twelve feet Of water in
them. None of the goods in. these steets
will be saved in any condition. for selling
and the reason the merchants did not get
| bQIr nf or xxa hQNQnca
the bsckwater came in upon them too quick
ly. The imprisoned people are suffering ter
ribly for drinking water, as that within
reach is most horribly filthy. The Mayor
told rs Saturday evening that there were
5000 people in the town without fire and
suffering terribly from the severe cold.
The Mayor, Marshal and city
oitiSsns, Sa ars s''n worRing ngS nigSt Rensn snd
day doing all in their power to relieve the
suffering. The great demand for food will
not cease when the water goes down. The
inhabitants will need assistance Tor the next
thirty days. There Is considerable sickness,
and there has oeen at least dozen deaths
since the waters came up. We received
orders from the Committee to visit New
Albany and look into their wants, and to do
Vile in skiff, and then go to
Goose Island, which is at the
foot of Portland, (which twon is perfectly
submerged), and take the ferry for New
Albany. ShipDiDgpogt, little town Just
across from Portland, is entirely under
water and the inhabitants have been COM
PEELED TO flee from the foods leaving all of
their household goods to be swept away by
the waters. At New Albany we landed at
the foot of Third street and were rowed up
| to Main street. Here we did not faad things
near as bad as we expected from the re-
ports we had heard. 1t is true that all
that portion of the city lying between Main
street and the river is flooded, and as this is
the manufacturing portion of the town, the
loss will be very heavy, but the business
portion of the city was not reached. and
New Albany, in this regard, is different from
Jacksonville, for in the latter city you can
not purchase even a spool OF thread or a
piece of tobacco. The glass works at New
Albany are completely under water, and
their furnaces are total wrecks. We
were told by gentleman in a
position to know, that it will
take the remainder of the season TO put the
works in running order, and as the same
state of affairs exists at the rolling and
other mills large number Of men will bs
thrown out of employment, and suffering
must necessarily follow. Captain Irwin, oi
the Portland and New Albany Ferry Com
pany. who has been q steamboat man fol
years. had information from the towns
between New Albany and Evans
vile which showed terrible
amount of suffering. At less
half Of the town of Leavenworth has beer