Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-02-17
THE FLOODS IN THE WEST,
THE WATER FALLING AT CINCIN
NATI-THE SITUATION AOME.
WHAT IMPROVED,

~ uho A0iACh bAVWsy uuIluk tut
sftsrnoDn and IN still higher than In
1A7, until now the second greatest
flood Of the century. Tonight i is
raining again quite bard, and % there
is u big rise above 1t IL not likely there
will be much more decline for sOme
time, and there are those who fear a
third rise, which will carry it higher
than either the rise of Monday or We'd.
ncsday. The best news that has devel-
opcd to-day YVES the starting at noon Of
the big Shields engine at the Water
Works.
Perhaps the greatest suffering can be
found at Lawrenceburg, a few miles
down the river. But little news could
be obtained from there, and yesterday a
steamboat started out with reporter
To say the city is submerged and almost
drJwned out is not half telling it. There
never was in all the history OF the floods
in the Ohio Valleys city, town or hamlet
50 completely nj the mercy Of the angry
elementas is thecity of Lawrcnceburg
Forthree days the citizens were almost
without a morse to eat In the lower
portion of the city everything is de-
sroled save the dwellings, and they,
Of course, must be badly damaged.
Hundreds of the houses are from ten to
fifty feet under water. In the lower
districts was where tie poorer classes
lived. Driven from their homes, they
fled to the public buildings for safety
All they possessed is destroyed and what
Is not totally destroyed is rendered
worthless by the continued water
The reporter steamed alongside the |
Court House, WOODEN mills, churches,
furniture factories and public buildings. |
All the above named buildings were
crowded and damned with people res.
cucd from watcry graves. In the larger
and more secure residences the families
have been driven to the second and
third stories. Those ofthr more wealthy
classes extend to their less fortunate
ucighbors the hand of assistance and
give them places beneath their roofs.
On the principal streets the water ranges
from seven I" twenty-five feet deep
Although precaution had in "a measure
been taken and property removed from
the lower stories, but little in fact has
been saved. But few of the merchants
were able a. save their goods. Thou
sands and thousands Of dollars worth
OF household property has been rendered
worthless There are many families
who possessed nothing more than their
household property. BY losing that
they have lost Al. they owned
The saddcst of all scenes yet en- acted
was the death Of "a beautiful young Ger
man lady, whe, with her parents, had
sought refuge IN one Of the large facto-
rirN When conveyed from her home in
a boat to the factory She came near cx-
piring, bat lasted un;il Tuesday morn
lnG
Under the circumstances It was
almost next to IN lnposSibility to pro-
care a burial-' as", in which to bury the
Unfortunate victim. Loving hands were
uu' allowed tO rar'sS the departed over
.png The last fond look was hurrirlly +
r'lr, and IN less than seven hours
AFTER the light Of .lc had gone out the
funeral cUrt"g., under the cover Of
darkness and within the sound of th"
III Daning Of ii"rc, waves, moved in lit
',r boats from TIN s"cund-NrOry windows
tuthc littIc city ui the dead iar over the
submerged district In one part Of the
h'idlng death W"s claiming its victims
Will IN another n"w lives Wcg" being +
I,hurrd into III" world. It was said,
upon good authority, thai no less than ,
fifteen babies haV" been born in the dit !
fer At public building, since the innn ;
dWlUn began.
Across the river n Newport things I
ar IN Il d"Sl "ra;" state, Dcs'itutiun
and high water still continue to stare
the people Of this doomed city in the
face. To give u full account Of the
oUl ring stu. tirn in this city would
rquirra good sized history. In at
least forty hou-ct in the wa'cr-cuvcrrd
area are numerous people that are oc- !
cupying ganrt> in MISUNDERSTANDING
old rouk"rirs, that are liable to fall
down or float utf at any moment, They
seem comfortable, however, and Sittis-
iicd with their situation, and when the ,
welcome rriirfhuat comes along they
do not clam"r for the provisions, but
ask politely for what they want.
TIERIvER RISING At NEW ALBANY.
lNDIANAroLlS, February ld.-The !,
river is rising rapidly at New Albany. =
1t rose five and ha.finchrs last night ,
and more water Is coming. one hun
dr'd houses have gone down. There J
ar 5000 people homeless, LOO houses
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