Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-15


stopped, and all run irregularly.
River men predict the river will soon
recede. Water surrounds tho entire
city. The Widest estimates of dam.
age are made, none reliable. Nothing
more is known about the loss of life,
houses being still cut off, except to
divers. The loss of life Ia not extra
ordinarily large.
RELIEF FoR LAwRENCRBURG.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, February Ia -
A committee sent to Lawrenceburg
last night reported suffering increas-
Ing, and more assistance will be need
ed immediately. Another carload of
provisions with delicaoies for the sick
will 90 to night by O special train. At
Gailford 1t was still raining hard at 6
p. m, with indications that II will
continue during the night. Il. G.
Burkham, Of New York, sends $1,000
to the Lswrenceburg relief.
AN APPEAL FOR AID.
The following has been issued by
the mayor of Newport, Ky: "a
great calamity has o~vertakon the city.
After passing through a pro:racted
siege Of smallpox we find at least one
third of our city submerged by tho
prevailing floods. About 3 1000 fami
lies are suffering and destitute: We
need help 1t is only necessary to
this fact to the citizens of
our common country to obtain relief.
Please send relief to w. III. Lope,
treasurer of the citizeps' relief fund,
Newport, KY, or to VIM. Ii. Harlan,
mayor
A GLooM DAY.
CINCINNATI, February 14.-MID.
NIGHT--The river at nine tonight
was sixty.six feet, three quarters of an
inch, and rising slowly. The day has
been the gloomiest in the history of
the city. Busintss was wholly ne.
| elected on Change, and all attention
given to the saving of property and af-
fording relief. While the unexpected
rise of nearly a foot to-day has not
made a very great change apparently
In the situation, there Is such uncer-
tainty about the future that all plans
are unsettled. No one can tell when
the rain will cease along the river.
Weather warm, almost sultry.
The effect of this uncertain
ty is to cause az other lifting
to high levels OF vaet quantities OF
goods hitherto supposed to be above
the reach of water. This is done at
immense labor under the most trying
circumstances, men standing in water.
The water now stands in the gutters
on the aouth side of Pearl street and
on Walnut. The Little Miami rail.
road depot is flooded. Wagons are
no longer able to oross the Newport
bridge. The Louisville 81 Nashville
trains are recoiviag passengers on the
trestle at the Cincinnati end of the
bridge. They are reaching 1t by
boats. The Cincinnati, Hamilton d
Dayton road, which has been the only
outlet for trains north and east to-
night, went under the flood to such an
extent that no trains could pass.
This leaves
THE CITY PRACTICALLY O OFF
s..u r.s.. OF me world by rail- com
munIvaTIun, except that the Bee LINE
road still runs trains, leaving from thu
stock yards, The Cincinnati Southern
sent out a train tonight, and received
one, but the water has permeatee
Mclean avenue 30 that wagons sinh
to the hubs in unloading express ant
baggage. Fears are entertained tina
the whole street will sink under tn
trains. 1t cannot yet be told whs
arrangement will be made for forward
ing mail. A long haul must be mad
to reach the train. No steamers ar
RAINING, there being no place to land
) Coal barges to-day were towed u,
from Central avenue to Pearl street
{ where carts run slongside to receiv'
loads. Stories have been current c
q mob Of lswless iaen standing at tn
waters edge demanding whisky an
2 doing other lawless acts. Careful In
4 uuiry shows there Is no foundation f.
3 such stories. Soft punishment follow
the discovery of crime.
THE CITY is PARTLY LIGHTED
tonight by lamps set inside of ga
: lamps. The work OF relief has gor
. on vigorously to-day. Many touot
ing scenes were witnessed. Thong
|, NO appeal has been made for help frol
:. abroad, assistance has been sen
!, among these 81, 500 by Fl. Il, Warn'
o & Co., Rochester, 81, 600 from II
a Adams express Co., New York, S2s
y from the proprietor of the elise
10 house, New York. The M
~ sonic fraternity has organized
~ special relief forco and telegraph
to Cleveland, Sadusky and Toledo f
o. boats. Among the Incidents of tt
food was the FINDING of a bal
10 asleep in its crib In a house floating
~ the ferry bank, below the city. II
10 little waif was rescued and taken ca
X of by the Catholic Orphan society.
barn with q fine barouche Fl dated
to day. This evening a collision {
Cured on the Cincinnati Northe
a railroad, between Avondaie and Idl
~ wild, 10 which John Roberts, colore
was instantly killed; Isaac Knigl
" Russell M, Manning and Daniel A
- drews were seriously injured. L
~ latter is q well kno wn merchant.
u WHEELING, February ID Tho riv
is 26 feet and rising. Raining hs
all day.
To-. ORGANIZING LIE
CLEVELAND, February 14.-In
Spouse to a call from Cincinnati f
Masons for boats, the Masons of I
- city tonight shipped eleven row DO
and promised, IL needed, to send
morrow a life saving crew with ap
ratus from this station.
w Tho Grain speoulator.
ry- Special Dispatch TO TnE BKs.
yer TORONTO, Ont, February 49,
j. Flemming, of Chicago, was arres
here on a charge Of obtaining mo