The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-02-17
The Great Floods.

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three hours. Barges are being run
along I'd street to relieve the wants
of the people living there. The cur
rent along Front street is SO rapid
that navigation is dangerous. The
suspension bridge cannot be reached
at all except by boats. The Newport
bridge is also inaccessible only by
boats or wagons. The suffering
among the people in the flooded part
of the city is unavoidable, as no or
ganized efforts have yet been made to
relieve them but something must
be done soon or loss of life is ineyi-
table.
A special to the Times Star from
points above indicate that the rise
will continue here probably till to-
morrow. At Maysville it is rising
an inch every hour. There are large
quantities of whisky, -four and other
property overflowed there. The Gin
cinnati, Hamilton and Dayton rail-
road tracks are under water near
Brighton, but trains left and arrived
this morning. The Little Miami
road is virtually blocked at Batavia
Junction, by the tracts being mum
dated. No news has been received
this morning from Lawrenceburg,
Ind, and the worst is feared there, as
the town is isolated.
IN AND AROUND LOUISVILLE.
LOUISVILLE, KY, February 12.-
At II o'clock last night the river was
rising two inches per hour, and there
were SO feet in the canal and some
thing less on the falls. The ground
floors of the houses in Water street
are inundated, and the occupants had
either removed to upper stories or
gone out entirely. In the eastern
part of the city large sewer had
broken, and the water was flowing
in rapidly. promising to do much
damage to manufactures. The ship
ping part of the city IS all under
water. while much of Portland is in
the same condition. No loss of life
has as yet occurred owing to watch
fulness. Most of those forced to
move out are poor people ON the river
front, Many of them had been
caught by the unexpected rise of Sat-
urday night, when decline was ex-
pected. Several distilleries are under
water, and the cattle being fed there
are in danger of drowning. The flood
here has reached the highest point of
the rise of February %, 1882, and is
rising one inch and a-half per hour.
Business and navigation are practi-
cally suspended. The damage tt
property on the river front is very
heavy, The weather is clear and
warm. A special despatch from
Frankfort says that the Kentucky
river has risen seven feet since Sum-
day noon, and is now rising, with al
feet of water in the channel and a
heavy current running. The water
is within three feet of the wooden
bridge, which is in great danger of
being washed away. This is the
highest water ever known in the Ken
lucky river.
The highest point OF the flood of
February, 1882, was reached this af-
ternoon and is passed now. There is
more than thirty-six feet Of water on
the falls, and sixty-tour feet in the
channel at the foot of the falls, which
is but two feet below the great De.
cember flood of 1847. The water is
rising slowly, and a great tide from
the Kentucky river is to be added.
The houses along the river front are
vacated, and the drift is damaging
them seriously. Fourth street is clos
ed from Main to the river.
HIGHEST WATER EVER KNOWN.
NEW YORK, Feb. ia private
despatch to the Western Union Tele-
graph Company, this morning, from
Cincinnati, says: FLOOD higher than
eyer known; still rising. Wires in
good shape, except to towns up and
down the river, but can reach most
of them. Water about two blocks
from Office, but got to come up hill,
wont reach u.s."
CINCINNATI, Feb. 13.-A special
dispatch from Louisville, KY, to the
ISnaes-Stor says: "The dam protect
ing the lowlands in the eastern part
of the city broke about midnight, let
ting sixty feet of water upon twenty
blocks of buildings. The scene which
followed beggars description. 1t is
reported that thirty lives were lost,
but the fact cannot be verified at
present. The houses inundated were,
as a rule, small, and mainly occupied
by poor people.
SHOCKING DISASTER AT CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, Feb. ia shocking
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