The Portland daily press., 1883-02-13
STILL RISING.
No Abatement of the Floods
at Cincinnati
Business Practically Suspended
and Thousands Homeless.
THE SUPPLY OF GAS ENTIRE
LY CUT OFF.
LaWrenceburg Completely Cut
off by Water.

at ali except Dy DOatSs suffering among the
people IN the flooded part of the city is una
voidable, and unless an organized effort is
made to relieve them loss of life will ensue.
i Dispatches from points above indicate that the
rise will continue at Cincinnati probably till
/ tom ,rrow. There is no change in the situa-
tion of railroads.
There is no news from Lawrenceburg, Indi-
ana. The worst is feared, as the town is iso-
lated
NEWPORT, KY, Feb 12-The troops at the
barracks at Newport, opposite Cincinnati,
have been driven from their quarters by the
| floods
| LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb I'LL D. m-The
flood is absorbing all interest on the river front
The river is now III o'clock rising two inches
per hour. The ground floors of all houses on
Water street are inundated and the occupants
have removed to upper stories or have gone
| out iutirely In the eastern part OF the city
/ the large sewer has broken aud the water is
| flowing in rapidly, promising to do much dam
/ age to manufactures. The shipping port is all
/ under water, while much of Portland is in the
same condition. No loss of life has occurred
| so far, owing to watchtulness. Most of those
| forced to move out are poor people on the river
! front. Many of them were caught by the un-
expected rise of saturday night when a de-
| cline was expected. Several distilleries are
under water, and the cattle being fed there are
| in danger of being drowned. Dispatches from
Frankfort say the Kentucky river is thirty
/ four feet aud rising foot each hour. When
| this reaches the Ohio river great danger will
be the result here, though those inte ested are
making efforts 10 prepare for the worst.
WHEELING, w. Va, Feb. 1.-THE smaller
streams are swollen by the rain which followed
the heavy snow on Sunday Wheeling Creek
| is flooded and hassdamaged it's banks seriously
Another rise is expected with some consterna-
| tion.
LoUIsvlLLE Feb. 12.-The flood here has
reached The highest point of the rise of Febru-
| ary ~ 1882 and is rising inch and half
| per hour. Business and navigation are practi-
/ cally suspended. No loss of life has as vet
been reported, but the damage to property on
| the river front is very heavy. The weather is
| clear and warm
| The Courier Journals special from Frank.
fort says the Kentucky river has risen seven
feet since Sunday noon, and is now rising with
| heavy drift running. The water is within
three feet of the wooden bridge which is in
| great danger of going away. This is the high
| est water ever known on the Kentucky river.
CINCINNATI, Feb. PA meeting of the
| Chamber Of Commerce today showed utter
prostration of business, only the merest necessi-
| titles of trade being accomplished There is
| no disposition to enter into anything of a spec
| ulatiye character. The President called the
| body to order and resolution was adopted ap-
| pointing committee to collect money and
| provide for relief of the sufferers On motion
| OF Richard Smith the chamber gave $1,000 to
| the committee. Superintendent Maxwell ac-
cepted individual subscriptions and immedi-
| ately had fully $4,000 more. The Common
| council is called TO meet tomorrow to organize
relief measures.
Among the losses this morning were the
| drowning of 300 head of cattle at Gslke IS Lip
pemans distillery. The work If {. moving the
tR52fl' With provisions must begin at o2ce. All
available skiffS and other crafts are busy NOV
ing goods and ferrying passengers at enormous
rates. The gas is completely exhausted and
citizens are providing candles and lamps. The
| theatres will be equipped wi III electric lights.
| The river was Sixty-three feet seven aud a
half inches high at 1.30 p. m., and is still rs-
| ing.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. 12-The highest point of
the flood of Feruary, 1882, was reached this af-
tefn0on and is passed now. There is more
than 36 feet of water on the falls and Ga feet in
the channel at the foot of the falls, which is
but two feet below the great December food
| OF lo47. The water is rising slowly and
| great tide from the Kentucky river is to be
added. Houses along the river front are va
Gated and the drift is damaging them seriously
| Fourth street is closed from Main to the river.
| Every building in the shipping port has from
to feet oisofiwater the floor. The cement
mills, the principal industry there, are sub
merged. Nine squares in Portland are at the
mercy of the water and business is at an end.
The houses on the river front will have water
| on the second floors before morning 1t is es-
timated that at the shipping port sand Portland
| 1890 persons are homeless. Most of them are
| poor and great suffering exists The Hoses ag-
| gregate $4,000 In the city proper heavy dam
| ago has been done by the stoppage of work in
| out of employment.
| Nickel & Co.'s plow works, Louisville Iron
works, Dennis Longs pipe works, Kentucky
| lead and oil works, Briegeford & Co.'s stove
works, Excelsior WI rks, Central Rolling Mill
| Simmons, Ebby & Hampton's planning MILL
| Bell & Coggeshalfs planning mill,J. q @. Hall,
and x Eddy's saw mills are among the largest
| establishments closed and Others. must follow
| Mayor Jacobs has ordered the lying in hospital
| to be made ready to receive sufferers where
| they will be cared for at the citys expense.
| The Louisville Hotel company opened free
! lunch house for women and children of the
flood sufferers today on Main street which will
| be maintained during the flood. The cut off
on point in the eastern part of the city,
| water barrier protecting thousands of homes is
weakening. II it breaks no estimate can be
| made of the suffering and damage that will
| follow.
rising more rapidly than it was this afternoon
| At 10 o'clock tonight it had reached GA feet
| q inches. In view of the exposed condition
| OF property and the inadequacy of the police
| force TO properly guard the flooded district 1t
| was determined to call for help of the militia
| a river pairol has been organized to watch the
| flooded district and give relief when needed
| Capt. W. T. Walker OF the Chesepeak and
| Ohio railroad, has been made commander of
this fleet and authorized to seize boats when
| needed. Troops will be paid to assist the po-
| lice and the committee will expend not more
| than $1,000 per night in this service. There
DelnS no gas tn6 ponce nave De6n OrQer6u To
arrest all suspicious persons the street at
night But little mercy will be shown
| to criminals found taking advantage of
! the present situation Father Kusack, pastor of
| the Catholic church on Third street, opened a
building tonight for the homeless and 800 per-
| sons are sleeping there. The station houses
have been fitted with beds for the accommoda-
| ton of persons driven from their homes. No
/ accidents haye been reported Every precau-
tion is used to prevent loss to the coal fleet and
| other exposed property Lights were impro-
vised everywhere tonight, coal oil and candles
| in stores, dwellings and newspaper and tele-
| graph offices and electric lights in theatre and
| some of the hotels, the latter using candles
| mostly for rooms. There is very little change
| in the condition of the railroads exceot that
| the Little Miami road has been compelled to
abandon its track between here and Loveland.
| 1t will send trains tomorrow from the Cincin-
| natl, Hamilton and Dayton depot to Dayton
| and thence to Venia. The track of the Gin
| cinnati Washington and Baltimore is under
! water, SO that trains cannot pass over it. 1t
| connects few miles from the city with the
| Cincinnats, Hamilton and Dayton and trains
| will not be delayed. The Ohio and Missis-
| sippi road sends steame TO Aurora, Ind. No
| tidings have yet been received from Lawrence
| burg, Ind, except that the town is at the
| mercy of the waters.
The food of 1882 is now surpassed, taking
/ the most liberal standard. 1t then reached
GA feet 3 inches. At II o'clock tonight it stood
ports from above indicate the river is rising at
Wheeling and falling at Marietta and Pome-
roy. 1t will probably continue to rise here to-
morrow. The people of Lawrenceburg at last
reports were virtually helpless, lacking food
and unable to procure any. telegraph and
telephone lines are down and there were no
means of communication. Arrangements
have been made here to mount the fire engines
on fats in case OF fire in the flooded district.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. 12.-The Ohio
river is rising at all poiAts in the State. AT
New Albany the water is ten inches higher
than in the flood of 1881. Three-fourths of the
factories are flooded. If the rise continues un-
til midni. ht every furnace in the glass works
will be under water. The loss there
alone will be 100000. Five hundred houses
are flooded in the lower part of the city and
1000 or 5000 employees are thrown out of em-
ployment. Between Evansville and Hender-
son the telegraph poles are covered with water
and wires are strung on the top of the trees.
Lawrenceburg is completely surrounded by
| water.