Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-02-23
THE OHIO FIO0Ds.


rfronted by Starvation-Pitiable Scenes.
CINCINNATI, February IL.
The Ohio at eleven o'clock tonight had
reached n depth at the water-works in this
city of sixty-four feet and three aud a half
inches. This is half an inch higher than the
memorable mark OF February Is, 1eSs, the high
est point the river has ever before reached
since the city was founded During the last
hour the rise has been three-Quarters OF an
inch. Those who are acquainted with the city
win re lie the enormous extent of the flood
when it Is stated that a coal-barge was easily
hoated to-day along Second street, across Main,
Walnut Vine and Race streets. This Is in the
very heart of the wholesale business of the
CITY, Nearly all the warehouses, the produce
business, the large manufactures, the tobacco
houses. the gas-works and railroad depots are
on lower ground than Second street at the
points mentioned. The losses cannot be esti-
mated They are much the most serious the
city has ever suffered from any cause what
ever. "t f'ssi H.is ~ y t1iis
Business is completely prostrated in every
department. Thousands of families are iiv-
ing in the second stories of their houses, and
the police stations and other public buildings
are crowded with people who have been
driven from their homes, and ara in q condi-
ton of [ . most utter destftution. Those
who have remained in their houses are for
the most part without either food or fuel.
They are being supplied to a very limited ex-
tent by the benevolent organizations of the
city, which have sent men through the inun-
date portion of the city in skiffs loaded with
provisions. ...,s.
A herd of 800 cattle were drowned in Mill
Creek to-day ia- 10 -ta.,.,t .tl
But one railroad on the north side of the
Ohio can be used and water is over the tracks
of that one in some places. No steamboats,
either leave or arrive. - - 90 nf49si{1
The streets of the city are lighted only by
the moon. Lamps and candles are used in the
hotels, newspaper and telegraph offices, and
in private houses, so far as they could be pro-
cure1 There is not oil enough to supply the
demand for more than one day, but a barge
load can probably be got down from Parkers-
burg tomorrow. ID % .4t 'pe b TlNt3l
The extent to which general business has
suffered is shown by the business at the rev.
enue Office. The sales OF stamps to-day
amounted to between 81 and So, Usually the
sales amount to $4,000 and $45 600 day. r
CUMMINsvILLE.
Cumminsvfle, a popular suburb lying north
of the city, Is one vast lake. The water has
reached Knowton's Corner at the intersec ion
of Spring Grove avenue and Ham ton pike.
and all the residences and business places be.
tween that point and Mill Creek ara sub
merged. Husbands may be seen carrying
wives and CHI ldren on their backs to places of
safety. The district bounded on the south
and east by the Marietta Railroad, and on the
north and west by Hoffner street and the Gin
cinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad, is all
under water, and all of the families who have
not moved out are now in the second stories.
West Fork is backed up to Hamilton, all the
gardens in the valley being submerged. Their
&C.. g.
There are 500 families in Cumminsville in dis.
ress- Or. F.... ...,... .... .,...
NEWPORT.
The city Of Newport, on the east bank OF the
Licking River opposite Cincinnati, contains
2O,0tO inhabitants. a great number of working
people 1--we there. 1t is estimated that there
are 1000 dwelling houses which tire water has
invaded to a sufficient extent to drive the in.
mates from the first floor. Numbers of houses
are submerged to the caves Several cottages
have fioated away.
AT the Newport bridge-steps the water to-
day was fourteen feet, and ut the street-car
track leading on to the ridge the water was
seven feet in depth. The only way of reach
ing Cincinnati is by the Short-Line Railroad
bridge trestlework. Business. of course, is
entirely suspended. Merchants and Others
who have escaped the flood have turned out
en- masse to assist those in distress.
The scenes at the various landin g-places to
day were indescrbable. The sick in many
instances who had been removed to the sec
ond stories had to be taken out to-day an6
lowered into boats. ST. Pauls Episcopal
Church is crowded with homeless PEG
pie. This afternoon a sick child wa:
taken there. The story was started thai
it was suffering from the smallpox. and {
stampede ensued. A physician examined the
chill oY,6 &ol 4laA "a
smallpox, but he thou mt the case too fal
advanced to be contagious. The people, in tn,
absence of other shelter, then slowly returned
to the church.
BELLEVUE. 80 .!i %
In Bellevue, a town of 1900 inhabitants,
mile above Newport, the situation is not quite
so bad. All the houses on Front street ar,
completely submerged, the water being up il
some of them higher than the ;ndows. TIL,
residen of the lower side of Rhensford stree
have all moved except two or three.
DAYTON. ntlitt.
Dayton. KY, is situated two miles above
Bellevue. All day yesterday the expresses
and grocery-wagons, as well as coal-carts anC
wheelbarrows, were brought into requisitior
to convey furniture from the inundated s
tricts. 1t is estimated that in this town O
2.SOO inhabitants over one hundred families
have been forced to flee from their homes t.
places OF safety. On account of The DaytoI
bakeries being all located in the subme gee
district the bakers were unable to furnish tn,
citizens with bread. and before nine o'clocl
Saturday night all the groceries in town hat
sold out the stock of breadstuffs, and tn,
people in some instances were compelled to gt
hungry. All day to-day people could bt
seen carrying baskets of provisions to the
watery captives in skiffs. Those driven from
hQi OIL H.
Church and the different public halls TIL,
citizens nObly opened their doors to their un
fortunate neighbors. and every. ayailall,
means was brought into power to save the
property. Eft..t ,B'.t..st ..Is'rs.ff
Telephone communication is entirely GU
on, and the only means of getting to Newpor
is by skiffs. Covington, directly opposite Gin
cinnati, contains so 00l Inhabitants. Tn,
largeF part of them are employed or do bust
ness I'm Cincinnati. The only way of gettins
from the Cincinnati end of the Suspension
Bridge is by skiffs, and but very few com
p Irstively we're able to get over. The waite
Is up To Third street. west of Madison, ant
residents of that street have been driven I'D
stairs. The city is supplied with water By tn,
Holly system. The pumps have refused t.
work. and only those who have cisterns have
any water tf p. illFOfi
CINCINNATI IN TOTAL DARKNESS.
Four hundred soldiers of the First Regiment
Ohio National Guards in fatigue uniform
with pieces loaded, are on the streets dont
patrol duty tonight. The extingushing oi
private electrical lights at midnight left the
city in total darkness. -
3D.. uh PITIABLE SCENES
A most pitiable case was discovered by
Chief-of-Polce Smith in house at the lower
end of Chestnut street, where a woman named
Mary Halllostherminda and was wad ng around
on the floor in several feet of water She
stubbornly refused any assistance. and her
family were compelled 10 desert her the N lCh,
before and seek safe quarters. Ii required the
un ted trergth of four men TO take her out
and hold her fast in the boat M .,ffI -