The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-16

| NINClNNATI February dat ! o'clock
TINS morning the people In the nrlghhor.
! hood OF No. 80 Wilstach street, ou lhr bOr-
der Of the Inundated district N the western
part OF the city, were startled 10y loud
explosion, which broke the glass in the
windows. A three-story brick building
occupied by four families, numbering sew.
entccn, was found In ruins from The cx-
| plosion OF hre-damp or sewer gas in the
celIaf, and all the people were buried in
the debris.
FROM AN EYE WITNESS.
1.-THE damage done within radius Of fifty
miles from Cincinnati, will far suapas. in
the aggregate. that caused by the Chicago
tre, he said 'and the end has not vet
come. The only railroad giving Cincinnati
communication with the outside world
when lcit was the Cincinnati Hamilton
and Dayton. and hear that II will stop
running to-day. Going to Cincinnati TO
toNlngt0n ] was carried by the boat
hye blocks into the city. There
was no less than feet II water on
Front street at the foot Of the suspension
bridge, ~ We left the city hy the {. II. a.
W, Railroad YESTERDAY. We ran for mile
thr.ugh two feet two inches o, water. The
car-nhcclS were submerged and the steps
were washed by the water as we moved
along. on the lines OF the Marietta and
Cincinnati and the &. G. {. 4 l. roads you
can lusl see the tops ~ hundreds OF passen-
ger aud freight ears sticking ont Of the wa
ter, aud most OF the latter are loaded with
valuable merchandise. over some parts of
these lines the water il twenty feet deep
lover 200, 900 people are made homeless.
Churches and school houses are bci z
placed at their disposal, and private FAINT
lies, who have room TO spare In their pri-
yate residences. are taking in the sufferers
Cots are being supplied to them and the
furniture manufacturers are doing their
best 10 turn ont more. Every carpenter i'm
town is hard al work making cots or boats
The demand for boats is extraordinary, and
the most extraordinary craft you ever set
your eyes upon are plying the turbid wa
tiers. Among them are lake yawls which
have been sent all the way from Cleveland
aud Sandu-ky. -
The weather Is very warm and cloudy, oc-
oasional sunshine. The river IL iluctilaimg
spparan,ly, declining but very slightly. II
stands about 10 feet inches. A flood in
the Licking and other streams Is expected
II not to swell the stream here TO check the
fall.
RELIEVING THE SUFFERING.
As there has been no very great hard
ship. The Legislature has voted 500, 900
for relief, the City Council 800. 900 aud the
Chamber Of Commerce 50, 900, and sub.
scriptions are coming in from Chicago New
York aud other places. Not only II the
general Committee, representing The Cham
Sef o. Ion'meIce ana tne common Council,
Wasonjr ReiIaS ora.niya'in e. . Hoir NV az
work. having called ON volunteers 10 no, ,s
oarNman for their boats, which have been
received from Cleveland San.
relief stotions in v,rions u.rts ~ tbn cii,,
Resides mis-, women ~ all the prote.tan,
Churres nre cnllnc,ing hoddin, cIo,bire,
and doing sewing for the henedt ~ he
General Relief Committee. All tho C,tboiic
Churches have been thrown omen FOR slcen.
ing. plncrs for .irh homeless per,on, az
NAV he sent by the General Committee A
moro systematic .y.,cm of relist rnrj5
hardly he devised and the ercat value Of ts
work is tbe tbornuphncss and nrn,nnenoss
with which MD !. extended u" T'O" rbers
is still The most gratifying absence
Of crime II was expected ,hat
bnrglarles and highway rohberios would
abound on account Of the generally unpro.
tectcd state Of property in The Hooded die.
tricts, These expectations have NOT been
realized, There we're fewer arrests Gu,ins,
the past five days Than NJ any simiI,r ,,",ss
In the month, and no reuoris If crime have
reached the polico. Nearly eyervhoI,,
wears n fatiu,ed look II ha: heen q .oaH
son Of hard work and great anxiety 70 n
large portIon ~ The mon,1i,tion -, ~ o U
-, = r",',,o W '"' wy
Masonic REL'tF'
CLEVELAND, February l5.-The Ma.
sonic Relief Association telegraphed to day
me eager acceptance OF the tender OF the
lie-sa'lng crew and apparatus stationed
here. Captain Goodwin, and the life
crew, with lfe-boats, will start this after
noon. \ general meeting Of the Cleveland
Masons viii be held Tomorrow evening to
raise fund for the immediate relief Of the
brethren along the Ohio River suffering by
reason of the grea Hood. The Cuyahogo
River IL rising and in places has already
overlooked the banks, threatening nunda-
ton. The same district was recently
flooded, Dense fog aud light rain this
morning.
The prices Of commodities have gone up
Considerably, Eggs which sold at * cents
a dozen last Monday Jumped up to 10 cents
on Tuesday, and have risen since then.
Candles aud coal-oll supply the only means
OF artificial light, and IN places where the
lamp. posts are submerged lanterns swim
ging from he telegraph poles are the only
public luminlncs. Headlight oil went up
10 cents n gallon on Monday, and candles
have advanced from TO cents pound.
Inc "rahu opera-iiouSc IA, been relying
,bo bodv of The houso aud '' "an
rond cnndles an ,he sinuc re- ,o , nav.
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