Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-02-14
Dlsaster at fincinnaii


CINCINNATI, February 13sh-A shocking
disaster is reported by telephone from the
western part Of the city. Both the freight
and pssserg II depots OF the Cincinnati South
ern Railway undermined and fell in the sur
rounding water, carrying With them one hul-
bred or more people. The 6epots were one
story frame structures, resting on Mclean
avenue, which was almost covered by water.
Both sides are filed with water thirty to fifty
feet deep. 1t has become so soaked as to
melt, and Inc catastrophe was further has
tened by the breaking of s sewer, which sent
a current along the bank. Crowds of people
have been in that vicinity looking at the
foods. Il is supposed these are the victims.
tsECoAD DIsPATCH-I
CIYcrSNATI, February 13th.-It is impos-
sibie to tell the extent OF the disaster at the
Southern Railroad depot. Only the freight
depot went down. A great crowd Of people
were there looking at tie food, when
Ryan's restaurant, a small building near by.
went down. The crowd rushed over to the
platform of the depot so see what was the
matter, when suddenly the whole depot co.,
lapsed and sank in the water. The track was
az the same time depressed, and the cars
standing close together ran into the depres-
sion, covering people who had gone down
with the falling structure. Not one body had
been recovered at l o'clock, nor could the by
ISLANDERS give any intelligent account Of how
many escaped. The work of recovering the
drowned will be exceedingly difficult, as the
place is isolated, with danger Of other parts Of
the street melting as this portion did.
THIRD DISPATCH.l
CINCINNATI, February 13sh.-Later in
formation makes it definite that three boys,
two freight handlers and four members of
Coup's circus were drowned. No bodies have
yet been recovered. The names of the mem
bers Of Coup's circus, reported missing, are
Harry Cardoni, England; Mis- Fanny
William c. Matthews, st. Louis. The bag
gagemaster says he heard a rushing noise
when Ryan's saloon went down, and hurried
round and saw the depot give way. He said
at least fifty people were thrown into the
water. It appears certain that the disaster
was caused by the breaking of the great
saver at one end of the freight dspot, and
half the passenger depot is gone. the latter
being separated at the partition between the
wsi,ing.room and the ticket Office. The
books. tickets, safe, etc, were gone il an IL
slant.
FOURTH DISPATCH.l
CINCINNATI, February 13.h.-There is
strong ground for hope that the disaster at
TIE EOOutLetn htliTOdu utpOb Mhe uOr abI6bnbu
with as great loss of life as reported. The
matter has been very carefully Investigated,
and but for the positive statement of one man
it would be difficult to say that any lives
were lost at all. That man, the baggage mas
ter, says great number Of people were on
the platform Of the depot, aud he thinks at
least twenty-five went down il the water. All
the other persons present say they saw no
one in the water, and bellows that ncns were
lost. Ali admit that there was great alarm
and hurried fight. 50 that people might
have been ergnlfed and not seen by those fee.
ing. Lathman, the cashier. had suffi isn't
warning to enable him to secure $1,000 in
cash, but not enough to save all tbs money in
the safe. Two or three hundred dollars were
lost. With the exception Of the members of
Coup's circus, who are reported missing, there
is nothing like deinits statement as to any
loss. No employees of tbs railroad are missing.
The company shows enough confidence in the
stability of the remaining portion of the depot
to use it, and trains arriva and depart regu-
larly but access to the freight depot is cut