Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-15

being considered dangerous for people to-
remain on the second floor The people
on Walnut street are preparing to move
out.
8 AT FRANKFORT, KY.
FRANKFORT, Feb. 1.-THE Kentucky
river has been stationary, with thirty four
feet of water, since last night. 1t is rain
ing here and at Clay's Ferry.
AT CLEVELAND.
CLEVELAND, Feb. 14.-Onca more the.
ground is covered with ice. Rain is fall.
ing, promising to continue at least twenty
four hours. The river is rising and an
other deluge is feared. Men are busy
anchoring lumber piles on flats and this.
afternoon ice and driftwood gorges which
obstruct the river at several points will be
blown up with dynamite Every practical
precaution is being taken against damages
from the overflow which threatens.
AT LOUISVILLE.
LOUISVILLE, Feb. 1.-THE Ohio river is
forty one feet six inches. It is rising one
inch an hour. There are reports from
upper points of rain and a continued rise.
in the Ohio and tributaries and great ex-
citement prevails. Business is practically
at stand-stil. 10 boats arrive or de-
part Trains on railroads are irregular,
many stopped entirely. Old river men pre-
dict that if the river does not soon recede
the water viii cut across the east end
and surround the entire city. The widest
estimates of damage to property continue
to be made. Nobody knows what the esti-
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further regarding loss OF life by tia cut
off disaster, owing to the impossibility of
entering houses, save by means of divers.
| The people are all on the street. The flood
is the only subject Of discussion. 1t is
generally agreed that the loss of Life has
not been extraordinarily large.
LATEST FROM LOUISVILLE.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb. 15.-At this hour.
az midnight), the river is rising one inch
and hour. The improved gauge of the
signal service Office guaranteed correct
shows forty three feet at the head of the
canal. Warm and raining.
| The latest report from Portland says
1,500 people are homeless for the time be-
ing and the water is driving out those who
took refuge in the second stories of their
homes.
| AT EVANSVILLE.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Feb. 1.-THE river
here is forty five and a half feet and rising
slowly, but it will take five or six feet more
to cause any considerable damage in the
city. vast expanse of country opposite
the city is covered with water, reaching
over fully five miles wide. 1t is only corn
fields, however, that are covered. On this
side of the river Evansville sits in serene
composure and perfect safety from the
foods, while almost every city IN Ohio is
suffering severely. Evansville remains I'M
disturbed in full and safe possession
of every commercial and manufacturing
resource within her hand, and with the ex-
ception of two or three saw mills below
the city, built for convenience below high
water, not a wheel has been stopped in
any of our manufactures, not a house
has been swept away, and hardly dollars
worth of property has been destroyed.
She is the haven of safety alike for labor
and capital; the city that stands alone in
the expanse of desolatlon along the uhio
valley, holding her head above the danger
and reckoning the unfortunate and ruined
to come and plant their stakes where they
will not be washed away.
AT NEW ALBANY.
New ALBANY, Feb. 14.-The loss by the
food here is not less than quarter of a
million. No lives lost. The farmers
along the Ohio suffer greatly, many losing
their entire crops. Six hundred families
are houseless and many destitute. The
manufactures are stopped
NO DANGER At CHICAGO.
| CHICAGO, Feb. I4.-There is no POSSIBLE
ity of any such flood overtaking Chicago
as has come upon The Ohio river cities.
Hard rains might cause much damage, but
would be of a comparatively minor sort,
and inconvenient, rather than very de-
structive. The streams are not likely to
overflow. and if they do the volume of
water will not be great enough to be dan
gerous.
AT MADISON.
MADISON, Ind, Feb. LIT stopped rain
ing ct 1 o'clock, but still remains
cloudy, warm and threatening, with occa-
sional showers Wind from the south.
The river is steadily increasing upon the
city, rising at this hour at the rate of fully
one inch an hour. No casualties yet re-
ported in this locality, but the damage to
| property and restitution of the people
must be great in any event.
RISING RIVERS IN ARKANSAS.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Feb. 1.-THE Ark
ansas river here rose nearly three feet to-
day and is fifteen feet above low water
mark The Oauchita and other rivers are
also rising and fears are felt in the bot
toms of another disastrous overflow.
| VIEWPOINTS PROCLAMATION.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 1.-THE following has
been issued by the mayor of Newport,K KY:
A great calamity has overtaken this city.
After passing through protracted siege of
the smallpox, We ind at least one-thiid of
our city submerged by the prevailing
| foods, and about three thousand families
suffering and destitute. We need help. 1t
is only necessary to announce this fact to
the citizens of our common country to
obtain relief Please send relief to w. II.
Lape, treasurer of the Citizens Relief fund,
Newport, KY, or to the undersigned.
ILLINOIS RIVER RISING.