New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-15
ALONG THE OHIO RIVER.
HEAVY Losses AND GREAT STUFF RING ON HE
KENTUCKY AND ONO SHORES
FMS. rcp .pu tn THE TRTBUSE.l

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/ filed the cellars on the upper side OF Ihlr"-s''
! Further west the office of A. Montgomery ~ Co'
| has its ilcor completely submerged, and the wafer
extends from that point west over the surface uhtn
! il reaches the saloon OF Martin Benr aud mere
| the huge hollow of Willow Run extends one neso-
! late mass of wafer, reaching in height nearly 10
the roof of the soap factory, standing on tnc niE"
; bank at Western Row. Gong touth along Nl'lo"
| Run the damage ls terrible. The ropeWa'h shouS
are turned upside down the dwellings nearer tn"
Lexington pike are upset and alOat the tanNa Nards
are real, under water, and the ROOT OF the Helm
! inc sheds. on the north OF the pike, are only just
visible The pike is still high and dry, but on the
sout side the back water iooos the hollows to the
| hills beyond Linden Grove Cemetery
The coun ~ itself is above the floods, but all the
intervening holows IN that part of town are filled
| TNeIhh.st in Lewsburg, stands cIght feet under
| water and number of houses are submerged Here
exists the danger of considerable suffering, the
| poor having sought cheap dwellings in the by
s reefs and alleys in temporary houses, and
! thorough search III out-oi-thr-way places will no
doubt reveal a surprsing ansunt OF destitutlOh ana
misery, if not death.
The Indepeudence pike is inundated. At Sanford
town many houses are under water, and the pike Is
! almost impossible. The dockyards and office oi ;.
! W. Colin are 800 yards into the river, and the
| tobacco drv-house of w. G. Hill s. on Ihrd-st, Is
! inundated Tne wafer was turned OF at the water
works AT & O'Clock last night. There was no gas III
the city last night and coal oil jumped from Is TO
| 80 cents per gallon
Al Newport. XIV. the flood reached its highest
point at , this morning. when the mark of 1882 nj
! Macks. York and Front was lefi nearly eleven
! inches yer is your skiiis 10 any part OF the city
car he heard al any hour Of the night at the various
lanling places. The Mayors proclamation IN ref
4 dad Il
skiif and boa, owners his telling effect ten cents
for each passenger or fifty cents hour Is all that
! is now charged The Chief. when he learns OF
family in distress at any hour of night proceeds to
the scene. and if necessary. he blows his whistle
for the relief boat lie ha- eertincs out on every
sor,rr M MI hours The water Is three et deep on
| thr floor Of Corpus Christi Church. The hoor was
built above the hIgh-water marx of 1917. The
Right Rev Bishop Toebhe, of Coylngion'
sent check for $500 10 W. II.
Lape. treasurer of the Citizens Relief Committee.
Twenty-hree eroccrs The flooded district lost al
their stock. Tn. Louisville Short Line trains re-
ceiyc freight and passengers on the bridge PdSseh-
gers are sull reaching the bragg by iia-boats aud
| skiiis
| Al DAYTON Ky the excitement WAS at fever
| heat and though the citizens were dong all ~
tbeIr rower 10 save furniture. there were Il least
fifty piauos that were ruined BY water Yesterday
evening one lady asked for the usc of skill to Ie-
cover her money aud jcwelry. which were III
a room almost full of water. 1t
was reported that num9er Of Cincinnati
thieves had visited Dayton Monday night ana
robbed the submerged district very extensively.
vigilance committee patroed the cdeiuged localit's
in skiifs armed with muakcts, old pistols ana cheeSe
knives II was reported that ono Of the Sisters ot
Charity had been drowned. 5ut the report proved
Il, ..srt..a in D4.s on We
~old completely out. and the only provi ions that
are received are brought over in skfr. The Relief
| Committes was kept busy al day in attending 10
| the nnperous wants OF the destitute. reporter
was informed by one OF the committee That over
14O families had been provided with provisions and
| temporary homes.
At Bellows, Ky. things are even worse II any-
thing than Yesterday. People are afraid that the
ram of las, night and this morning was general, III
which case the damage will be sill greater than
now. A. the Creek, dcsolation il complete out oi
about "A dozen houses which were there on Monday
only two are left Four Of them have to1ted away
entirely the others we're caught ami tled mp III 'i
fercnt places The captain OF the towboat Robert
| PEBBLES has offered coal to anv IN need oi lueI'
At Scdamsville Ono, below Cincinnati and a
suburb the river has backed up into Bold Face
! Creek and spread out into a lake extending from
| the distiery to 'he foot of the long hill Al TINS
Doint the tops Of the lamp-posts In the road are
hardy out of the water. This lake has closed III
| around Yeatman's bend and met the winter coming
mn from Riverside thus making n continuous sheet
of water from the Sedamsviile mill. distance OF
a mile along the river road. AT st. Peters Church
the foo has reached the tops OF the second-story
windows The schoOl-house IL being filed with
cot, and beds for the sufferers by the Hood The
scdansyille cars have stopped running. thus cut
| ti,u
ting of ali COMMUNICATION cN''P' ~ ""''' WV"
| riverside.
Al Riverside below Sedamsville the situation is
1eco,,,ug desperato and brggar, description.
From the bluffs on tie lower rycr road to the Ken
trc shore there Is one continuous sheet of water.
Every house standing on the lower side oi tho road
Is in the water and on the river road at thiS point
the average depth IL four feet The wafer Is mp TO
the middle of the lower windows OF the school
house. The Church of the Atonement Is Hooded
and the now organ is ruined.
THE DANGER AT LOUISVILLE NOT OVER.
A POSSIBILITY THAT THE CITY WILL BIZ SURROUNDED
BY WAT R-Tm Loss OF LIFE NOT RXIRAOH-
| DINAIHLY LARGE.
LOUISVILLE, KY. Feb 14.-The ONO River mas
reached the height of AZ feet, and is still rising
one inch an hour. There sixty-eight ieet OIL
water on the falls. There reports from upper
points of rain, and the continued rise OF tbs ONO
and its tributaries creates intense excitement
, Business is practically at stahdsuil'
ond no boats arrive or depart.
Trains on the railroads are irregular and many have
stopped entirely. Men who have followed the river
for years predict that if the water does not soon re-
code the river will cut the east
end and surround the entire city. The
widest estimates of the damage to property con-
tinue to be made, but nobody knows what estimate
should be made. Nothing further Is known re-
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