Smyrna times., 1883-02-21
The Western Floods. .

The floods in the Ohio river and it's
tributaries, which have been at a great
height for about two weeks, were
higher on Thursday than ever before.
The flood of 1882, when so much dam
age was done, was exceeded by several
feet, the Ohio at Cincinnati being 66
above low water mark Thousands of
people have been driven from their
homes in Cincinnati, Newport, Ken
lucky, New Albany, Indiana, and
other cities and towns. At Cincinnati,
part of the Southern Railroad freight
depot gave way, and several persons
are supposed to have been drowned.
Business has been wholly neglected on
Change, all attention being given to
saving property and affording relief.
Indianapolis, Feb. 18.-Telegrams re-
ceived by the Relief Committee, and
private information received from the
flooded districts, give gloomy accounts
of suffering and distress. At New
Albany the river has fallen two feet,
but the weather is very cold and the
suffering is deplorable. One thousand
families in the city, and $50 in the i'm
mediate vicinity, have been driven
from their homes and dOmiciled wher-
ever covering can be had. By the
stoppage of the factories 1000 families
are made dependent on public charity.
Most of them have lost everything,
On the bottoms west of the city $50
families have lost their homes, barns
grain forage and farm implements, and
are in absolute poverty with nothing
left to put in crops. The city is caring
r. Ill .N "a
several months to rebuild the factories
Meanwhile the employees must bC
cared for. Reports from the Wabash
River at Terre Haute, say it reached it
highest point this afternoon, which wa
a few inches higher than the grea
flood of 1875. The Indianapolis ant
St. Louis Railroad track west of Terri
Haute is covered, and all the com
pany's trains are run over the Vandali
and Illinois Midland tracks betweel
Terre Haute and Paris.
Cincinnati, Feb. 19.-The creates
suffering through the Ohio flood
seems to be now centred at NeN
Albany. Mr.. Depauw, president of tn
Relief Committee of that city, describe
the distress as being most deplorablC
Well-to-do farmers have lost thei
crops their houses and barns hav
e been destroyed by the inundatiOn, an
/ without homes and without resource
: they are dependent upon public cha
J ity. In Louisville the worst is yet
come. Mayor Jacob reports wild
spread destruction and fearful suffering
e Energetic measures have been take
/ toward relief, and contributions al
N ! Z ,z hoh
n ever, that in the immediate future q
l. appeal for outside aid will be nece
It sary. Twenty-Five thousand people
Cincinnati will be in want for perhaI
fifty days. The floods have stOpp'
10 all work in the factories. They ha'
Ia no resources, and unless funds are su
., piled starvation stares them in the fac
III The local authorities are busy exten
$ ing relief. The churches are assistin
IL The waters are receding and the wo
Vi of restoration has begun.
A gentleman who came down t
~ river in a skiff from Higginsport, Oh
90 fifty-one miles above here, reports 81
~, ing a vast amount of damage on t
. way down, especially at Augusta, X
- which is two-thirds under wat6
~ Eutopa, o, all under water; Rural;
N -, all under water, and the houses all l
~ set or moved from their foundation
Titusville, KY, all under water Chi
n O., all under water; Bradford KY,
ID under water; Neville, o., all unt
I'll water; Foster, KY, one-half unC
tie water; Moscow, o., all under wat
as Point Pleasant, o., all under wat
Ter California, KY, all under water, W
ed river at least two miles wide; n
Richmond, O., all under water, will
strong current through the centre
ing the town, upsetting houses, ETC.. +; BIZ
at Vile. all under water, with only
vas ton of the brick kiln sheds shown
by California, o., all under water. wh
lies reaches all the way back to the hills
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