Omaha daily bee., 1883-02-14
With It's Human Burden Who
Perish in the Flood.
A Large City Fewer Bursts and
Adds to the Confusion
and Peril.
Tho Rivers in Ohio, Indiana. IlIi-
nois and Southern States
Rising and Doing Un-
told Damage.
A Graphic and Heartrendering Ac-
count oftthe Flood and
Its Work.

It's Work.
Special Dispatch to TIM Ben,
CINcIsNA1I, February 10 A
shocking disaster Ia reported by tele.
phone from the kwestern part Of the
city. Both the freight and passenger
| depo,s Of the Cincinnati Southern
railway were undermined and fell into
the surrounding water, carrying with
them q hundred OF more people. The
depots were one story frame struo,
lures, resting on the Mclean avenue
6ll, which was almost covered by wa.
ter from thirty to fifty feet deep. The
earth has become 30 soaked as to
melt, and the catastrophe was further
hastened by the breaking Ct a sewer,
which sent o current along the bank.
Crowds of people in that vicinity we're
looking OF the food, and IL is sup.
posed these arc the victims.
THE REPORT CONFIRMED.
CINCINNATI, February Is --The
passenger depot OF the Cincinnati
Southern dspot was undermined and
fell into the surrounding water. One
hundred people are reported drowned.
C%INCINNATI February 10 The riv.
err at IL o'clock was Ga feet and IL
and ris,ug slowly. IL will certainly
reach 60 feet before it begins to fall
Tho weather 10 cloudy and warm. The
water works engines arc all idle and
the water ia the reservoir is enough
for six days. The police report no In
crease of crime consequent on the
lack of gas last night. A brick dwell.
Ing house in Oohler street is reported
fallen this morning but no lives were
lost. Much sickness Is found among
the imprisoned people in tho tero-
ment houses. Rslief boats are bus y
visiting all such places and ampt
means arc at hand to prevent Suffering
ELL pIsPATCH
CINorNrATT' O, 4 soruary IL 1t u
i'm possible pet to tell the ex'ont O
tho disaster at the Southern r~ailrcat
depot, and only tho irei2ht depo
weat down. 4 great crowd of peoplt
was thtr5 tgiklrg IS The Il >oas whor
Rysn's ~lSesSIrslt, q small building
near byF kpnssdown.~ TIE Grove
rushed over on the platform Of th,
depot TO zee what was the matter
when suddenly the whole depot col
Iapssd, and sank into the water. Thu
track was at tho same tim,
depressed and cars standing Close
by ran into the depression, covering
the people who had gone down with
the falling structure. Not ono bed,
had been recovered at l o'clock, moi
could the bystanders give any intel'
ligent account OF how many escaped.
The work of recovering the drowned
will be exceedingly difficult, ne tn
place is isolated, and any move viii
BIO attended with danger. OtheI
parts of the street are melting away
as this portion did, but 1t is inposai
BILE, however, to say whether th'
break In the great sewer in Mel ar
avenue caused the depot to sink o
not.
STILL LATER.
CINCINNATI, February 13.-Nearl,
o square mile OF the city 10 undo
water, and from 5000 to 8. 1000 peopI,
are driven from their homes Ssvera
people have lost their lives in tn
food. The sufferers were the inhab
itants Of the bottoms of the old Bea
Grass creek. The break occurred o
midnight. Many houses are do
stroyed, and those who escaped sa7e'
only. their lives.
Later information makes It dsfinit
that three boys, two freight handler
and four membeys Of Ooup's oirou
were drowned. No bodies are yet re
covered. The bsggagensastex Nays h
heard o EHshing noise whom Ryan
saloon went down and hurried rouu'
and saw the depot give way. He say
at least fifty people thrown In tn
water.
II now appears certain tkaI th
disaster was caused by the breaking @
the great sewer, twenty-five fees O
one end Of the tsaight depot and hal
Of the passenger depot = gone. Tn,
later being separated at q partition
between the waiting room and tn,
ticket Office. This books, tickets, safe
etc., were gone In an instant.
EVANSVILLE, February 18th,
river Is not risins 80 fsat to-day No
much damage is done In the city, bu
q great deal In the lowlands betwseI
Evansville and Henderson.
MADISON, February 13.-Not MO
damage 10 done hore 80 fer. The rail
road depot Is flooded and the track I
under water for some distance. IT,
river is still rising.
HENDERSON, Ind, February ~
There are no loses Of life hero, co f.
as we can learn. The damage viii. b
very heavy, bu5 cannot be estimate.
until the water goes down. 1t is no,
about three feet higher than 1t wa
last February, and up to this mornip
has raised about en- inch per hour.
Lswrence6urg Is entirely covered
and In some Of the houses the water
on the second floor. The entire VII
lsge OF Hardentown Is covered. Som
of the people had to abandon thei
houses entirely.
SHAwEEErowS, ILL.,, February IL