The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-02-14


10 safety
The river : s45sa rsssng an fach m Aoars
ard i noa over THIRTY nine 41Ha-
TIE river has Continued - xass sa0MaF
Al oar. and s COX about sixlE LIZ and =
bsaf fses ~ The EooE of me canaa and forfE-
ssns n ~ head Tne sresfasEr Is HsrH8N~.
AID = asghs rain falling with iEda1asso-s 81
AZ increase darsng aaae nighi. The rise u
nsH Al inch above sBa9 OF aGA7. a1d eghs
snesses below thai u 1882 On the PEsan1
waaere he disaster occurred last Eight The
i Geo6 egaendx over space q a quarter q
5 sasse vide ard over 3 nzae IN aeagta.
/ Over 80 kouses arg either under waaer or
! else nea1zng afsovR. while Eaans are tied
with h1avv cables. 4 gratifying feature
Of the Aooa Is thai comparatively FEW are
dEoaaghs aD haTe lost EHess EIFes. Nsny Ct
saae ssxz1gssanss Of s4<ssases In tie submerged
district lad removed ard sAns escaped
The fact that fhe survivors ART scattered
over the ef4v renders II Impossible Eo make
= definite statement ~ 10 who are lost Or
saved and Il Is ss1fsczena 10 gag thai the
dsash noia Il smaller than the circumstance
indicate
ratssg KNOWN 10 BE LosT
axe. Joseph Finch and son. SNAIL boz.
George FSneh. Edward Harris and George
Bel
Harry Brownzng. lieutenant Of police.
and faznflE. bis wife and thEee eAIldren.
are missing, but Il i hoped they lad
moved These names are al thai coas0
R,e learned. bat ii l. feared thai when the
waters sabsseie gzaassay scenes viii be found
In the houses now under water. as Is i
scarcely probable 50 small list
A. this wln close the death rate.
So far as heard from al pet alive
have been removed from The
hcnses man wa8 seen faas5ea1T call
ing for help from the door Of . house
faoazsng down aAse river 81 the foot Of First
street this afternoon He was rescued By
parties IN skill He had been IN the
house al night and dsy.
A meeting was head II the hoard Of trade
today. and subscription for the sufferers
81 Lawrenceearg was taken 4 carload
Of meals bread. cr&ekers, ard other pro
visions started AZ O'Clock By special train
for L1wrencebaYg
TEE SITUATION IN oTzER TOWNS
The Ohio is still rising AZ Madison at
the rate Of one inch al hour. Hundreds
Of families hare been compelled TO leave
their homes The city Is In total darkness
as the gas works are submerged
Milton. Kv.. opposite Madison. Is en-
siregy covered By water. severas buildings
aoa1ea Of this morning. including the
warehouse belonging 10 Ben Morris Gz4sss-
days wagon factory. and other buildings
Al Jacksonville large portion Of the
city i inundated. and hundreds o. families
ase hosne1ess and destitute The gas
works are flooded and the lights are oHt-
II New Albany the river - still rising
an inch an hour
Il IS raining Al al points south 81 Madi-
son 50 Evansville
T'rTH&BEE INCIDENTS oF TIM DELUsE
Toxiay Mavor Jacobs chartered ssezm
er and with Corps Of men traversed the
submerged district. taking oa number of
persons and by means Of hoaIs supplying
food to those who remained in the houses
Singular incidents occurred during the
"Trip Ore man was fosErxs cafrg
ing 80 tree As the men APP
proa-aed him ~ cried os4s. Go over 20
thai house. tiseresa woman and sevaEaI
children over there ! viii hold here TIL
you save them The house was fifty
yards awav The men started for II, bat
before they reached il the house turned
over and was carried axsv in sfe rush Of
waters No more wAs heard from the
house and nothing isknown as tn whether
The people had been rescued or not The
man clinginG 10 a tree Was afterweE.
rescued. and he declared that o woman
anu several GAAsIEE2 #EEE HI aAE l84.E
when il turned over. :
family named Watkins had been i'm ]
portuned 10 move Ont Of the house. but
the mother was sick. and they did not
believe the water would come over.
When the break came in the cutoff fRae
house was moved frssaa it's foundation, and
rocked 10 and fro. in = moment When
the danger came the woman was in the
pains Of parturition and In this condition
the bed was taken up. IN 8 skif. and the
womau removed. The excitement threw
her into spasms and her recovery i. doubt
full
An old eolored man living alone Is
missing.
On the point of the shipping port of
Portland one thousand houses are under
water. the vast majority Of them owned
BY poor people. The authorities have
taken steps to provide fooa and lodging
for them and the board Of trade is raising
a fund.
Individuals are subscribing liberaIIy
The German citizens have given S716. A
benefit entertainment for the sufferers will
be held, aud everything done for their
comfort 1t is follY - attempt "a ix. theFs
loss of property IN the present state of |
affairs The question now Is how 10 take 1
care Of the sufferers $50 -
9RTTTsH EnEansTuFFg.